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Friday, 20 March 2026

Between two skies


Written for Poets and Storytellers United to the prompt Looking back



Between two skies

Looking back
I crossed lakes and oceans
and found my way to Aotearoa. 

One ending
fed a new beginning
the Dutch part of me
softly blending
into the New Zealand skyline

Above me,
a thousand stars
dot the night
floating in the silver dust
of the Milky Way
Father Sky
and Mother Earth
took me in their embrace 

The colours of mountains
spilled into my days.
Totara and cabbage trees
seemed to bow
as I climbed,
grinding, reaching
toward the rim of life.

I looked down
on a glowing landscape
a symphony of light
shimmering through the mist. 

And there,
in that quiet height
I saw it
the beauty
life had offered me

1 comment:

Thank you!!