waves,
the curl-embrace
warm wet
inside of a baby's mouth
waves. a food-laden table
on the beach,
gathering whanau
like bees
waves. the voices of the ancestors
return
again and again
to speak to us
waves. "we are here!" we say
"we are here!"
"we are here!" three times
on the first day it rains
on the second, it's sunny.
the waves come to catch us
play between our feet
laughing
