state highway 4
mangawhero river
this road
lifts you up to
the sky drifting
apart in sunset
cloud
then
sails you down
in armfuls of
curves to
the stone-cracked
river below,
the roar
of night
coming
in its
waters
mangawhero river
december 2016
Thank you, Mr. Keast!
Take a bow for those last lines – the roar of night coming into its waters.
Lovely.