A Cry — Ages Old

Te Ao Hou, 1971, Page 55

A Cry — Ages Old I've watched till dusk in Mauinaina but you have not come: Kaiahiku's sunset flame has faded as the tide recedes again and darkness wraps my loneliness within a cloak of fear. You said you'd bring a fish — a maomao small and tender especially for the little one who will one day be like you. You had to take the challenge of the wilder deeper waters when I would have you fish within the safer Wai-O-Taiki! What gain our truce with neighbour tribes — our freedom to extend ourselves beyond this pa and Maungarei — if you must seek out danger when you could be here with me. W. Berta Kivi