TANGI
I see everyone waiting to go onto the marae The rain has just started to fall Like a blanket that covers the earth. As we are called onto the marae I see relations who have arrived earlier They all watch as we proceed I feel alone, yet I am amongst a crowd. I see my relations crying I feel for them but cannot yet show it. I sit there waiting. Waiting for the moment, when I embrace my auntie Finally that moment comes We each try to comfort Though I’m sure we did not offer much To see him lying there so still It looks like him, yet it is not The rain starts to fall heavier And I know he is crying For the ones he left behind.
Jackie McCaskill
Dedication to my late uncle
Simon McCaskill
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Tu Tangata, Issue 4, 1 February 1982, Page 37
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139TANGI Tu Tangata, Issue 4, 1 February 1982, Page 37
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