WAITING FOR THE RAIN

STAR CHART ATTACK
L.A. Maihi 2012

waiting for the rain with the clouds put on hold/holding that shroud that surfaces to scold/scolding the past for letting it be/being the last one to see....

cradling the rain yet to fall/falling from high bouncing the wall/wall that delivers the blow to the soul/soul of content that makes you whole.....

laying in limbo life on a slide/sliding to nowhere, nowhere to hide/open those eyes that are asleep/asleep in the darkened world beneath....

reach from below and grasp onto life/life beyond the shroud on the edge of the knife/knife of decision the choice to make/making your world become awake.....

L.A. Maihi
24/10/12

STAND AND DELIVER

SOFTLY SOFTLY
L.A. Maihi 2012

back to being naked

back to the past

back to a child clinging to your heart....

stand to the wall

stand up and pray

stand and deliver while standing in the way....

run to the mountain

run as fast as you can

run to your mother buried in sand

jump up and scream

jump up to play

jump into living while moulded of clay

kick up your heels

kick up the turf

kick out from underground buried in dirt

hold tight to Io

hold tight and stay

hold tight into the night let Io lead the way....

L.A. Maihi

BENEATH THE WILLOW

SYMBOL COLLAGE
L.A. Maihi 2012

there was a place where I would lie

beneath the willow face to sky

it was my place of safety net

where all was there to forget

I lay me down upon the earth

from which I came upon my birth

and there I will return one day

where I will lay the day away...
L.A. Maihi


 

NO VALUE TO ME

the words that fall from my tips that encircle my hands upon which they are stitched/the grammar is stilted by the tilt that is wilted/as they keep sliding upon the slippery slope to hiding/amongst what all others can't help but see/that the mirror reflected is not me....

SKYCHART COLLAGE
L.A. Maihi 2012

the image is tight while beneath the surface I fight/to let my light shine upon all that is mine/what's mine is yours but we only give for a cause/yet all that I own I would gratefully loan then not receive back/due to my own possessiveness lack/but the value is a myth that if not calculated does not exist/so free it can be but of no value you see/so put on a price and let them haggle and fight/for something of worth must have struggle, pain and hurt/if given for free no value to me?

L.A. Maihi
21/10/12

HOHA

SULTRY COLLAGE
L.A. Maihi 012

 

I've been hoha but not far

but still whore-har that needs to be soothed

I've fallen in a hole and noticed it was lined with petals

frangipanis ponsianas golden-showers

and the lives of these flowers

that have reflected and fractured and sacked

and attacked but more importantly

just given back....


I've landed on my side and didn't want to

abide by the ways of the rules

I can't be fucked with some of the muck that

gets spread about like a mulch

but under the compost lies a frost where a

seed is planted and things can't be taken

for granted....


I was hoha

now I just am...

L.A. Maihi

DELIVER

COLLAGE
FROM PAPA TO RANGI
L.A. Maihi 2012

the heart wants what the heart wants/but the mind will not sway/from a path that the heart thinks/it wants/for the mind is blocking the way...the way we say is not there/but within and above and everywhere/the heart wants but doesn't stay/because the mind is always going the other way...

which way to go is a question I know/to follow the heart to the land/or impart what we demand/the mind has a mind of its own/where we go along for the ride/and abide by the outside dilemma/where forever is never/we of that place the never never/we land with grace and deliver....

L.A. Maihi

MY SONG

SENDAI
L.A. Maihi 2010

there was a time 'n my mind, when everthing was easy...

I waited on this timeline for the future and didn't realise I was there...

there was a time within this timeline that escaped into the sublime...

for all that was there was everything... with me unaware...

my mind distracted and fractured by the life to live...

shinny things presenting an array of out-of-the-way creations...

my mind wanders this timeline from the left side front to back....

and in this minstrel of mime, within a bent line, I come upon a stack...

there is a stack that hovers above my earth our Mother

a stack that leads me always back to a line that's drawn upon time...

timelord or not, wordsmith or what? Definitely Maori to glory...
but always Io is the story but where does he/she sit within my lined soul pit....

not within a manmade affair, where I must do or not compare...
but within a spark of soul that lights my light and makes me whole...

where do I look to glance upon this abundance of nature of my own...

tis within this timeline I stand on...within my heart is Io's song....

L.A. Maihi

09/10/2012

IHI

SYMBOLIC OVERTURE
L.A. Maihi 2012

The face I wear now/ is only/ the one YOU see
For beneath the skin/ there lies within/ a face that is totally ME

The truth that shines so bright/ will light/ the darkness in me
For beneath/ the cut of plain-speak/ is the yearning to be free

The heart that beats so loud/ is only/ heard by you
For beneath the ribs....there within lives.... a heartbeat so true

The spirit that is scrying/ can only be felt by me
For beneath the pain/ is a world of gain/ in the whispered word
IHI.....

L.A. Maihi

NEARLY TIME

JOURNEY OF SOULS
L.A. Maihi 2010

Kia kaha wordsmiths.....the moon is high and I can feel her PULL
kinda like when your arm gets caught in the screw with the by-products from the kill....she won't be right mate / flippin-ell / whose limb is that one cause i can't stand the bysies smell.....aint like money yet that's what it means as the turn of the screw pulls you into the machine...With maybe a tugging at your skin, you just gotta follow.... only way in... as you run life is hollow... kinda PULL.......

Kia kaha Maori.....the oceans are rising and I'm tasting the SALT
kinda like learning to drive on the Nullabor without trees...just aim to the ocean/fu^&k the commotion/aint just going thru the motions/push down the clutch/realease the break/smash the salt-bush/lead foot louie too much/hello the caves are where/f*&^k got a wombat stew here/sea on the lips and eyes looking to sea light...running as fast as i can to see the Bight....Halt!....kinda SALT

Kia kaha timelords...the planets align and I'm feeling the TIME
aint no flat­-line thats out-of-focus and un-refined...aint..... she'll be-right mate /watcha billy-lids / feel like a dog's eye /say hi to your cheese and kisses,,,, but more............ 'isn't it a sublime kinda mime'...with maybe a circular, not horizontal or perpendicular or any particular but more cyclical... like the wheels on a bicycle........kinda TIME

L. A. Maihi

RUMBLINGS

TARANAKI TEARS
L.A. Maihi 2012

tis time ehoa / to paddle ashore / in a waka with platitudes demure/ that recognise the pull/ of a full moon thats still/ waiting to wane out with pain/ of mutual disgust/ that can never explain/ why the hell we put up with this game of going for bust/ while others just slid along with one hand in the pie and the other just going along for the ride/ without looking to see what the hell is happening in our sea/while companies explain that all this pain is how it has to be/has to be what/ has to be not/ we make the choice/ its supply and demand/economies of scale/ but no snake skin oil only rena spoil/we desire too much/we want an endless stream of the almighty dream/that will never be realised/ until we realise that all we gain/we despise....

L.A. Maihi

CREATION

TANE BRINGER OF LIGHT
L.A. Maihi 2012

nothingness/mind free/turning /to empty/night-time/ I can/moonlight/ I am.....
earth will rise to meet the fall
as time travels between them alll
Papa moans and takes the slack
While Rangi weeps to fill the cracks
lava will flow while oceans arrive
to cover their mother where she lies
Tane will climb to appease above
while looking below to Papa his love
it's time to divide its time to brace
while light falls in every place
rain is shed and hearts are torn
as longing and separation is born...

L.A. Maihi

SHREDDING THE BEAST

SYMBOLIC RAMPAGE
L.A. Maihi 2012

from feeling blue-blooded we are here to start what is a star-studded cast iron mask/ it displays a smile when needed to be but covers the true face of its identity..... Steel-clad-fighting-lad it deletes the one below /this emotion-less metal look of bliss is running amok and totally worthless..... this tin-face is to replace what papa offered/for in her bequest she gave me one best for reflecting the feelings of me/so to survive this maim-fest of shredding the beast/I wear a mask that lets me be me....

L.A. Maihi

ASHES

PLANET ALIGN BLUE
L.A. Maihi 2012

phoenix

rising flames

to ashes....

watching...

rainbows drown the light


taonga

scaling heights

of shale...

wrestling...

hearts shadowed with blight


violence

ripping skin

to shreds...

cradling...

wounds of new & old


wahine

sweet caress

of body...

ataahua...

wrapping mates to soul


tane

kia kaha

hold strong....

powerful...

holding heavens aloft


Papa

beating heart

from below....

tinana...

strength with belly soft


Rangi

shedding tears

to earth...

aching...

to his timeless love


Io

shining light

within....

turning....

to reveal heaven above

L.A. Maihi

WAIRUA FLOW

SULTRY UMBER
L.A. Maihi 2010

let go and flow.....don't feel let the wairua heal stop thinking/back in the cave/go with the right/let go the brave/flatline your heart/no need to kickstart/leave it behind/just live the sublime/hold out your hand/reach for the door/slam it behind you/lock it from more/one step ahead/two steps behind/the journey continues/within your mind.... reach for the light/turn on the switch/let your heart see/unravel a stitch/the stitch to the whole/the whole left behind/in the weary soul/in the heart that's sublime/embrace that has past/look to the moon/for she will know/if it's too soon/too soon for what/can't hold a dream/for now is the time/to stand up and be seen!

L.A. Maihi

TAROT DEAL

PAPA DETAIL
L.A. Maihi 2011

gambler of life to distract

eternal child fresh eye attack

hedonist with a muse of grace

prince to move into your space

damsel in a tower far

divine child pure light of star

shapeshifter moving with ease

hermit to focus and release

servant to no one but all

martyr for own selfish fall

athlete to embrace ego

teacher to tell you how to go

tis the gambit of the deal

each card a spoke in the wheel....

L.A. Maihi

STILLNESS

PAPATUANUKU
L.A. Maihi 2010

I'm too tired to rhyme, I feel outta sorts outta time, I'm trying to rest and stay in-line but it never works I get bored...sublime
I need a spark to churn, I need a reason to live to learn, I'm trying not to get burned but I always do always...my turn
the pocket is empty, the collar is down, the lapel is flat, there is no sound
I'm too unsettled i fear, a feeling of 'don't care', I'm uneasy with what I  hear, somethings outta kilto..... unclear
I need to calm down my skin, it's crawling on me and in, past spell for my watcher-of- sin, he guards the door, no-one in
the heart is cold, the blood is drained, the eyes are dull, take the pain
I'm too unfocused to see, a world of never to be, for within that thought I can't see, a way out of...misery
I need to stop in place, where everything falls to grace, and words can rest in space, slow your pace
a cry is sounded, sit on your hands, cover your eyes, do not stand
Nature, nurture, cradling heat, heartbeat pounding...heartbeat
tears, helpless, craving alone, silent loving..blood and bone
embrace with heart, surround with love, do not crave, to go above.....

L.A. Maihi

OTHERTIMES

I AM MESMERIZED
L.A. Maihi 2012

I need to raise the barriers
bring back up those walls
harden up my heart
before a mighty fall

I cannot be this naked
I cannot be this raw
I cannot feel this much
I cannot feel... no more

too tired with emotion
too tired with the strain
too tired with the prospect
too tired with the pain!!!

the journey continues
the journey to where?
the journey of life
but who the fuck cares?

I need to focus inward
to see the way back home
I need to walk the path
to know I'm not alone

I need to understand
why man was made a man
to never lose the sight
of walking hand in hand

to reach toward the light
to wrap the dark around
to hold onto the dream
to listen for that sound

the walls must fall
the body must feel
the heart will learn
how to heal....

L. A. Maihi

SOMETIMES

ALCYONE
L.A. Maihi 2012

tis a hole I want to jump in
with a sky of dirt
to rest my heart upon a knife
and let it's journey hurt

tis a tree I want to hide in
underneath the bark
to splinter all my bones
and leave a bloody mark

tis the ocean I yearn to sink in
without any breath
to watch the bubbles go above
while cradling my death

tis a storm I wish to join in
hail pelting my skin
lightning strikes my face
the blackened flesh within

I seek no joy nor want it
I need no smile to see
but wallow within myself
to just let it be....

L. A. Maihi

WAITING

TA MOKO JOURNEY
L. A. Maihi 2010 -

The clock marks the wall the wall marks the hands on the clock in the hall.
Waiting for the time tick-tocking by the time it's too late to wait its knocking.
No one's coming to ease the pain for all who come will leave again...

When what you want never shows it's you who wants to show what you know.
Even though when it does show it's not what you want but who you know.
For it never goes without a show of how you want it to go....

Waiting for the time to go waiting to go in time with the flow.
It never speeds but goes slow for when it goes it flows so slow.
But never ever do we know how the time is meant to go....

The clock marks the hands in the hall of the clock that stands on the wall.
Waiting for tocking-tick time that's knocking it's time to tick.
For the pain to ease for all who come will not appease.......the WAITING

L. A. Maihi

WHITE LINE

STAR-CHARTED
L.A. Maihi 2012

step back in time
to see
the white line
that divides
you..and me
you
see its
never meant
to be
or
not to
be
white line
divides
the
time
between
you
and
me
tis but
blind
to
look but
not see
Io
is
ME......

L.A. Maihi

YEARNING

PAPATUANUKU
L.A. Maihi 2011

is it the yearning burning so bright
is it being human to reach for the light

is it the intent of desire that inspires

to search is so natural to aspire

do we not always want

to be without desire

is to have no fire

yet if we are still

yet if we wait until

let sleeping dogs lie

tis a sad notion

to set in motion

to lay down and die....

L.A. Maihi

GIFT TO ALL

Arriving to end... at the beginning apart

circles of steps... surrounding your heart

around each bend... is the straight & narrow
around each corner... the point of the arrow


Head in one direction... then turn to face north
walk in behind yourself... then travel forth

never look down... don't delve into that path
for your light leads the way... shining deep in your heart


Ever seen the reflection... of dark glowing face
A landscape of change... a mountain to race

eternal, maternal... the weather of change
that leaves debris... hanging upon your frame


Head for the mountains... but always look back
to learn how to live... with the future intact

listen to the old... but live in the now
for the myths of the past... will show you how


Reach out your hands... into the water cold
follow with your body... let the present unfold

calm down the surface... to a glass sheen
smooth over the waters... to a solid machine


Tis Time to Lord... the passing hand
to tick off the clock... and make a stand

scaffolding in place...to catch the fall
to create your taonga... is a gift it to all

L.A. Maihi
23/09/2012

BATTEN DOWN

PAPA
L. A. Maihi

BATTEN down the hatches armour up the heart watcher at bay he is the warrior CLASS
sharpen up your senses... mischief at hand running the perimeter protecting our stand

FEELING unease with some blackened sand running with wolves laying hand on LAND
looking behind while focused ahead holding the living while cradling the dead

HOW dare you try to make a war when life is love for you no MORE
Tihei mauriora kia kaha whanau to reflect the love is the ONLY way to go

TIS a strength untold that dark cannot light for aroha will conquer and split open the night....

L.A. Maihi
10/02/2012

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES

JOURNEY OF SOULS LADDER
L.A. Maihi

BATTEN down the hatches harden up the heart clear out the house... be the warrior CLASS
sharpen up the edges set watchers at bay welcome all to you but never let them stay

OPEN up the mind student commencing school knotting of the ropes picking up the TOOLS
set the sights to high vanish behind the pain of something beyond of something insane

FOR now is the hour to set the story right to focus with intent to split open the NIGHT
minutes turn the clock the clock turns past hours in the day the days never last

TIMELORD back in force to slay a wanton deal never have to pander to what the heart FEELS
never is so long so long to never know but never is here and here never to show

THAT something can't touch imprisoned in the truth for searching is the way to remain BULLET-PROOF
so follow the yellow path across the bridge of stone to cherish a colourful rainbow

3 taps to home


 L.A. Maihi
29/01/12

WHIMSY

PAPATUANUKU
L.A. Maihi 2011

tis a whimsy on my part that the heart will start/ with an almighty blow from a fist smashed into the chest/while I lay me down to die/hands across the breast filled with tane's baskets that he wrest-ted from above for that was his destiny his many loves/ release the birds and open the gate exit stage left don't be late this isn't a date but a destiny for all who follow from now to eternity/tis a lesson to be learnt that the baskets are offered with love from above so don't ever judge what you simply don't know just go with that feeling with that flow for in time a timelord will see that their destiny lies where the rest of me despises what lies upon papa is not the way to go it is not right yet I see where it leads me...

L.A. Maihi