The way ahead - Konai Helu Thaman

we cannot see

far into the distance

neither can we see

what used to stand there

but today we can see trees

separated by wind and air

and if we dare to look

beneath the soil

we will find roots reaching out

for each other

and in their silent inter-twining

create the hidden landscape

of the future

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Konai Helu Thaman (born 1946) Tonga

Source: Poems, Konai Helu Thaman, Kunapipi, 27(2), 2005