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Time out
by Hone Tuwhare
Time out - Hone Tuwhare
Time out
I
pursue
but
I
can not
catch
up
with
you, Time.
You
precede me
like
the echo
of sad
footfalls
in my
heart, fading
away.
Tears pool
my eyes
as
I turn back
to
find
the
solace
in
a
resolute
search
for
my space
my beginnings
my Self.
'Time Out', from Small Holes in the Silence: Collected Works (Godwit, Random House, 2011), Hone Tuwhare 2011, used by permission of Rob Tuwhare on behalf of the Estate of Hone Tuwhare. Recording from the Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archives 2004.