Matariki from Zealandia by Dudley Benson

Beyond the Pleiades and Aries
On a night in June
I search for someone I remember
With the help of a waxing moon

Hidden between constellations
A horse wild and free is dancing
Kaimanawa of the evening
And mother to me

I can talk to her
She responds with light
And I learn

Just because they’re not here
Doesn’t mean they’re not here
Just because they’re not here
No, it doesn’t mean anything

Bouncing between stellar bodies
The message is carved in the sky
Written for you and you only
Interpreted by your DNA

It’s a korero from your forebears
Who have been here before
They’ve done it before
They’ve seen this before

And you can talk to them
They will respond with light
And you will learn

Do you feel it?
Can you sense it coming?
The iceberg rose
Blooming in the black night

Just breathe in the scent
Let it enter your lungs
It will perfume your blood
This is real and it cannot be denied
‘Cos I am your ancestor
And this is your constellation

It doesn’t mean anything!
You know that it’s not true!

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