Oh, New Zealand! You own half of my heart!
On your shores, your shelter you generously offered us. Away from the danger of the virus, scything through our motherland. We have been drawn to your shores year after year.
Making new friends, bringing ours over, to share the beauty to be seen here. To enjoy food deliciously fresh, with a tang of lemons and a mix of herbs. Fruit trees laden with bountiful harvests, some from different lands.
To roam roads mainly clear, with beaches filled with more birds than humans. Fish a plenty tempting their catch for a hungry family meal. To birds not found elsewhere, one a flightless survivor from ancient times, rarely seen except at night.
Cattle and sheep roam free enjoying the nourishment of the land and care from the farmer's hand. Rivers change shape as they rage and dwindle across the land.
A country of contrasts, with dawns and sunsets to take your breath away. To a people united and rightly proud of this blessed land.
Thank you, Aotearoa, New Zealand, the Land of the Long White Cloud, for sheltering us here, where everyone has the freedom to meet, work, hug and roam.
2024 © Penny Wobbly of WobblingPen
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