Keith Nunes
Across the Great Divide
over here is what I can do
over there is what I think I can do
in between
is the Great Divide
using mirrors
I can see over the other side
but even with crampons
I haven’t been able to cross the divide
one day I will realise
the divide is not for crossing
and I will be content
not mind-blown over
achieving the unattainable
but content
all I want is contentment
you see,
I’m of an age
Keith Nunes is a former newspaper sub-editor who now lives in squalor in rural Bay of Plenty with an artist and odd looking animals. He has been published in Landfall, Poetry NZ, Takahe and Trout.