From The Heart

Handwritten, from the heart

There is only Us,
our collective heart torn apart,
one hundred members of our community
dead or grievously injured
at Al Noor and Linwood mosques.
We all came here, at our different times,
in hopes of making fresh starts,
new beginnings, peace.
We have too often failed in Waitangi’s promise
of “He iwi kotahi tatou —
Now we are one people.”
Together, we must keep on trying.
Nothing can replace the fifty lives lost,
but together we can hope for healing
of the fifty i...