An example of Courage (a Big Topic)

Love,
The War On Terror,
Death,
Writer’s Block,
and other Big Topics may be sources of inspiration.
You can feel obligated to be inspired by Big Topics.
But I find it:
On the motorway to Silverdale at 8pmish on a summer evening,
while pukeko families are wandering near the road, past lumps of dried feathers and guts that show the risks of such a home.
As I pass the BP station and see the remnants of sunlight emphasising the sternness of the road signs
and making the toi toi glow.
When I notice that on the hill brown calves are jumping and testing out life
and two horses are staring at everything,
maybe being warmed by the last of the honey sun
and by being part of this living poem,
which I guess is really so small
but in daring to be a small poem
is maybe very big.