Tui Quill - Another of Calliopes

with this tui quill
dipped in the river's murky ink
that runs through native bush
as the artery runs through this arm
I paint these words: -
fallen kauri foliage
glows sherbet orange
along the forest pathway
ahead, on the track
my shadow crosses
a shimmering puddle of light
the air swishes
and a tui alights
from a branch,
is swallowed up
by the dark green clouds
of the looming canopy
as i stand here
beneath a weeping rimu
which leans and creaks
on the eastern breeze
an indigo feather
falls to the floor