Rienzi

Rienzi
Local senior with flair
Moved from Sri Lanka
His heritage there.
Tales of the Crow
Or Elephant ways.
Mother’s rich kitchen
And what Father says.
Came to our Northland.
The snow and the WASP.
Brought up a family
At no meagre cost.
Thoughts of religion
Or pain, dying too.
Honouring bards who
Had helped him come through.
Silliness told in
Some jungle recalled
Big cats or serpents
And Adam’s sad Fall.
Chatted a few times
With yours truly here.
Showed the cathartic
In poems oh so dear.