These verses tell of Hawaii, human folly, and the untamed inner rush and surge that drive me ever to the heart of old Maluku.
"Mercury" speaks of my own multi-faceted personality, ever realistic, ever romantic, ever in love, ever brilliant, ever scoffing at the world, and yet never really able to make out the universe at all.
"July and Rana" tells of my fascination for two young local Chinese girls.
"Semeru" sings of sacred matters of the heart.
A verse expressing the first and highest desires of my heart.
"Bibinoi" is an expression of that primordial and heroic urge to return to Maluku at any cost and despite any danger.
"The Bravest Bird That Ever Flew Above Ternate" is my tribute to a lori bird that starved itself to death for Mary Willis.