Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Woman of Hawai`i By Hauoli Kahaleuahi


 
Embedded within curls is salt, coarse, deep,
Stranded between waves, speckled throughout, stuck
And sure, satisfied and ready. Journey
True and through, as the moon moves, so will she.

Pearl rays invade the blue, purple tints lick
The surface, beneath is dark, frighten not.
She sits amongst shadows, towering trees
Of palm reaching, grasping to touch the sea.

Posture perfect, eyes scanning the scene, look.
Over erect mountaintops, lonely yet
Brilliant, unscathed, still pure, haunts a light.
Hovering direct, upon black she sees.

The woman, significant in her own,
Struggles to understand, how and what, why.
Resist not to surroundings, to damp shores
Graced by foamy lips and colored creatures
Prancing, dancing, flipping, embracing all.

Stares from behind, other eyes look onward,
Scoping, strategizing to destroy peace,
Diminish of sand spread coastlines, vanish
Of untouched valleys, rivers ripped open.

Evil is forceful, why? Why come and take?
Thieves, stolen, she feels the breath of
A race, a place, the “Hā”, sucked, forgotten.
Is she seeing the last of Hawai`i?

Future unsure, however strong she stands,
kūʻē! Light fades, a gradient of shades,
violet, lavender, whites and blue hues
stretch, the moon is disappearing, she moves.
Begins a journey, to protect this all.

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