‘Eli‘eli kau mai

I kneel in the presence of power
With offerings of kukui made into lei by the hands of my mother
Protocol chants dance on my lips while tears flow down my face in honor of all that I see and don’t see giving thanks to all that is for all that is
The glow of Pelehonuamea calling us home to our own fires that live within and without
Kānehoalani setting over the slopes of Mauna Loa
Hi‘iakaikapoliopele abound
Hōpoelehua at my back
Their stories living around us all
Sacred remembrance
Sacred continuance
We can learn so much about love by the way the land loves us
We can learn so much about how to hold one another like the land holds us
We can learn how to transform and expand like she does
In her own time and in her own way
She teaches us that it is never too late
To heal
To choose to feel
And the revelations deepen as Makali‘i rises to tell us of where we come from and guides us to where we were always meant to go
‘Eli‘eli kau mai