‘O Poli‘ahu i ke kapu

Pāholahola ke kapa hau anu ‘o Poli‘ahu i ka wēkiu la‘a kapu o Wākea 🤍

Poli‘ahu has adorned the summit in her blanket of snow, and what a glorious manifestation of the purest waters of the heavens onto the earthly realms it is. A long time ago my dear sister Ahia told me that for there to be snow on Mauna Kea, there must be thunder. When she shared that with me, I imagined Kāne and Kanaloa playing the Lonoikamakahiki game ulumaika, stones tumbling across the clouds - ka‘a pōhaku. I thought of Kānehekili watching from the side and erupting in applause, with each clap sending a strike of lightning into the night. I thought to myself, it takes joy to make snow. It takes playfulness. It takes peace. It takes laughter. It takes Gods and Goddesses and all of their delight, to make snow.

Last year, as Lonokūkinipule made his/her/all things way to the the Ala Kūpuna, hail came down as prayers continued to go up and when the sky cleared, there she was, Poli‘ahu i ke Kapu, in all of her beauty and all of her joy. I am so grateful to have been there to see it. So grateful to be here to see her now. I always feel like everything is okay when she returns. No matter what is happening in the world and in my life, when she returns, all is right.

‘O Poli‘ahu i ke kapu
Eō mai ‘oe 🌬