12 June 2025

Volume of Absentia

The sounds of silence are louder than any word compilation

Expectations of a presence, when yet there is none to be had

Listening with one large mouth, but not two capable ears

Never hearing reasoning, for that would state formidable revelation

Emotional wounds preferred over ideal thoughts of elation


Legacy ghosts float while shouting unheard wisdom

Presence viewed as confrontation, breeching shame

Friends seeking self-service by claiming representation

Because absence speaks in volumes.


Kahala Lei

copyright June 2025




27 February 2020

Sacred


Sacred actions, sacred places.
Keep it pono for all human races.
No need struggle for what's not yours
No need fight unresolved wars.
Simply bring it back to its roots.
Then we will see the spiritual news.
Ancestors will lead us to what is right.
Visitors will honor this sacred site.
It simply starts with just one you
To check on things by driving through.
By stopping down, your presence is known
No more desecration of a sacred site alone.



Kahala Maui 
copyright 2017
Kahala Lei
Writer & Advocate

02 January 2020

Don't Come 'Round Here No More

"Don't come 'round here no more
We don't want your kind.
Don't buy a house, don't even rent
You probably stole every dime you spend.
Don't date my child, you're not even their friend
And just you watch that company you're in!
You're probably a thief, like all of your kind
You're parents are a bunch of stupid fools
Did they really think your kind are teachable?
You're enrolled, but don't even go to school!"

How would you know about me?
Who told you what 'my kind' do?
Am I supposed to respect false claims?
And who the hell are you?
I have all A's in school, you see
My mother's the principle and my father a PhD.
'My kind' pays for all the catering and school trips
And my perfect attendance record couldn't afford for me to skip.
So watch what you're saying, when you don't know who you're speaking to
And watch who you exacerbate, less it happen to you.
The company you claim to know something about
Are future CEO's of a company with clout.

So when you say 'Your kind aren't welcome 'round here"
Make sure that you know who you're talking to
And that your words are sincere.





Kahala Azuma Maui
copyright,  January 1, 2020