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

28 December 2019

Purified Aloha



Reflections
a blurry day
permanently imprinted
upon movable cores
before the crucible

Each footprint unique
traces of ancestral mists
chisel wisely against
cracks in society
as if to say

I am still here
beneath your step
challenging demoralization
reaching for that
withered connection

Roots of foundation
Seven generations forward
hold the key of hope
that truth bind unity
Inevitable sanctity

Patterns of repetition
history often serves
the same meal on Mondays
appealing to the senses
of unsuspecting sheep

Deduction
through subtracting fibs
protecting the red lie
while serving the blue
corporate consumer development

Reciprocation 
seven generations later
the land cries out
she has been forsaken
formidable pain birthed love

Purified Aloha 
sought by wisdom
rejecting propaganda
filtering generational trauma
producing purified aloha




Kahala Lei
copyright December 2019


05 December 2019

Nohoikawai

I kept asking
Time after time
He only said 
Nohoikawai

I wanted to know if it all was true
He didn't answer a thing, but said I knew
I knew nothing, or that I thought
He wagered the proposal that I sought

When the time was ready
All matters were through
He turned and said I always knew
No justification
No rhythm
No rhyme
No clue

Just a message so clear
And I never knew
Such was the reason
That it went through
Nohoikawai I know
Now that it was you

Remember the time
He said not why
His only answer
Was Nohoikawai

Never ask questions
Follow your dream
In the end, you will
Know what it all means.

Nohoikawai
Promised and true
Phase one complete
Moving onto phase two

Four more days and
Seven wild nights
Consider mahina
Nohoikawai heights
She'll give the answer
When the time is right
Nohoikawai never
My guardian light.



Kahala Lei
copyright December 2019