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Sunday, January 16, 2005

Staying In Egypt

Mauna Kea Morning Reflections

Staying In Egypt

We could stay here.
We don't need to leave.
Provision could come
from the two of us.
This is, after all an
equal opportunity adventure...

We could stay here.
We could mitigate the risk.
The future doesn't look
as though it will be better.
There are, after all a
few giants in the land...

We could stay here.
And live on this Green Island.
Not take the risk of
Crossing over the Waters.
It is, after all, and unknown land-
filled with uncertainty...

We could stay here.
We could ignore the Truth.
The certainty of status quo-
The perfect weather-
that makes for apathy-
It is, after all,
only us against
Hawaiian Apartheid...

posted by Hokule'a Kealoha at 11:34 PM
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1 Comments:

Hokule'a Kealoha commented at January 29, 2005 9:34 PM~: Hawaii is a wonderful subject for poems and photos...as well as blogging. right now I am struggling with leaving here likely for ever and it really hurts a lot as this was my dream... The Punahele Nui is a true sonnet that I wrote in that form as an exercise. I want to really write them well. Staying in Egypt is from a thought that my husband had, and when he said it I thought..."yes just like those Hebrews that didnt go with Moses and stayed in Egypt"... They stayed slaves! We are in bondage to the overt racisim here that permiates the society here. Woody cant get a job cause hes white... period... people tell us this. We call this the Hawaiian Aparthied...

Living in the now came out of my guts and onto my blog I made no corrections or anything... Like Jackson Pollack throwing paint onto a canvas... I saw that wave and the poem spewed out.... splat!

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