May 15, 2022

E Ala ē

E Ala ē

The dream dreaming me
Sings me through
Coil and pearl
Of heart’s concentric shell;
It carries me
Full-voice for greeting
Sun’s first scatter
Of cloud
And gentian sky.
I sing praise
For planting,
For flowers’ stirring
With earth’s morning prayer;
I sing praise for
Ocean’s baptism – 
The naked shiver of hiʻuwai;
For sand, sacred;
Inscrutable stone, and
Taciturn sea.
The dream dreaming me
Sings me through
Meter and rhyme,
Syncopation of star and tide.
I am a whisper
Through shadow
Of tall silver trees;
A spirit feathered and white
Rising with moon.

Wendt, Mahealani; Uluhaimalama