9/7/16 Wednesday 11:42pm

Prelude to Home in Hanapepe: Mele (song) 1 & 2

 

Mele 1: Dreaming  da Lifeboat

Dreaming

da lifeboat

Mama Kauai

calls

Come Home

offers

a message

in da sand

Each letter

Washing away

each wave

Come home

She sings

late

night

stars

fears

away

She sings

sleep

rocking arms

Waves guide

da lifeboat

dreams

tears

water

garden

Sun

shines

Wake

smile

Mama Kauai

Humming

new song

We sing

 

Mele 2:  Rescue

Late

night

Searching

horizon

dawn

adrift

alone

da lifeboat

Watching

debris

dead bodies

float by

lone survivor

counting  breaths

Seeking

broken bits

truth

Watching

past sink

down

Waiting

sun

rise

Lifting

sorrows

light

Warming

frozen

memories

Life