This island has felt many griefs<\/p>\n
Blood flowing in generations past<\/p>\n
The sacred valley of Iao<\/p>\n
The battle of Olawalu<\/p>\n
Blood red Wai<\/p>\n
sacred bones buried deep in the hillsides<\/p>\n
But this grief is new<\/p>\n
Modern<\/p>\n
Instead it is ash<\/p>\n
Homes leveled<\/p>\n
Businesses gone<\/p>\n
Artwork lost<\/p>\n
Human remains unclaimed<\/p>\n
Human remains not found<\/p>\n
Burned out cars<\/p>\n
The smell of smoke and despair<\/p>\n
The loss as big as the Pacific<\/p>\n
Tears and chants<\/p>\n
Songs and sorrow<\/p>\n
Blistering memories of what is lost<\/p>\n
Lahaina burns in our memory<\/p>\n
Forever<\/p>\n
It too will become sacred ground<\/p>\n
Just like Iao and Haleakala<\/p>\n
The West Maui Mountains<\/p>\n
stand in reverence<\/p>\n
The story will be told in hula<\/p>\n
The sadness will be generational<\/p>\n
encoded in DNA<\/p>\n
Life goes on<\/p>\n
As the dead are buried<\/p>\n
mourned and celebrated<\/p>\n
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One step forward<\/p>\n
Rebuilding what was lost<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
An island grieving<\/p>\n
Within the volcanic rock<\/p>\n
and the honeycreepers song<\/p>\n
The ocean breaks<\/p>\n
Hopelessness will dissipate<\/p>\n
But the change<\/p>\n
as palpable as when the Islands<\/p>\n
were stolen<\/p>\n
And land sacrificed<\/p>\n
This grief is internal<\/p>\n
This grief belongs to Hawaii<\/p>\n
This grief will not go away.<\/p>\n
This grief is Maui<\/p>\n
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