Nanakuli

Take me to the shores

Where I ran as a child

I will sit with my feet buried

I'll count the honu as they surface for a peek Patiently, I'll wait my turn.

Into the warm blue water

Into the welcoming grasp

Deep ocean waters

Calm carefree day

When the waves lap lazily at the shoreline

Like a sweet soft kiss

Until at last the the waves grow impatient

They climb the shore searching

When the current grows hungry

When the waves solidify into walls

Reaching for the moon

When the rip tide spins its hypnotic death

I will rise then and approach

The white walls batter the beach

Booming like thunder

The waves will welcome me home

The warm blue seas where

I swam as a child

Current folds me into strong salty arms

Remembering how I escaped

Current won't let go this time

And neither will I

The tide embraces me as a lover

Sweeps me off my feet

Carries me away with furious power

The tide will roll in and out

I won't be found again

The ocean remembers me

I'm home