The Earth As One

1) Our Saving Grace

My only daughter is lost to me now, tho I hope not to herself

And one day when I find her somehow I’ll gladly wish her well

Where have I been all these years that time can never tell?

Been trying to ring a broken freedom bell…

When will we be home again, all gathered in one place?

Together we can sing “Our Saving Grace”–

2) The World to Come

My first-born son is a grown man now with two daughters of his own

They wait with mom & wonder when will he make it home

We cannot change what’s been and done but we are not alone

Together we can mend the world to come

When will he be home again with his bugle & his drum?

Together we can change the world to come!

3) Hear the Earth

My 2nd son is a young man now with worries of his own

I can’t believe how long it’s been since I picked up the phone!

But if he will forgive me for the things I haven’t done

Together we can fix the world to come–

Oh when will there be time again

To play the saxophone & the drum?

Together we can see the world as one

Together we can Hear THE EARTH AS ONE!

Preliminary Fragments

always wanted to be

a writer

so why not write now?

learning a new

language is

never easy

that’s it?  that’s my whole poem?

come on now

there must be more

well there was Easter when Lawakua looked for an egg hidden

in the ti leaves in the yard

Hello world!

Welcome! We will sing a new beginning

New beginning in the sun

In the sun no end of singing

We will bring you a song of one!

& what a new beginning it’ll be–

those old awakening words are coming back to me

I think just in time I start doing some yoga again

Waterbirds or not, hatha or just squat…

& what a new beginning it’ll be!