‘Āina, Rest
take a long inhale
we sit and wait
we listen and watch
we halt our daily goings
so that you may rest
so that you may clearly see
so that you may find yourself again
we will remember
we will remind each other
that it wasn’t so long ago
that you were just you
with the plants and oceans
the animals and rocks
talking to you
confiding in you
and then we came
we loved you
we cared for you
we worked and ate from you
but we also created things we started to love more
and some of those things
destroyed you
but you and us
we were made out of love
we were created for each other
and this breath
will let us find that love once again