Ua loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ka manaʻo wiwo ʻole o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi a puni ka honua? Ua hōʻuluʻulu mākou i kahi papa inoa o nā kumu nui, ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana e hoʻomaopopo ʻoe he mea pono ia.
ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo kēia ka ike ana ia oe iho. ʻIke maopopo ʻoe iā ʻoe iho? I ka wā o ka huakaʻi, hoʻāla ʻia nā mīkini ʻike ʻole, e hōʻike ana i nā ʻaoʻao i ʻike mua ʻole ʻia, nā ʻano o mākou iho. Ke hele ʻoe i waho o kou wahi hōʻoluʻolu, e ʻike ʻoe i nā kālena a me nā makemake i ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Manaʻo kūʻokoʻa. E ho'āʻo ʻaʻole e ʻike i kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi e like me ka hoʻāʻo e pakele mai nā pilikia, ʻo ʻoe iho, a pēlā aku. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka manawa maikaʻi loa e nānā iā ʻoe iho, kou mau manaʻo, makemake. Inā ʻoe e noho ana ma waena o ka puʻupuʻu o ke kūlanakauhale, e hana i kāu huakaʻi ma nā ākea o nā holoholona hihiu. E hoʻoneʻe kēia iā ʻoe mai ka puʻuwai pupule o ka metropolis a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ke ʻano o ke kūʻokoʻa.
Ma kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi, hiki iā ʻoe e noho hoʻokahi me ʻoe iho. ʻAʻole mehameha ka noho mehameha, akā he kamaʻilio kūloko me ʻoe iho. Ma kahi kaʻawale mai ka home, e aʻo ʻoe e hoʻolohe i ka leo o loko, e ʻike ʻoe i kahi ʻano hānau hou.
He mau manawa hou kēia. Makemake ʻoe e noho ma kahi āu e noho nei i kēia manawa, a hiki i ka hopena o kou mau lā? Piha ka huakaʻi i nā mea haʻohaʻo, ʻo wai ka mea ʻike, e ʻike paha ʻoe i kāu hana punahele a i ʻole kāu mea aloha e haʻalele i kou pūnana hānau? E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole mākou he lāʻau a ʻaʻole e aʻa.
Ua piha ko mākou honua i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā ʻāina, nā lāhui, nā hoʻomana, nā ʻōlelo a me nā kuʻuna kuʻuna. ʻO ka huakaʻi a puni ka honua, e ʻike ʻoe nā ʻono a me nā ʻala o nā mea ʻai like ʻole: ʻona, ʻono, ʻono, ʻala..
A haʻalele ka home ʻike ʻoe i ka hauʻoli. He kanaka hauʻoli ʻoe, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa no ka mea he kaupaku kou ma luna o kou poʻo, nā meaʻai ʻono, nā kānaka pili.
Nānā ʻoe i nā mea kamaʻāina mai kahi kihi ʻokoʻa a e aʻo i ka mahalo.