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Lōʻihi

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The rain far up the valley
The wind brushing her fingers
Over the kalo leaves
The footsteps on the path
Behind you

Long the path, built 
Stone by stone
Hand to hand

Long the work
Ahead of us
But longer the dreams
Of those who laid the stones 
Behind us
Who could not know the end
But had faith 
To begin -
Stone by stone,
Hand by hand

Long the dream
Everlasting
We begin
Again
Not knowing

Begin

Long the breath
That takes us 
From silence
To song
From sorrow
To wonder

Long the song
Our kupuna sang us
Into dreams
Echoes
That change within us
The way ʻohiʻa returns rain
To the clouds
And back to the sea
Where Kamaʻehuakanaloa slowly rises - what will they sing when they awake?

Begin again
The dream
Sing again
The song

Long shall our time have passed, the end of the song unreached
The voyage, the horizons
Of future and past
Lie like the stars
Fixed beyond our reach
Calling us away, leading us home

Long the path

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