The Sacrifice...

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Aloha no e pua'a. You make me mad when you kill my la`au maoli. You make me happy when you feed my children. You make me mad when you create mud ruts. You make me happy when you let me hold your piglets. You make me mad when you scare me by bolting out of the dark bushes. You make me happy when your tusks transform into adornments and bracelets. You made me the angriest when you dug up the interred bodies of epidemic victims, desecrating our loved ones to feast in your insatiable and indiscriminate hunger. But I forgive all of your misdeeds and misgivings, because you made me the happiest when you served as the mohai, the sacrifice, in countless ceremonies of old, instead of my kupuna, when the oracle tower sent forth the kauoha, that a kanaka wasn't needed. A pua'a would suffice. So on behalf of my kupuna who narrowly missed the decree of death. I aloha you...

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Anonymous said…
Your blog made me laugh...and cry...and definitely think. So intense yet so simple. I forget how important the little things are when all I focus on is the big picture. Mahalo for keeping it simple.
October 3, 2007 at 5:30 PM
Ka`iana said…
Thank you for sharing...means a lot to me. Posting on this thing always makes me rethink, focus and remember...and laugh and cry as well. Life goes by too fast. Treasure the small things in life and each fleeting moment to make it last longer...aloha no e hoaloha...
October 3, 2007 at 6:58 PM
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