Her name is Lo'ihi
From the ocean she springs
Bubbling below sea level
Her above-ground debut thousands of years forthcoming
Slowly she compiles and compounds
Unsullied, fertile land
-- A gift
From (the Hawaiian Goddess) Pele
From Mother Earth
Fresh loam for generations yet born
Nourishment
Reparation
For earth destroyed,
polluted and bombed
She is New life
Sacred soil
Anticipate
her crimson blood
flowing down gentle slopes,
fusing with the sea
Creating.
A welcome blessing
A second chance.
Marika
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