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Robin Kapoi
The ‘Ōhi‘a lehua legend as explained from this excerpt: "In Hawaiian mythology, ‘Ōhi‘a and Lehua were young lovers. The volcano goddess Pele fell in love with the handsome ‘Ōhi‘a, but he turned down her advances. In a fit of jealousy, Pele transformed ‘Ōhi‘a into a tree. Lehua was devastated. Out of pity, other gods turned her into a flower on the ‘ōhi‘a tree. Or, some say Pele felt remorseful but was unable to reverse the change, so she turned Lehua into a flower herself. When a lehua flower is picked, the rain will come representing the separated lovers’ tears. "
Source:https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/files/2018/10/Rapid-Ohia-Death-Poster.pdf
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ɪ ᴡʀᴏᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀꜱ ᴀɢᴏ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴏʙꜱᴇʀᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪꜰᴜʟ ꜱᴜɴꜱᴇᴛ. ᴏɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴅᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʙᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴛᴡɪʟɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴏᴜʀꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴀᴢᴇ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴋʏ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʙʟɪɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʀᴀʏꜱ. ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇꜰᴜʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀʟᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴꜱ ʙᴇᴀᴍꜱ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘɪᴇʀᴄᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ʙᴜᴛ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴀ ꜱᴏꜰᴛ ʀᴇꜰʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴜʀꜰᴀᴄᴇ. ꜱᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀꜰᴜʟ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴡɴ ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʙʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴀ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴋᴏɴᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ.
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🗣 The story behind this poem begins with an early morning run on the beach and there was no one else in sight except a flock of seabirds. I stopped and sat on the sand to watch them play, eat, splash around in the water, then fly away, and I thought to myself what a fabulous life they live!
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