"Who am I?"
The man at Mauna Kea base asked rhetorically,
Gazing off in the distance...
Hale o Kuhio:
A small structure painted scarlet,
Near a KAPU sign...
A small structure painted scarlet,
Near a KAPU sign...
"I am just one person but"...
The Kanaka Ranger shrugged,
"We wait and wait for our homelands"...
The Kanaka Ranger shrugged,
"We wait and wait for our homelands"...
© James Schwartz
James Schwartz is a poet, slam performer, writer and author of four poetry collections including "The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America" and most recently "Punatic" (Writing Knights Press). http://literaryparty.blogspot.com Twitter: @queeraspoetry
