Goodbye Hawaii,
To the humans I had no earthly way of expecting, the insurmountable beauty, adventures in the beast with electric windows and tequila, many sails around the world, the coconut phone, poke, jasmine blossoms, the willy wonka wonderland, machete cut bamboo straws, giant rocks and cosmological come to jesus experiments, 51 turns, curiosity, lilikoi’s and lychee, infinity pools down to the ocean, pink biodiesel camouflage mercedes, smiles so big you broke your face, hallelujah in the moonlight, the linger of basil, every truck that pulled over, tank the chicken, secret beaches precarious climb in late night capers, water ninja’s, lassoing the moon at the top of the crators, hip hop tomatoes, red sands naked takings, tweeties and shit thats, every single moment of aloha week, dandy’s famous tators and the just in time sky divers, cause its classy stayin classic, keeping up with dolphins, flow forms, hawaiin mormon cowboys, the 5 levels of dance, giant sting rays and neon fish, sponge for life, secret spots and singing from the pastures, the washing machine and bunny ears, sweet wisonsins hiding the devil, eggplants in jars, playing the absent minded professor so convincingly, paias skate park and dermabrasion beaches, mormon and military takeovers, shoots brah its furikake, grass hoper jesus whose marble fell through the black out of kipahulu, trick boards and riptides, the stupidity of celebrity in the middle of the anti-scene, jungle movie projectors, ukulele chorus, super fat children eating funions, double beak bertha, “hold on I have to move my machete”, the yes/no firing heard cross the valley, ferocious dogs that scare off other dogs with no souls from eating face, coconut candy and the hitch in, tourists asking where the mcdonalds is, dirty birdies in the morning who call out for coffee, small church and the neanderthal power plays, maurice’s hat cleaning up paia, the same damn five cars, el diablo and his dogs, the head picker and her uppity flowers, one block parades and wild boars, makapu’us lighthouse whales, what the fucking fuck radio and the glowing ember, being a real live movie star, waimea bays eddie blessing, dunks immeasurable energy, the italian with a heart of gold and pants of dirt, jams, fruits, and hot sauce, the drive across no man lands in the final hour, the lost boys in the tree house, uncle pilliani and waias sweetness, two-headed cats in jars, mostly inappropriate, la parouse and the secret camp, the bend down shy town weighing fruit, hana hou, blow kisses, betsy cow snot rockets, misses and the pits, who shit on our trail wanted poster, carol noel noel and two last names, religous paintings and enlightenment through quantum physics, 7:30 am digging, t-birds perfected gentlemanly loneliness, taro fries, god bless hana, singing to the flowers, muscle cars and super staches, likelike, remote viewers and thier complex, quinoia for days, lime water distillment, 5 corners, 99c coffee our biggest luxury, the bon festival and the dead ceremony, the other italian who lost his nerf, haliewa’s missing bags and shave ice, human genuiness and comic timing, red clay under nails, top-down meditation converters, kale pizza, eco-tourists, the flowing wind behind every muscle flexed while riding on a 4x4, early morning gun range railroad, fraggle rock drama and seeing into the future, 6olb packs, longest walk of shame ever, the battle of the brown gravy, fire in the midst of so much rain, kapuna’s blessing to unite haleakala, the mafia guru takeout, circle island bus down kamehameha, hasegawa’s, Aaki and Pua ringing through a hillside, dylans love cloud blood cloud, living on so little, the sunlight in underwater caves and the realization your not invincible, tiny fish in abandoned nets, and shoes melting on lava rocks.
to hawaii, whose experiences have catapulted me from who i used to be into who i am and has given me a depth of experience i would have found no where else. you will always be with me.
Aloha,
Aoka