In Hawaii
Children learn to show face at an early age
Keep their hands tight to their brown bodies
Color in the lines
The island is too small to risk saying the wrong words
Believing the wrong beliefs
We hide behind our inability to live up to our potential
Today
I am reminded again on how this island’s politics have infected our souls
and Our hearts break in the aftermath or indecision
For the first time since I was born
I am ashamed to be from Hawaii
Ashamed of what it has become
ashamed to be represented by a government
that is too selfish to show their politics on the matter of Civil Unions
as a means to protect their own seats
the silence in these islands is defaning
and our children are growing up thinking that ignoring a situation is problem solving
we know better than to think that this apathy is anything better than bigotry
we are all waiting for someone to step up and give up their face for what’s best for this community
you see
In better times, we would hope for good leadership.
But at times like these,
plain leadership will do.
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