HAUMEA'S RAINBOW

She passed over that water way

Of wild ocean that calls each of us

Away from life and takes us home

To the unseen Ultimate Mother

Of All Things, 10 long years ago.

I didn’t know her then, this icon

Of courage, strength and spirit.

Years after her crossing that bar

I learned of her example, her trial,

The burden of her knowing her life

Would end too soon, too very soon.

She had a warrior’s heart and mind:

Strong aloha that surely would survive,

This brave and beautiful woman!

I could not share her sadness then,

Or her pain, until well past the end,

But found myself amazed, touched

To experience the legacy she left

To all who remain behind, alone.

I think of her now with grief and love,

With inspiration too; her memory

Lingers on in all of us who recall

How, when that far shore summoned,

She departed, gracefully, lovingly,

Courageously, her journey ended

Yet also begun anew and afresh.

Left for us now are the warm memories

And the spirit of loving aloha she shared

With all who came to know her.

10 Years ago she left the shore,

to swim those unknown waters,

Becoming Haumea’s sister

Of the ocean rainbow…