uwē this   history
uwē this     white stone
uwē this       story

uwē us    kaumaha we
kali us    ahonui we

kaumaha    this
weight
of history
swallow us    away
this waste of    history
but we       luhi
wait       already
         luhi nau

we luhi      weight now
kaumaha      we
uwē we      kēia kaumaha

we wai maka      ā empty
until ʻaʻole hiki     ke uwē
we ahonui        ā empty

until luhi      this kaumaha
until luhi      this ahonui
until us      sink
or swim       in uwē

until us nui         us so piha
with wai maka       until us
undrown          undown     ā us know

we this wai kai       ā    history
so piha with we      with us

but we weight now

   we weight before

we know     we weight

so we    wait still
       wade in this

                     wai ʻawaʻawa

                     ā we wai hou
                     we wali
                     we waiwai
                          mau a mau

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