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Auwē
this weight
of history we nau
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