GENERATIONAL MEMORIES

Skillful hands worked tirelessly

Weaving together strands of memories

Like fragile niu fibers

Strand by strand

She spun moʻolelo

Of land struggles

Of empowerment

Of resiliency

Of healing

Her hands labored

Gathering

Crafting

Interlacing intricate patterns

To form a beautiful fabric of rich prose

And when her hands

Became frail and worn

And her mind drifted to another world

She set aside her tools

And closed her weary eyes

To join the others

And those stories shaped by her hands

Are now embedded

In generational memories

-Kaʻohua Lucas, 2019