I wistfully this morn from my silken bed of sand
I scrubbed my troubles with saltwater —
Rinsed remembrance from my hands
I went and gave myself to the waves not of my DNA
And the honu sang me farewell as they carried me away
The voyage was everlasting
My heart turned with every mile
As teardrops crowned my countenance —
I'd wished to linger one more while
When finally I was delivered to a land I once held dear,
An 'iwa bird descended and tucked a nanu behind my ear
The westerlies intercepted me
Just as the full moon rose;
The rest of the journey ran away and took with it my woes
Tenderly, the weeping willows
Now brush my hair and teeth,
And frame for me the starlight
Whose golden smile I'm beneath