Mokopuna's 2010
Your art works
adorn our family fale
Alofa emanates
gently reminding me
of a time
and a world reclaimed
where noise was life
of Matuas
long gone.
Your parents
our children
taught us inexperience
revealing home truths
haunted by our choices
dominated by adult worlds
experimented upon emotionally
culturally spiritually politically financially
we tried too hard out of fear of failure
yet we love your parents.
Mokopunas’
thank you
for the second chance
with your parents
letting Nana and Papa
enjoy this stage of life
being a part of your lives
becoming an Aiga of Alofa
Atua has truly blessed us all
Ejay Aroha and Feleti Sofi
our beloved children
Dremayer Liberty, Che’den Sofi, Jane Filemu
our beloved Mokopunas.
MALIU SOIFUA
Death
is but
a sleep away
our Fa’amoemoe
is not yet complete
instead our Olaga
requires more
forever calling us
into action
for our people
our families our nations
they have need of us
heed the Call
brothers and sisters
Ora alive, well, Life
Ola live, be alive, Life.
SAMOAN MEANINGS:
Maliu: Death
Soifua: Live
Fa’amoemoe: Purpose
Olaga: Life Existence
Ora Maori: Alive well Life
Ola: Live, be alive, Life
TAUTOKO
Time
unravels life’s existence
exposing
what needs to be done
for
to long the screams of Injustice
has
gone unheeded, denied, rejected
true
poverty is humanity bankrupt
so
once again our people will arise
for
our future will be reclaimed
our
mokopunas’ strengthened by our actions
knowing
we did not deny our destiny
Justice
is Aroha Alofa Agape
Tautoko!
