O’ahu is full of Hawaiian history.
Bishop Museum, Art Museum, Iolani Palace, Pearl Harbor.
Places that tell a long saga of discovery.
Survival.
Victories.
Losses.
Uneasy relationship with the United States.
Role in World War II.
Rise to statehood in 1959.
Record preservation maintains facts.
But also ignites imagination
What was it like?
Before modern conveniences?
When days were spent searching for food?
Praying to deities for good outcomes?
Appreciating small triumphs?
Today life is different.
Overdeveloped.
First world problems.
Economic.
Financial.
Political.
Climate.
But a few things don’t change.
Kailua Beach.
The sky above.
Mountains all around.
The sensation you’re not alone.
Shifts in light a sign.
Sunrise, sunset, rainbows.
Escorted by divine.
Lynn Benjamin
March 15, 2023
