ʻAʻole wau e lilo i ʻāpana o ka hōʻeha ʻana i kekahi keiki

Na David Swanson, World BEYOND War,'Aukake 31, 2020

Paipai nui wau e nānā i kēia wikiō:

He hoʻohiki i kā mākou mau keiki

ʻAʻole wau e lilo i ʻāpana o ka luku o kekahi keiki ʻoiai ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kumu.
ʻAʻole kaʻu keiki a koʻu hoalauna. ʻAʻole kaʻu keiki. ʻAʻole ke keiki a ka ʻenemi.
ʻAʻole na ka pōkā. ʻAʻole na ka pōkā. ʻAʻole ma ka nānā ʻana i kahi ala ʻē aʻe.
ʻO wau ka mana e maluhia.

ʻO ke wikiō a me nā hoʻohiki i luna aʻe nei mai kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo Fields of Peace e hōʻike nei i kekahi o nā mea aloha liʻiliʻi loa ma ka honua. Mai ke Kaua Honua II ka hapanui o ka poʻe i luku ʻia i ka hapa nui o nā kaua he poʻe kīwila. A ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kaua i hoʻoili ʻia ma nā ʻāina ʻilihuna kahi o ka hapa nui o ka heluna kanaka ʻōpio loa, a ma kahi o ka nui o nā kāne makua i kiʻi ʻia ai e hakakā. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā makaʻāinana i kēia mau wahi, a ʻo ka mea nāwaliwali loa, he keiki. ʻO ke kaua "pepehi a hōʻino i nā keiki hou aku ma mua o nā koa," i nā huaʻōlelo a kahi UN kaulana hoike. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i nā kaua i hoʻoili ʻia e nā lāhui waiwai i nā mea ʻilihune, ua kapakahi ka poʻe i make, i hiki i nā keiki ma kahi ʻaoʻao o ke kaua ke lilo i ka hapa nui o nā make āpau o ke kaua.

Kākoʻo ʻoe i ke kaua? A i ʻole "Kākoʻo ʻoe i nā pūʻali koa?" kahi e hoʻohana ai i kēlā huaʻōlelo e manaʻo pono ai "Kākoʻo ʻoe i ke kaua?" ʻO ka manaʻo o kēia nīnau “Kākoʻo ʻoe i ka pepehi kanaka lehulehu ʻana o nā keiki?

Maikaʻi loa inā ʻaʻole ia manaʻo. ʻAʻohe paʻakikī ka hewa o nā mea hoʻouluulu ka manaʻo ʻo ia ka manaʻo. ʻO nā mea paʻa nā mea paʻakikī.

Paipai pū wau i kahi puke mai ka hui like i kāhea ʻia He hoʻohiki i kā mākou mau keiki: Kāu Keiki, Kuʻu Keiki, Ke Keiki a Ka ʻenemi: Kahi Alakaʻi Kālā i ka Maluhia na Charles P. Busch. Paipai ia i ka nīnau ʻana no nā mea e ʻae ʻia, ka hōʻole ʻana i nā kauoha kū ʻole i ke kānāwai a me ka moekolohe, a me ka waiwai o nā poʻe mamao e like me nā mea kokoke. Makemake wau ʻaʻole ia e hoʻomaopopo i ka hopena ma ke ʻano he "lunamanaʻo" a haʻi i kēlā mea pohihihi "maoli" a "ākea." Akā makemake wau i kēia puke liʻiliʻi i ka hapanui o nā mea i hana ʻia e nā polopeka akeakamai a me nā ʻikena ʻē aʻe e ʻimi ʻole i ko lākou mākau i ka pale ʻana i ka pepehi kanaka lehulehu.

Eia kahi wahi e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi ʻono:

E noʻonoʻo ʻoe ma ke kahua mokulele mokulele. ʻO ke kakahiaka nui, ʻaʻohe malamalama. Ke ʻaʻa nei ʻoe i ka lele lele o ka pailaka, a ma hope ou he pōkā pahū nui, ʻeleʻele me he ʻōpeʻapeʻa. Ke kū nei me ʻoe he kaikamahine ʻelima mau makahiki i ka lole pāʻina pāʻina. ʻO ʻolua wale nō. ʻAʻole ʻoe ʻike iā ia a ʻike ʻole ʻo ia iā ʻoe. Akā ke nānā nei ʻo ia iā ʻoe a ke ʻakaʻaka nei ʻo ia. He ʻālohilohi keleawe kona helehelena, a nani a maikaʻi hoʻi ʻo ia.

Aia i loko o kāu ʻeke kahi kukui uahi. Ma mua o kou lele ʻana i ka mokulele, ua kauoha ʻia ʻoe e hana kokoke i nā mea āu e hana ai ma hope i nā keiki ʻē aʻe mai 30 tausani kapuaʻi. E hoʻā ʻoe i kona ʻaʻahu i ke ahi, e puhi iā ia i ke ahi. Ua haʻi ʻia ʻoe i ke kumu. He mea kiʻekiʻe ia.

Kukuli ʻoe, a nānā i luna. ʻIke hoihoi ke kaikamahine, ʻakaʻaka nō naʻe. Lawe aku ʻoe i ka mea māmā. ʻAʻohe ona manaʻo. Kōkua ia iā ʻoe ʻaʻole e ʻike i kona inoa.

Akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana. ʻOiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe.