Na Stan Levin, World BEYOND War, Nowemapa 17, 2022
E hoʻolohe mai, e ke keiki.
ʻO ʻoe kekahi o nā pawn o kēia lā
ma ka papa ʻeke,
a me ka mea hoʻolimalima e noho ana ma mua ou
ʻo ia ka haku chess.
ʻAʻole ʻo ia kou hoaaloha, e ke keiki.
Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ʻoe ma mua o kou ʻike iā ʻoe iho.
ʻIke ʻo ia e pili ana i ka testosterone,
ʻIke ʻo ia e pili ana i ka immaturity, a me ka naiveté
o na keiki e like me oe.
Ke helu nei ʻo ia i kāna mau pono
e nānā i kāu mau hemahema.
ʻAʻole kēia kāna lā mua…
Akā, iā ʻoe, a he mea pōʻino e pono ai ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nui.
ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o ka manawa.
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo ia i kou makemake ma ka puʻuwai,
Akā, hana wau ....
E hoʻolohe pono i ke ʻano o ka mea hoʻolimalima aole e ʻōlelo ana.
Mai kuko i ka umauma o nā lipine a me nā mekala.
Ke hana nei ʻo ia i kāna hana,
a ke noi aku nei au i kou manao no ka pono a me ka hewa
e lanakila.
He hana ko ka mea hoʻolimalima,
he huahana kāna,
he misionari kana,
he oihana kana.
Mai hana ʻoe, e ke keiki.
He ola kou.
Hele mākou i loko o ka uliuli ʻāhiu ma ʻō,
Ano, owai
i ka pookela o kona ola ana
ʻAʻole paha e hauʻoli i nā huaʻōlelo hoʻokiʻekiʻe pulse, nā mea like me kēia?
E Kahi ma luna o ke ānuenue
i Aia i laila, i laila,
kahi e noho ai ka nani.
a wela ke koko hala ole
Piʻi kiʻekiʻe, i ka lā,
He maneuver i hiki ke lilo i kou ola,
ʻAʻole paha he noʻonoʻo o ka mea kākau mele,
e ninau ana i kona mau palapala.
Eia lakou ke hele mai nei e halawai me ko kakou hekili,
ʻUh – ʻŌ
I nā keikikāne, Hāʻawi iā lākou i ka pū!
E noʻonoʻo pono.
ʻO kou ʻenemi,
keiki a kekahi makuahine,
e pane ma ke ano,
nona ka manao
i kēia manawa,
e pepehi ia oe.
A e ʻike ʻoe inā ola ʻoe i ka duel,
ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻo John Wayne…
ʻaʻole kēia he hoʻonohonoho MGM….
ʻAʻole hoʻi ʻo Disneyland
Luʻu mākou i lalo, hoʻopuka i ko mākou lapalapa mai lalo mai,
Nani ka hauʻoli i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēlā!
He roller coaster pilikino,
he mea hana kiʻekiʻe o ka make,
palena ʻole i ka neʻe ʻana ma nā mokulele a me nā ana āpau.
A ʻo ʻoe, he meʻe e kūkulu ʻia nei,
alakaʻi,
ʻaʻohe pane i kekahi.
He mea hoowalewale loa.
ʻIke mākou.
Hoʻopau me hoʻokahi leo heckuva!
Makemake nā kamaliʻi i nā hālāwai walaʻau,
He pāʻani wale nō nā mea a pau i nā keiki.
Ke hilinaʻi nei ka mea hoʻolimalima iā ʻoe, e ke keiki.
Ke hilinaʻi nei ka Military-Industrial-Complex iā ʻoe, e ke keiki.
Ke hilinaʻi nei ke aupuni hoʻopunipuni iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻohe mea e hopohopo nui i ka hopena o kēia iā ʻoe.
He nui o kakou, i loaa i laila, hopohopo nui.
Noho mākou i ke kaulana, a i ʻole i lalo i ke ahi,
ʻO ka noʻonoʻo kaulana, hoʻopunipuni, kupanaha,
e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kou haʻaheo,
kou manaʻo aloha ʻāina,
a me kou nāwaliwali, pū kekahi.
ʻO ka ʻāpana ahi ....
ʻaʻole nui loa ... a ʻaʻohe hanohano.
E! ʻAʻohe mea e kāpae i ka US Air Force!
ʻAʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo, recruit…. E makaʻala ʻaʻole e kōkua i ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana iā ʻoe iho.
Aia nā mea maikaʻi e hiki iā ʻoe ke hana me kou ola,
ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka leo siren.
I kēia, hiki i nā mea he nui ke hōʻoia!
He kanaka koa ʻo Stan Levin, USN 1950-1954, a he lālā ikaika o San Diego mokuna Veterans for Peace.
