Written piece
Alofa/ Love
Jasmine Navala Waleafea
Solomon Islands
About this piece
The Poem expresses the ethos of Alofa/ Love amongst the Pacific Peoples. The peaceful Moana/ Sea is a common bond that has given them their history, livelihood, identity and culture. But more importantly in the face of Climate Change - the Moana too will determine their future.
The thread is love
Alofa
You can hear it resound
Across Oceania
In a warm Pasifika greeting
In a cheery laughter
A thread for mending
A thread that once compelled our spears, bows, arrows and clubs to silence
Drifting with the tides for change
Our fragility lingered like frays
To the advancing landscapes
Only the Moana that brushes
Our fringing shores resounded
Alofa
Threading softly - solidity
Threading stitch by stitch
In the face of our realities
A blue tapestry of peace