99. Freedom

With my eyes to the ground I live life within bondage
seeing only the feet of the malietoa
Accidentally I look up at his face
and instantly taken to be whipped and be beaten

Deep in a dream and in my dna
I see a moment in time, some one thousand years
where Polynesia is centrally ruled
from Tongatapu or the Kingdom of Tonga

Descendants of tohunga from around the Pacific
are born into slavery to carry out rites
Inverted pyramids go deep underground
born on the backs of a lost tribe of Israel?

The gardens and wives of chiefs and of nobles
along with the women who bear chiefly slaves
are tilled very carefully by their very own servants
till new generations are born once again

And to this day have the bloodlines remained
albeit enforced with anguish and pain
where all of our gifts were nurtured as well
but born out of servitude or some sort of hell

*Malietoa (Tongan Chief)

54. I am One

Mirror, mirror on the wall
in the dark of sleep, do I look at thee
and in the reflection staring back
are 4 of me all standing tall?!

I stand expressionless but with ease
neither zealous or afraid
I am not angry or astute
am neither happy or even phased

I now 'exist' with balanced form
and with precision begin to move
Prayer circles. rhomboids, squares I make
perfect and in harmony

Far and wide I searched for these
within books and within dreams
I prayed, I read, and knelt with others
hoping all this I would see

But with this 'oneness' I now find
the key to unlock all these doors
Chakras, portals, diamonds, stars
all exist within me now...