A poem: Kealakekua Bay

Kealakekua Bay

Tangs, eels and spinner dolphins

Swim in the wake of Discovery and Resolution.

Lesser yellowlegs and ruddy turnstones

Stammer across A’a and coral relics,

While tropicbird soars.

Tranquil tidewater cradled in lava bowls

Disturbed by wave spray and surges

Surrounded and infused

Creation, Destruction

Disorder, Constancy

Exploring, Resigned

Peace, Discomfort

Lucidity, Confusion

Replenished