Wantok
Sing it in our chants
Dance to our own music
Embrace it
Our unique Pasifika
Nurture our wealth
People,
Whenua
Itulangi
Moana
Wantok
Hanua
And the rich indigenous wisdom
That
Jihova,
Atua
Iesu
Gifts us in abundance
Rewrite
Reweave
Rekindle
Reignite
Reright
The once were warrior spirit
of
Ofa atu, loloma, hanisi
Aroha nui
And love
That are woven into our flesh
And bones
From the bellies of Moana
That makes us who we are
Coconuts from one basket
Voyaging
Navigating the vast oceans
With each deep of our paddles
Seeking
Searching
Anticipating
While silently praying
To be free
Liberte
Egalite
Fraternite
From individualism
And isolation
Stop
Stealing our lands
Drying our rivers
Killing our fish
Slaving our children
Painting our faces
With hues of
Modernization
© Moira Vilsoni-Raduva & AnnMary Raduva