A New Day on Oahu

pink painted Ko’olau Mountains

ohu clinging tightly to their flanks

dark blue ocean waters

releasing rising sun reluctantly

birth of a glorious new day

spreading silently across Oahu

a day for swimming and surfing

for delightful play and childish laughter

for dipping toes into the ocean

letting sand run through your fingers

until the sun plays hide and seek

behind the Waianae mountains

painting the evening sky with

vibrant yellows and reds

before falling slowly into

the loving embrace of

the dark blue ocean with

a promise to be back