Kealia

The song entitled  'Kealia' was written by my great-grandmother's (Lydia Ha'ae) sister, Lottie Koko'o Ha'ae, around the late 1920's. They lived in the 'ili of Kealia, which lay just before Ho'okena.  A beautiful and quiet village, humble and nurturing. They devided their time down at the ocean fishing, gathering and weaving lauhala, working, taking care of the 'ohana, and staying down at the makai houses....or up Mauka, working the mountain lands,, growing food, taking care of the family houses and their other kuleana(responsibilities). The area was full of life...energy and aloha flowed from mountain to ocean and vise versa.  They had a cycle and rhythm to the way they lived, which was in tune to the natural cycles around them...of nature, of the seasons, of the elements. They naturally all flowed together.  As with all cycles of life, there is the cycle of love...of infatuation, of romantic encounters, of the sweet excitement of a new found love.  When we are separated from that love for awhile... A day can seem like a year.  A month can seem like a lifetime.  When we know our love is returning after being away from each other, our heart jumps with excitement, our thoughts create images of the reunion soon to come.  We anxiously await their return and everything around us reminds us of this beloved person. 'Kealia' is one of those songs that speak of such a love. One can easily imagine strolling along the white sandy shores of Kealia , the ocean singing a song of a soul's returning love... Here's a link to one of my performances of 'Kealia' at the MACC McCoy Studio Theater at my concert there last May 2014~click here....Kai O Kealia