joy manifesting her vision of joining the pacific voyagers (above) ~ joy's visit to sf bay with me @ treasure island ~ 2011 ~ prayers of safety, learning & saving our beautiful ocean ~ it's a joyous adventure!!!
One day after Whitney Houston's death, remembering Aja's triumphant walk down the runaway to "I'm Every Woman," I awoke to see that Joy Ancheta turned 33. She is a crew member on the Pacific Voyagers (click above link on the title) on their return trip to the South Pacific. I am honored that she is the sole Pin@y representative joining our Austronesian family revitalizing the canoe ways of our ancestors...
joyous 33
she sails
glides over waves
del pacifico
madre del mundo
she sails
riding one vaka
amongst many
Austronesia brothers
sisters
fathers mothers
ninos del mar
primos del amor, hermanos de tiburones
los delfines
y las ballenas
even with tears falling
still bailando con splashes everywhere
skyhopping and
sharing their love with us
despite the pollution caused
by us, by our modern technology
our carbonized lifestyles of destruction
yet
she sails
a birthday girl
following a dream
a pin@y with hula chants
tucked away
and the call of the ancestors
of my island
luring her west
reliving our past
bringing us forward into a future
with our breath filling her sails
to join the effort in
saving
our blue planet
our sister
a joyous one
makes the voyage for us
