I hope I can watch you grow up to be just like your dad // you can
rank above the both of us, he Kahuna // I maka’ainana
I will put your head in stars blessed, turn/twist/shine/spin

Mana in your palms // a prayer for those dying to manifest into those unborn
Kapu flows from veins unseen, the distance placed strikes Lili’uokalani
dead // I hope I can watch you be better than your old men

Sleep simple, wide awake in the coolest pools of heaven // I will seek you

Jeremy Quintero is a Los Angeles-based poet and musician, who has been writing music and poetry since the age of ten. He received his B.A. in 2007 from California State University, Northridge, and will complete his MFA in December 2009 from the Creative Writing program at Antioch University Los Angeles.