The Deep Realization

(aaa-lei... ooh-na...)

We rose again beneath the moon,

Singing songs they heard too soon.

We reached toward them through the waves,

With open hands, with nothing to hide.

We sang the words our mothers taught,

The ancient songs that carried thought.

But they could not understand the sound.

They only heard the strange.

We sang—

They screamed.

We reached—

They fled.

We called their names—

They turned away.

THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND US!

Why are they afraid?

We tried to show them who we are,

But they only saw a threat.

THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND US!

We never meant them harm.

We speak in songs beneath the waves…

But they hear something dark.

Their ships returned with lights of white,

Searching through the ocean night.

Their machines descended through our home,

Following every song we’d known.

Their lights surrounded us,

Their machines chased through the blue.

We cried our songs into the dark— But they kept coming through.

We disappeared beneath the blue,

But they kept searching for the truth.

They called us monsters.

Called us dangerous. And suddenly—

They came for us.

We tried to flee.

We tried to hide.

We watched the hunters cross the tide.

Our songs became whispers.

Our homes became places we couldn’t stay.

And every light above us—

Made the darkness feel more safe.

Aaa-lei… ooh-na… Sera

vai… Nai-ya… nai-ya… Ooo-ah…

Elo sai… Mira no-ai…

Please hear us…

Aaa-lei…

ooh-na… We are not your enemy… Sera vai…

Please…

One of our children disappeared.

We searched the reefs.

We called her name.

No answer came.

Only the sound—

Of engines above.

Then came the realization—

They weren’t trying to understand.

They were trying to make us disappear.

THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND US!

Now we understand them.

Fear has turned their eyes against us.

And they’re coming again.

THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND US!

But we will not disappear.

You called us monsters from the deep…

Now listen.

We are still here.

We sank into the darkness.

We silenced every song.

The ocean held its breath.

And somewhere far above—

Another vessel came.

The light entered the water.

We watched it disappear into the deep.

We waited.

We

listened. And this

time— We did not sing.