I am the fanua...

I am the fanua
The placenta buried in my ancestral land after childbirth
I am the pute
The umbilical cord cut and buried, my link to my fanua

I am the fanua
The land which holds my history, my life, my death
I am the fanua
The land of my people, my ancestors, my descendants

I am the fanua
That which bonds me to the air, the earth, the sea
I am the fanua
That which binds me to the plants, the animals, the fish

I am the fanua
My mother's pain and joy in giving life
I am the fanua
Mother earth's pain and joy in giving life

I am the fanua
God's beautiful and unparalleled creation
I am the fanua
God's undying and steadfast love

I am the fanua
Wailing in despair at my self-destruction
I am the fanua
Dying of a slow suicide

I am the fanua
Expecting God's revelation
I am the fanua
Believing in God's promise

I am the fanua
You are the fanua
We are the fanua

That's the poem I wrote two hours before I was to deliver it as my reflections at worship this morning. :) Not bad huh? lol...

Happy day!!!!

PS. For you non-polynesian people, fanua means land or placenta in Samoan and in Maori it's whanua (pronounced fanua), in Fijian its vanua, in Tongan its also fanua and so on and so forth...