A Poem Inspired by Hawaii: The Romancing of Paradise

Ah!  The feel of sand beneath my toes, and the warmth of the air around me embracing me...when I wake every morning here in Hawaii, I pinch myself to see if this is real.  "God, really?"  I ask, "This is my home for now?"  Yes.  The answer is yes.  I live here.  There are struggles still, and life still happens, but I also have the reality of God's love for me caressing my eyes each day as I bike to work or walk to the beach.  Poetry helps to speak of the wonder I feel, but it still does not do justice to the depth of Christ's love for us, which He sculpts each day not only within our hearts, but also in the sights and senses around us...

The Romancing of Paradise

Blue, greens, whites, and yellows

greet my eyes with morning hellos.

Twinkling windows wink in my sight

as I lay my head down at night.

The rush of traffic my lullaby

and on my horizon, the limit’s the sky.

Morning warmth wraps me up tight,

holds me in the rays of light

as I feel the sun’s energy course through me.

I run past the swaying palm tree –

standing like a centurion –

the rows of trees my own giant guards in green neon.

After work, the rocking of waves the motion

that calms my emotion.

I sit on my board and watch the surf rolling in,

or just strike out in it for a swim.

This salt upon my tongue

tastes like the song the shells sung when I was young,

only now it’s my reality.

My backyard is truly the sea,

my landscape the palms and plumeria

reminding me, “Keep dreaming, I dare ya!”

The roar of the waves,

the smell of the tropical leis,

the feel of flying over water on my board,

All propels me to its Maker – my Lord.

He loves me enough to paint color across the sky

And kiss me with sun as on the sand I lie.

He graces my neck with flowers

and lets me view diamonds glittering across the ocean at all hours.

He loves me so to fill my senses

with sights and feelings that strip my defenses.

He took what seemed in my life like loose seems

And stitched them together in themes

to bring to reality my dreams –

all the bright color now coming forth – in pictures of this Island it streams.

Here I wake in paradise each day,

Listening for what my Love – Jesus – has to say…

His song the crash of the waters,

His dance over me the sway of the palm-fodders,

And His touch the heat on my skin

as the sun reaches me from the outside in.

Each day is Jesus’ love letter written in creation,

How can I not live in elation?

Thanking God each day for this chance

to dance in the reality of His nature’s romance!

© Krindee Joy, Dec. 2010.  Inspired by the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands, which speak

                                               to me of the beauty of my Creator God’s passionate love!