UNIVERSAL LEI

Plumeria Blossoms
(Photo courtesy of Ryan)



Island madonna
weaving her lei of plumeria
on a lauhala mat 
by the light of a pregnant January moon.


Her little boy
watches as she deftly pierces
the heart of each flower with a long spindly needle
the tail of thread connecting 
blossom
to 
blossom
to
blossom


Until
at long last
the ethereal garland
is completed.


Beginning connected
to ending--
a circle
signifying the infinity
of life
to
death
to
life
beyond 
death.


And the little boy
looks into the heavens
and with an understanding
beyond his years
recognizes the familiar pattern
of the 


Omnipotent Lei Weaver
of the universe
connecting
star
to
star
to
star.