Moana’s Extravaganza Dancer
by Sina Va’ai
Dream chaser, is as we remember you and your gifts,
Sudden and swift, you are gone from our sight
*Invisible not absent, you live on amongst us
In the light of creation, fiery bright
In the melody of song, in the beat of the drum
In the leap, in the clap, in the strut of the dance
In the sway, in the flick, in the flurry and flounce
The creative, the performance, all these you enhance
Extravagant, vital, good-humoured and fun
Determined to serve, to lift up the Arts
Generous in spirit, Pacific and proud
The students you mentored, sad now to part
We will miss your raucous laughter
Your total pitching into life
Energy, ambition, drive, lightning-passion
And wit, slicing reality like a knife
We see you dancing there in heaven
Your vu- your ancestors happy to embrace
Healing, wholeness, every blessing
Eternal promise of God’s grace
Ia manuia lau malaga Tuilagi Seiuli Allan!
* St. Augustine: “The dead are invisible but not absent.”