Lycettiana Kahaialii

The Land of Mist

"The only hope I had left was the mist of the forest." It was the summer of 2017 and the helicopter was taking off from the East side of Maui nearing Hana. We were flown in pairs as we worked our way down the mountain of Haleakala, tackling aliens that invaded our forest. There were all sorts of weird strange lifeforms that invaded our home, some were twiggy and full of thorns, one species in particular had spiked berries hanging onto everything that it touched. One thing that they all had in common was their overdrive to take over our sacred home. By the time we landed, we split taking different paths to clear more ground, for the first time have I never wanted to be alone.