Scott C. Kaestner's poem "Chasing God in Maui"
Scott C. Kaestner is a Los Angeles poet, writer, dad, husband, and a man on a mission to not be on a mission so he can just chill. Google ‘scott kaestner poetry’ to peruse his musings and doings. Chasing God in Maui There may or not be a heaven but there is definitely a Maui and I saw God there last July jumping off a cliff at Twin Falls; thought this an opportunity to find out the meaning of life or at least ask a few questions so I jumped off the cliff too. In the water below, I looked for God but the Holy Spirit was already back on the Hana Highway and heading down the mountain. Got in my car and followed God to the Iao Needle where I spotted the Holy Spirit with local Manas twisting and turning through the lush green valleys. Unable to keep up I again lost sight of God but luckily our paths crossed at Dragon’s Teeth where I saw God bubbling up from the ocean and onto the sheet of sharp volcanic rock. Just when I was about to ask my questions, God went back into the oce...