(425)▪︎[ Off The Fence … 5•20•2021 ]

[ As Anxiety & Depression Sweeps Across My Cloudy
     Mind ]
[ I Sit Back & Attempt To Find ]

[ Something In My Life That Actually Makes Sense ]
[ Something, Where I Can Say I Am On This Specific Side
     Of The Fence ]

[ Not Straddling Or Standing On Top ]
[ I Want To Pick A Side & Just Stop ]

[ The Hopping ]
[ The Dropping ]
[ The Shopping ]

[ For A Better Deal ]
[ Because I Am Not Trying To Reinvent The Wheel ]

[ I Am Just Trying To Make A Stand ]
[ No Matter The Demand ]

[ & Try To Get My Mind Into Better Shape ]
[ Instead Of Keeping In Mind Where All Of The Exits Are For A
     Quick Escape ]

[ I Am Trying To Face These Issues Head-On ]
[ Instead Of Throwing Up My Arms In Defeat & Yelling
     ( OH, C’mon ) ]

[ Don’t Exasperate ]
[ When Looking Down @ My Fate ]

[ Trying To Lace Up My Big Boy Boots ]
[ Looking Somewhere To Put Down Some Roots ]

[ Not Trying To Wait ]
[ Since I Have Been In This House Since 2008 ]

[ What Better Place To Do That Than Here? ]
[ What Do I Have To Fear? ]
[ That Part … Has Never Been Clear ]

[ Like A Very Wise President ( F.D.R. ) Once Said ( … THE ONLY
     THING THAT WE HAVE TO FEAR, IS FEAR ITSELF ) ]
[ Not Fear Of Ourselves ]
[ Or Fear Of Someone Else ]

[ I Think That The Fear Of Failure Is A Very Real Thing ]
[ I Think, That If There Was A Ranking ]
[ That Would Be The King ]

[ Is That Easy To Look Past? ]
[ You Can Never Do That Very Fast ]

~ Ka hopena ~

||  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ||
||  A hui hou mākou  ||
|| Aloha ||   ‎ 
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|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||