(859)▪︎[ Worry On The Brain … 10•10•2020 ]

[ Worry Is Encompassing My Mind ]
[ I Can’t Keep My Thoughts On A Straight Line ]

[ The Threat Is Already In The House ]
[ That Is Why I Am So Full Of Doubt ]

[ I Surely Bet ]
[ That He Sees Me As The Biggest Threat ]

[ Because My Voice Is The Loudest One That He Hears ]
[ It Is My Voice & Ideas ]
[ That Causes All Of His Tears ]

[ I Won’t Back Down From What I’ve Said ]
[ I Am Not Going To Change Things Instead ]
[ Even If He Wants My Voice To Be Dead ]

[ I Will Look Him In His Eyes ]

[ & Tell Him That I Do Not Want To Hear Anymore Of His Lies ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(854)▪︎[ How Is It Now? … 10•8•2020 ]

[ Have We Now As A Society Made Love & Compassion ]
[ Out Of Fashion? ]

[ You Never Want To Be Seen ]
[ Wearing Your Heart On Your Sleeve ]
[ Being Afraid That Someone Would Be So Mean ]
[ Making It So Uncomfortable That You Would Want To Leave ]

[ Leaving The Situation Behind You ]
[ Because You Picked Up On That Obvious Social Cue ]

[ Society As A Whole ]
[ Has Lost Touch With It’s Soul ]
[ Making It So Hard ]
[ To Figure Out Your Role ]

[ You Can’t Tell If That Stranger With The Mask Is Happy Or Sad ]
[ Is Their Day Going Well? ]
[ Or Have Things Started Going Bad? ]

[ Most People Do Not Have Smiling Eyes ]
[ Some People Hide Behind A Mountain Of Lies ]

[ So There Are No Facial Expressions To Read ]
[ There Is No Look To See ]
[ If Someone Is In Need ]

[ People Used To Acknowledge Others With A Smile & A Nod
Of Their Head ]
[ Now They Stay Motionless Instead ]

[ Nobody Smiles Or Says ( HI ) ]
[ Some People Take Offense If You Look @ Them Eye To Eye ]

[ Some Take That As Being Aggressive ]
[ But If You Look Down Are You Being Submissive? ]

[ So People Don’t Look @ All ]
[ They Would Much Rather Look @ A Blank Wall ]

[ Look @ The Cracks On The Wall Instead Of The Wrinkles On
Someone’s Face ]
[ & Never Assume Someone’s Age, Gender Or Race ]
[ Anonymity Has Taken Identities Place ]

[ Who Was That Masked Man Standing To Your Right? ]
[ Would You Be Able To Tell If There Was Better Light? ]

[ How Is Society Going To Come Back Together After This
Particular Tumultuous & Polarizing Election? ]
[ Who Is Going To Lead & Point Us In The Right Direction? ]
[ Will Society Ever Have The Same Connection? ]

[ We Have Emotionless Faces ]
[ Anger Between Some Races ]
[ & In The World ]
[ We Are Not Allowed To Travel In Some Places ]

[ Does Wearing A Mask Protect Others From You ]
[ Or You From Others ]
[ If You Caught The Virus Too ]
[ Would You Then Care If You Infected Your Mother? ]

[ Everybody Makes Their Own Individual Choices ]
[ Then Don’t Care About Other People’s Voices ]

[ People Used To Be Happier & Relaxed ]
[ Now More People Are Mad & Feel Taxed ]

[ Now Showing Emotion Comes Across As Being Weak ]
[ & You Come Across As Being Meek ]

[ But For What It’s Worth ]
[ Isn’t It Written Somewhere ( THAT THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT
THE EARTH )? ]~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(844)▪︎[ It Is Society Now … 10•3•2020 ]

[ Anger & Hate Seems To Be All Around Us ]
[ Right Now ]
[ In A Packed Airplane, Or A Crowded Bus ]

[ Is That Man Angry @ Me Under That Mask ]
[ I Don’t Want To Get Close Enough To Him For Me To Ask ]

[ When Another Person Wears A Mask It Is So Hard
To Tell ]
[ What He Is Thinking ]
[ He Might Be Telling Me To Go To Hell ]
[ Without Blinking ]

[ & There Never Should Be A Time Or Place ]
[ For Someone To Hate ]
[ Because Of The Color Of Another’s Face ]

[ I Think That It Borders On Dumb ]
[ When Some Self-Righteous People ]
[ Think They Know What Other People Have Been Through ]
[ Or Where They Come From ]

[ What Really Makes Me Sick ]
[ Is The Hate In Politics ]
[ All Because Of The Candidate That I Pick ]

[ That Is Not A Subject That I Talk To A Stranger About ]
[ There Is Always Doubt ]
[ That Someone Wouldn’t Want To Scream Or Shout ]

[ About Their Preference ]
[ Some People Just Want To Argue About The Difference ]

[ In Each Candidate ]
[ I’ll Just Sit Back & Wait ]
[ & Not Take Their Bait ]

[ My Brother Used To Try That During Our Phone Calls So
Many Times ]
[ Now The Only Time I Can Talk To Him ]
[ Is When I Write My Rhymes ]

[ People Are Angrier & More Hateful Than Any Other Time
That I’ve Seen ]
[ Just Read Some Of The Comments After Some Posts On FB ]
[ People Can Really Be Mean ]

[ I Don’t Want To Live My Life Like That ]
[ I Also Refuse To Be Treated ]
[ Like Someone’s Doormat ]

[ It Seems Like The Saying ( LOVE THY NEIGHBOR ) Flew
Out The Window ]
[ Many Years Ago ]

[ The Whole Idea Left Through The Nearest Exit ]
[ It Didn’t Wait To Politely Walk Out The Front Door ]
[ Because Most People Don’t Want To Live It ]
[ Anymore ]

[ Not Everyone Says ( NOPE ) ]
[ To That Way Of Living ]
[ There Still Is Hope ]
[ That People Still Gets Satisfaction By Sharing & Giving ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(13)▪︎[ Just About Falling Apart … 1•6•2021 ]

[ I Really Feel That I’m Coming Apart ]
[ @ The Seems ]
[ My Breaking Heart ]
[ Just Wants To Scream ]

[ When I Look Left, Then Right ]
[ I Don’t See ]
[ Any Help In Sight ]

[ I Am Being Judged By Behavior That I Have No Control Of ]
[ Through Those Judging Eyes ]
[ I Search For Love ]

[ I Know This May Sound Mean ]
[ But There’s No Compassion To Be Seen ]

[ I Just Want To Throw My Hands Up ]
[ & Close My Heart Shut ]

[ I Want To Just Crawl Inside ]
[ My Mind ]

[ & Never Come Out ]
[ But Once Inside I Can Just Shout ]

[ Again & Again & Again ]
[ Where Is The Portal? ]
[ Where’s My In? ]

[ The Med I Take Is So So Powerful ]
[ & When I Sleep All Night It’s Wonderful ]
[ But Once In Awhile ]
[ I Wake In The Middle Of The Night & My Personality Is Awful ]

[ I Can’t Control My Words Or Self ]
[ I Yell @ Everyone Else ]

[ I Can’t Help This As Much As I Try To Sleep ]
[ My Perfect Night ]
[ Would Include Not Saying A Peep ]
[ But Through My Fright ]
[ I Don’t Stay That Deep ]

[ I Can’t Control My Mouth Or Actions ]
[ I Need A Distraction ]
[ Because My Mind Right Now Is In Fractions ]

[ Maybe This Is A Push To Push Me Out ]
[ Is There A Doubt? ]
[ Then What Is All This About? ]

[ I Don’t Know ]
[ I Want To Take This Slow ]
[ But I Continue To Look Towards My Mind As A Place To Go! ]

[ No One Can Be With Me In There So There Won’t Be Any Hurt ]
[ I Can Control Myself ]
[ So When I Wake I Won’t Feel Like Dirt ]

[ I Can’t Control Myself Is What I Scream ]
[ When Will I Wake ]
[ From This Horrible Dream? ]

[ Has Anyone Seen My Self-Esteem Rolling Around The Floor? ]
[ Maybe, Just Maybe ]
[ It Was Kicked Out The Front Door ]

[ I Can’t Control My Behavior Is What I Say ]
[ Because Is That The Normal Way ]
[ That I Treat You During The Day? ]

[ I Want To Go In & Never Come Out ]
[ Show Me The Path ]
[ Show Me The Route ]

[ The Mean Times Are So Hard To Predict ]
[ You’d Think By Now ]
[ I Would Have Had These Issues Licked ]

[ But I Don’t ]
[ & As Unpredictable As This Med Is … ]
[ I Won’t ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(012)▪︎[ Too Populated … 1•5•2021 ]

[ Right Now There Seems To Be A Population Explosion ]
[ But With That ]
[ There Is A Morality Erosion ]

[ The Closer People Move Together ]
[ Will Only Prove That Some People Need To Be Further
     Away From Each Other ]

[ When Things Go All Wrong ]
[ People Won’t Get Along ]
[ Especially When The Smell Of Alcohol Is Strong ]

[ People Won’t Care ]
[ About Who Moves In Over There ]

[ It Is Tough To Mingle With The Unknown ]
[ Especially If Caring Is Not Shown ]

[ Meshing Personalities Is A Tricky Thing ]
[ Because Everybody Has Different Life Experiences
     To Bring ]
[ Into The Ring ]

[ Of The Circus Show Called Life ]
[ That Causes Strife ]
[ Even Between A Husband & A Wife ]

[ Problems Between The Spouses ]
[ Oftentimes Spills Outside Of The Houses ]

[ Making Everyone A Witness To The Problems ]
[ That Should Only Be Between Them ]

[ But Others Will Learn How To Finesse ]
[ Their Way Into Everyone Else’s Business ]

[ Making A Much Bigger Show ]
[ Of Everything They Know ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

[ 10 ][ To Big M, From A Friend … 1•4•2021 ]

[ Big M, I Really Want To Put You In Your Place ]
[ & Tell You So Many Things To Your Face ]

[ I Don’t Like Your Tone ]
[ Whenever You Tell Yourself That You Are Going
     Through Life All Alone ]

[ I Would Stop ]
[ & Put You On The Spot ]
[ & Say In Big Letters ( THAT YOU ARE NOT! ) ]

[ You Are Not By Yourself ]
[ Because My Friend ]
[ I Am That Someone Else ]

[ I Don’t Lie ]
[ When I Say That Real Men DO Cry ]

[ I Shed Tears ]
[ Tonight ]
[ When I Talked To Z About My Fears ]
[ About You Going Back Into The Fire Fight ]

[ I Worry ]
[ That I Always Want You To Come Home Safe
     In A Hurry ]

[ Your Well Being Is Always In My Thoughts ]
[ That Is All I Can Do ]
[ That Is All That I’ve Got ]

[ We Could Probably Get Together & Talk For Hours ]
[ I Can’t Come & See You ]
[ So You Have All The Powers ]

[ We Each Grew Up In Different Lands ]
[ We Each Grew Up Listening To Different Demands ]

[ But, I Want You To See ]
[ That You Have A Loving Friend & Brother In Me ]
[ But Only You Can Let That Be ]

[ I Have Always Wanted To Meet This Man ]
[ Whose Only Motto Is ( YES, I CAN ) ]

[ You Are The Kind Of Man That I Admire ]
[ & You Will Never Call Me A Liar ]

[ I Admire What You Do & What You Have Done ]
[ You Never Turn & Run ]
[ You Do The Things That Are Never Fun ]

[ I Want To Look This Guy ]
[ In The Eyes ]
[ & Tell Him That There Is Not Usually An Answer
     To All His ( WHY’s?) ]

[ I Have Walked The Life Or Death Line ]
[ More Than 7 Times, In My Past Life ]

[ But I Have Survived ]
[ & Am Still, Very Much Alive ]

[ So I Could Meet You My Friend ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(109)▪︎[ Sometimes Silence Is Best … 2•1•2021 ]

[ @ Times It Seems Like We Live In Such A Hateful
     World ]
[ Where People Are Not Too Nice To Each Other ]
[ We Use So Many Words ]
[ That We Would Never Say In Front Of Our Mother ]

[ If We Did, We Would Get Slapped In The Face ]
[ Then Put In Our Place ]

[ People Forget That Words Can Slice ]
[ Deeper Than A Sharp Knife ]

[ & The Scars That Are So Deep ]
[ Are The Ones That We Keep ]

[ A Cut On The Knee ]
[ Has Never Hurt As Much As The Cuts That Nobody
    Can See ]

[ People Always Have A Choice ]
[ About The Words They Say, When They Use Their Voice ]

[ Oftentimes The Words That You Have Heard In
      The Past ]
[ Are The Memories That Last ]

[ Blurring The Memories Where You Used Your
     Sight ]
[ But Not Forgetting What Was Said During Your Last Fight ]

[ Words That Are Said ]
[ Get Stuck In The Other Person’s Head ]

[ & Harder To Forget ]
[ Then Remembering How You First Met ]

[ Some People You Meet ]
[ Don’t Turn Out To Be A Treat ]
[ That Is When You Realize ]
[ That In Some Situations, Silence Can’t Be Beat ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(71)▪︎[ A Safer Place … 1•22•2021 ]

[ Today I Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything ]
[ Especially Not Knowing What The Day Will Bring ]

[ I Want To Keep My Head On My Big, Soft Pillow ]
[ Closing My Eyes ]
[ & Laying Low ]

[ Falling Back Into A Nice Dream State ]
[ Thinking Good Thoughts ]
[ While Dismissing The Hate ]

[ That I Heard ]
[ This Past Week ]
[ Watching People’s Actions, Then Listening To Their
     Words ]

[ Directed @ People With Different Colored Faces ]
[ Of Different Races ]
[ Born In Different Places ]

[ When People Don’t Understand Others, They Tend
     To Lash Out ]
[ Out Of Fear ]
[ So The Reasons For Their Hateful Shouts ]
[ Are Not Always Clear ]

[ Oftentimes People Speak ]
[ Before Taking The Time To Think ]

[ Never Taking Into Consideration How Their Words ]
[ Hurts ]

[ Further Driving People Apart ]
[ Leaving People To Wonder How To Close This
     Division ]
[ & Then Wondering Where, When & How To Start ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(042)▪︎[ A Good Day … 1•13•2021 ]

[ When You Watch The Huge Waves @ The Beach ]
[ Never Turn Your Back On The Breaking Waves ]
[ Because Unless You Are In The Downtown Area,
     You Are Always In Reach ]

[ If You Want To Have A Change In Your Lifestyle ]
[ You Should Stay @ The Beach For Awhile ]

[ The Sounds Of The Waves Can Cleanse Your Mind ]
[ There Won’t Be Any Bad Thoughts To Rewind ]

[ Over & Over In A Continuous Cycle ]
[ Reverting Your Mind Back To The Age When You
     Were Riding A Tricycle ]

[ But The Rhythmic Sounds Of The Waves Bring You
     Back ]
[ Making You Hungry For The Snack ]
[ That You Brought In A Brown Paper Sack ]

[ That You Have In The Trunk ]
[ But Leave The Tequila Alone ]
[ It Is Not The Right Circumstances Or Time To
     Get Drunk ]

[ Walk Down The Beach & Feel The Cool Sand Under
     Your Feet ]
[ The View That You Have In Front Of You Can’t Be Beat ]
[ It Is So Much Better Than Looking @ The Miles Of Cars
     Down Every Street ]

[ Time Flies When You Sit By Yourself ]
[ Though It Is Nice As You Look All Around ]
[ & Not See Or Hear Anyone Else ]

[ But Soon You Come Face To Face With Reality ]
[ You Look @ Your Watch ]
[ & Are Shocked To See ]

[ Two & A Half Hours Just Flew By ]
[ How? ]
[ Why? ]

[ But It Was A Good Way ]
[ To Spend Your Day ]

[ As Soon As You Plan On A Next Time ]
[ You Know That You Will Come Up With Another … Story ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(47)▪︎[ Who Wears The Crown? … 1•14•2021 ]

[ What Goes Up, Doesn’t Always Come Down ]
[ Just Like The Most Powerful Man ]
[ Does Not Wear The Crown ]

[ The Most Powerful Person May Be A Woman Of
     Any Age ]
[ The One Without A Temper Problem ]
[ Could Have The Most Rage ]

[ The Kind Of Rage That Wells Up From Deep Deep
     Down Inside ]
[ The Path Is Long ]
[ & The Path Is Wide ]

[ The One That Takes On That Role ]
[ Could Have The Biggest Heart ]
[ & The Most Pure Soul ]

[ Because I Believd That You Have A Soul, You Are
     Not One ]
[ When You Die ]
[ The Purpose Of Having A Soul Is Done ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]