(037)▪︎[ Why Do You Ever Let Yourself Feel? … 2026 ]

[ Living In The Season Of Regret ]
[ Is No Longer An Option ]
[ There Has Never Been Anything Met ]
[ That Wasn’t Made Into An Obligation ]

[ Living With Regrets On Your List Of Things To Do ]
[ Is Not A Good Thing To Go Through ]

[ You Carry Your Regrets Like Stones In Your Chest ]
[ Never Giving You Any Rest ]
[ Always Feeling Bothered By This Pest ]

[ They Rattle @ Night When The Rest Of The World Is Asleep ]
[ Stirring Up Old Memories ]
[ That You Never Planned To Keep ]

[ Buried Beneath All That Was Unsaid ]
[ Causing You To Increase Your Anti-Psychotic Med ]
[ Because Of The Thoughts ]
[ Your Regrets Increase In Your Head ]

[ Stirring Up Old Deals, That You Failed To Keep ]
[ Kept You Getting Some Really Deep ]
[ Sleep ]

[ Buried Beneath All The Things That Was Left Unsaid During Your Walks On Your Life Path ]
[ The Words Went Clear Up Over Your Head, Really Fast ]

[ You Thought That You Found A Woman Early On In Your Life ]
[ When She Talked, Her Words Felt Like Warm Sunlight That Filled The Soul ]
[ When She Agreed To Become Your Wife ]
[ That Was The Very First Time That You Felt Completely Whole ]
[ You Thought That She Wouldn’t Bring You Any Strife ]
[ When She Stepped Into Her Role ]

[ But You Remember The Chances That You Asked Her To Stay ]
[ That One Day ]
[ But She Wouldn’t ]
[ So You Turned & Walked Away ]
[ Because She Wanted ]
[ To Find A Man Who Made Better Pay ]

[ You Never Thought That You Would Have Lost Her Over Money ]
[ You Saw That She Wanted To Find A Quicker Path Fast ]
[ To The Land Of Milk & Honey ]
[ & Run From Her Past ]

[ You Kept Hearing The Words “Later & Soon” ]
[ While The Clock Kept Humming A Merciless Tune ]
[ You Would Sit Outside Before It Was Noon ]
[ & Watch The Sky Change ]
[ As The Sun Relinquished Her Throne To The Moon ]

[ You Wished Upon Many A Fallen Star ]
[ You’d Drive Out In The Country ]
[ Then Turn The Lights Off On Your Car ]
[ But None Of Your Wishes Got You Very Far ]

[ Very Few Times Opportunity Came With A Soft, Hopeful Sound ]
[ But Your Fear Held The Lock ]
[ So You Stayed Homebound ]
[ & You Never Heard A Knock ]

[ It Seemed That There Were Hands That You Failed To Take ]
[ Whenever Someone Would Extend Their Hand ]
[ Your Whole Body Would Shake ]
[ Because You Were Afraid Of What They Would Demand ]

[ You Would Say, “I’m Fine” When Instead You Needed To Cry ]
[ You Always Wondered, “Why?” ]
[ “Was The Bar Set So High?” ]
[ Time & Time Again, Because Of That ]
[ You Did Not Even Want To Try ]

[ Pride Became Your Armour, Heavy & Cold ]
[ Protecting Your Fear ]
[ While Costing You Silver & Gold ]
[ It Became Clear ]
[ That Opportunities Dried Up As You Got Old ]

[ You Have Come To Regret Your Silence ]
[ When Others Needed To Be Led When They Would Hear Voice ]
[ You Really Tried To Stay Away From All Of The Violence ]
[ If You Had A Conscious Choice ]

[ The Roads You Avoided & The Chances You Were Denied ]
[ Made You Push Your Pain ]
[ Deep Down Inside ]

[ It Caused You To Look @ Life Through Foggy Glass ]
[ Maybe That Is Why Life Seemed To Pass ]
[ So Fast ]

[ When You Sleep, Faces Come Visit You In The Dark ]
[ It Causes You To Put Your Drive For Life In Park ]
[ Everytime You Have Those Repetitive Dreams ]
[ They Left A Permanent Mark ]

[ In You Brain ]
[ It Is Always Like A Camera Taking A Freeze Frame ]
[ Of A Fast Moving Train ]

[ Causing Your Vision To Cross ]
[ By The Time It Took Your Eyes To Uncross ]
[ You Couldn’t Fathom Your Loss ]

[ Can You Ever Rewind ]
[ Your Mind? ]
[ Sad To Say ]
[ That Father Time Has Never Been That Kind ]
[ If He Stopped The Day ]
[ In Any Way ]
[ You Would Wake Up & Wonder Why You Felt So Far Behind? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(030)▪︎[ Facing Your Fear … 2026 ]

[ Once There Lived A Brave Soul Who Walked With Quiet Dread ]
[ Every Step You Took ]
[ Was With A Downward Facing Head ]
[ It Was Like You Were Reading A Book ]
[ In Bed ]

[ Each Step You Took Was Heavy ]
[ Each Breath You Took Was A Careful Plea ]
[ You Felt Like The Raging Water Was Pushing Against The Levy ]
[ So You Were Never Feeling Quite Free ]

[ Fear Whispered In The Morning, But It Screamed @ You In The Night ]
[ It Was Easy To Get Through Midday ]
[ But As The Day Wore On, It Triggered Your Fight Or Flight ]
[ In Almost Every Way ]

[ How Do You Conquer A Simple Fear ]
[ When You Begin To Shed A Tear ]
[ If You Look @ Yourself Too Long In The Bathroom Mirror? ]

[ You Cannot Live Your Whole Life ]
[ In The Sunny Daylight ]
[ You Could Still See The Shadow Of A Bad Man Holding A Knife ]
[ Or Was That A Child Flying A Kite? ]

[ Bad Things Also Happen Under The Cover Of Dark Clouds ]
[ Disguising The Intentions ]
[ Of The Violent Men In Crowds ]

[ But Then ]
[ It Doesn’t Always Have To Be Outside ]
[ For Violence To Happen ]
[ Especially When There Are Numerous Places To Hide ]
[ Or When ]
[ You Are Waiting For Your Ride ]

[ Fear Can Be All Encompassing ]
[ When You Have No Idea What Is Happening ]
[ All The While Dampening ]

[ Your Faith In Yourself ]
[ Maybe You Left Your Courage In The Garage ]
[ Up High On A Shelf ]
[ Sitting There Away From The Barrage ]
[ Of Negative Words ]
[ That You Heard ]
[ From Someone Else ]

[ You Dislike & Almost Hate ]
[ How Bully‘s Like To Operate ]
[ Sometimes They Play It Cool ]
[ & Don’t Show You How They Shut The Gate ]
[ On People, So They Could Make Them Look Like A Fool ]
[ Or How They Sit & Wait ]
[ Until They Grab The Only Remaining Stool ]

[ It Is A You -vs- Them ]
[ Until They Become Society’s Bigger Problem ]
[ Of Sneezing & Coughing Up Phlegm ]

[ It Is Like The Nagging Flu ]
[ When You Have Zero Clue ]
[ About What To Do ]

[ A Fear Can Nag ]
[ Fears Can Zig-Zag ]
[ They Can Even Play Tag ]

[ Fear Was Never About Power ]
[ It Lived On Borrowed Breath ]
[ Once It Goes For An Hour ]
[ It Is Fed With Hesitation & Starved On Facing Death ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(029)▪︎[ Getting Lost In Your Mind … 2026 ]

[ When Daylight Loosens Its Golden Hold ]
[ & The Evening Whispers Stories That Are Old ]
[ Mother Nature Wastes No Time In Turning The Temperature Cold ]

[ As The Moon Ascends To Her Silver Throne ]
[ You Try To Call A Friend, On Your Phone ]
[ That’s When The Shadows Tell You That You Are Not Alone ]
[ Because You Don’t Even Hear A Dial Tone ]

[ The Stars Wake & Start To Glimmer ]
[ All You Can Hear ]
[ Is Your Inner Voice Whimper ]

[ The Clocks Start To Unwind ]
[ Right In Front Of Your Weary Eyes ]
[ Is This Meant To Play With Your Mind? ]
[ Or A Simple Ploy To Knock You Down A Size? ]

[ Your Bed Looks Like A Wayward Ship ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ You Feel Like Just A Tiny Blip ]
[ Life Really Stings ]
[ Whenever You Feel Your Mind Slip ]

[ In Your Mind Your Ship Is Supposed To Glide ]
[ On The Ocean ]
[ That Is So Deep & Wide ]
[ You Close Your Eyes Just To Feel The Motion ]
[ But If You Wait Too Long You Might Feel That You Died ]

[ Your Eyes Close Doors To The World You Once Knew ]
[ You Wish That Someone Would Have Given You A Clue ]
[ That The Doors That Closed Would Be Quite A Few ]

[ When Quiet Miracles Are Beginning ]
[ Logic Starts Bending ]
[ & While Time Starts Thinning ]
[ Do You Think That Your World Has Begun To Head To A Anti-Climactic Ending? ]

[ You Feel That Is Something That Is Tempting ]
[ But That Is Not What You Are Attempting ]
[ Even Though You Feel Like Your Gas Tank Is Emptying ]

[ You Once Dreamed That You Were On A Winding Staircase ]
[ When You Tried To Leave En Haste ]
[ You Tripped & Fell Right On Your Face ]
[ But You Did Receive ]
[ A Rounding Applause From Every Person In The Place ]

[ You Took Your Beautiful Wife Aside ]
[ To Confide ]
[ The Only Thing That You Hurt Was Your Pride ]

[ The Fall Did Knock The Air Out Of Your Lungs ]
[ This Happened Once Before When You Were Young ]
[ @ Least This Time You Did Not Bite Your Tongue ]

[ Your Breath & Pride Will Eventually Return ]
[ Sometimes You Block Out What You Have Learned ]
[ & Sliding Face First On Carpet ]
[ Will Always Burn ]

[ You Try Not To Fear ]
[ That All Of Your Lost Tomorrows Will Always Be Near ]
[ They Would Not Had Been Lost ]
[ If The Purpose Of Being There Was Clear ]
[ No Matter The Cost ]
[ No Matter The Amount Of Tears ]

[ You Don’t Believe In Coincidences ]
[ Or Shared Time Instances ]
[ All They Might Be Is Simple Unconnected Incidents ]

[ There Were Simpler Times ]
[ When Buying A Pack Of Baseball Cards Only Cost A Kid (2) Shiny Dimes ]
[ It Seemed Like A Safer Time ]
[ When Bad Guys Were Committing Alot Less Violent Crimes ]

[ Your Self-Esteem Felt Right ]
[ Your Future ]
[ Was Like A Flame ]
[ That Was Burning Bright ]
[ Then You Lost Your Name ]
[ & Everything Felt Like An Uphill Fight ]

[ You Are Trying To Stay Upright On Your Feet ]
[ Even Though You Felt That Your Pride Ran Out To The Street ]
[ When All That You Asked Was That This Bad Dream Would Not Repeat ]

[ Why Couldn’t You Have Had A Dream Of Being A Child Running Through The Cool Night Air? ]
[ Without Having A Single Care ]
[ But Having A Big Heart To Share? ]

[ Dreams Of Childhood Usually Brings A Smile ]
[ & It Stays For Awhile ]
[ Because Afterall … You Were Just A Child ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(008)▪︎[ Angel’s In The Room … 2026 ]

[ There Are Times When Angel’s Actually Do Roam The Earth ]
[ You Know That When A Bell Rings ]
[ Everytime There Is A Child’s Birth ]

[ It Is Not Always The Norm ]
[ For An Angel To Show Themselves ]
[ In Human Form ]

[ They Just Might ]
[ Take Flight ]
[ During The Morning ]
[ Instead Of Always Being @ Night ]

[ They Are Not Like Santa ]
[ Who Is Always Looking For All Of The Good Girls & Boys ]
[ They Don’t Have A GPS Antenna ]
[ So They Can Deliver Goodies & Toys ]

[ Angel’s & Santa Claus’s Purpose In Life Are Worlds Apart ]
[ Santa Might Live In The Mind ]
[ While Angel’s Live In The Heart ]
[ Because They Are So Kind ]

[ Unfortunately There Times When An Angel Will Appear Before A Man’s Eyes Right Before Death ]
[ Maybe Drug Abusers Are Trying To To See The Angels]
[ When They Start Smoking Meth ]

[ They Keep Wanting To Get To An Even Higher High ]
[ Hopefully They Pass Out ]
[ Before They Die ]

[ Angel’s Will Sometimes Lead A Man Down A Better Path ]
[ Sad To Say That If You Have Test Anxiety In Class ]
[ Angel’s Will Not Help You During Your Final Test In Math ]

[ Children Tend To See Angel’s More Often Than Adult’s, Because They Really Believe ]
[ If An Adult Told His Friends That They Saw One ]
[ His Friends Would Probably Think That He Was Hiding Something Up His Sleeve ]

[ Maybe That’s Why Adults Won’t Admit ]
[ That They Ever Noticed It ]

[ It Wouldn’t Sound Believable To See An Angel Fly ]
[ By ]
[ Unless You Were Probably High ]

[ Sometimes Angel’s Do Good Deed’s ]
[ Other Times They Help Those That Are In Need ]

[ They Don’t Ever Give Out Money ]
[ They Probabaly Wouldn’t Lead Someone To The Land Of Milk & Honey ]

[ Rest Assure That Angel’s Are Here To Stay ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(021)▪︎[ The Tears … 2026 ]

[ Now You Cannot Help But See That There Are Some Really Tough Roads That Lay Ahead ]
[ This Is Not A Good Time ]
[ To Run Out Of That Anti-Psychotic Med ]
[ Maybe You Should Go Out & Enjoy Committing A Crime ]
[ Instead ]

[ A Good Medication Won’t Make Your World Spin ]
[ It Will Help You Win ]
[ Even Before The Placebo Affects Start To Begin ]

[ Why Does A Bad Med Keep The Earth From Being Still? ]
[ Will ]
[ The Next Pill ]
[ Help You To Remain Chill? ]

[ What Will Calm You Down? ]
[ When You Look Around ]
[ Don’t Show The Tears Of A Sad Clown ]

[ A Clown Is Supposed To Show A Smile ]
[ For The Whole Day ]
[ Not For Just For A Little While ]
[ You Wish There Was A Way ]
[ That You Could Change Your Mood By Just Turning A Dial ]

[ When A Clown Is Sad ]
[ Where Can They Go To Hide? ]
[ It Makes You Feel So Bad ]
[ It Feels Like Your Soul Has Died ]

[ You Feel Like Everything Is Going By You So Fast ]
[ But You Feel Like You Are Going So Slow ]
[ You Are Only Seeing The Mistakes That You Made In Your Past ]
[ Now You Don’t Know In Which Direction You Should Go ]
[ To Make Good Memories That Can Last? ]

[ Do You Start With Your Right Foot, Or Your Left? ]
[ Will It Always Be A Fight ]
[ To Continue To Watch Your Step? ]

[ That Will Always Have You Looking Down, Instead Of Forward ]
[ There Is No Reward ]

[ If You Start Going Backwards ]
[ Because Someone That You Thought Was Close ]
[ Chose ]
[ To Say Some Choice Words ]

[ That Made Themselves Feel Better ]
[ But Not You ]
[ Would A Letter ]
[ Had Been The Best Way To Give A Clue? ]
[ Maybe Waving A Feather ]
[ Would Had Been A Good Social Cue ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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