[ Some People Say That Kids In Foster Care
Do Not Dream ]
[ Instead In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ They Have Nightmares That Make Them Scream ]
[ They Never Feel Like Their Feet Are On Solid Ground ]
[ They Are Always Waiting For The Sound ]
[ Of Someone Saying That It Was Time To Move ]
[ It Could Be A Month Or A Couple Of Years ]
[ So They Never Get Into A Groove ]
[ Their Head Keeps Spinning ]
[ Because Their Life Keeps Beginning ]
[ It Seems That They Are Never Winning ]
[ @ The Game Of Life ]
[ When They Look Through The Tunnel ]
[ They Just Don’t See The Light ]
[ Be It The Sun Or Of An Oncoming Train ]
[ Making Them Afraid ]
[ To Rejoice Or Refrain ]
[ From Having The Happiness Of A Growing Child ]
[ & Not Having Any Control Of His Small Piece
Of Tile ]
[ That He Lives On ]
[ His Security Is Not Gone ]
[ Because He Has Never Had That Feeling Before ]
[ He Always Anticipates That Knock On The Door ]
[ Waiting For A Representative From The State ]
[ To Tell Them There Is Another Move In Store ]
[ All He Wants To Do Is Yell ( WAIT! ) ]
[ ( I DON’t WANT TO MOVE ANYMORE! ) ]
[ But He Knows That His Pleas Will Fall On Deaf Ears ]
[ Nobody Listens ]
[ Nobody Hears ]
[ They Just Want To Be ]
[ Adopted & Settled With A Good, Loving Family ]
[ Where They Feel Nurtured ]
[ & Loved ]
[ So Then & Only Then … They Can Finally Have Dreams About The
Future ]
~ The End ~
[ Auhea kuʻu hoaaloha ]
[ Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e pono ai e lawe i kēia moʻolelo
i kahi hopena ]
[ Mahalo no ka hoʻoloheʻana i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ]
[ No laila,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka mea ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1128)▪︎[ It Is Gone … 12•21•2020 ]
[It Seems Like All I Want To Do Lately
Is Sleep ]
[ Not Just A Light Nap ]
[ It Seems Like I Want To Go Deep ]
[ It Seems ]
[ That I Don’t Remember Any Of My Dreams ]
[ Though ]
[ That, I Know ]
[ Not Good Or Bad ]
[ No Happy Ones Or Ones That Are Sad ]
[ My Subconscious Is Left Floating On Air ]
[ Not A Single Thought There ]
[ I Have No Idea What Is Going On ]
[ I Don’t Know Why My Imagination Is Gone ]
[ It Just Is ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1235)▪︎[ This Is A Recording … 10•13•19 ]
[ I Remember Putting On A Brave Face ]
[ To Hide The Symptoms Of Depression ]
[ I Always Felt Like A Disgrace ]
[ Because I Needed to Make A Confession ]
[ Whenever Someone Would Ask ]
[ [ HOW ARE THINGS? ] ]
[ I Wanted To Take Off My Mask ]
[ & Tell Them About The Guilt That Depression Brings ]
[ I Could Never Get Away From The Guilt Because It Was
Always On My Mind ]
[ Add My PTSD To The Mix ]
[ & It Seemed Like I Was Always On Rewind ]
[ PTSD Affects Me In Many Different Ways ]
[ & It Can Affect Me For Many Consecutive Days ]
[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ There Were Days Where All I Wanted To Do Was Shout ]
[ Because I Was Having Nightmares About Subjects That
I Knew Nothing About ]
[ Later In The Day The Subject Would Become Clear ]
[ I Was Having Nightmares About Things That I Fear ]
[ Can You Hear That? ]
[ I Can ]
[ I Just Don’t Know Where I’m @ ]
[ As A Man ]
[ Oh, I’ve Been Sitting Here All Of The Time ]
[ Having Flashbacks ]
[ In Between Writing Rhymes ]
[ What’s The Subject For The Day? ]
[ Even In My Confusion ]
[ My Thoughts Can Still Stay ]
[ But I Didn’t Want Or Need Them All ]
[ When One Wouldn’t Go Away ]
[ It Drove Me Up The Wall ]
[ How Do I Keep My Modesty & Sanity? ]
[ In A World Filled With ]
[ Insanity & Vanity? ]
[ That’s One Reason That I Try To Keep My Thoughts Wrapped
Up Nice & Tight ]
[ Because Sometimes When I Try To Verbalize Them ]
[ Things Don’t Quite ]
[ Sound Right ]
[ But Most Of The Time I Stay In My Head ]
[ So My Expressionless Face Can’t Be Read ]
[ But Then Complimentary Words Would Go Unsaid ]
[ Often My Home Was My De-Compression Zone ]
[ A Better Place ]
[ Was Never Known ]
[ I Had To Find Another Place Where I Felt As Safe As Before ]
[ Would I Ever Be Able To Find That Door? ]
[ Where It Was Safe To Walk On It’s Floor? ]
[ Now I Know A Place Where I Can Take My Thoughts & Park ]
[ It’s When I Go To Sleep In The Dark ]
[ When I Open My Eyes I’d Hear This Song ]
[ That Usually Told Me When Something Was Wrong ]
[ I’d Tell Myself [ BE STRONG, BE STRONG ] ]
[ Even When I Did Not Quite Know What Was Going On ]
[ When I Could Clearly See ]
[ I’d Find That There Is Nobody In The Room ]
[ With Me ]
[ Then I’d Wonder [ HOW COULD THIS BE? ] ]
[ I Figured Out That It Was Another Flashback ]
[ Caused By My PTSD ]
[ How Can I Get Away From This Disorder ]
[ That Is Like A Recorder ]
[ [ SHUT DOWN! SHUT DOWN! ]
[ Is What I Tell Myself ]
[ It Never Works, It Never Works, I’ve Found ]
~ 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 ]
(29)▪︎[ You Did Not Fail … 1•9•2021 ]
[ Just Because It Took You Longer ]
[ Doesn’t Mean You Failed ]
[ Maybe What Made You Stronger ]
[ Was That You Never Bailed ]
[ On The Responsibilities ]
[ That Eventually ]
[ Opened Up More Opportunities ]
[ Doors Open As Soon As Some Close ]
[ You Take Risks ]
[ Going To Places That Nobody Chose ]
[ Being A Risk Taker Has Paid Off For So Far ]
[ Just Like When You Go Outside @ Night ]
[ & Look For The Brightest Star ]
[ You Often Let Your Mind Wander To Distant
Lands ]
[ Where Nobody Knows You ]
[ To Make Any Demands ]
[ Demands On Your Thoughts ]
[ & Demands On Your Time ]
[ Sometimes All You’ve Got ]
[ To Show For The Effort Is Two Nickels & A Dime ]
[ Making It Almost Impossible To Make A Dent ]
[ On Car Payments ]
[ Or Rent ]
[ So The Dreams Of Being Free Is What Gets You
Through ]
[ & The Fiance & A Small Circle Of Friends]
[ That Has Always Been True & Real For You ]
[ The Wedding In The Future Seems ]
[ Like It Is The Live Version ]
[ Of One Of Your Past Dreams ]
[ Live For The Future, But Learn From Your Past ]
[ The Man That You Chose To Marry ]
[ Will Give It His All To Make It Last ]
[ Never Go To Bed With Problems On Your Mind ]
[ Always Let Your Last Words @ Night For Your Husband ]
[ Be Loving & Kind ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(31)▪︎[ WTH? … 1•10•2021 ]
[ Ho Hum, Ho Hum ]
[ Sometimes There Is So Much Bad News Out There ]
[ I Have Almost Gone Numb ]
[ The People Who Are Supposed To Lead ]
[ Won’t ]
[ The People That We Are Supposed To Need ]
[ We Don’t ]
[ The So Called Leaders Are Not Reliable ]
[ Some Of The Leaders Are Not Very Likeable ]
[ They Are Elected By Getting The Most Votes ]
[ Then Some Of Them Use Their Status ]
[ To Make Millions Of Dollars So They Can Buy
Big Boats ]
[ Their Level Of Society Moves Upward ]
[ While The Life Of The Average Man Or Woman ]
[ Does Not Move Forward ]
[ The Average Person Is So Behind On Their Mortgages,
Bills Or Rent ]
[ They Are Holding Their Breath ]
[ For Their Stimulus Checks ]
[ But Who Are The Ones That Make The Decisions
About It? ]
[ Men & Women That Don’t Need It! ]
[ 1 Buck Or Two ]
[ That Matters To Me & You ]
[ But The Problem ]
[ Is ]
[ It Does Not Ever Affect Them ]
[ Most Of The Politicians Have Neglected ]
[ The Problems Of The People ]
[ That Got Them Elected ]
[ So Now It Seems ]
[ That Nobody Is Being Protected ]
[ I Can’t Really Figure Out Or See ]
[ What Happened To The Politics Of Our Frazzled Country ]
[ How Did All Of This Come To Be? ]
[ Could Someone, In A Calm Way ]
[ Explain Any Of This To Me? ]
[ The Riot That I Experienced Lasted For Over 3 Hours ]
[ Theirs Lasted About Four ]
[ I Wonder How Those Politicians Liked Being Stripped
Of Their Entitlement Powers? ]
[ I Don’t Apologize For How I Think ]
[ Just Like I Don’t Question Anybody About What They
Eat Or Drink ]
[ The Saying That Is Known ]
[ Is ( TO EACH THEIR OWN ) ]
[ I Love My Friends Whether They VOTE Republican
Or Democrat ]
[ This Is My Main Fact ]
[ I Love People For How They Speak To Others & How
They Act ]
[ It Always Seems ]
[ It Is So Hard To Always Be Mainstream ]
[ But Life Gets So Much Easier ]
[ When You Kick To The Curb ]
[ Those That Make You Feel That You Are Always
Swimming Upstream ]
[ Learn To Like, Love & Accept Yourself ]
[ You Don’t Always Need The Validation From Someone
Else ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(33)▪︎[ Is There Anyone Home? … 1•11•2021 ]
[ I Hurt When You Are Not Here ]
[ I Did Not Smile All Day ]
[ But I Did Shed A Tear ]
[ You Don’t Seem Bothered @ All ]
[ Sometimes I Want To Hear Your Voice ]
[ But I Don’t Think That You Would Ever Call ]
[ No One Came ]
[ There Is Just One Name ]
[ To Blame ]
[ The Date May Be Different ]
[ But Their Treatment Of Me ]
[ Remains The Same ]
[ What Did I Ever Do ]
[ To Her ]
[ For Her To Remove You? ]
[ From My Life? ]
[ Am I That Bad Of A Guy? ]
[ Do I Abuse My Wife? ]
[ No, Not In The Least ]
[ I Am Not A Monster ]
[ I Am Far From Being A Beast ]
[ I Need You Back ]
[ What If We Kidnap Her? ]
[ Then Throw Her In The River Tied Up In A Sack? ]
[ I Want All Of This Hurt To Go Away ]
[ I Want You Back In My House To Play ]
[ I Want This To Happen Yesterday ]
[ Yes In The Past Tense ]
[ I Just Want To Surround Myself Behind A Fence ]
[ One That Is Ten Feet Long ]
[ Make It Really Tall ]
[ Make It Extremely Strong ]
[ Do You Have Any Feelings Of What I Just Wrote? ]
[ Was There Anything Of Note? ]
[ I Don’t Know How You Are Doing ]
[ But I Do Know Who You Are Screwing ]
[ I Miss Talking To You ]
[ I Miss Hearing Your Voice, Too ]
[ Memories Is All I’ve Got ]
[ I Did Not Realize How Big A Part Of My Day & Life You Are ]
[ I Have Come To Realize That It Is A Hell Of Alot ]
[ I Miss Your Care ]
[ You Should Be Here During The Day ]
[ Not Over There, There Or Over There ]
[ This Is Extremely Bad ]
[ Because My Day Was Very Sad ]
[ & I Am Way Past Being Mad ]
[ I Want This Hiatus To Be Done ]
[ Because This Is Not @ All Fun ]
[ Well … I Really Don’t Have Much More ]
[ So I Will Turn Off The Light ]
[ & Shut The Door ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
[ 40 ][ Another Wet & Whacky French Fry … 1•12•2021 ]
Humpty Dumpty Was A Fascist Female Impersonator
That Is Actually Allergic To Eggs.
So Whenever He Was Anywhere Near Himself He Broke Out In Bees.
The Cow Did Not Really Jump Over The Moon. She Was Very Phobic About Cheese So Any Pictures Were taken On A Stage In A Row Boat Somewhere In Georgia.
Trump Really Did Win The Georgia Election. He Was Voted Head Class Cheerleader While Going To High School In Georgia … Russia.
The Old Lady That Lived In A Shoe Spent Most Of Her Time Wearing Heels On The Beaches In Idaho.
The Original Use For The Ladder Was To Make Prank Phone Calls To Domino’s Ice Cream Parlor To Deliver Eyeglasses.
KFC Really Was The First Name For Kome For Care.
Feet Are Like Ears Because. Hansel & Gretel Were Relatives Of The Good Witch Of The North That Lives By Jack & Jill.
Mike Was Really Cold. When The Clock Strikes 12 It Is Arrested For Shoplifting Panty Hose From The 7-24 That Only Stays Open From 0857hrs Until
The Lightning Bowls.
Bowling Balls Were Originally Used For Paper Waits But It Rained Too Much.
Face Masks Were Originally Used As Veils In Weddings In The 1920’s Because It Helped Guys That Had Runny Noses.
When A Nose Itches It Is Because It Did Yesterday When Someone Ate Grapes. Shopping Is Hard To Do While Wearing Flippers.
But Seals Are Able To Because They Are Used To It.
Card Sharks Cheat While Surfing Jumps In The Forest. This Forest Has No Gump In It.
His & Her Shoes Sometimes Comes With No Jello
On The Bottom Of The Diaper.
Change Is Ticklish.
But Never Whisper In A Strong Wind Because All You Would Here Is Fuzz.
Christmas Trees Were Once Used For Toothpicks For
Giant Worms.
Sometimes Skunks Lose Their Stripe In The
Summer Rain. That Is When They Smell The Best.
Sometimes I Confuse Myself When My Big Toe Laughs.
Black & White Paint Mixed Together Sounds High.
I Would Not Advise Someone To Get A Dollar Out Of Its Bark.
So Laugh Until The Cat Rides In.
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1127)▪︎[ Those Inside Scars … 12•20•2020 ]
[ Why Do You Feel The Need To Hide ]
[ The Scars ]
[ From The Wounds, That Are On The Inside? ]
[ It Is Because Those Are The One’s That Hurts
The Most ]
[ The Nerves Could Be As Fried As Burnt Toast ]
[ Ready To Crumble Or Break ]
[ Easy To Make ]
[ Not Easy To Fake ]
[ Covered By Lies ]
[ Not Easily Seen By Others Eyes ]
[ The Scars Are Hidden For Reasons Only You Would
Know ]
[ They Will Be Hidden By Layers Of Clothes So They
Don’t Show ]
[ It Is Not That You Are Embarrassed That They Are There ]
[ There Is Always A Story Behind Them ]
[ That You Don’t Care ]
[ To Share ]
[ The Scars Are Jagged & Deep ]
[ The Memories Of What Caused Them ]
[ Won’t Let You Sleep ]
[ You Fight Through The Nightmares That They Caused ]
[ Waiting To Hit The Play Button ]
[ After Your Life Was Put On Pause ]
[ Do The Days Ever Get Any Better? ]
[ Do The Clouds Ever Change The Weather? ]
[ The Answer Is Always ( YES ) ]
[ Sometimes You’ll Have To Clean Up This Mess ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(41)▪︎[ How Does It Work? … 1•12•2021 ]
[ How Can You Even Take A Step When You Are
In So Much Pain? ]
[ But You Do It Again & Again ]
[ I Ask You ( WHY? ) ]
[ & Don’t You Dare Lie ]
[ What Is The End Game? ]
[ What Are The Rewards? ]
[ Is It The Same ]
[ Thing ]
[ That You Are Always Walking Towards? ]
[ Have You Been There Before? ]
[ Have You Opened ]
[ Then Looked Behind The Nearest Door? ]
[ What Is On The Other Side? ]
[ Did You Close Your Eyes? ]
[ Or Were They Open Wide? ]
[ Could You Ever Describe What You Just Saw? ]
[ Was It Against The Law? ]
[ But Who Is There To Judge? ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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