(145)▪︎[ Cloudy Thoughts … 2•15•2020 ]

[ There Are Days When My Thoughts Are Cloudy In My
Head ]
[ I Wish I Had A Clear Head, Instead ]

[ A Thought Would Ping Pong Off Of The Wall ]
[ It Was Like I Was Playing Handball ]

[ I’ve Got To Get Them Before They Bounce ]
[ They Are So Light ]
[ Weighing In @ Less Than An Ounce ]

[ & When I See That My Thoughts Are Coming Out Off
All Kilter ]
[ I’ll Get Out The Filter ]

[ Then Separate The Good From The Useless ]
[ From There I Pick The Few ]
[ That Are Useful ]

[ & Mold ]
[ Them ]
[ Then Fold ]
[ Them ]

[ Which Ones Should I Use? ]
[ Where Do I Place The Ones I Refuse? ]

[ @ Least ½ Of My Thoughts Never Make It Into The Next Stage ]
[ My Thoughts Really Do Change ]
[ As I Age ]
[ I Do Try To Stay Away From The Thoughts That Make Me Boil ]
[ & Turn Them Into Rage ]
[ This Certainly Will Not Continue Onto The Next Page ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(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 ||   ‎ 
  ‎
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||