[ The Talk Of The Town, Today, Is The Freezing Cold ]
[ The Homeless, Are Always, Put On Hold ]
[ There Are So Many Tedious Things, That They Do Not Like, Being Told ]

[ Like, Being Shown A Better Way Of Doing Something, That Could Make Their Life, Somewhat Leisurely ]
[ When They Start Feeling Like They Are Being Told What To Do ]
[ They Do Not Take To Change, Very Easily ]

[ It Just Does Not Matter If They Can Or They Could ]
[ They Have Never Understood ]
[ The Big Difference Between Bad & Good ]

[ They Don’t Like Being Told What They Can Or Can’t Do ]
[ Following All Of The Rules & Laws ]
[ Does Not Usually Stumble You, You Or You ]

[ They Feel That All Of The Rules Are Too Much ]
[ They Do Not Want To Pay Bills Or Put Money Aside For Food ]
[ They Do Not Want To Do Such & Such ]

[ They Do Not Want To Worry About An “O” Ring Full Of Keys That Belong To Door Locks ]
[ Throwing All Of That Away ]
[ For The Privilege Of Only Needing To Be Responsible For A Sleeping Bag & A Cardboard Box ]

[ Begging For Money, So They Can Afford Their Alcohol &  Drugs ]

[ Giving Up The Ability To Give Hugs ]
[ Not Caring About Living & Sleeping With The Insects & Bugs ]

[ Homeless People Have Given Up Their Ability, To Dream ]
[ They Almost Tripled Their Chances, Of Having Night Terrors ]
[ That Causes Them, To Scream ]

[ So Loud, Inside Of Their Own Head ]
[ They Wished That The Alcohol Would Be Their Magical Med ]
[ Other Times Wishing That They Were Dead ]

[ So All Of The Pain Would Go Away ]
[ They Never Get A Reprieve For Even A Day ]
[ When They Do, It Doesn’t Stay ]
[ @ Bay ]

[ The Pain In Their Head Pounds To The Rhythm Of Their Pulse ]
[ When The Pain Becomes Tolerable ]
[ That Proves To Be False ]

[ Searching For The Thing That Makes Them Feel Happy & Right ]
[ Has Become A Fight ]
[ Every Day & Every Night ]

[ Sometimes Not Getting Any Sleep @ All ]
[ Getting To Be In A Comatose State ]
[ When They Finally Hit The Wall ]

[ (2), (3), Or (5) Days In A Row ]
[ When Does The Wall Come Into Play ]
[ They Won’t Know ]
[ Until It Gets To That Day ]

[ Be It The Bare Ground ]
[ Or A Park ]
[ It Does Not Make A Difference Who Is Around ]
[ It Does Matter If It Is Light Or Dark ]

[ Sometimes The Authorities Have To Check To See If A Homeless Person Is Still Alive ]
[ The Odds Are That (1) In (5) ]
[ Have Lost Their Desire To Thrive ]

[ It Seems Like Years Ago, They Fell Down The Slippery Slope ]
[ Of Losing Their Ability To Cope ]

[ When Facing Everything That Is Thrown @ Them, Head On ]
[ They Decided That The List Of Problems Is Too Long ]
[ When They Lay Their Heads Down @ Night ]
[ They Just Want The Pain To Be Gone ]

[ The Lucky Ones, Never Wake ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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