(511)▪︎[ Doing What? … 6•22•2021 ]

[ Live, Laugh Cry ]
[ The First Two Seem Doable ]
[ But The Third One You Have To Ask ( WHY? ) ]

[ Because It Is Inevitable ]
[ You Collapse On The Kitchen Table ]

[ After All The Fun Stops ]
[ The Smiles Drop ]

[ Do You Have A Strong Shoulder To Lean On? ]
[ Or Is It Gone? ]

[ Ran Away To Look For One Of Their Own ]
[ Leaving You All Alone ]

[ Again ]

[ But You Are A Rock ]
[ You Are The Strongest Around ]
[ But Sometimes, Not Clear Around The Clock ]

[ You Rebound Better Than Most ]
[ You Are Like The Best Setting For Toast ]

[ Done, But Not Burnt ]
[ Even Though You Are Normally The Rock ]
[ Words Can Still Hurt ]

[ Others Usually See The Live & Laugh ]
[ They Don’t See The Cry When Hurtful Comments ]
[ Cut You In Half ]

[ You Keep That Calm, Cool Look On Your Face ]
[ All The While Standing Tall & Proud In Place ]

[ Live, Laugh, Cry One After The Other ]
[ After One, Wait For Another ]

[ Just Don’t Give Up & Let The Cry Piece Bring You Down ]
[ Walk Around Being The Smiling Clown ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(579)▪︎[ Why Is This So? … 6•23•2020 ]

[ Laugh & The World Laughs Too ]
[ Cry ]
[ & Everybody Moves Away From You ]

[ Why Do Tears ]
[ Cause Fears? ]
[ & Then When You Talk ]
[ There Are No Ears ]

[ Laugh Out Loud & People Are Running Towards You To Talk ]
[ They Want To Know What You Have To Say ]
[ When You Cry ]
[ People Won’t Hesitate To Walk ]
[ Away ]

[ That Is When You Need That Shoulder ]
[ But When People Turn Their Back ]
[ & The Atmosphere Gets Colder ]

[ Why Is That? ]
[ Why Is That So? ]
[ Why Are You All Of A Sudden Treated Like A Doormat? ]
[ By The People You Know? ]

[ When You Cry In Front Of Others ]
[ Do They Have To Be ]
[ Your Mother Or Brothers? ]

[ Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]

[ Because When You Are Down ]
[ You Don’t Want To Feel That You Are The Clown ]
[ That Is Being Talked About ]
[ All Over Town ]

[ Cry Because Of Love Lost ]
[ Cry Because Of The Loss ]
[ Mourn What Was Lost ]

[ Cry & Reach For That Hand ]
[ Don’t Feel Any Less Of A Man ]
[ Empathy Cannot Be A Demand ]

[ If A Friend Is There ]
[ To Give You Care ]
[ Let Them Pull Up A Chair ]
[ Then Share ]

[ You Never Should Open Your Heart ]
[ Just To Have It Torn Apart ]

[ So Laugh & The World Laughs ]
[ But Tears ]
[ Shouldn’t Cut You In Half ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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