(350)▪︎[ Giving Up … 8-15-2025 ]

[ You Feel Like You Are Giving Up ]
[ You Are Catching Your Tears ]
[ By Using Your Coffee Cup ]

[ You Are Feeling Like Your Life Source ]
[ Seems To Be Leaving Your Body ]
[ It Feels Like You Do Not Have Any Kind Of Protective Force ]
[ Keeping Your Head From Getting Foggy ]


[ You Have Tried All Of Your Adult Life ]
[ To Be A Good Husband, Father, Friend & Man ]
[ To Others, Like Your Son & Your Wife ]
[ While Also Wishing That They Would Become Your Biggest Fans ]

[ The Sparkle Has Been Leaving Your Eyes ]
[ For Several Years Now ]
[ Only You Can See Your Pain & Hear Your Cries ]
[ You Would Like To Express This To Others, But You Do Not Know How ]

[ Everyone Is Way To Busy ]
[ To See Your Pain ]
[ To Others They Might See You As Lazy ]
[ & A Little Bit Insane ]
[ Some People That Knows You, Might Want To Call You Crazy ]
[ But Thankfully, Most Of Them Refrain ]

[ Sometimes All You Hear Is The Riot ]
[ In Your Head ]
[ Why Can’t You Have A Single Night Of Quiet ]
[ Instead? ]

[ The Other Times Your Thoughts Are Like A Spinning Top ]
[ There Have Been Many That You Will Feel Like A Flop ]
[ Whenever That Happens ]
[ It Is So Obvious That Is The Reason Why Your Self-Esteem Will Take A Sudden Drop ]

[ Your Marriage Feels Like It Is Falling ]
[ Off A Cliff ]
[ Nobody Ever Feels Like Calling ]
[ To Give You That Much Needed Lift ]

[ You Used To Have ]
[ So Many Names In Your Rolodex ]
[ Now You Don’t Even See ½ ]
[ That Many Names To Text ]

[ When You Are Smack Dab In The Middle Of A Major Crisis ]
[ You Reach For One Of Your Electronic Devices ]

[ But When You Look Through Your Contacts List ]
[ You Have No Idea Who To Call ]
[ When You Get Upset You Clench Your Fists ]
[ All That Does Is Make You Flashback To When Frustration Caused You To Hit A Wall ]

[ But You Are Not Angry, You Are Emotionally Hurt ]
[ You Start To Feel That Your Blood Pressure Has Bottomed Out ]
[ Will Anyone Be Able To See Your Broken Heart Through Your Shirt? ]
[ That Is Just One Of The Many Things That You Doubt ]

[ Your Wife Has Said That She Hates What You Have Changed ]
[ Into ]
[ Nobody Understands What Your Brain ]
[ Has Been Through ]

[ Maybe Your Thought Process ]
[ Cannot Be Fixed ]
[ That Causes You To Feel Lost ]
[ Because You Feel As Strong As A House That Has Been Built With Match Sticks ]

[ When You Text, “I Give Up” To Your Friends, That Was A Cry For Help ]
[ Now You Feel Like You Should Have Kept Your Vulnerability ]
[ On A Garage Shelf ]
[ Because Someone With Your Type Of Personality ]
[ Should Have Reached Out On “Yelp” ]

[ You Have Kind Of Felt ]
[ Throughout The Years That You Are Like An Aquired Taste ]
[ Your Inner Circle Is Getting Smaller Like The Tightening Of The Belt ]
[ That You Wear Around Your Waist ]

[ It Is Not Crystal Clear ]
[ Where Things Will Be Going From Here ]

[ You Really Have To Get Your Thoughts Straight ]
[ You Cannot Wait ]
[ You Need To Take Your Future, Your Fate ]
[ Into Your Own Hands ]
[ Post Haste ]

[ Get Back To Living As “One” With Your Spouse ]
[ So You Will Have, Once Again ]
[ A Harmonious House ]
[ Right When Your Days Begin ]
[ Stop Being A Grouch ]
[ Do Things That Can Be Looked @ As A “Win-Win” ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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(1311)▪︎[ Hope May Not Be … 11•12•2019 ]

[ Sometimes Hope Is A Terrible Thing To Give ]
[ When Someone Is So Depressed ]
[ They Don’t Want To Be Forced To Live ]

[ Living Is The Last Thing That Is On Their Mind ]
[ If Only They Had The Power To Rewind ]

[ The Quest For Hope ]
[ Can Be Washed Away As Fast ]
[ As Water Washes Away Soap ]

[ They Could Tell You To (SHUT THE FRONT DOOR) ]
[ Because They Don’t Want To Hear Anymore ]
[ Then What Are You Saying That For ]

[ For Recognition? ]
[ For Validation? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo E Ka hoa  ]
[  A hui hou  ]
[ Aloha  ]

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(676)▪︎[ Outside Of The Norm … 8•12•2021 ]

[ It May Not Be So Sappy ]
[ That You Don’t Have To Be Okay ]
[ To Strive To Be Happy ]

[ It Is Okay, To Feel Sad ]
[ It Is Okay, To Feel Bad ]

[ Depending On The Reason ]
[ Not The Season ]

[ It Is Okay To Not Always Be @ The Top Of Your Game ]
[ Everyday ]
[ There Is No One To Blame ]
[ On Why Things Might Be That Way ]

[ It Is Okay If You Are Not In The Mood To Talk ]
[ As We Take A Silent Walk ]

[ Silence Is Nice When Others Around You No Why ]
[ You Do Not Need To Smile & Lie ]

[ Be Honest With Those Around You ]
[ Don’t Play Them Like A Fool ]
[ Maybe They Are Not Okay, Too ]

[ & They Look To You For Guidance ]
[ & Being A Good Alliance ]
[ Not Giving Them Defiance ]

[ More Than A Few People Are Not Okay In Some Form ]
[ Because It Is Okay To Live Outside Of The Norm ]

[ If You Are Not Hurting Yourself ]
[ Or Anybody Else ]

[ It Is Quite Okay ]
[ Anyday ]
[ To Not Be Okay ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo  ]
[  A hui hou  ]
[ Aloha  ]

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(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 That Had To Do With 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 One 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 Sit 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 ]
[ & 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 Playing A Recorder ]

[ [ SHUT DOWN! SHUT DOWN! ]
[ Is What I Tell Myself ]
[ But It Never Works, I’ve Found ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
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[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]