[016]▪︎[ There Is Too Much Doubt … 1•4•2022 ]

[ Whenever You Walk Into A Room, You Exude Confidence
     In The Worst Of Times ]
[ Even Though You Witness The Worst Of Crimes ]

[ You Do That With A Smile On Your Face ]
[ If You Have Any Trepidation In Your Head ]
[ You Never Show A Trace ] 

[ You Wish The Confidence Could Become Contagious, But
     It Doesn’t ]
[ @ First It Was There For The Taking ]
[ But Then It Wasn’t ]

[ You Have Come A Long Ways Since The Incident That Caused
     You To Have A Debilitating Case Of P.T.S.D. ]
[ But Then You Got Amazing Counseling That Set You Free ]

[ It Got You To Believe In Yourself ]  
[ That Is The First Step If You Ever Plan On Helping Anyone
     Else ]

[ When You Were Ill, It Was Well Known ]
[ That You Would Fall Over After The Wind Had Blown ]

[ But Nothing Worked Out ]
[ Because You Showed Too Much Doubt ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(402)▪︎[ It Sets In Slowly … 5•11•2021 ]

[ A Sense Of Isolation Is Starting To Set In ]
[ When Will This End? ]
[ When Did It Actually Begin? ]

[ Was It Yesterday Or Ten Years Ago? ] 
[ The Exact Date Was … ]
[ Well I Really Don’t Know ]

[ It Seems Like It Drifted In While I Slept ]
[ I Cannot Remember How Many Nights That I Wept ] 

[ Yes, Grown Men DO Cry ]
[ When I Read You A Really Sad Story ]
[ I Don’t Want To See A Dry Eye ]

[ This Isn’t About How Debilitating PTSD ]
[ Is For Me ]

[ No, Not This Rhyme ]
[ No, Not This Time ]

[ Maybe If I Was A Huge Loud Bird ]
[ My Words ]
[ Would Be Heard ]

[ Since I Am Not A Betting Man ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Can ]

[ Definitely Not In My Own ]
[ Home ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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