(1019)▪︎[ Growing Up … 12•5•2021 ]

[ In Life ]
[ @ Least Where There Is Light ]

[ Other People Owe You Nothing ]
[ Especially If You Want Something ]

[ You Have To First Learn ]
[ How To Earn ]

[ @ Your Birth ]
[ You Have No Worth ]

[ Even After Your First Year ]
[ Of Your First Career ]

[ You Probably Have (1) Bowl To Eat From ]
[ After Your Years Of College )
[ You Are Probably Numb ]

[ It Would Be Nice If You Had Someone With Which You Could
      Share Your Life & Bed ]
[ Hopefully Able To Share & Talk About The Monsters That Live
     In Your Head ]

[ Sometimes It Is Okay To Be Going It Alone ]
[ Just Don’t Lose Your Cellphone ]

[ The Growing Up Years ]
[ Is Where You Face Alot Of Your Fears ]
[ Then When You Go Through College ]
[ You Cause & Shed Alot Of Tears ]

[ After College You Start To Fumble & Are Trying To Find Your
     Niche ]
[ Most Careers Don’t Start By Making A Wish ]

[ If You Are Lucky, You Could Start As A Dishwasher @ A Great
     Restaurant With Good Teachers ]
[ Or You Could Go The Seminary Route & Become A Preacher ]

[ A Good Teacher In A Restaurant Is A Patient Chef ]
[ They Would Be Showing You How To Maneuver Around The
    Grill, Right & Left ]

[ Or Work @ The Lowest Level Of A Good Company ]
[ So You Could Learn About Everything That You Hear & See ]

[ If You Are Not Good @ Sports, The Military Could Be Your
     Ticket Out From Your Surroundings ]
[ You Could Live In Different Cities Or Countries ]
[ & See Amazing Things ]

[ Growing Up You Need To Keep Open Your Options ]
[ Then Maybe Later In Life You Could Work With Kids Going
     Through Adoptions ]

[ Try To Keep The Kids From Staying Above Their Doubt ]
[ & Letting Them Know That There Is Always A Way Out ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(781)▪︎[ Not Numb Yet … 9•15•2021 ]

[ A ][ 781 ][ NOT NUMB YET … 9•15•2021 ]

[ If You Never Loved A Mirror ]
[ Is It Because The Picture Is Too Clear? ]

[ Blemishes, Wrinkles, Freckles & Age Spots ]
[ You Have Never Looked @ Your Reflection ]
[ With Good Thoughts ]

[ You Come Into This World Naked As Can Be ]
[ & You Can Hardly See ]

[ You Have An Open World In Front Of You ]
[ Without A Single Thought Of What You Will Grow Up To Do ]

[ Baby Steps Is Literally What You Learn To Take ]
[ You Have No Idea About The Mistakes You Will Make ]

[ The Places You’ll Go ]
[ The People Who You Think You Will Know ]

[ You Will Find That Not Every Soul Will Be Good ]
[ Not Everybody Succeeded From Where They Stood ]

[ Some Progress ]
[ Some Regress ]

[ You Learn As Grow ]
[ You Will Learn That It Is Good To Sometimes Go Slow ]

[ Fast Is Not Always The Best ]
[ & Keep Your Secrets Close To Your Vest ]

[ It May Take Awhile To Settle Down ]
[ You’re Not Always Content About Everyone That You Have
     Around ]

[ Trust Your Judgement, Trust Your Gut ]
[ The Little Voice Inside Your Head Will Tell You What Is What ]

[ It Is Tough To Put Up With Neglect ]
[ It Is Not A Good Feeling To Be Around Someone That You
     Suspect ]

[ That Brings A Dark Cloud Over Your Home ]
[ You Wonder How Long Was This Known? ]

[ You Come Into This World Pure & Clean ]
[ Because Of A Pandemic ]
[ You Have To Get The Vaccines ]

[ Look How Far That You Have Come ]
[ You Have Walked Through The Swamp Of Negativity ]
[ & Aren’t Standing There All Numb ]

[ You Keep Going … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(1402)▪︎[ It’s Hard … 12•15•2019 ]

[ Growing Up Is Hard To Do ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter If You’re Almost 12 ]
[ Or Past 52 ]

[ Sometimes You Have To Begin ]
[ With ]
[ Taking A Step Back & Looking Within ]

[ The Problem With Always Looking Back ]
[ Is That You’ll Never Get Passed Your Past ]
[ & You Won’t See What Is Coming @ You From The Front
To Attack ]

[ It Is Hard ]
[ To Always Be On Guard ]

[ But If It Seems You Must ]
[ Because There Is A Large Degree Of Mistrust ]

[ Know It Is Not Always Your Fault ]
[ If You Need To Take Everything That One Person Says
[ (WITH A GRAIN OF SALT) ]

[ There Should Not Be An Ounce Of Guilt ]
[ If You Have Tried Your Hardest ]
[ & Have Had The Attitude That You Just Don’t Quit ]

[ When Some People See Hard Times Ahead ]
[ & Then Find Out Their Drive Is Dead ]

[ They Can’t Figure Out How To Take On A Challenge ]
[ Because They Lose Their Balance ]

[ & Lean Way Too Much To One Side ]
[ Because Someone, Somewhere Lied ]

[ About How To Get Around The Pot Holes ]
[ & Climb The Poles ]

[ That Gets Oneself Out Of Failures Grip ]
[ When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ Alot Of People Are Not Traveling The Same Trip ]

[ You’re Born W/No Shoes, Clothes & A Screaming Voice ]
[ & All Of The Answers To The Questions That Lie Ahead ]
[ Are Made For You Without Giving You A Choice ]

[ When It’s Finally Time To Take That Giant Step All Alone ]
[ Find A Good Person To Live With ]
[ Put Down Some Roots & Call It Your Home ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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