(708)▪︎[ Walk Towards What You Know … 8•23•2021 ]

[ It Doesn’t Take All Day To Recognize Sunshine ]
[ So I Always Wanted To Make Yours, Mine ]

[ You Have Been Lost ]
[ & You Have Been Found ]
[ You Cannot Believe The Cost ]
[ Since You Last Came Around ]

[ For A Start ]
[ It May Cost You Your Heart ]

[ You Found That The Starter ]
[ Was Much Harder ]

[ Because Of The Welt ]
[ That You Felt ]
[ From The Belt ]

[ Around Your Waist ]
[ But It Was Just A Taste ]

[ Of What Was To Come ]
[ Or Become ]
[ Numb ]

[ When It Gets To The Brain ]
[ It Starts The Rain ]
[ That Starts To Make You Go Nearly Insane ]

[ Because Of The Dark Cloud ]
[ That Hovers Over Your Head ]
[ Making The Silence So Loud ]
[ You Wish That You Were Dead ]

[ But Then A Woman Came Into Your Life ]
[ That Soon Became Your Wife ]

[ While You Were Seeing ]
[ The Sunshine Coming In ]
[ It Started Changing You, As A Human Being ]

[ Knowing That Neither Comments Or Stones ]
[ Will Ever Break Your Bones ]

[ Other People’s Comments Used To Break You Down ]
[ & Grind Your Heart Into The Ground ]

[ But You Try To Think About What Is Right ]
[ & Follow The Beacon Of Light ]
[ Then That Puts A Stop To The Fight ]

[ Because Words Can Hurt ]
[ & Make You Feel Like Dirt ]

[ They Can Leave A Deep Scar ]
[ & They Are All Yours ]
[ Not Ours ]

[ A Scar Is So Individual ]
[ So It Is NOT Divideable ]

[ That Is When You Look Back @ That Beacon Of Light That Found
You Many Years Ago ]
[ Walk Towards The One That You Know ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(686)▪︎[ Follow Your Own Light … 8•18•2021 ]

[ You Have Wondered All Of Your Life Why You Are Always
     On Your Own ]
[ When The Phone Rings & You Pick It Up ]
[ All You Hear Is A Dial Tone ]

[ You Are Always A Second Too Late ]
[ Even Though You Try To Anticipate ]

[ What Is Going To Happen Next ]
[ You Have Even Been Sent A (DEAR JOHN) Through Text ]

[ Nothing Seems To Go Your Way Even In Town ]
[ Two Different Times That You Thought You Came Upon
     A lucky Penny ]
[ But Then You Saw That They Were Heads Down ]

[ You Have Always Been Told That Tails Up ]
[ Does Not Bring You Luck ]

[ Even When You Flip A Coin ]
[ In A Crowd ]
[ Nobody Wants To Join ]

[ One Time You Were In A Store Full Of Mirrors ]
[ & You Tripped & Broke A Whole Row Of Them ]
[ So You Have Bad Luck For Years & Years ]

[ You Have Always Felt That You Were Born Under A Dark
     Cloud ]
[ & You Feel Ignored In Big Crowds ]

[ @ Get Together’s, You Seem To Blend In To The Wall ]
[ Seem So Introverted ]
[ People Don’t Notice You @ All ]

[ When You Are @ Home, Your Roommates Are Always Yelling &
     Fighting ]
[ So Spend Most Of The Time In Your Writing ]

[ Writing Takes You Up In The Clouds ]
[ It Is Only When You Read Back On What You Written Do
     You Feel Proud ]

[ You Have Written Well Over (5,000) In (4) Years Now ]
[ You Wanted To Return The Favor To Your Beautiful Wife,
     After She Sent You A Poem ]
[ But You Didn’t Know How ]

[ Then You Put Your Stylus To Your Phone ]
[ & The Way Was Shown ]

[ Now You Have Never Been A Thump The Bible Kind Of
     Religious Man ]
[ But You Believe That You Were Given A Gift From GOD ]
[ So He Said (NOW YOU CAN) ]

[ So Now People Read Your Stories You ]
[ & When You Write Your Stories ]
[ You Get Noticed Because Of What You Do ]

[ & Then One Day ]
[ You Were Walking In A Parking Lot ]
[ & Then What Did You Spot? ]
[ You Noticed A Shiny Penny Facing The Right Way ]

[ Then Your Luck Turned ]
[ When You Were In Crowds You Remember What You Learned ]

[ It Is Best That You Just Be Yourself ]
[ Don’t Try To Be Anyone Else ]

[ Now It Is Because Of What You Write ]
[ That Has Become Your Guiding Light ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(105)▪︎[ Giving Up … 2•4•2020 ]

[ Right Now Some People Feel Like They’re In The Fight Of
Their Life ]
[ It’s Not Because Of A Stranger With A Knife ]

[ It’s From Fighting The Urge To Not Walk Towards The Bright ]
[ Shining Light ]

[ But It’s So Pretty ]
[ & The Warmth From The Beam ]
[ Feels Like A Soft Kitty ]

[ But What’s On The Other Side? ]
[ The Only Ones That Know ]
[ Have Gone Off & Died ]

[ Why Does Someone Walk Towards The Light When It’s Not
Their Time? ]
[ What If They’re In Their Prime? ]

[ & They Want To Just Call It Quits ]
[ Because @ This Point In Time, They Just Don’t Give A Shit ]

[ Where Did It All Go Wrong? ]
[ When Did They Stop Being Strong? ]

[ Maybe The Length ]
[ Of An Illness ]
[ Has Zapped Their Strength ]
[ & Willingness ]

[ To Go On ]
[ Their Drive Is Gone ]

[ But What About Those Left Behind? ]
[ Will Their Memories Help Remind? ]
[ Them ]
[ Of The Times They Went Out & Dined ]

[ A Picture Whispers A Thousand Words ]
[ When They Spoke ]
[ Were They Heard? ]

[ When They Were Young They Were Alert & Wired ]
[ Now That They Are Older ]
[ They Wake In The Morning Still Tired ]

[ Goodbye, Unyunghikaseyo, Adiōs, Au revoir, Sayōnara Is
What They Wrote ]
[ In Their Final Note ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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