[ When Daylight Loosens Its Golden Hold ]
[ & The Evening Whispers Stories That Are Old ]
[ Mother Nature Wastes No Time In Turning The Temperature Cold ]

[ As The Moon Ascends To Her Silver Throne ]
[ You Try To Call A Friend, On Your Phone ]
[ That’s When The Shadows Tell You That You Are Not Alone ]
[ Because You Don’t Even Hear A Dial Tone ]

[ The Stars Wake & Start To Glimmer ]
[ All You Can Hear ]
[ Is Your Inner Voice Whimper ]

[ The Clocks Start To Unwind ]
[ Right In Front Of Your Weary Eyes ]
[ Is This Meant To Play With Your Mind? ]
[ Or A Simple Ploy To Knock You Down A Size? ]

[ Your Bed Looks Like A Wayward Ship ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ You Feel Like Just A Tiny Blip ]
[ Life Really Stings ]
[ Whenever You Feel Your Mind Slip ]

[ In Your Mind Your Ship Is Supposed To Glide ]
[ On The Ocean ]
[ That Is So Deep & Wide ]
[ You Close Your Eyes Just To Feel The Motion ]
[ But If You Wait Too Long You Might Feel That You Died ]

[ Your Eyes Close Doors To The World You Once Knew ]
[ You Wish That Someone Would Have Given You A Clue ]
[ That The Doors That Closed Would Be Quite A Few ]

[ When Quiet Miracles Are Beginning ]
[ Logic Starts Bending ]
[ & While Time Starts Thinning ]
[ Do You Think That Your World Has Begun To Head To A Anti-Climactic Ending? ]

[ You Feel That Is Something That Is Tempting ]
[ But That Is Not What You Are Attempting ]
[ Even Though You Feel Like Your Gas Tank Is Emptying ]

[ You Once Dreamed That You Were On A Winding Staircase ]
[ When You Tried To Leave En Haste ]
[ You Tripped & Fell Right On Your Face ]
[ But You Did Receive ]
[ A Rounding Applause From Every Person In The Place ]

[ You Took Your Beautiful Wife Aside ]
[ To Confide ]
[ The Only Thing That You Hurt Was Your Pride ]

[ The Fall Did Knock The Air Out Of Your Lungs ]
[ This Happened Once Before When You Were Young ]
[ @ Least This Time You Did Not Bite Your Tongue ]

[ Your Breath & Pride Will Eventually Return ]
[ Sometimes You Block Out What You Have Learned ]
[ & Sliding Face First On Carpet ]
[ Will Always Burn ]

[ You Try Not To Fear ]
[ That All Of Your Lost Tomorrows Will Always Be Near ]
[ They Would Not Had Been Lost ]
[ If The Purpose Of Being There Was Clear ]
[ No Matter The Cost ]
[ No Matter The Amount Of Tears ]

[ You Don’t Believe In Coincidences ]
[ Or Shared Time Instances ]
[ All They Might Be Is Simple Unconnected Incidents ]

[ There Were Simpler Times ]
[ When Buying A Pack Of Baseball Cards Only Cost A Kid (2) Shiny Dimes ]
[ It Seemed Like A Safer Time ]
[ When Bad Guys Were Committing Alot Less Violent Crimes ]

[ Your Self-Esteem Felt Right ]
[ Your Future ]
[ Was Like A Flame ]
[ That Was Burning Bright ]
[ Then You Lost Your Name ]
[ & Everything Felt Like An Uphill Fight ]

[ You Are Trying To Stay Upright On Your Feet ]
[ Even Though You Felt That Your Pride Ran Out To The Street ]
[ When All That You Asked Was That This Bad Dream Would Not Repeat ]

[ Why Couldn’t You Have Had A Dream Of Being A Child Running Through The Cool Night Air? ]
[ Without Having A Single Care ]
[ But Having A Big Heart To Share? ]

[ Dreams Of Childhood Usually Brings A Smile ]
[ & It Stays For Awhile ]
[ Because Afterall … You Were Just A Child ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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