(562)▪︎[ No Sleeping … 7-8-2021 ]

[ As You Listen To The Loud Tik Tok ]
[ Of The Wall Clock ]

[ You Wish For One Single Night That You Could Be Like A Normal Person ]
[ You Would Want The Sleepy Version ]

[ The Kind That Could Go To Sleep Before 0500hrs In The Night ]
[ The Version Where You Would Not Have To Put Up A Fight ]

[ To Get A Night Of Deep ]
[ Sleep ]
[ Without Hearing A Single Peep ]

[ You Would Take Your Liquid Knock-Out Sleeping Med ]
[ Then You Just Wait Until It Messes With Your Head ]

[ It Is The Kind Of Med That Knocks You Senseless ]
[ But It Also Leaves You Completely Defenseless ]

[ Less Is More ]
[ & More Puts You Face Down On The Floor ]
[ Left To Be Victimized By Whomever Shall Come In That Door ]

[ You Had A Premonition Years Ago That He Was Destined To Do You Harm ]
[ That Was From Years Ago When He Attempted To Hurt Your Arm ]

[ He Cannot Dictate Whether You Take Your Sleep Med @ Night ]
[ You Cannot Control If He Wanted To Come In & Fight ]

[ To Protect Yourself From Death ]
[ You Would Fight Him Until Your Last Breath ]

[ So There Is Alot Of Things @ Night That Make You Worry ]
[ There Are Alot Of Things That Cause Sleep To Not Arrive In A Hurry ]

[ You Sometimes Have To Watch The Clock As 0100hrs, 0300hrs & 0400hrs Goes By ]
[ You Sit Or Lay There Wondering, “Why?” ]

[ Why Can’t You Be One Of Those Lucky Guys? ]
[ Who Can Go To Sleep, Just By Closing Their Eyes ]

[ Even When You Are Able To Fall Asleep, It Is Never Restful Or Good ]
[ You Guess The Word, “Sleep” In Your Brain Was Misunderstood ]

[ As You Sit For Awhile ]
[ You Look @ The Ceiling ]
[ Then You Look Down @ The Cold Tile ]

[ You Only Have The Power ]
[ To Sleep For Five Or Six Hours ]

[ When You Wake ]
[ You Feel Tired ]
[ & Your Muscles Ache ]

[ Those Are The Times When You Wish That You Had Never Closed Your Eyes In The First Place ]
[ Sometimes You Feel That All Of The Effort Is A Waste ]

[ You No Longer Like Going To Bed ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(030)▪︎[ No, Not Never … 1•8•2022 ]

[ Do People Ever See Your Kind Soul Under Your Gruff
Exterior? ]
[ Especially Those That Try To Come Across As Being Superior? ]

[ Where Do People Get Off Acting Like That? ]
[ Who Has More Disposable Income? ]
[ Oh You Would Say That Would Be An Act ]

[ A Bigger Heart? ]
[ Most Really Do Not Play The Part ]

[ Oh They Can Call It In & Be Fake ]
[ Because All They Do Is Take, Take, Take ]

[ Taking Is The One Thing That These People Are Good @ ]
[ That ]
[ & Sitting Back, Getting Fat ]

[ Using Others ‘Tll The Full Extent ]
[ Stealing Money Until They Are Content ]

[ The Thing Is, They Are Not Content, Ever ]
[ Think That They Won’t Steal From You? ]
[ Do Not Ever Say Never ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(904)▪︎[ No Silver Lining … 10•27•2020 ]

[ What Could Possibly Be The Silver Lining Of The Dark
Cloud That Hovers Over Me? ]
[ When I Look Up, All I See ]
[ Is How Things Will Be ]

[ But They Say (EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING) ]
[ I’m Sure The People Around Me Are Tired Of My
Whining ]

[ First This Thing Happened, Then Another One ]
[ That Was Two ]
[ So I Thought (I’m ALMOST DONE HERE) ]
[ What Else Could Karma Do? ]

[ Well, That Was Sure ]
[ To Add More ]
[ But Who Is Keeping Score? ]

[ Well I Do ]
[ So Now I’ll Wait & Wait ]
[ For Another Bad Dream Or Thought To Come True ]

[ Dark Clouds ]
[ & Noisy Crowds ]

[ Sometimes Don’t Mesh Well With My Mind ]
[ Neither One Helps Me Unwind ]

[ So I’d Rather Go Inside Where I’m Alone ]
[ Hey, Maybe I’ll Call Doordash ]
[ & Have Them Deliver Me An Ice Cream Cone ]

[ I Think Chocolate Will Do ]
[ Hey … Maybe I’ll Order Two ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[017][ No Money In It … 1•4•2022 ]

[ There Are Words In Every Direction That You Look ]
[ Sometimes They Are Not Written In A Book ]

[ They Come Down The Slide ]
[ Maybe The Thoughts Should Pick A Side ]

[ Is One Side Good? ]
[ Is The Other Side Bad? ]
[ When You Are This Misunderstood ]
[ Does It Make You Mad? ]

[ No One Wants To Be That Miss-Understood For A Second ]
[ You Reckon ]

[ How Do You Turn It Around? ]
[ Instead Of Letting Someone Pound It To The Ground ]

[ To Get It Level ]
[ Would You Need A Beval? ]

[ Or Does It Need To Go Completely In? ]
[ You Will Never Win ]

[ Because The Thoughts Will Not Cooperate ]
[ & The Doctors Will Not Operate ]

[ Because There Is No Money In It ]
[ & That Is What You Don’t Understand ]
[ Even A Little Bit ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1148)▪︎[ No Art … 12•26•2020 ]

[ You Have Found That You Are Not Very Creative ]
[ Even Though Your Imagination ]
[ Is Very Active ]

[ Relative As In You Are Not Into Art ]
[ Maybe Because ]
[ You Like Your Paintings Alacarte ]

[ You ARE Sure ]
[ That You Don’t Have Any Hidden Meanings ]
[ In Any Picture ]

[ You Don’t Like To Wait ]
[ To See An Assortment Of Paints ]
[ Used To Make A Picture Resembling ]
[ What You Just Ate ]

[ You Can Never Find The Meanings Of Hundred’s Of Dots ]
[ Because They Just Look Like A Bunch Of Spots ]

[ Spots That Do Not Make Any Kind ]
[ Of Design, In Your Mind ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(379)▪︎[ No Stereotyping Here! … 5•1•2021 ]

[ Friends Can Come In All Shapes & Sizes ]
[ Enemies Can Wear Masks ]
[ & Have All Very Different Disguises ]

[ A Friend Could Look All Straight Laced ]
[ & Fine ]
[ An Enemy Can Say Things To Your Face ]
[ As They Cross Your Personal Line ]

[ What Drags You Through Hell ]
[ Are The Times When You Are Unable To Tell ]

[ The Good From The Bad ]
[ The Worst Of The Sad ]

[ The Chameleons Are The Hardest To Deal With ]
[ They Could Be Plyable Or Stiff ]

[ It Just Depends On The Guy ]
[ & If It Is A Day Of The Week That Ends With ( Y ) ]

[ Why Is Not The Question That They Want To Be Asked ]
[ Chameleons Don’t Like To Be Un-Masked ]

[ Don’t Even Bring To The Table That Stupid Saying That Blood
     Means They Are Family ]
[ Not From What I See ]
[ Growing In My Crooked Family Tree ]

[ Family, Like Friends, Do Not Have To Be Blood Related
     By Any Means ]
[ Some Blood Related People Don’t Care About Others
     It Seems ]

[ Family Can Actually Be Picked Throughout Your Life ]
[ Some People Fit Just Right ]
[ While Others Are So Negative ]
[ They Try To Turn Out The Light ]

[ & Extinguish Your Bright Flame ]
[ They Will Find Out The Effort Is Futile ]
[ Because It Has Never Been Man Made ]

~ The End ~

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

(378)▪︎[ Not A Home … 4•30•2021 ]

[ It Saddens Me When A Very Dear Friend
     Of Mine Told Me That She Did Not Have A Home ]
[ I Was Shocked ]
[ This Was Never Known ]

[ It Is Not That She Did Not Have A Place To Live In ]
[ But It Is Not A Place Where She Wants To Go To
     Again & Again ]

[ When I Moved Out I Heard That Your Home Is
     Always Where You Hang Your Hat ]
[ My Friend Has An Apartment That She Shares With
     Others ]
[ But It Does Not Give Her Feelings Like That ]

[ Actually, She Does Not Have The Kind Of Hats
     That Hang ]
[ Nothing That Would Kind Of Look The Same ]

[ Because She Has Two, Plus A Child, Roommates
     From Hell ]
[ They Are Nice When She Cooks ]
[ Because There Is Always A Good Smell ]

[ So She Walks Through The Door ]
[ @ The End Of The Night ]
[ She Doesn’t Feel Comfortable Anymore ]
[ & That Is Not Right ]

[ There Is No Doubt ]
[ She Really Needs To Move Out ]

[ My Friend Used To Love To Share ]
[ When She Had Food To Spare ]
[ Not Anymore ]
[ No … Not There ]

[ So Her Apartment Does Not Feel Like Home ]
[ Maybe To Her Roommates ]
[ But She Does Not Feel Like It’s Her Own ]

~ The End ~

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

(30)▪︎[ No Ability … 1•9•2021 ]

[ I Have No Stability ]
[ I Feel That I Don’t Have The Ability ]

[ To Get Or Be Stable ]
[ Just Flat Out Unable ]

[ I Absolutely Have No Say ]
[ On The Way ]
[ Things Go During The Day ]

[ I Have To Vent ]
[ About Being Bent ]
[ Because Of How Things Went ]

[ In One Ear ]
[ & Out The Other ]
[ About Who Is Supposed To Be Here ]

[ From This Point On ]
[ My Security Blanket Is Gone ]

[ How Do I Get Things Back Under My Control? ]
[ Because This Is Putting A Hole ]
[ In The Middle Of My Soul ]

[ My Shining Light ]
[ Is Always My Wife ]
[ But She Is Gone Most Of The Day ]
[ & Won’t Be Home Until Late Into The Night ]

[ Strangers Are Coming Into My Home Once Again ]
[ Will They Be Coming In ]
[ To Commit A Sin? ]

[ Or Two Or Four ]
[ Stealing My Property ]
[ As They Walk Out The Front Door? ]

[ Maybe I Should Hole Up In My Room & Close The Door ]
[ Because Sometimes I Can’t Take It Anymore ]

[ So I Just Spend My Time Alone ]
[ & Write Story After Story On My Phone ]
[ Oh Wait, What Is That Noise? ]
[ Oh, Okay, It Was Just The Dial Tone ]

~ The End ~

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