(272)▪︎[ It Never Helps … 2024 ]

[ Everyone Grieves In Their Own Special Ways ]
[ It Could Take Years Or Just A Couple Of Days ]
[ Alot Of People Leave ]
[ Very Few Stay ]

[ For Someone To Believe ]
[ That They Would Receive ]

[ Some Relief ]
[ No Matter How Brief ]
[ They Would Have To Have Some Form Of Belief ]

[ Believing In Something That You Can’t Touch ]
[ Is Tough ]

[ Blind Faith Is What Some People Call It ]
[ It Is Not Always A Hit ]
[ Some People Call It All Bullshit ]

[ Having Proof That Can Be Touched, Is One Thing ]
[ Some People Do Not Believe The Healing That Religion Can Bring ]
[ Is It All Held Together By String? ]

[ Does Religion Ever Work? ]
[ Or Is It Preached By A Jerk ]
[ With Kinky Quirks? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(053)▪︎[ Glad It’s Over … 1•18•2022 ]

[ Year 2021 Was Not Very Fun ]
[ It Was So Bad ]
[ By The End Of February, You Were Already Done ]

[ That Is When You Tested Positive For The ‘VID ]
[ You Had No Idea What You Did ]

[ The Only Times That You Did Not Wear A Mask Was In
Your House ]
[ Thankfully, It Never Got To Your Spouse ]

[ You Had Thoracic Surgery On (3) Parts Of Your Spine ]
[ & Your Lower Back Is Still Not Aligned ]

[ This Year , You Woke Up To Celebrate Your 25th Anniversary
While On A Hospital Bed ]
[ What A Great Place To Wake Up To Celebrate How Many Years
That You Have Been Wed ]

[ Your Longtime Caregiver Up & Quit ]
[ Because Of A Bunch Of Miscommunication & Misunderstanding
Shit ]

[ This Event Really Took You By Surprise ]
[ But Then You Found Out ]
[ That For Months She Had Been Telling You A Bunch Of Lies ]

[ She Had Her Resumé Out There For Awhile It Seemed ]
[ Because She Said That She Had It Out There With (INDEED) ]

[ So You Had To Finish Off Of The Year Without (1) ]
[ That Sure Hurt A Ton ]

[ The Best Part Of The Ending Year ]
[ You Were Able To Start 2022 With The Person Who Is Most
Near & Dear ]

[ You Were Alone Way Too Much ]
[ There Were Chunks Of Time When You Did Not ]
[ Have The Comfort Of Talking To Anyone About Such -n- Such ]

[ Too Much Alone Time ]
[ But You Were Able To Write Over (1,000) Stories That Rhymed ]

[ It Started With A Whimper ]
[ & Ended With A Bang ]
[ Not A Whisper ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(729)▪︎[ Belief For Relief … 8•28•2020 ]

[ Will There Ever Be A Belief ]
[ That There Will Be Some Relief ]
[ If Even So Brief ]
[ When You Are Trying To Walk The Minefield ]
[ Of Grief? ]

[ One Wrong Step & A Bomb Can Go Boom ]
[ One Whole Day Of Being In A Bad Mood ]
[ Can Quickly Clear A Room ]

[ 2 Exits, No Waiting ]
[ Anybody’s Voice ]
[ Can Be So Grating ]
[ So It Is Always A Choice ]
[ To Start Going Through Some Hesitating ]

[ Moments About Which Way You Will Go ]
[ Are You Ever Confidant ]
[ That You Really Know? ]

[ Life Can Be Tumultuous On A Regular Day ]
[ But You Find That When Grief Pops Its Ugly Head Up ]
[ It Could Be With You For A Very Long Stay ]

[ Sometimes It Doesn’t Go Away For Months Or Years ]
[ Grief Can Actually Shine A Bright Light ]
[ On Your Worst Fears ]
[ & There Could Be Many Nights ]
[ When You Have Nothing But Tears ]

[ But Some Say That Real Men Don’t Cry ]
[ The Question For That, Is Why? ]
[ Not? ]
[ Why Would A Guy ]
[ Always Want To Be A Robot? ]

~ The End ~

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