[ Well, Let The Stress Begin ]
[ Because It Is Fire Season Again ]
[ You Used To Love This Time Of The Summer Season ]
[ Now You No Longer Have A Reason ]
[ The Smoke Starts To Rise Above The Tree Tops ]
[ Oh How You Wish There Were More Rain Drops ]
[ Why Show Any Refrain ]
[ You Wish For Another Month Of Rain ]
[ Now Your Stomach Will Hurt ]
[ & You Will Sweat Through Your Shirts ]
[ Because Of Your Worry ]
[ You Have Wished For Winter To Come In A Big Hurry ]
[ You Used To Love Spring & Summer ]
[ Now The Seasons Are A Bummer ]
[ All Because Mother Nature Is Pissed Off ]
[ Last Year @ This Time ]
[ You Could Not Count The Number Of Nights Of Sleep That
Was Lost ]
[ You Will Worry From This Night Forth ]
[ Last Year It Wasn’t Even Worth ]
[ Driving Anywhere Up North ]
[ You Hate These Nights ]
[ You Hate Hearing About The Fire Fights ]
[ You Totally Forgot The Fear ]
[ That You Had Last Year ]
[ So Now It’s Back, All Very LOUD & CLEAR!! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Tag: #stress
(1153)▪︎[ One Day Over & Over … 9•12•2019 ]
[ Could Others Imagine Reliving One Day Over & Over & Over Again? ]
[ Yes, You Can ]
[ & You Remember When This Merry-Go-Round Began ]
[ It Began On A Sweltering Hot Day in August 2002 ]
[ What Affects You Now, May Not Affect Others, Too ]
[ It Was A Very Muggy Day That Quickly Turned To Night ]
[ You Were A Witness To An Event ]
[ That Affected Your Hearing & Sight ]
[ The Thing That You Could Not Prevent ]
[ Was Something That Started With A Fight ]
[ It Was More Like A Beating ]
[ But One Half Of Those Combatants Used A Fire Extinguisher ]
[ & That Was Cheating ]
[ It Seemed Like There Was A Beating Every Half Hour ]
[ As You Stood In The Office ]
[ Feeling Like You Had No Power ]
[ You Didn’t Want To Just Sit ]
[ You Wanted To Go Out On The Floor ]
[ & End It ]
[ But You Were Directed To Do Nothing ]
[ Not Even Something During Those (3), Very Long Hours ]
[ No, Not A Thing ]
[ You Had To Wait ]
[ & See What The State S.W.A.T. Team Had To Bring ]
[ With Their Shouts ]
[ They Were Able To Get You Out ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(626)▪︎[ You Try … 7•27•2021 ]
[ Your Head Feels Like A Pressurized Pot, Ready To Blow ]
[ When That Will Happen, Nobody Knows ]
[ The Pressure Keeps Building & Building As The Hours
Tick By ]
[ You Don’t Know The When ]
[ & You Have Never Understood The Why ]
[ It Just Started To Build One Morning Once You Opened
Your Eyes ]
[ When It Was So Hot In The Morning, You Could Have Deep
Fried Some Fries ]
[ It Just Feels Like A Pot Ready To Boil Over ]
[ Making You Sweat So Much ]
[ Your Shirt Starts To Give Off An Odor ]
[ Now You Are Becoming Self-Conscious, Of Yourself ]
[ You Do Not Want To Make The Area Around You Unbareable
For Someone Else ]
[ But What Can Settle Your Boiling Head? ]
[ Why Can’t You Think Some Good Thoughts Instead? ]
[ You Try & Try ]
[ Until It Makes, You Cry ]
[ You Begin To Have An Overwhelming Thirst ]
[ You Need Something To Stop The Hurt ]
[ Before Your Head Bursts ]
[ Eventually You Are Able To Lay Your Head Down On Your
Soft Pillow ]
[ & Turn The Pressure Down To Low ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(557)▪︎[ More Stress … 7•7•2021 ]
[ Stress Spreads Out From Sea To Shining Sea ]
[ Sucking In The Air ]
[ Keeping You From Feeling Free ]
[ Freedom For You Seems Like A Myth ]
[ Kind Of Like A Dog Chasing A Stick ]
[ Will It Be Into The Ocean, Or Across The Yard ]
[ Making The Ability To Find It, Extremely Hard ]
[ It Can Be Exclusive ]
[ Or Inclusive ]
[ Depending On The State ]
[ That Could Also Depend On The Wait ]
[ Is Freedom Worth Waiting For? ]
[ Worth Knocking On Every Door? ]
[ What Would Be The Norm? ]
[ It Would Be In What Form? ]
[ Would It Make You Conform ]
[ Because A Rag Soaked In Choroform ]
[ Was Put Over Your Mouth & Nose ]
[ Because That Was What Somebody Chose? ]
[ Then You Ask ]
[ Behind Your Covid Mask ]
[ ( IS THIS REALLY WHAT FREEDOM IS? ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(062)▪︎[ Others Are Way Too Stressed … 1•17•2021 ]
[ Everyone Around Me Is Stressed Up To Their
Eyeballs ]
[ Around Every Corner I Turn ]
[ I Run, Right Into Brick Walls ]
[ I Hear Their Words & Pick Up On Their Tone ]
[ So I Guess That Says ]
[ I Need To Do More Things On My Own ]
[ Things Are Said For Informational Purposes @
Times ]
[ When Words Are Said ]
[ My Mind Tells Me To Read Between The Lines ]
[ Point Out Someone Who Does Not Do That Every Single
Day ]
[ I Have Found That Not Everything Was Said ]
[ In Whatever They Are Trying To Say ]
[ Not That Everything Has Hidden Meaning In Between The
Words ]
[ But After Everything Is Said & Done ]
[ I Sometimes Wonder Did I HEAR What I Just Heard? ]
[ Alot Of Times I Am Right ]
[ & Sometimes I Am Wrong ]
[ But Sometimes The Light ]
[ That I Turn On ]
[ Is Really Bright ]
[ & Strong ]
[ It Is Tough To Give Up Control & Rely On Others ]
[ But As I See ]
[ How Can They Help Me ]
[ If They Are Trying To Handle Their Own Struggles? ]
[ I Know That My Problems Are Not More Important Than
Theirs ]
[ To Them ]
[ Because Others Do Not Care ]
[ About My Own Personal Problems ]
[ So If I Am Alot More Quiet @ Times ]
[ It Is Not Out Of Disrespect ]
[ I Could Be Writing Rhymes ]
[ About Things That Makes Me Upset ]
[ Whenever I Write A Rhyme ]
[ I Always Feel Like That Was A Good Use Of My Time ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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