(505)▪︎[ Things Were Good … 6•19•2021 ]

[ Have You Ever Had Something On Your Mind That You Can’t
     Get Away From? ]
[ Something That Bothers You So Much It Makes Your
     Brain Numb? ]

[ What Is That Thought That Is Gnawing @ Your Brain ]
[ When You Try To Close Your Eyes ]
[ The Silence Is As Loud As A Passenger Train ]

[ Can You Smell What You Can’t Always See? ]
[ Can You Hear As Well As A Bumble Bee? ]

[ You Go To The Ocean To See The Scenery ]
[ Than You Come Back To The Country To Check Out The
     Greenery ]
[ When You Come Back To The City ]
[ You Come Back To Get Some Coffee @ The Beanery ] 

[ Than, In A Way ]
[ You Call It A Day ]

[ & Say That Things Were Good ]
[ When Nothing Was Misunderstood ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(361)▪︎[ Things Are Easier … 4•29•2021 ]

[ It Is So Easy To Live In The Land Of Make Believe ]
[ Looking For Someone Or Something That Will Give You A
     Second Of Relief ]

[ Sometimes It Is Really Hard To See ]
[ The Forest In The Trees ]

[ When In Fact The Trees Make It A Forrest ]
[ & You Are Trying To Find What Works The Best ]

[ Do You Believe What You’ve Heard? ]
[ Or Do You Only Go By The Written Word? ]

[ But By Whom? ]
[ Is Your Only Physical Contact With Society Is Your Weekly Get
     Togethers On Zoom? ]

[ It Is Much Easier To Be A Recluse ]
[ Than Turning Away Invitations With The Latest, Made Up Excuse ]

[ You Can’t Say That You Have To Stay Home To Wash Your
     Hair ]
[ Because You Personally Shave Your Head Twice A Week So you
     Won’t Have Any Hair There ]

[ Staring @ The Same Six Walls ]
[ Then Getting Your Food Delivered To You Everyday By Making
     The Same Four Calls ]

[ You End Up Having Long Conversations With Your Vacuum ]
[ Spending 25 Hours In The Same Pair Of Pajamas ]
[ On Your Unmade Bed In Your Back Bedroom ]

[ Your Imagination Still Runs Wild ]
[ You’ll Resort Back To The Many Behaviors You Had When
     You Were A Child ]

[ Your Imagination As A Child Was Amazing ]
[ Then You Started Vaping ]
[ & You Now Have Zero Control Of The Child That You Are
     Raising ]

[ That Is Your Biggest Downfall ]
[ When You Think Of It All ]
[ He Never Once Let You Coach Him In How To Catch/ Run
     With/ Field/ Throw/ Kick/Hit/Dribble/Pass Or Bounce
    A Ball ]

[ & You Could Show Everyone Through Your Shirt ]
[ How Much That Hurts ]

[ But Nobody Seems To See You Being Sad In The Shadows ]
[ Nobody Ever Knows ]
[ About The Hurt That Never Physically Shows ]

[ So Then What Do You Do? ]
[ Are There Any Clues? ]

[ You Just Relax In Your Own Space ]
[ Not Letting Others See Your Face ]

[ Your Family Wonders What Really Went Wrong ]
[ They Now Compare Your Life To A Sad Country Song ]

[ Of Course ]
[ This Doesn’t Mean You Lost Your Horse ]

[ You Just Let Your Life Move Along @ A Snails Pace ]
[ Not Interacting With Anyone @ Your Place ]

~ The End ~

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