(149)▪︎[ Things Are Tough … 2026 ]

[ When Things Get Tough ]
[ & Your Self-Confidence Is Growing Lean ]
[ When The Rapids Start Getting Rough ]
[ & The Weather Is Getting Mean ]
[ Do You Feel You Are Enough ]
[ For Those Times That Are In-Between? ]

[ Being Human Is Part Of Life’s Plan ]
[ No Matter If You Are A Woman Or A Man ]

[ It Is Up To Each Individual To Do As They Please ]
[ Life Should Not Be A Tease ]
[ & You Shouldn’t Need To Search For Anyone To Appease ]

[ You Should Be Your Own Person ]
[ You Always Want To Put Forth Your Best Version ]

[ Of Yourself ]
[ Because You Should Not Live Your Life For Someone Else ]

[ You Must Be Happy With The Person That You See Reflecting Back In The Mirror ]
[ You Always Want To See A Smile ]
[ Instead Of A Tear ]

[ You Do Need To Be Honest To Your Inner Self ]
[ Sometimes You Must Leave Your Ego On The Garage Shelf ]

[ Throughout The Day Give Yourself A Break ]
[ Don’t Always Worry About The To-Do Lists That You Feel That You Have To Make ]
[ Every Once In Awhile Treat Yourself To A Vanilla Milkshake ]

[ That Won’t Ruin The Program That You Are On ]
[ It Is Not Like All Of Your Self-Control Is Gone ]

[ Writing Your Thoughts Is Very Relaxing For Your Brain ]
[ Don’t Work Yourself Into A Ball Of Pain ]
[ Always Be Aware Of That On-Coming Train ]

[ In The Tunnel Of Life ]
[ That On-Coming Train Might Be Your Only Light ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(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 ]