(001)▪︎[ Well Being … 2025 ]

[ When I Feel Stressed I Try To Collect My Thoughts & Write Them ]

[ Writing Helps Me Make Sense Of It All ]

[ It Seems Through The Years I Have Found That I Have Been Getting Better Expressing My Thoughts Through My Writing ]

(203)▪︎[ The Raft … 5/19/2025 ]

[ Have You Ever Felt That You Are In The Middle Of The “Sea of Humanity” Just Sitting In A Liferaft Without A Set Of Oars? ]
[ Running Away From The Land ]
[ Because There Is Nothing Left For You That Is Positive On Any Of The Oceans Shore’s ]

[ You Have Tried To Drive Away ]
[ But That Only Lasted For A Day ]
[ Because In Some Way ]

[ It Didn’t Feel Right ]
[ For You To Take Your Fight ]
[ Well Into The Night ]

[ When You Set Out On Your Raft ]
[ Those That You Felt Were Friends ]
[ Stood @ The Shore & Laughed ]

[ By The Time That You Started Looking For Your Oars, It Was Too Late ]
[ For You To Anticipate ]
[ The Waves ]
[ That Would Dictate ]
[ Your Fate ]

[ What To Do? ]
[ What To Do? ]
[ The Waves Are Starting To Look Green ]
[ Because The Sky No Longer Looked Blue ]

[ All You See Now Are Dark Clouds ]
[ It Reminds You Of Those Many Times ]
[ When You Felt Alone Being In Crowds ]

[ There Would Be Chattering All Around You ]
[ Making It Sound Like You Were Standing By A Chicken Coop ]
[ But This Is Nothing New ]
[ You Know This Type Of Group ]

[ They Are There To Demoralize ]
[ They Try To Emphasize ]
[ That They Never Empathize ]
[ As They Cut You Down To Size ]
[ & Dehumanize ]

[ The Main Problem? ]
[ That Is The Most Positive Side To Them ]

[ The Up & Down Motion Of The Waves ]
[ Are In Control Of Your Life ]
[ It Is How Mother Nature Shows How She Can Misbehave ]
[ & Not Be So Nice ]

[ When You Try To Look Towards The South ]
[ The Waves Throw Water Into Your Mouth ]

[ When You Try To Look To The North ]
[ You Sit Down Quickly ]
[ Because The Waves Keep Tossing Your Raft Back & Forth ]

[ You Have No Idea In Which Direction You Are Going ]
[ It Is Really Tough Not Knowing ]
[ Now The Wind Is Blowing ]

[ Coming In From The East ]
[ Not Letting You Rest ]
[ So Your Mind Is Not @ Peace ]

[ You Start Trying To Clear Your Mind ]
[ Oh, How You Wish That Someone Would Throw You A Life Line ]
[ But You Know That Won’t Happen ]
[ Because Humanity Is Not That Kind ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(182)▪︎[ It’s Only A Penny … 2025 ]

[ Would You Offer Someone A Penny For Their Thoughts ]
[ Then Sell It Off For A Dollar? ]
[ Would It Then Bother You If They Became Hot ]
[ Under Their Collar? ]

[ Sometimes Someone’s Thoughts Go Up In Value ]
[ From What You Might Have Paid For It Prior ]
[ There Was No Kind Of Social Cue ]
[ That Said Selling These Thoughts Is Dire ]

[ Something Trendy Would Cost You So Much More ]
[ If You Tried To Pay For Any Clothes With It ]
[ You Would Be Asked To Leave As Quick As They Could Point @ The Door ]

[ Then Leave, En Haste ]
[ The Time That You Would Spend Trying To Figure Out Things ]
[ Would Surely Be A Waste ]

[ Sometimes There Could Be A Small Profit ]
[ Other Times You Might Lose A Little Bit ]

[ But How Can You Lose When You Only Spent A Penny ]
[ It Is Not Like You Could Have Spent On Anything That Would Be Trendy ]

[ A Penny For Some Good Thoughts Sounds Like A Solid Investment Any Time ]
[ Just Don’t Get Swindled ]
[ If Someone Told You That Their Thoughts Would Now Cost You A Dime ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(998)▪︎[ Thoughts … 11•30•2020 ]

[ My Thoughts Continue To Swirl ]
[ Some Just Hang Like A Gerry Curl ]

[ Old Fashioned & Out Of Date ]
[ Some Just Sit Still & Gain Some Weight ]

[ Some Are Bright ]
[ & Used That Day ]
[ Some Sound Just Right ]
[ & Are Used Right Away ]

[ But Day In & Day Out ]
[ Am I Still Writing Good Enough Stories ]
[ To Shout ]
[ About? ]

[ What I Write It’s The Only Draft ]
[ I’ve Pushed Away From The Lonely Island ]
[ & Sent Adrift On My One Man Raft ]

[ My Thoughts Are Like The Current & Could Take Me Any
Which Way ]
[ Will It Take Me A Week? ]
[ Or Will I Be Done On The Very First Day? ]

[ I Wish I Had The Great Skill & Power ]
[ To Be Able To Write A Really Good Story ]
[ In Under An Hour ]

[ Practice Makes Perfect Is One Thing That People Have
Said To Me ]
[ Hmmm … Could That Be? ]
[ Whenever I Start A Story I Will Have To See ]

[ (PLEASE BE PATIENT) Is What I Say To Everyone ]
[ Because When It Stops Being Fun ]
[ I Tend To Run ]
[ While Saying ( I AM DONE! ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(659)▪︎[ So Many Thoughts … 7•31•2020 ]

[ These Thoughts Have Been Gnawing @ My Brain For So Many
Years ]
[ It Caused Me So Many Tears ]
[ It Put A Big Spot Light On My Biggest Fears ]

[ You See, I See Many People Speaking About Mental Issues ]
[ When I Have Flashbacks About An Incident That Was 18 Years Ago ]
[ It Causes Me To Reach For The Tissues ]

[ PTSD Is The Issue That I’m Talking About ]
[ Yes, It Is Real ]
[ Is What I Shout ]

[ & It Does Not Just Happen To Military Personnel ]
[ It Could Happen To Anyone ]
[ Who Has Survived An Incident That Put Them Through Hell ]

[ I Was The Only Staff Locked In A Correctional Unit When
The Juvenile Inmates Decided To Riot ]
[ For Over 3 Hours I Prayed For Quiet ]

[ Hitting Another Person’s Head With A Fire Extinguisher Makes
A Horrible, Memorable Sound ]
[ He Kept Getting Hit Even When He Was On The Ground ]

[ I Never Knew That A Fire Extinguisher Could Break A Toilet
Or Sink ]
[ It Is Alot Easier Than You’d Think ]
[ Oh There Has Been So Many Times Since This Happened ]
[ Where I Wanted To Drink ]

[ But There Were Two People Who Stood By Me So I Wouldn’t Go
There ]
[ My Wife Nicole & My Friend Nick P. ]
[ Were The Only Ones That Showed That They Cared ]

[ Every Other (FRIEND) From My Work ]
[ Turned Their Back ]
[ & Became Worse Than A Jerk ]

[ Nobody Else Came Over Or Called ]
[ After I Got Fired Because Of A Bunch Of Lies ]
[ They All Acted Appalled ]

[ Nobody Else Wanted To Hear My Side ]
[ So After The Agency Lied ]
[ & Stole My Pride ]
[ My Respect For All Those People Died ]

[ Nicole & Nick Were The Only Ones That Did Not Stab Me In
My Back ]
[ Whenever I Was With Them ]
[ I Was Never Worried About An Attack ]

[ I Owe Each Of Them A Debt Of Gratitude ]
[ For Not Having A Caustic Attitude ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(666)▪︎[ Negative Thoughts … 8•3•2020 ]

[ My Head Is So Polluted By Negative Thoughts ]
[ So Much So ]
[ It Has Me Seeing Spots ]

[ Some Are Blue & Some Are Red ]
[ I Even See Them @ Night ]
[ When I Lay Down On My Bed ]

[ This Is What Keeps Me Awake ]
[ I Wonder ]
[ What Would Happen If I Put All Of My Thoughts Together ]
[ What Would I Make? ]

[ Would It Be A Picture Full Of Color? ]
[ Or … ]
[ Would It Be An Image Of My Brother? ]

[ My Brother Is Never Far From My Mind ]
[ Oh How I Wish I Had The Power To Rewind ]

[ But I Can Kick Myself For All Of The Things That I
Never Got Done ]
[ Then Life Would Suck ]
[ & It Would Cease Being Fun ]

[ I Have To Get Myself Out Of This Funk ]
[ I Have To Right This Ship That Has Almost Sunk ]
[ & Stop Thinking Of Junk ]

[ How Do I Resurrect? ]
[ How Do I Find The Path That Helps Me Connect? ]

[ Write It Out Is What I Say ]
[ Oh Hey ]
[ I Think That I Will Do It That Way ]
[ For Forever & A Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(861)▪︎[ I Think I’ll Pass … 10•11•2021 ]

[ Right Now Things Are Tough All Over ]
[ Instead Of The Need To Go Outside ]
[ You Want To Hide Under The Covers ]

[ But You Have To Go Out There For Survival Supplies @ Some
Time ]
[ Will You Need To Get Some Lemons To Go With Your Lime? ]

[ You Can’t Be Around Others Anytime Soon ]
[ But You Don’t Want To Get Lazy ]
[ By Not Getting Out Of Bed Before Noon ]
[ Will Your Eyesight Go Hazy ]
[ In This Man-Made Cocoon? ]

[ No Friends Or Visitors To Stop By ]
[ You Would Even Settle For A Solicitor ]
[ To Knock On The Door To Say (HI) ]

[ But Before ]
[ Answering The Door ]
[ Would You Ask (WHO OR WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR?) ]

[ Would Your Health Be In Danger ]
[ If You Ever Opened The Door To A Stranger? ]

[ What If They Wanted To Shake Your Hand ]
[ Right There, Where You Stand? ]

[ How Do You Diffuse ]
[ A Friendly Gesture ]
[ That You Flat Out Refuse? ]

[ Instead Of Pondering This Situation On Your Mind ]
[ You Would Say (OH, YOU’re BEING TOO KIND) ]

[ But You Would Tell Them That You Pass ]
[ Real Fast ]
[ & Hope That It Won’t Kick You In The Ass ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(110)▪︎[ Thoughts Go ‘Round & ‘Round … 2•5•2020 ]

[ Where Do Thoughts Go, When They Are Not
Picked Out & Used? ]
[ Do They Rattle Around The Brain ]
[ Until It Looks Bruised? ]

[ That Does Not Sound Productive ]
[ What If The Brain Erupted? ]

[ From All Of The Abuse? ]
[ Could They Know The Reason ]
[ Or Would They, Make Up An Excuse? ]

[ What Good Reason Would They Have? ]
[ The Eruption, Bruised Almost (1) Half ]

[ Does That Half, Shrivel Up & Die? ]
[ What If The Change ]
[ Would Make Them Lie? ]

[ They Don’t Want To Be One Of Those Guys ]
[ Who Just Walks Around & Tells Lies ]

[ They End Up Being Friendless ]
[ & Then From Despair ]
[ They Become Homeless ]

[ So They’d Be Out Of A Job ]
[ Because They Lied Too Much To The Boss That’s Bob ]

[ Bob, The Boss ]
[ Is Sorry For Their Loss ]

[ But They Can’t Keep On Telling Lies When They Were Lost ]
[ Because Bob Showed Them The Cost ]

[ That Is Why I Play The Host ]
[ Of This Post ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(508)▪︎[ Your Thoughts … 6•21•2021 ]

[ The Thoughts Keep Rolling Around In Your Mind ]
[ If They Stopped ]
[ Do You Know What You’ll Find? ]

[ Will There Be Thinking Errors Pinned To All Of The Walls? ]
[ Will There Be A Big Ole Stack Of Messages ]
[ From Your Missed Calls? ]

[ Why Did You Miss Such A Large Amount? ]
[ If You Started In The Morning ]
[ Would There’ll Be Too Many To Count? ]

[ What Else Is Floating Out There ]
[ There Might Be A Picture Or Two ]
[ When You Had A Full Head Of Hair ]

[ You Know That There Will Be @ Least A Hundred Thoughts
     Out There That Do Not Make Sense ]
[ There Will @ Least Be A Few About Wondering If The Grass
     Was Greener ]
[ On The Other Side Of The Fence ]

[ Did You Ever Climb Over & Give That Side A Taste? ]
[ You Did Know That Once You Came Back Over ]
[ You Would Have Problems Up To Your Waist? ]

[ Sometimes Thoughts Can Be Hard To Hang Onto ]
[ Those Are The Thoughts That Can Get Away From You ]

[ Thoughts Are Like Clouds ]
[ That Means That Every Thought Is Allowed ]

[ There Is No Such Thing As A Filter For The Thoughts
     Coming In ]
[ It Is How Or If You Act On Them ]
[ When An Action Sometimes Becomes A Sin ]

[ The Filter Is On The Side Where You Choose To Put Your
     Voice To One ]
[ Sometimes The Thought Can Sound Fun ]
[ Sometimes The Thought Can Make People Run ]

[ A Whole Lot Of Thoughts Should Be Kept To Yourself ]
[ Those Are The One’s That You Shouldn’t Share With
     Anyone Else ]

[ Thoughts Come In & Most Of Them Will Quickly Leave ]
[ There Are Some Thoughts That You Don’t Want To Believe ]

[ Believe It Or Not ]
[ Those Are The Thoughts ]
[ That You’ve Got ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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