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

(427)▪︎[ The Waves … 4•28•2020 ]

[ The Sounds Of The Ocean Are Soooo Relaxing ]
[ Being In The City Is Overly Taxing ]

[ Imagining The Waves Is Very Soothing ]
[ It’s Your Stress ]
[ That It’s Smoothing ]

[ Wave After Wave Comes Crashing In ]
[ You Know Where It Ends ]
[ But You Have No Idea Where They Begin ]

[ Is It Way Way Out There In The Middle? ]
[ If You Were Dumped In That Water ]
[ You Would Be As Visible ]
[ As A Thimble ]

[ In A Pile Of Hay ]
[ You’d Never Want To Die That Way ]

[ Back To Soothing Your Mind ]
[ You Will Think Of The Waves ]
[ When You Are In A Bind ]

[ & Remember The Sounds ]
[ But There Will Be No Boats, No Sailing, No Cruises ]
[ You Feet Will Be Planted Firmly On Dry Ground ]

[ Waves Are An Amazing & Oftentimes Frightful Act Of Nature ]
[ If There Ever Would Be A Time That You Turn Your Back
To The Ocean ]
[ You Would Not See, Hear Or Sense The Danger ]

[ That You Put Yourself In ]
[ You Will Not Know That You Were About To Fight For Your Life ]
[ With A Force Of Nature That Usually Wins ]

[ Sneaker Waves Can Come In About Three-Stories High ]
[ You Wouldn’t Even Have The Time ]
[ To Wave Goodbye ]

[ When It Crashes Over You & Pushes You Down Into The Sand ]
[ All It Wants To Do ]
[ Is Pull Me Away From Dry Land ]

[ As You Frantically Struggle To Survive ]
[ Your Will To Live ]
[ Keeps You Alive ]

[ When You’re Able To Run To The Sand That’s Dry ]
[ & Say That You Weren’t Scared ]
[ Your Eyes Would Tell Everyone That Was A Lie ]

[ Then You Thought (WHAT SHOULD I HAD EXPECTED?) ]
[ (WHEN THE OCEAN FELT DISRESPECTED?) ]

[ Then You Sat There, With A Tear In Your Eye ]
[ That A Careless Mistake ]
[ Almost Caused You To Die ]

[ As Memories Of Your Life Flashed ]
[ You Heard The Water Splash ]

[ You Just Thought ]

[ It’s Kind Of Sad As You Watched The Waves Come To An End ]
[ The Waves Really Showed ]
[ That Water Can Break & Bend ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(451)▪︎[ Mesmerizing … 5•3•2020 ]

[ The Beach Waves Have Such A Calming Sound ]
[ As The Waves Crash Onto The Ground ]

[ Then They Go Slowly Back Into The Sea ]
[ The Way They Move ]
[ Baffles Me ]

[ Is It The Pull Of The Moon ]
[ That Makes The Waves ]
[ Or The Heat Of The Sun @ Noon ]
[ That Makes The Water Concave ]

[ The Motion Of The Water Is Mesmerizing ]
[ The Sound Is Tranquilizing ]

[ I Can See How The Ocean Looks So Tame ]
[ But If You Turn Your Back ]
[ You Yourself Would Take The Blame ]

[ Sneaker Waves Are Properly Named As They Are ]
[ When A Wave Takes A Person By Surprise ]
[ It Can Drag Them Out Really Far ]

[ & Usually They Are Never To Be Seen Again ]
[ When A Wave Starts A Fight ]
[ It Usually Wins ]

[ Then The Mourning Period Starts ]
[ Because People Are Not Used To Being Apart ]

[ Yet ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(693)▪︎[ The Waves Continue To Roll On … 8•13•2020 ]

[ Did You Ever Have A Day That Felt Like You Rode A Wave ]
[ When The Ocean Was Turbulent ]
[ & Didn’t Behave? ]

[ Up, Down, Around & Around ]
[ Slip Sliding Away ]
[ Until You Hit The Ground ]

[ Then You Tell Yourself That You Are Not Cut ]
[ So You Need To Get Up! ]

[ Getting Knocked Down Never Hurt Anyone ]
[ You Know That Getting Knocked Down Is Not Any Fun ]

[ Resiliancy Is A Good Thing To Have Most Days ]
[ You Can Be Resilient In Many Ways ]

[ You Just Have To Find The Ways That Work For You ]
[ Then You Will Now Know ]
[ What To Do & Not Do ]

~ The End ~

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