[ You Laughed With Blaine Like Time Was Something You Could Bend ]
[ You Felt There Was Nothing Said ]
[ That You Would Have To Defend ]
[ & In Your Head ]
[ You Wished Moments Like This, With Her, Would Never End ]

[ Whenever Blaine Put Her Hand In Yours It Felt Steady, Warm & True ]
[ Did The World Finally Make Sense To You? ]
[ Were The Thoughts Of Your Future No Longer Looking Blue? ]

[ The Color Blue Makes Sense For The Sky Or The Ocean ]
[ But There Are Days When You Feel That All You Are Doing ]
[ Is Blindly Going Through The Motions ]
[ Without Either Giving Or Feeling ]
[ Any Devotion ]

[ From Either Side Of The So-Called Family Dimension ]
[ Maybe More Dissension ]
[ Than Connection ]

[ But Blaine Was Different ]
[ She Was Very Confident ]
[ Without Any Sign Of Arrogance ]
[ She Was Very Intelligent ]
[ With No Sign Of Ignorance ]

[ She Loved To Write ]
[ After Work, She Enjoyed Going To The Kickboxing Gym ]
[ To Learn How To Defend Herself @ Night ]
[ She Loved Feeling Slim ]
[ But Also She Loved Knowing How To Fight ]

[ Her First Marriage Was One Violent Domestic Abuse Incident After Another ]
[ It Got So Bad, She Had To Go (3) States Over ]
[ To Live With Her Big, Protective Brother ]
[ Never Again Did She Have To Run For Cover ]
[ & Thankfully Her Divorce Attorney Was Her Mother ]

[ She Took Everything From Her Spouse ]
[ His Nice Car ]
[ & The Nice House ]

[ She Wanted To Start Living A New Life ]
[ Without Being Told That All That She Would Ever Be ]
[ Is A Beaten Down Wife ]
[ She Wanted To See ]
[ What The World Could Be Like ]
[ Minus The Strife ]

[ That’s Where You Came Into The Picture ]
[ When You Just By Chance ]
[ Met Her ]
[ Through Happenstance ]
[ It Was You, That Just Wasn’t Sure ]

[ Because You Were Starting Over Again, Also ]
[ When You Both Started Talking & Sharing ]
[ You Did Not Actually Know ]
[ If She Was All That Caring ]

[ But When You Stopped Being So Guarded ]
[ The Feelings For Each Other Actually Started ]

[ You & Blaine Loved To Go On Long Walks ]
[ With Her (2) Very Large Dogs ]
[ Engaging In Long Talks ]
[ & Watching Freckles & Roxie Jumping Over Logs ]

[ It Wasn’t Love & First Sight ]
[ When You Took Her Out For A Bite ]
[ It Was Her Face Glowing In The Moonlight ]
[ That Made You Feel That This Was Going To Be Alright ]

[ Blaine ]
[ Had Been Put Through So Much Physical Pain ]
[ It Was The Emotional & Mental Kind ]
[ That You Had To Sustain ]
[ But All (3) Of Those Really Messes With A Person’s Mind ]
[ It Was All (3) Of Those That You Had Come To Disdain ]

[ You Never Had Any Premonition ]
[ If This Would Go The Distance ]
[ You Sure Could Use Your Imagination ]
[ If You Wanted To For Instance ]

[ But Love Can Fade Without A Sign ]
[ Or A Sound ]
[ All Of A Sudden There Could Be A Problem You Find ]
[ That Has You Kind Of Looking Around ]
[ You Think That It Is Benign ]
[ But Then You Are Knocked To The Ground ]

[ In The Blink Of An Eye ]
[ You Heard That Blaine Had Been Spending Alot Of Time With Another Guy ]
[ Her Upstairs Neighbor, Ryan ]
[ When You Started Asking, “Why?” ]
[ She Stuttered & Started Lying ]

[ You Didn’t Want To Hear Anymore ]
[ So You Decided To Go Home ]
[ When You Got To Your Place & Closed The Door ]
[ You Really Started Feeling Alone ]

[ It Would Be Quite The Find ]
[ If You Had A Dime ]
[ Everytime You Tried To Rewind ]
[ The Times ]
[ That You Watched The Hands Of The Clock Go Past The (9) ]

[ In The Darkness ]
[ Of The Evening ]
[ You Could Feel The Starkness ]
[ Because The Silence Was Deafening ]

[ But Then The Phone Rang … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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