[ I Have This Friend, Who I Dearly Love ]
[ Who Really Has Alot Of Faith In The Man Who Lives Really High
Above ]
[ I Have Tried My Hardest To Be The Best Male Friend That She Has
Ever Had ]
[ & I Have Tried My Hardest To Never Make Her Mad ]
[ I Am Very Sure ]
[ That I Have Never Wanted To Be On The Wrong Side Of Anger
With Her ]
[ Oh, I Have Heard Story After Story ]
[ Of Her Past Glory ]
[ She Became (2) Parents To Her Kids When Her Husband Of
Over (30) Years Passed ]
[ But Parental Love Did Not Lapse ]
[ She Took On The Mother/Father/Grandmother/Grandfather
Roles Quite Well ]
[ Love & Honesty Did Not Go To Hell ]
[ I Could Never Pinpoint The Day Or Event That, When Or How We
Became Best Friends ]
[ We Just Did ]
[ So That Is Where & When The Mystery Ends ]
[ She Is So Hard-Headed, She Told Me The Nickname That She
Wanted Me To Call Her By ]
[ I Do Not Speak Spanish & I Did Not Know The Definition ]
[ But I Gave It A Try ]
[ She Did Not Curse @ Me ]
[ She Did Not Slap Me ]
[ She Did Not Shoot @ Me (WHERE DID SHE GET A GUN IN THIS
STORY?) ]
[ She Did Not Send Her Son Or Her Large Brother After Me ]
[ So It Did Not Offend ]
[ So I Guessed That I Did Not Have My Life To Defend ]
[ When I Say It, Nobody Gets Chafed ]
[ So I Think That I Am Safe ]
[ I Have Learned Through Our Short Friendship That When
Cavarona Says To Do Something, That Something Gets Done ]
[ Or Nobody Gets A Warm Tortilla ]
[ Or Has Any Fun ]
[ She Says It Means, (HARD HEADED, STUBBORN) ]
[ Well That Hits The Nail On The Head ]
[ It Probably Started, Right After She Was Born ]
[ My Friend Is Solid & Built Like A Tank ]
[ A Couple Of Mystery Men Tried To Treat Her Like A Community
Bank ]
[ That Was A Hard Sell ]
[ They Could Not Crack That Titanium Shell ]
[ But My Best Friend Will Be Leaving Us Soon ]
[ Maybe I Could Reminisce About Her When I See The Moon ]
[ But That Is Not What Keys My My Memory To That Smile
On Her Face ]
[ I Know What & Where ]
[ It Will Be My Place ]
[ We Had So Many Long Talks Instead Turning Of The T.V. On ]
[ What Am I Going To Do The Minute AFTER I Am Told That
She Has Gone ]
[ For Her Memorial She Told Me To Wear My Vans, Shorts &
A Hawaiian Shirt ]
[ I Just Hopes That Nobody Thinks That I Am Being Disrespectful ]
[ & Knocks My Ass In The Dirt ]
[ I Don’t Want To Get Hurt ]
[ I Hope That Maria Tells Someone That This ]
[ Was Her Wish ]
[ We Talked About That There Was Not A Single Time Where She
Saw Me Wearing Long Pants ]
[ Not Even A Glance ]
[ No Pictures, No Nothing ]
[ I Can Not Remember The Last Time That I Wore Pants For
Something
[ My Mind Is Flooded With So Many Thoughts & Words ]
[ Flying Around Like A Big Bunch Of Birds ]
[ So Much To Say ]
[ So Little Time ]
[ What Is The Way ]
[ That I Could End This Story That I Wrote To My Very Best Friend,
But Make It Rhyme? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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