(467)▪︎[ In The Distant … 5•9•2020 ]

[ One Time In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ Outside It Was So Dark ]
[ I Didn’t Have My Sight ]

[ I Heard A Voice That Was So Persistent ]
[ It Kept Calling Out My Name ]
[ But It Seemed To Be So Far In The Distant ]

[ I Stretched My Arms Out In Front Of Me To Feel ]
[ This Darkness ]
[ Was So Unreal ]

[ As I Walk Towards The Voice ]
[ I Feel Like I Have No Choice ]

[ But Once I Start To Follow The Sound ]
[ It’s Getting Loud ]
[ Almost Like A Crowd ]
[ But There’s No One Around ]

[ Then As I’m Walking ]
[ I Hear The Voice Talking ]

[ Who Could It Be? ]
[ Were They Talking To Me? ]

[ Then The Ground Felt Like Mush ]
[ & There Was A Hush ]

[ I Couldn’t Hear The Voice Anymore ]
[ So What Did I Walk Out Here For? ]

[ As I Walk, The Sky Turns Blue ]
[ Where Am I? ]
[ I Have No Clue ]

[ The Scenery Really Looks Peculiar ]
[ Nothing Looks @ All Familiar ]

[ Where Am I? ]
[ Did I Die? ]

[ I Don’t Actually Know ]
[ So … ]

[ Do I Look Up … Or Down? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(465)▪︎[ Should Have Just Stayed Home … 5•9•2020 ]

[ What To Do, What To Do, When I’m Bored? ]
[ Maybe I’ll Find Something That Has Been Ignored ]

[ What Will I Do Once This Has Been Found? ]
[ Maybe I Grab It ]
[ & Roll Around ]
[ On The Ground ]

[ [ Does This Make Me Feel Happy? ]
[ Or Grumpy ]
[ & Snappy? ]

[ Will I Succumb ]
[ To Boredom? ]
[ Why? ]
[ How Come? ]

[ So Then I Throw That Into The Garbage ]
[ & Try Again ]
[ By Going To The Garage ]

[ Is It Here, Or Over There? ]
[ Then I Find It Where? ]
[ Well, Now I Don’t Care ]

[ How Do I Get Myself To Care More? ]
[ Do I Let It Fall To The Floor? ]
[ Maybe I’ll Throw It Away When I Walk Out The Door ]
[ On My Way To The Store ]

[ Once I Get There, What Do I Buy? ]
[ Oh My, My, My ]
[ What Do My Eyes Spy? ]
[ Right There In The Freezer ]
[ Is An Eskimo Pie ]

[ Or Maybe I Traveled This Far ]
[ For An Ice Cream Bar ]

[ It Is Driving Me Up The Wall ]
[ Because I Really Don’t Want ]
[ Any Ice Cream @ All ]

[ Did I Come Here ]
[ For An Ice Cold ]
[ Imported Beer? ]

[ Naw, Let’s Just Go Home ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(464)▪︎[ Gracias, Maria … 5•8•2020 ]

[ When Your Name Comes Into My Mind ]
[ I Always Smile ]
[ Because Each & Every Day You Have Been So Kind ]

[ Please Remind Me How I Got So Lucky To Have You
     As My Best Friend? ]
[ When I Wished That I Could Find Someone To Be Special For
     Me ]
[ I Never Knew That It Would Be Someone Like You That God Would
     Send ]

[ I’ve Always Thought I Was Born Under A Dark Cloud ]
[ I Never Thought That I Would Find A Friend ]
[ Out Of The Crowd ]

[ You Are The Only Thing That Your Agency Got Right ]
[ You Give & Show Me Love ]
[ Every Single Night ]

[ That You’ve Been Here ]
[ Do I Make That Perfectly Clear? ]

[ You Are A Stubborn & No Nonsense Woman Through & Through ]
[ When You Tell Me To Do Do Something ]
[ That’s What I Do ]
[ Because, Well … ]
[ It’s Because You Are You ]

[ You Got It Backwards Today ]
[ I’m Not Stuck With You! ]
[ It’s The Opposite Way ]

[ We Will Remain In Each Others Lives For As Long As We Try ]
[ & I’m Not Even Close ]
[ To Wanting To Say Goodbye! ]
[ Because The Only Word I Chose ]
[ Was ( HI ) ]

[ Effort Is The Key ]
[ I’m Not Ready For You To Walk Away From Me ]

[ So I Will Text & Text ]
[ To Ask You ]
[ ( SO, WHAT IS NEXT? ) ]

[ Is It A Reach ]
[ To Still Take A Drive To The Beach? ]

[ I Want To Sit Where Your Dad Sat ]
[ I Want You To Also Remember Me ]
[ When That’s Where You’re @ ]

[ Years & Years Down The Road ]
[ If I May Be So Bold ]

[ That We Will Still Be Close ]
[ But, Nobody Really Knows ]

[ The Main Reason Why I Worry ]
[ Is Because Many Times I’ve Been Told This Story ]

[ But You Are Definitely Different From All Of The Others Previously ]
[ You Take Our Friendship Seriously ]

[ & You Have Never Made Me Feel Used ]
[ & Abused ]

[ You Have NEVER Asked For A Single Thing ]
[ Alot Of Times ]
[ It Was Lunch That You Would Bring ]

[ Thank You For Earning My Trust ]
[ To Be In My House ]
[ That Is A Must ]

[ I Never Had To Have My Guard Up ]
[ Never Had To Keep Things Shut ]

[ You Showed Me & My House Respect ]
[ But That Was Also What You Came To Expect ]

[ You Never Brought A Purse Or A Big Bag To Leave On The Floor ]
[ I Never Had Any Questions ]
[ When You Walked Out The Door ]

[ Thank You For Always Being There ]
[ Thank You Maria ]
[ For Showing Me You Care ]

[ I Hope I Show It Back! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(178)▪︎[ Desperation … 2•27•2021 ]

[ Right Now, It Seems That Desperation Fills The
     Air ]
[ & I Am Finding It Hard To Care ]

[ I Don’t Want To Succumb To This Virus ]
[ & Lay Down In Front Of A Speeding Bus ]

[ This Virus Has Complete Control ]
[ & It Has Me Trying To Claw Myself Out Of This Hole ]

[ Will Someone Throw Me A Rope? ]
[ Will Anyone Put Their Arm Around Me & Help Me Cope? ]

[ Giving Me Empathy ]
[ Not Pity ]
[ Or Sympathy ]

[ I Need A Phone Call From My Best Friend ]
[ So I Am Not Alone Towards The End ]

[ The End Of The Day, Week Or My Life? ]
[ Will My Eyes Stay Open While I Am Watching The Fading
     Light? ]
[ Will My Wife ]
[ Help Me Fight? ]

[ Sometimes I Feel That She Is Oblivious To What I Am
      Going Through ]
[ Because She Has A Handful Of Her Own Problems
     Too ]

[ So She Might Have Blinders On, That May Narrow Her
     Sight ]
[ She Has No Ability To See From Side To Side ]

[ So I Am Back To Being Alone ]
[ Eating Alone ]
[ Sleeping Alone ]
[ Drinking Alone ]
[ & … Dieing Alone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(163)▪︎[ Question Your Intuition … 2•23•2021 ]

[ Some People Have Shown That They Will Stick With You When
Things Are Bad ]
[ Some People Try To Cheer You Up Whenever You Are Sad ]

[ Those People Are The Ones That You Should Always
Consider Your Friends ]
[ Through All Of The Good Or Bad ]
[ They Never Say ( IT JUST DEPENDS ) ]

[ Depends On What? ]
[ On The Feeling That They Have In Their Gut? ]

[ Their Gut Should Say To Help & Stand By Me ]
[ Not ( WELL, LET’s WAIT & SEE ) ]

[ See What Kind Of Trouble I’m In? ]
[ Or See If This Could Turn Out To Be A ( WIN-WIN )? ]

[ Since When Did This Type Of Thinking Start? ]
[ When Did You Start Playing This Part? ]

[ The Part Of ( THE HESITATING GUY OR GIRL ) ]
[ Or Is This Just Something That You Are Giving A Whirl? ]

[ Why Do Some Stay? ]
[ While Others Run Away? ]

[ Maybe It Is What They Have Inside ]
[ Maybe They Tell Others They Courageous & Loyal ]
[ But Then You Find They Lied ]

[ Lies That Can Hurt & Scar ]
[ When Others Figure Out Who They Really Are ]

[ Then There Is A Major Disappointment & Let Down ]
[ So You Question Your Decision ]
[ To Ever Keep Them Around ]

[ All You Have To Say Is ( NO MORE ) ]
[ Then Show Them The Door! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(158)▪︎[ Never The First … 2•21•2021 ]

[ A ][° 158 °][ NEVER THE FIRST … 2•21•2021 ]

[ Why Don’t The Good Guys Ever Win? ]
[ & The Bad Guy Can Always Walk Away From Their Sins? ]

[ It Is Never Fair ]
[ That The Good Guy Is Always Left Standing Back There ]

[ Left @ The Starting Line Holding The Bag ]
[ They Are Always The Last One That Is Picked When Playing
The Game Of Tag ]

[ Why Does The Good Guy Always Finish Last ]
[ Even Though They Don’t Have Any Negativity In Their Past ]

[ First Place Is Not In The All-Cosmic Universal Plans ]
[ Because The Good Guy Is Damned ]

[ Never Having The Slightest Chance ]
[ To Do The Champions Dance ]

[ The Guy Will Never See ]
[ A Picture Of Himself Proudly ]
[ Holding That 1st Place Trophy ]

[ But Everytime The Evil Person Prevails ]
[ While The Good Guys Try, But Always Fails ]

[ Given An ( A ) For His Effort ]
[ To Show On The Report ]

[ The Evil Person Is Like A Tornado Running Through A
Trailor Park ]
[ Breaking Out All Of The Lights ]
[ Turning The Sky Dark ]

[ But Then It’s Gone ]
[ Moving On ]

[ The Evil Person Does Seem To Have The Ability ]
[ To Take Any Personal Responsibility ]

[ No Moral Compass There ]
[ No Signs Of Care ]
[ Anywhere ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(154)▪︎[ A Big Handbasket … 2•20•2021 ]

[ Is America Going To Hell In A Handbasket? ]
[ Rapidly Sending Most Of Us To Stay In A Casket? ]

[ I Did Not Say ( TO LIVE IN ONE ) ]
[ Because That Is Not How Things Are Done ]

[ When Alive, We Must Have Air ]
[ When We Are Dead, Few Really Care ]

[ That Is How We Are, Now As A Society ]
[ Nobody Really See’s ]
[ You Or Me ]

[ We Are Seen As Strangers With A Mask Covering Our
     Faces ]
[ We Are Never Recognized By Who Goes To What Places ]

[ We Are Seen, Then Forgotten ]
[ We No Longer Recall Where We Have Been ]
[ With Who & When? ]

[ We Have No Identities & No Names ]
[ If We Get Sick, We Look For Someone To Blame ]

[ But Isn’t It Crystal Clear ]
[ That We Should Lay Blame On The Face We See In The
     Mirror? ]

[ As A Whole, People Do Not Like The Finger Pointed
     @ Their Own Chest ]
[ They Believe That Blaming Someone Else ]
[ Is Always What Is Best ]

[ Personal Responsibility Is So Tough For Most To
     Swallow ]
[ Nobody Wants To Lead ]
[ & Most Just Want To Follow ]

[ Follow The Leader Down The Path ]
[ Towards The Cliff ]
[ Forgetting About The Past ]
[ That Made Our Thinking Rigid & Stiff ]

[ @ The End Of The Day What Has Been Accomplished? ]
[ Was Their Anything Crossed Off Of Your Wish ]
[ List? ]

[ Or Did You Just Stay Like A Blind Sheep? ]
[ Walking Through Life ]
[ In A Continuous Sleep? ]

[ Young & Naive Like A Little Lamb ]
[ Not Being Polite Enough ]
[ To Say ( NO SIR ) Or ( YES MA’AM ) ]

[ Not Making The Best Of Your Time On This Earth ]
[ Starting To Die Since Birth ]
[ Never Getting Your Money’s Worth ]

[ Oh Well ]
[ This Whole World Is Going To Hell ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(151)▪︎[ Not Always … 2•19•2021 ]

[ When Someone Sets Out To Write A Speech ]
[ Are They Out To Teach? ]
[ Or Preach? ]

[ Some Do Neither ]
[ Some Could Use The Help From A Good Teacher ]

[ Were The Words All Wrong? ]
[ Or Was The Message Not Very Strong? ]

[ Some Messages Meaning Is Hidden From Plain
     Sight ]
[ Some Cause A Fight ]
[ Because Those That Are Completely Wrong Think
     That They Are In The Right ]

[ Some Do Not Have A Message @ All ]
[ But Who Actually Makes That Call? ]

[ The Writer? ]
[ Or The Reader? ]
[ The One With The Yellow Highlighter? ]
[ Or The Cheater? ]

[ The Cheater Is Always The One That Doesn’t Like
     To Get Caught ]
[ They Hate Being Put On The Spot ]

[ When Speeches Are Made Do They Also Need
     To Be Heard? ]
[ Must You Hang On Every Word? ]

[ No ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(020)▪︎[ Just Don’t … 1•7•2021 ]

[ Don’t Back Down ]
[ Don’t Make A Sound ]
[ When You look Around ]
[ Be Thankful For What You Have Found ]

[ Treasure The People Who Have Decided To Stay ]
[ Wave Goodbye To Those Who Chose To Walk Away ]

[ You Should Never Spend One More Minute Of Your Time ]
[ Or Spend One More Dime ]

[ On Those Fair Weather Friends ]
[ Because When A Storm Starts ]
[ Their Care & Concern Ends ]

[ They Always Want & They Just Take ]
[ They Would They Would Even Eat The Last Two Blueberry
Muffins That I Baked ]

[ Oftentimes What They Give, Is Always Attached By Invisible
Strings ]
[ You Just Want To Cut Those Things ]
[ & Then, Give Those Thoughts Wings ]

[ & Without Worry ]
[ This Is The End Of This Very Short Story ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(007)▪︎[ Who Is Talking? … 1•3•2021 ]

[ Today It Seems Like Everyone Is Talking ]
[ But Does Anyone Know What They Are Talking
About? ]
[ Is Everyone Just Walking ]
[ With A Head Full Of Doubt? ]

[ When You Are Paying ]
[ Are You Sure The Person That You Picked ]
[ Knows What They Are Saying? ]

[ There Is So Much ( HE SAID, SHE SAID ) ]
[ Running Around In People’s Heads ]

[ How Do You Know Who Is Right? ]
[ Is It From What You Have Heard? ]
[ Or Because You Like What They Write? ]

[ Sometimes Personal Experience Is The Best Thing ]
[ Because Sometimes Personal Experiences Can Go Wrong
& Sting ]
[ But Those Are The Best Things You Can Bring ]

[ To The Table Of Life ]
[ Everything Might Be Dark ]
[ & You Are The Only Person Who Brought The Light ]

[ Years Of Experience Trumps Youth & Enthusiasm Every Day ]
[ & In Every Way ]

[ So Then Maybe Others With Look @ You For Corrections ]
[ Then When You Get Mail ]
[ You Follow & Then Listen For Your Directions ]

[ Then Others Would Soon Catch A Clue ]
[ & See The Obvious Social Cues ]
[ That Everyone Should Be Paying & Listening To You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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