(774)▪︎[ How? … 9•12•2020 ]

[ How Do Prepare For The Worst ]
[ But Hope For The Best? ]
[ All Of This Anxiety Is Starting To Hurt ]
[ My Chest ]

[ What Do I Leave, What Do I Take? ]
[ All That Is Running Through My Head ]
[ Is Making Me Shake ]
[ Even When I’m In Bed ]
[ Laying There Wide Awake ]

[ A Close Friend Of Mine Has Lost Everything Through This ]
[ Then Her Families Property ]
[ Received Satan’s Kiss ]

[ Thankfully The Kiss Of Death Was Avoided ]
[ Now They Don’t Know Where They Are Headed ]

[ They Have Become Homeless Because Of Natures Force ]
[ Everything Is Confusing Of Course ]

[ Do They Head North Or West? ]
[ Nobody Knows ]
[ Which Direction Would Be Best ]

[ When She Is Here I Try To Fill Her Life With Humor ]
[ I Don’t Ever Go On The Internet ]
[ To Listen To The Rumors ]

[ I Try To Cut Her Stress In Half ]
[ I Want To Be Goofy & Tell Jokes ]
[ To Make Her Laugh ]

[ I’ve Done The Best I Could ]
[ & I Do The Best I Can ]
[ I’ve Said All That I Should ]
[ Because I Am Just One Man ]

~ The End ~

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

(399)[ Memories … 5•10•2021 ]

[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]

[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The Mistakes
     You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]

[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]

[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
     Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Be Really Nice ]

[ Sometimes Your Mistakes Makes Their Way Into Your Dreams ]
[ You Would Have No Control Of That It Seems ]

[ Everyday You Wind Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In Your Life ]
[ You Have Questioned Your Roles ]

[ Of What You Are Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]

[ Do You Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ You Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ Never Seek To Shift The Spotlight On You ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO ) ]

[ You Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
     Corner & Pout ]
[ You Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then You Can Fall Asleep With No More Nagging Doubts ]

~ The End ~

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

(729)▪︎[ Belief For Relief … 8•28•2020 ]

[ Will There Ever Be A Belief ]
[ That There Will Be Some Relief ]
[ If Even So Brief ]
[ When You Are Trying To Walk The Minefield ]
[ Of Grief? ]

[ One Wrong Step & A Bomb Can Go Boom ]
[ One Whole Day Of Being In A Bad Mood ]
[ Can Quickly Clear A Room ]

[ 2 Exits, No Waiting ]
[ Anybody’s Voice ]
[ Can Be So Grating ]
[ So It Is Always A Choice ]
[ To Start Going Through Some Hesitating ]

[ Moments About Which Way You Will Go ]
[ Are You Ever Confidant ]
[ That You Really Know? ]

[ Life Can Be Tumultuous On A Regular Day ]
[ But You Find That When Grief Pops Its Ugly Head Up ]
[ It Could Be With You For A Very Long Stay ]

[ Sometimes It Doesn’t Go Away For Months Or Years ]
[ Grief Can Actually Shine A Bright Light ]
[ On Your Worst Fears ]
[ & There Could Be Many Nights ]
[ When You Have Nothing But Tears ]

[ But Some Say That Real Men Don’t Cry ]
[ The Question For That, Is Why? ]
[ Not? ]
[ Why Would A Guy ]
[ Always Want To Be A Robot? ]

~ The End ~

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

(728)▪︎[ Kirsten … 8•27•2020 ]

[ Nothing Gets Stronger Until You Overload It ]
[ Everything Counts ]
[ Even Just A Little Bit ]

[ But Muscle Memory ]
[ Can Mean Everything ]
[ Whatever You Want To See ]
[ Depends On What You Bring ]

[ Do You Bring A Good Attitude ]
[ Do You Always Check Your Mood ]

[ @ The Door? ]
[ What If You Do Your Whole Set ]
[ & Kirsten Yells ( NOW, GIVE ME TWO MORE! ) ]
[ Is That Demand Met ]
[ With Tears On The Floor? ]

[ Or Do You Gather Your Energy & Check Yourself? ]
[ Knowing That You Wouldn’t Do This ]
[ For Just Anyone Else ]

[ Because You Know That Kirsten Knows What’s Best ]
[ So You Always Want To Beat Every Test ]
[ She Will Always Let You Rest ]

[ A Minute Or Two ]
[ & Then Kirsten Will Once Again ]
[ Let You Know What You Need To Do ]

[ She Is So Good @ Breaking Things Down So You Can ]
[ Understand ]
[ She Is Always Your Biggest Fan ]

[ Kirsten Does Not Criticize ]
[ She Does Not Cut You Down To A Smaller Size ]

[ A Good Therapist Is One That Is Constantly Explaining ]
[ As She Goes ]
[ So You Are Never Complaining ]
[ About The Exercises She Shows ]

[ But When Things Get Easy To Do ]
[ She Will Give You Something New ]
[ & Then You May Discover ]
[ You Have A Muscle Group You Never Knew ]

[ You Never Want To Run & Hide ]
[ Let Her Be Your Guide ]
[ & In The End You’ll Find Out ]
[ That She Never Lied ]

~ The End ~

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

(822)▪︎[ A Big Thanks … 9•25•2020 ]

[ Dear Marianno ]
[ Here A Few Things That I Thought You Should Know ]
[ If I Was Talking To My Favorite Caregiver ]
[ I Would Talk Really Slow ]

[ Before You & Your Heroic Friends Came ]
[ We Never Knew When The Fires Would End ]
[ Or Would We Ever See Rain ]

[ Everyone Would Shout ]
[ That They Had Doubt ]
[ About ]
[ When The Fires Would Be Put Out ]

[ It Took More Than Effort & Water To Take Those
     Fires Apart ]
[ It Took A Whole Lot Of Heart ]

[ You Don’t Fight Those Fires On A Dare ]
[ So What Incentive Got You Out There? ]
[ You Risk Your Lives Because You Care ]

[ You Care About The Thousands Of People That You Will
     Never Meet ]
[ You Fight The Good Fight Until You Hurt ]
[ From The Top Of Your Head Clear Down To The Bottom Of
     Your Feet ]

[ It Is NOT Because Of The Big Paychecks That You Get ]
[ & You Know That You Can’t Control How These Fires Are Set ]

[ But The Paychecks ARE Nice ]
[ Sometimes They Make You Look Twice ]
[ But It Is Not Worth The Ultimate Price ]

[ Watch Out For Falling Branches & Fire In The Roots ]
[ & Ground So Hot ]
[ You Can Feel It Through Your Boots ]

[ You Look Up High ]
[ Towards The Sky ]

[ & Low ]
[ @ The Ground ]
[ You Have To Be Aware Of How The Winds Blow ]
[ & Which Way It Goes Around ]

[ It Is Way Overdue ]
[ & They Finally Caught A Clue ]
[ On How They Can Better Treat You ]

[ Putting You Up In A Good Hotel ]
[ So You Could Shower ]
[ & Hopefully Letting You Sleep Well ]
[ So You Can Fight Back The Power ]
[ That Makes Your Sounding Scenery Look Like Hell ]

[ Are You Tired Of All Of The Fun? ]
[ Of Always Being On The Run? ]

[ When Will It Stop? ]
[ When Will The Fire Stop Going ( POP, POP, POP? ) ]

[ It Is Amazing How Much Damage Can Be Caused By One
     Single Lightning Strike ]
[ It Does Not Do Anything That You Like ]

[ I Have To Say How Much I Am Amazed ]
[ By The Effort & Work Ethic ]
[ Of A Young Man Your Age ]

[ All Of You Guys Are Super Hero’s To All Of Us Plain Folks ]
[ Hiding In Our Homes ]
[ When The Wind Blew In All Of The Smoke ]
[ So Wherever You’d Go ]
[ You Always Chocked ]

[ But You Guys Are Beating That Fire & Turning It Into
     Itself ]
[ So It Can’t Burn Anything Else ]

[ You Get In There Like You Are In A Fight ]
[ Beginning @ Your Early Morning Light ]
[ Until Well Into The Night ]

[ Half Ass Effort Is Never Enough ]
[ But Like They Say About The Astronauts ]
[ You ALL Are Made Up Of THE RIGHT STUFF! ]

~ The End ~

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

(753)▪︎[ One Bad Day … 9•5•2020 ]

[ Tic Toc, Tic Toc ]
[ Goes The Clock ]
[ In My Mind ]
[ As I’m Taking A Walk ]

[ I Would Much Rather It Be Your Voice ]
[ Ringing In My Ear ]
[ But I Have No Choice ]
[ Since You Are No Longer Near ]

[ As The Weather Gets Colder ]
[ It Doubles The Pain In My Left Shoulder ]
[ After My Surgery ]
[ It Really Makes Me Feel Older ]

[ As I’m Out ]
[ Walking & Thinking About ]
[ All Of The Doubt ]

[ That I Had About The Point Of View ]
[ Of That Doctor Who Never Knew ]
[ How To Break The News ]

[ About What You ]
[ Went Through ]
[ When They Called A Code Blue ]

[ Those Words Were The Kind ]
[ That Gets Stuck ]
[ As A Bad Memory, In My Mind ]

[ Those Were The Hardest Words ]
[ That I Had Ever Heard ]

[ You Were No Longer In Pain As You Moved On ]
[ All That I Know Now ]
[ Is That My Future As We Planned, Is Now Gone ]

[ & There Is No More Arguing About What Is Right Or Wrong ]
[ In My Life ]
[ I Need To Keep The Memories Strong ]
[ No Matter The Chaos Or Strife ]

[ That I May Come Across ]
[ As I’m Dealing With This Loss ]

[ As I Look Back ]
[ I Knew That For A Fact ]
[ That You Were A 1 In A Million Act ]

[ Now When I See You In My Dreams ]
[ It Makes Me Smile & Cry ]
[ Because We Made Such A Great Team ]
[ I Always End Up Screaming ( WHY? ) ]
[ It Seems ]

[ Where Will I Find The Strength This Time? ]
[ Because Your Death Was Such A Crime ]
[ That Is Why I Pour My Soul Into This Rhyme ]

[ Was This Just A Thought, Not Real? ]
[ This Is How I Never Want To Feel ]

[ So As I Come Home From My Walk ]
[ I Know That You Have Always Been My Rock ]

[ & I Find That My Biggest Wish ]
[ Is That I Hope That I Will Not Have To Hear Words Like
This ]

~ The End ~

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

(751)▪︎[ When The Light Goes Out … 9•4•2020 ]

[ What Really Happens When The Light Goes Out? ]
[ Is There Doubt ]

[ That Sets In? ]
[ Does The Dark Make The World Start To Spin? ]

[ The Light Went Away So Fast ]
[ You Knew It Would Not Last ]
[ But It Is Now Just A Memory Of Your Past ]

[ You Saw It Coming, But There Was Nothing You Could Do ]
[ Because It Is So Dark ]
[ You Hate Your View ]
[ Of What May Or May Not Be In Front Of You ]

[ Whenever You Hear A Sound ]
[ Do You Look Down? ]
[ Or Do Look Around? ]

[ But Look For What? ]
[ Do You Check The Doors & Windows ]
[ To Make Sure That They Are Shut? ]

[ & Check The Lock ]
[ As You Hear The Tic-Toc ]
[ Of Your Wall Clock ]

[ It Feels Like It Will Be Hours Until The Sun Comes Up Outside ]
[ You Can’t Seem To Able, To Close Your Eyes ]
[ Because They Are Open So Wide ]

[ Hours Later You Are Able To Fall Into A Deep ]
[ Sleep ]
[ Only After You Don’t Hear A Peep ]

~ The End ~

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

(747)▪︎[ Chaos Everywhere … 9•3•2020 ]

[ To Some, The World Is Getting Confusing ]
[ For Others That Are Causing The Chaos ]
[ It Seems Amusing ]

[ Chaos Can Be Confusing For Some Standing On
     The Side ]
[ Chaos Leaves Some People With Their Eyes Open Wide ]
[ When They Said They Didn’t Mean To ]
[ They Flat Out Lied ]

[ Why Else Do They Show Up When They Had No Part
     In The Cause That Was Being Protested? ]
[ They Knew That Whatever They Did ]
[ Would Not Get Them Arrested ]

[ But Then People Scream ( WHERE ARE THE POLICE? ) ]
[ Were They Serious? ]
[ Oh Please ]

[ They Don’t Want Police Here, But You Want Them There ]
[ Please Share ]
[ Why The Police Officers Would Even Care? ]

[ Police Are Being Treated Like Guard Dogs Being Sent &
     Silenced In Their Doghouse ]
[ They Are Told To Stay ]
[ Until Someone Sees A Cat Chasing A Mouse ]

[ Those Men & Women Are Only Human Like All Of Us ]
[ They Have Been Put Through So Much Stuff ]
[ When Will They Have To Dodge A Runaway Bus? ]

[ There Seems To Be So Much Unrest ]
[ What Is Going To Be The Next Test? ]
[ How Do You Know What Is Best? ]

[ How Will Society Negate ]
[ All Of This Ongoing Hate? ]
[ How Is This Affecting Everyone In Our State? ]
[ Could We Fence It All In ]
[ & Then Close The Gate ]

[ Whenever Hate Hits The Throttle ]
[ It Should Be Put In A Bottle ]

[ & Thrown In The Landfill ]
[ Where It Could Remain Still ]
[ I Don’t Know About Others ]
[ But I’ve Had My Fill ]

~ The End ~

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

(58)▪︎[ My Friend, Rita … 1•15•2021 ]

[ Yes My Friend, People Come & Go ]
[ Some That You Will ]
[ But Probably Most You Won’t Make The Effort
     To Get To Know ]

[ But Every Once In A Blue Moon ]
[ You Will Meet Someone Who Dances To The
     Same Kind Of Tune ]

[ Maybe You Talk To See What You Both Have in
     Common ]
[ Maybe They Like Pasta ]
[ While You Like Top Ramen ]

[ Well It Is Kind Of The Same ]
[ & You Laugh As You Tell Each Other, Your Name ]

[ A Good Friend ]
[ Really Does Stick With You Through Thick
     Or Thin ]
[ & They Say Good Job ]
[ No Matter If You Lose Or Win ]

[ They Give You A Strong Shoulder To Lean
     On Or Cry ]
[ When Your Eyes Fill Up With Tears ]
[ They Never Ask You For A Reason Why ]

[ Somethings You May Not Agree On & Neither One
     Will Budge ]
[ Just Because You Don’t Agree On Something ]
[ Does Not Mean That They Will Judge ]

[ There Are A Few Topics That You Each Stay Away
     From ]
[ You Never Want a Heated Argument Over Something
     That Is So Dumb ]

[ Your Friend Doesn’t Disown You Because Of Who You
     Date ]
[ If They Think That You Are Headed For A Fall ]
[ They Bite Their Lip & Patiently Wait ]

[ Because When You Date A Woman That You Came To
     Call ( SATAN IN A DRESS ) ]
[ They Will Try Their Damndest To Get You Out Of Your
     Mess ]

[ They Stick With You For Almost 28 Years ]
[ They Help You Conquer Many Fears ]

[ You Give Them All The Support & Love That You
     Can ]
[ Even Though Your Friend Is A Woman ]
[ & You Are A Man ]

[ Sometimes Opposites Come Together ]
[ No Matter The Time Of Day ]
[ No Matter The Weather ]

[ Even Physically Moving Far Apart ]
[ Won’t Pull Them Out Of Your Heart ]

[ I Am So Glad I Met Ya ]
[ My Friend Rita ]

[ I Sure Miss You, Down In Arizona ]

~ The End ~

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

(77)▪︎[ A Safer Place … 1•22•2021 ]

[ Today I Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything ]
[ Especially Not Knowing What The Day Will Be Bringing ]

[ I Want To Keep My Head On My Big, Soft Pillow ]
[ Closing My Eyes ]
[ & Laying Low ]

[ Falling Back Into A Nice Dream State ]
[ Thinking Good Thoughts ]
[ While Dismissing The Hate ]

[ That I Heard ]
[ This Past Week ]
[ Watching People’s Actions, Then Listening To Their
     Words ]

[ Directed @ People With Different Colored Faces ]
[ Of Different Races ]
[ Born In Different Places ]

[ When People Don’t Understand Others, They Tend
     To Lash Out ]
[ Out Of Fear ]
[ So The Reasons For Their Hateful Shouts ]
[ Are Not Always Clear ]

[ Oftentimes People Speak ]
[ Before Taking The Time To Think ]

[ Never Taking Into Consideration How Their Words ]
[ Hurts ]

[ Further Driving People Apart ]
[ Leaving People To Wonder How To Close This
     Division ]
[ Then Wondering Where, When & How To Start ]

~ The End ~

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