[ I Am Losing Faith In The Human Race ]
[ When I Look @ Society ]
[ All I See Is An Angry Face ]
[ Nobody Smiles Or Gives You A Pleasant Greeting ]
[ Because We Wear Masks ]
[ There Is No Chance Meeting ]
[ You Can’t Tell If Someone Is Smiling Or Having
A Bad Day ]
[ I Don’t Ask ]
[ & Nobody Will Say ]
[ We All Keep Our 6 Feet Apart ]
[ We Hide Our Emotions ]
[ While We Protect Our Hearts ]
[ Because Of The Year 2020, We Wonder ( WHAT COULD
BE NEXT? ) ]
[ We No Longer Talk On The Phone ]
[ We Only Send Each Other A Text ]
[ So Devoid Of Emotions Or Feelings In The Words ]
[ When You Are In Person ]
[ You Walk Away Knowing More Than You Heard ]
[ But Society Has Been Quarantined From Each
Other For So So Long ]
[ Always Afraid Someone Could Be Around Someone
That Is Sick ]
[ Then Watching Everything Go Wrong ]
[ People Who Die From The Virus Die Alone In
The Hospital ]
[ Instead Of Looking Into Your Loved Ones Eyes ]
[ They Die Staring @ A Blank Wall ]
[ & I Don’t Want That To Ever Happen To Me ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Author: rdvoe165
(82)▪︎[ The Horizon … 1•23•2021 ]
[ As I Look Out @ The Distant Horizon ]
[ I Wonder ( WHAT’S GOING ON? ) ]
[ Are Those People Smiling, Are They Happy? ]
[ Or Are They Frowning & Angry ]
[ How Could I Tell ]
[ If They Were Doing Well? ]
[ I Guess It Would Be Totally Up To My Vivid
Imagination ]
[ Could I See A Picture ]
[ Through My Concentration? ]
[ Sometimes When I Am Attempting To Connect
All Of The Dots ]
[ My Mind Goes Blurry ]
[ Then All I See, Is Fuzzy Spots ]
[ & The Picture That I Thought Was Coming In Crystal
Clear ]
[ Is Longer Here ]
[ Because In The Haze ]
[ It All Disappeared ]
[ ( OH WELL ) I Say ]
[ I Will Look Through My Imagination On Another
Day ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(83)▪︎[ I Couldn’t … 1•23•2021 ]
[ Isolation Is The Word For Today ]
[ Don’t Do What I Do ]
[ Disregard What I Say ]
[ I Felt Locked In The Corner Without Having
A View ]
[ But What I’d Really Like To Do ]
[ Is Turn Around & Become Part Of The Crowd ]
[ I Just Can’t Do It ]
[ Because The Noise Is Too Loud ]
[ I Tell Myself ( YOU CAN DO IT! ) ]
[ But All I Could Do Was Bite My Lip ]
[ I Just Couldn’t Get Up, Because My Legs Froze ]
[ That Was Not My First Choice ]
[ It Was What My Body Chose ]
[ My Brain Wanted My Body To Move ]
[ But I Just Couldn’t Get In The Groove ]
[ So I Settled In With The Isolation ]
[ It Seemed Like The Consolation ]
[ Prize ]
[ For My Mind ]
[ It Was Not What I Wanted To Do, But I Did ]
[ So I Just Went To My Bedroom & Hid ]
[ Hid For The Day, Hid For The Month ]
[ Someone Said That They Wanted To Be Brutally Blunt ]
[ They Said That Besides It Having Such A Negative Hit On
My Wealth ]
[ It Does Not Help In My March Towards Good Health ]
[ Not Because Money Can’t Buy Me Happiness In The
Long Run ]
[ Hiding In My Bedroom Was Not Very Fun ]
[ Feeling That I Got A Raw Deal ]
[ Seeing That I Didn’t Like How Things Would Feel ]
[ I Need To Go Through Life With Vigor ]
[ Because When I Just Sit Around, My Belly Keeps Getting
Bigger & Bigger ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(86)▪︎[ You Know What I Mean? … 1•24•2021 ]
[ Do The Words Blue, Pipe, Yellow, Sixteen & Nine All Have
Four Letters In It? ]
[ Okay, Right? ]
[ When It Is Warm @ Night Does That Mean That The Son Is Out? ]
[ What Color Would Five O’clock Look Like Upside Down? ]
[ If I Asked Ewe A Question Tomorrow Would You Give Me A
Sheepish Answer? ]
[ Why Now? ]
[ I Think The Real Story Revolved Around The Sister Of The Three
Little Pigs ]
[ They Were Never Really Nice To Her By Making Her Live In A
Trailer In The Bad Part Of Town In Albany, New York ]
[ But Wait, Albany, Connecticut Does Not Have A Good Part Of
Town, So She Lived In Her Car ]
[ She Was The Black Sheep Of The Pig Family ]
[ She Actually Loved Pork ]
[ So She Ended Up Drinking Beer With Her Mashed Potatoes ]
[ Can The Word ( FOOTBALL ) Ever Come Down With Athletes
Feet? ]
[ Can The Game Of ( SOCKHER ) Ever Be Brought Up On Domestic
Abuse Charges? ]
[ Can It Be Played Without Shoes? ]
[ Could The Game Of ( BASKETBALL ) Ever Be Played On The
Handlebars Of A Little Girls Bike? ]
[ It Did Not Make Sense That The Year 2020 Turned Out So
Bad ]
[ 2019 Said It Would Have Such Good Vision ]
[ The Truth About The Big Bad Wolf Was That He Always Had
His Half-Brother Doing The Blowing Parts, Because He Had A
Bad Case Of C.O.P.D. ]
[ & Because He Wasn’t Gay ]
[ Kermit The Frog Never Dated Miss Piggy ]
[ He Was A Vegan ]
[ He Would Never Eat Meat ]
[ So She Would Only Hang Out With Big Bird ]
[ Did You Ever See The Size Of His Feet? ]
[ He WAS Anatomically True To Size ]
[ The Lady In The Old Shoe Had Horrendous Breath & Ran A
Sweatshop Out Of The Back Of The Heel ]
[ When The Quarterback Yells ( HIKE ) Where Do They Go? ]
[ Or Maybe It Is Just A Suggestion ]
[ How Come The Number 13 Is The Lucky Number & 7 Is Just
Purple? ]
[ That Is A Weird Word ]
[ Has Four Letters & Ends Just Like It Started, Drinking Tea ]
[ Does It Really Matter If The Balls Are Blue Or Brown? ]
[ It Does If You Are A Man ]
[ Ask Me In Two Days ]
[ Are Burritos Cold? ]
[ Do They Shiver? ]
[ It Sounds Like They Do @ The Start ]
[ Those Are All Good Answers ]
[ But The Answers Are Predominantly ( C ) ]
[ If Someone Is Offended Does That Mean They Liked The Start? ]
[ Or Is That When The ( END ) Fell ( OFF )? ]
[ If Someone Gave You ( $50 ) & Asked You To Give Half
Of It To STAN, Than Asked You To Give Half Of That To
STEPHEN, Than Asked You To Give Half Of That To BILL,
How Much Time Have You Saved By Drinking A Soda
Using Your Left Hand? ]
[ Since Water Is Clear Do You Really Know That It
Is There? ]
[ How Come The Word ( OPEN ) Is Not Irish? ]
[ Can You Count To 100 By Skipping All Of The Vowels? ]
[ Strawberry Lemonade Is Just Another Code Word
If You Want To Order Coffee In A Sit Down Restaurant ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me, Try It The Next Time You Go To A 7-11 ]
[ If I Had Written ( THE END ) @ The Start Of This Pudding, Would
You Have Looked @ The Bottom For The Middle?
[ Have You Ever Dissected The Word Pillow? ]
[ Yeah, Me Neither ]
[ Why Would I, When You Wouldn’t, After I Said To Go Ahead
Because It’s Free To Hiccup Twice When The Refrigerator Door
Combination Was Changed Two Oranges Ago ]
[ Makes No Cents ]
[ So It Would Never Add Up To A Phone Call ]
[ Okay? ]
[ Good To Know Or Yes ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(85)▪︎[ In-Between The Lines … 1•24•2021 ]
[ There Are As Many Opinions ]
[ Out There ]
[ As There Are Layers Of An Onion ]
[ Some Are Good ]
[ Some Are Bad ]
[ When They Are Misunderstood ]
[ It Makes People Mad ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Read In-Between The Lines ]
[ Because Some Words That Are Spoken ]
[ Are Not The Only Things On Their Minds ]
[ Are They Leaning ]
[ & Speaking ]
[ With A Hidden Meaning? ]
[ In The Same Way ]
[ That They Say? ]
[ Alot Of Times It Is Hard To Believe ]
[ Someone, That Always Has Something Up Their Sleeves ]
[ How Many Times Can They Be Trusted? ]
[ After They Are Busted? ]
[ Not Too Many ]
[ If Any ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(100)▪︎[ Exercise Is Not Bad … 1•30•2021 ]
[ Exercise Is Not Punishment For What You Ate ]
[ It Is A Celebration For Your Body ]
[ If You Take The Time To Wait ]
[ Eating Something That Was Not Something On Your
Regular Menu ]
[ Doesn’t Spell Doom ]
[ For You ]
[ The Points Can Be A Guide ]
[ The List Of Foods Is Long & Wide ]
[ Don’t Throw Away Your Day ]
[ After One Meal Took You Away ]
[ From What You Normally Eat ]
[ Maybe, Instead Of Feeling Beat ]
[ You Could Think Of It As A Treat ]
[ Afterall, This Journey Is A Marathon ]
[ Not A Sprint ]
[ To Keep Yourself Moving On ]
[ Each Person’s Journey Is As Different From Each Other
Like One Snowflake To The Next ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me ]
[ The Next Time It Snows, Go Check ]
[ Everyone Starts @ W.W. For Their Own Personal Reasons ]
[ Starting Is The Easy Part For Some ]
[ & Even Harder To Stay Consistent Through All Of
Changing Seasons ]
[ Winter Seems Like The Hardest Times While Surviving
All Of The Heavy Eating Holidays ]
[ It Always Feels Like Everything You Eat ]
[ Goes To The Mid-Section & Stays ]
[ It Is Hard To Stay Lean ]
[ During The Times ]
[ When You Put On That ( WINTER TIME 15 ) ]
[ The Journey Is Long ]
[ & Your Resolve Must Stay Strong ]
[ Enjoy The Friendly Greetings ]
[ & Advice ]
[ That You Get @ The Weekly Meetings ]
[ You Have The Drive & Strength ]
[ To Walk This Journey ]
[ No Matter The Length ]
[ It Will Take Time For You To Get To Lifetime ]
[ So After Saying All Of That ]
[ I Will End This Story That Rhymes ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(99)▪︎[ I Just Do Not Know … 1•30•2021 ]
[ As I Sit Here & Let The Frustration Sink In ]
[ I Wonder Why I Just Can’t Win ]
[ Even When Things Are Going Well, I Have Doubt ]
[ That My World Won’t Just Bottom Out ]
[ Where Would I Go ]
[ That Is One Of The Many Many Things That I Don’t
Know ]
[ How Many Times Have I Been Burned? ]
[ When I Did Not Know Which Way To Turn? ]
[ It Is So Tough To Rely On Others Because They Won’t
Usually Come Through ]
[ What I Thought Was A Friendship ]
[ Was Not Really True ]
[ Now It Is A ( STAY 6′ AWAY ) Kind Of World ]
[ & When Someone Says They Will Do Something ]
[ They Rarely Stand By Their Word ]
[ As I Grow Old ]
[ I Find That Nobody’s Promise Is Worth An Ounce Of Gold ]
[ Where Once I Found Warmth ]
[ The Atmosphere, Is Now Really Cold ]
[ I Can’t Rely On Our Neighbors, In Our Own Neighborhood ]
[ Because The Feeling That I Get From Them ]
[ Has Never Been Warm Or Good ]
[ So, Since They Won’t Look @ My Eyes ]
[ I Will Be Another Anti-Social Guy ]
[ Who Won’t Even Try ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(97)▪︎[ Just An Ordinary Day … 1•29•2021 ]
[ I Am Just Sitting Here In The Dark ]
[ With Nothing But My Thoughts ]
[ Wondering If My Life Is In Neutral Or Park ]
[ I Seem To Be Running Uphill On A Treadmill
Not Getting Anywhere ]
[ The Main Problem With This Is That I Have Lost The
Desire To Care ]
[ As I Sit Here I Do Not Hear A Thing ]
[ So I Watch The Phone ]
[ & Hope That It Would Ring ]
[ Minutes Drag By, Then They Turn Into Hours ]
[ Everytime I Think Things Are Going Well ]
[ It Turns Upside Down & Sours ]
[ Those That I Thought Were Friends Jumped Ship
When The Waters Got Rough ]
[ I Would Always Listen To Their Problems When
Their Lives Got Tough ]
[ But I Never Thought That They Would Turn Their Back ]
[ It Feels Like When I Spoke Up]
[ My Face Got Smacked ]
[ I Always Turned The Other Cheek ]
[ Or Correct The Facts Whenever They Would Speak ]
[ I Never Put Them On The Spot ]
[ Because They Were Wrong Alot ]
[ But One Thing That I Have Come To Realize ]
[ In My Years ]
[ Is That People Come & Go Throughout All Of Our Lives ]
[ Like Two Ships Passing Each Other On A Very Dark Night ]
[ I Am In Their Thoughts ]
[ Until I Am No Longer In Their Sight ]
[ But This All Goes Full Circle As I Sit Here Alone ]
[ The Silence Gives Off Its Own Peculiar Tone ]
[ & It Has Been Shown ]
[ That It Always Sends A Chill Clear To My Bones ]
[ I Have To Turn Around & See What I Don’t See ]
[ & Come To Realize This Is How My Life Is Going To Be ]
[ I Bet After I Slowly Count From 1 To 3 ]
[ I Could Look Around & It Would Still Only Be … Me ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(94)▪︎[ Wake-Up … 1•27•2021 ]
[ Okay People Wake-Up, Because While The Earth
Keeps Turning ]
[ The Earth Is Burning ]
[ We As Humans Are Ruining The Atmosphere ]
[ All Over The World ]
[ & Especially Right Here ]
[ What Makes This So Clear ]
[ Was All Of The Fires That Happened Last Year ]
[ The Air In So Many States ]
[ Was A Smoky Haze ]
[ While Mother Nature Set The Land Ablaze ]
[ It Was Never Known ]
[ Or Ever Shown ]
[ Exactly How Many Families Lost Their Homes ]
[ They Say That Everyone Needs To Work On Shrinking Their
Carbon Footprint ]
[ This Is No Longer A Marathon ]
[ It Must Be A Sprint ]
[ Everyday The Air Quality Gets Worse Than The Day
Before ]
[ The Dangerous Smog Used To Be @ A High Altitude ]
[ Now It Seeps Into The House By Coming Through The
Door ]
[ We Won’t Get A Second Chance ]
[ @ This Life Or Death Dance ]
[ Once There Are Holes ]
[ In The Atmosphere ]
[ They Never Close ]
[ It Sure Does Not Sound Like Fun ]
[ To Look @ All Of The Damage That We Have Caused ]
[ That Cannot Be Undone ]
[ The Oceans & Air Keep Getting Warmer Every Year ]
[ That Makes The Problems Standout Very Clear ]
[ Because Of The Past Abuse Of The Earth ]
[ We Have A Whole Lot To Fear ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(91)▪︎[ A Snow Day … 1•26•2021 ]
[ Snow Makes Such The Prettiest Sight ]
[ In The Daylight ]
[ Then The White ]
[ Ground ]
[ Is In Total Contrast To The Night ]
[ It Is All White & Soft Looking To The Touch ]
[ But If It Snows Too Much ]
[ It Makes The Roads Rough ]
[ & Driving In It Tough ]
[ This Kind Of Weather Makes Most Oregonians Forget How
To Drive ]
[ Everyone Just Wants To Get To Their Destination In One
Piece & Alive ]
[ I Used To Hate Driving When It Was Snowing Hard ]
[ When My Car Would Start To Slide ]
[ I Was Always Fearing That I Would Crash Into Somebody’s
Yard ]
[ I Still Vividly Remember The Day ]
[ When I Spun My Car & Landed In The Median ]
[ On The I-5 Freeway ]
[ That Made Me Turn Around In My Car & Crawl As Slow As A
Scared Little Mouse ]
[ All The Way Back To Barbara’s House ]
[ That Was Not Fun By Any Means ]
[ I Had Not Been That Scared Driving Since My Early Teens ]
[ Now That I Don’t Drive The Thoughts In My Head Are Not
Too Bad ]
[ But The Thoughts Of Being The Passenger @ Times Makes
Me Sad ]
[ Now I Watch Other People Sweat ]
[ Being Inside ]
[ I Am Sure Now, That I Won’t Get Wet ]
[ I Will Stay Inside Where It Is Warm & Dry ]
[ If Someone Asks Me To Go Outside ]
[ I Will Give Them My Best Quizzical Look & Politely Ask
Them ( WHY? ) ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]