(89)▪︎[ I Should Do,What He’s Due … 1•25•2021 ]

[ It Is So So, Sad ]
[ What Needs To Be Done ]
[ To Change His Behavior When He Gets Mad ]

[ It Would Take A Talk From A Very Good Friend ]
[ To Get His Negative Behavior To Come To An End ]

[ He Walks Around Here Like He Runs The Place ]
[ It Is About Time That Someone Actually Gets
     In His Face ]

[ Maybe One Day I Will Sit & Watch The Clock ]
[ & Let Him Yap ]
[ Until I Hear A Soft Knock ]

[ My Friend Would Come, If I Called ]
[ My Friend Would Pin Him Against The Wall ]

[ Then We Could See How He Acts ]
[ When My Friend Tells Him The Actual Facts ]

[ & Cement The Facts Into His Dome ]
[ As My Friend Tells Him Who Really Runs This Home ]

[ He Would Be Sent To The Corner If He Needed To
     Pout ]
[ He Won’t Have Any Need For The Use Of Violence ]
[ There Won’t Be The Need To Shout ]

[ It Sucks How I See ]
[ How He Won’t Listen To Me ]

[ But I Have Resigned Myself To This Situation As It Is ]
[ As He Was Growing Up ]
[ I Never Ever Thought That Things Would Come To This ]

[ After He Said That He Never Respects Me As His Father ]
[ When He Was Ten ]
[ I Should Have Asked Myself ( WHY SHOULD I CONTINUE
     TO BOTHER ) ]
[ Right There & Then ]

[ But I Still Do ]
[ Maybe A Long Talk With My Friend Is What He’s Due ]

~ The End ~

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

(88)▪︎[ Suspenseful?… 1•25•2021 ]

[ Suspense, Is Hard To Have @ Anytime ]
[ So I Wonder, If I Can Give Some, While I Write This Rhyme ]

[ Something Happened, That Has Been A Long Time Coming ]
[ So Having Suspense ]
[ Can Be Extremely, Mind Numbing ]

[ Sometimes The Suspense, Can Get Into Your Thoughts ]
[ One Second Your Mind Was Clear ]
[ & The Next Second, You Are Seeing Spots ]

[ Can It Affect Your Appetite? ]
[ @ Night? ]
[ Hmm … ]
[ That Thought, Makes Me Hungry, As I Write ]

[ Sometimes, Wanting A Drink Of Water Comes First ]
[ Can Suspense, Really Affect Your Thirst? ]

[ It Has Never Affected Mine ]
[ Having Suspense Has Never Driven Me, To Crave A Beer ]
[ Or A Whole Bottle Of Wine ]

[ Suspense, Affects Others Differently ]
[ Has This Rhyme Done This, Sufficiently? ]

[ Let Me See, Let Me See ]
[ What, Could It Be? ]

[ It Is Really A Shame That She Could Not Be Here Tonight For
Her Shift ]
[ I Wanted, To Share The News ]
[ That Gave Me, A Much Needed Lift ]

[ It Sure Is Fun To Make Her Laugh ]
[ Has Any Part Of This Story ]
[ Cut The Suspense In Half? ]

[ I Tried To Come Out & Share ]
[ But She Is Not Here Right Now ]
[ She Is Somewhere Else, Over There ]

[ So Before I Send … ]
[ This ]
[ I Will End … ]
[ With This ]

[ Goodnight, Ash ]

~ The End ~

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

(087)▪︎[ Just Another Day … 1•24•2021 ]

[ Sometimes I Feel That I Am Alone Way Too Much ]
[ It Usually Starts Right After Lunch ]

[ I Do Like My Alone Time, So Don’t Get Me Wrong ]
[ A Couple Of Hours During The Day ]
[ But Not For This Long ]

[ Hours On Top Of Each Other ]
[ All Alone ]
[ Is Sometimes Worse Than Having Someone Here That
     Smothers ]

[ I Won’t Lie ]
[ But I Like Good Conversation As Much As The Next Guy ]
[ Not So Much Over The Phone ]
[ I Prefer It Being Eye To Eye ]

[ I Do Hear Distant Voices In The Background ]
[ But They Stay Over There ]
[ Because They Just Don’t Come Around ]

[ I Try To Be Happy ]
[ While Sitting By Myself ]
[ Watching My Steelers DVD’s ]

[ It Is Very Entertaining Watching Hour After Hour Of Steelers
     Football ]
[ I Won’t Stop Until I Have Watched Them All ]

[ I Love Watching My Steelers Win ]
[ Again, Again, Again & Again ]

[ I Would Love To Show & Share ]
[ [ With Another Person That Also Cares ]

[ Being Left Alone Is Not Considered As Time Well Spent ]
[ One Minute Feels Like An Hour ]
[ So It Doesn’t Make A Dent ]

[ Into The Many Hours That I Have Ahead Of Me ]
[ These Are Some Of The Things That I Think Of When I Feel
     Lonely ]

~ The End ~

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

(845)▪︎[ The Waves … 10•4•2020 ]

[ The Sounds Of The Ocean Waves Are So Relaxing ]
[ Moving Around The City Can Be So Taxing ]

[ People Running Around Going Everywhere ]
[ & Nobody Getting Anywhere ]
[ Then You Come To The Beach & Smell That Wonderful
Ocean Air ]

[ The Constant Roar ]
[ Of The Waves ]
[ Keeps My Attention Even More ]

[ Than The Sights Around Me ]
[ But It Took Years For Me To Realize ]
[ How Hypnotic The Ocean Can Be ]
[ & The Enormity Of Its Size ]

[ The Waves Are Like The Fingerprints On The Hand ]
[ No Two Of Them Are The Same ]
[ Nobody Can ]
[ Give Every One Of Them A Name ]

[ Right When The Wave Breaks On The Beach It Is Gone ]
[ It Heads Back Out ]
[ It Keeps Moving On ]

[ Never Staying In The Same Place For Very Long ]
[ The Waves Come In Loud & Strong ]
[ But Never Underestimate The Under Current ]
[ You Could Never Be So Wrong ]

[ Turning Your Back On The Waves Is Not Very Wise ]
[ Many People Every Year ]
[ Ever Have The Time Or Ability To Say Their Goodbyes ]

[ Waves Can Be As Dangerous As They Are Beautiful ]
[ They Can Look So Safe & Wonderful ]

[ When You Fail To Give The Ocean The Proper Respect ]
[ You Might Get ]
[ What You Least Expect ]

[ But Come Nightfall ]
[ It Seems Like The Water Goes Calm ]
[ Like Mother Nature Made A Call ]
[ & Asked God To Quiet The Water With A Wave Of His Palm ]

[ When It Is Time To Settle In For The Night ]
[ I Can’t Wait For The Morning Light ]
[ So I Can Go Out On My Balcony & View That Beautiful Sight ]

[ So There I Go Again ]
[ Wondering Where The Waves Begin ]
[ While Having The Ability To Watch Where They End ]

~ The End ~

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

(838)▪︎[ Chase It … 10•1•2020 ]

[ Never Be Afraid To Follow Your Dream ]
[ It Could Be Scooping Ice Cream ]
[ Or Playing The Music That Makes Kids Scream ]

[ Politics ]
[ Or Sports ]
[ You Can Also Pick ]
[ Being An Attorney & Defending People In Courts ]

[ How Do You Follow A Dream That Is Only In Your Head? ]
[ The Dream That Only Comes ]
[ When You Are Asleep In Your Bed? ]

[ Are You Afraid That In Real Life It Would Be Unattainable? ]
[ Not Sustainable? ]
[ Or Just Not Able ]

[ To Go Forth ]
[ & Your Dream Dips South ]
[ Instead Of Going Up North ]

[ Does Everything You Have On This Earth ]
[ Prove Or Show Your Worth? ]

[ Dreams May Never Be Completed ]
[ That Does Not Mean You Are Defeated ]

[ Find A Different Path ]
[ Study Psychology ]
[ Philosophy ]
[ Instead Of Math ]

[ Maybe Follow The Bread Crumbs Left By Someone
Before You ]
[ Find Out Why & Where They Stopped ]
[ Then Take It To Places That They Never Knew ]

[ Just Because Someone Came Before You Doesn’t Mean
Things Are Finished ]
[ Go To New Heights That Were Never Wished ]

[ On Before You Arrived ]
[ Show Your Drive ]
[ Keep The Dream Alive ]

[ Rarely Has Anyone Completed Their Journey On Their
First Try ]
[ If You Come Upon Someone Who Says That They Never
Failed ]
[ Then You Have Met Someone Who Tells Lies ]

[ For A Living ]
[ Because That Is What They Are Giving ]

[ Don’t Be A Taker ]
[ Of The Lies From A Faker ]

[ Find Your Path & Head Straight Forward ]
[ See The Dream That You Are Headed Towards ]

[ Don’t Get Too Discouraged Along The Way ]
[ Because Every Sun Rising ]
[ Means It Is A Whole Different Day ]
[ & Then You Might Find It Surprising ]

[ That Your Dream … Has Not Disappeared ]

~ The End ~

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

(393)▪︎[ A Sad Boy … 5•8•2021 ]

[ This Is For That One, Sad Boy ]
[ Living Lonely, Without Any Toys ]

[ When You Go To Your Closet, For Some Fun ]
[ You Don’t Find, A Single One ]

[ They Were Taken From You, About Two Years Ago ]
[ For Reasons That You Still, Don’t Know ]

[ One Day They Were Here & The Next Day They Were Gone ]
[ You Don’t Remember What You Did, That Was So Wrong ]

[ To Have Them Taken, When You Were Not There ]
[ & If You Were Asked, You Would Gladly Share ]

[ That Day, Plays Through Your Mind ]
[ Time, After Time ]

[ You Went Down The Street, To The Park ]
[ To Play With Your Friends ]
[ & Then, You Made It Home, Before Dark ]

[ Do You Go To Your Mom Or Dad & Ask ( WHY? ) ]
[ Is It Even, Worth Another Try? ]

[ You Still Have Welts ]
[ From The Last Time, That Your Dad Got Mad & Used His Belt ]

[ You Never Thought ]
[ That He Was Ever, Going To Stop ]
[ All Because, You Drank A Pop ]

[ Without Your Dad’s Permission ]
[ & After Your Admission ]

[ Were The Toys Being Taken Because Of That? ]
[ Being Taken Because Of That One Bad Act? ]

[ Or Was It Because Of The Bank, That You & Your Four
Friends Robbed Over Two Years Ago, Last May ]
[ Your Little Group Of Friends, Just Wanted To Get Paid ]

[ You All Got The Cash ]
[ By Going In & Out, Really Fast ]

[ But Then Your Dad, Caught A View ]
[ Of That Evenings News ]

[ After Stashing Some In The Floor & In A Crawl Space, In The
Hall ]
[ Your Dad Said That He Wanted It All ]
[ Or He Would Make A Call ]
[ So We Had To Give It To Him ]
[ But We Kept What I Bundled Up & Hid In The Wall ]

[ He Had No Clue ]
[ & Neither Did You ]

[ Know That The Story Would Twist ]

~ The End ~

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

(813)▪︎[ The Scare … 9•23•2020 ]

[ Today I Had Quite The Scare ]
[ When My Family & I Were Walking Across The Parking Lot ]
[ I Almost Got Hit By A Car ]
[ Because The Driver Did Not Seem Aware ]
[ That I Was There ]

[ The Car Jolted To A Stop Less Than An Inch ]
[ Away ]
[ That Really Made Me Flinch ]
[ I’d Say ]

[ He Almost Got Me With His Hood ]
[ & That Would Not Have Felt Good ]

[ We Got In A Really Bad Accident Several Years Ago ]
[ When That Driver Hit Us, Time Went By So Slow ]

[ He Totaled Our SUV From Door To Door ]
[ But This Near Miss Scared Me More ]

[ I’m No Macho Man That Says ( I WASN’t SCARED ) ]
[ & Walked Across That Parking Lot Because I Was Dared ]

[ The Driver Was Much Older Than I ]
[ Yes He Was That Old ]
[ I Tell You No Lie ]

[ It Was Dusk So I Guess I Could Have Been Hard To See ]
[ & I Guess To Some People ]
[ I’m Barely Taller Than Their Knees ]

[ I Yelled ( STOP ) Because He Did Not @ The Stop Sign ]
[ He Did Not Slow Down @ The Marked White Line ]

[ I Felt Rattled & Shaken, That I Am Sure Of ]
[ But I’m Glad It Was Me ]
[ & Not Someone That I Love ]

[ The Man Rolled Down His Window & Talked With My Wife ]
[ I Kept Walking Because My Head Felt Light ]
[ For The First Time In My Life ]
[ My Balance Did Not Feel Quite Right ]

[ No, My Life Did Not Flash Before My Very Eyes ]
[ That Would Had Been Quite The Surprise ]

[ Maybe This Will Help Me Be An Earlier Riser ]
[ I Only Wish That It Would Make Me Be More Humorous & Wiser ]

[ Now I Am By No Means A Religious Person Like Others
Can Be ]
[ But This Kind Of Helps Me See ]
[ That Maybe GOD Is Not Done With Me ]

[ I Want To Live More ]
[ I Want To Give More ]
[ I Want To Laugh More ]
[ & I Want To Love More ]

[ The Older I Get ]
[ The More I Cherish The People That I’ve Met ]
[ So There Must Be A Good Reason I Bet ]
[ That I’m Not Done Here Yet ]

[ To My Friends & Loved One’s I Cherish You ]
[ Because I Thank You ]
[ For Being You ]

[ Have A Good Night ]
[ & Always Fight The Good Fight ]

[ This Is How I Think & Feel ]
[ Because This Was Very Much On The Spot Real ]
[ After Having That Scared Elderly Man ]
[ Behind That Wheel ]

~ The End ~

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

(805)▪︎[ Should Just Stop! … 9•21•2020 ]

[ I Seem To Say Way Too Much … Alot! ]
[ & That May Put People On The Spot ]

[ I Wish There Was A Little Voice Inside My Head ]
[ That Would Redirect My Thoughts ]
[ Instead ]

[ Then I Recoil In Horror ]
[ Because I Don’t Want To Be Shown To The Door ]
[ If I Said Anymore ]
[ I Don’t Like Being On The Other Side, Looking In ]
[ I’ve Been On That Side Many Times Before ]

[ I Don’t Want To Be There Again ]
[ That Situation Is Not A Win-Win ]

[ There Are Times When I Don’t Know When To Quit ]
[ Those Are The Times Where I Should Sit ]
[ & Not Say Shit ]
[ & Just Be Quiet ]

[ I Can’t Seem To Find The Middle Ground ]
[ I Look All Around ]
[ But There Are No Markers To Be Found ]

[ I Look Left & Then Right ]
[ I Don’t Find A Marker In Sight ]

[ I Get Too Serious, Too Fast ]
[ So People Burnout ]
[ & The So Called Friendship Does Not Last ]

[ But The Fault Falls Completely On My Shoulders ]
[ I Guess I’m Slow To Learn ]
[ As I Keep Getting Older ]

[ Soon, I Will Be Left All Alone ]
[ Not A Single Person Will Throw Me A Bone ]
[ Or Call Or Send Me A Text ]
[ To My Phone ]
[ What Could Be Next? ]
[ Is That How I Will Be Known? ]
[ Oh How I Dislike The Unknown ]

[ As Someone Who Says Too Much? ]
[ ( YA HE’s THE GUY THAT ALWAYS SAYS SUCH ‘N SUCH! ) ]

[ I Guess I Don’t Know When To Stop ]
[ I Don’t Know What Thought To Drop ]
[ Some Day I Will Probably Get Popped ]

[ Because Of The Way ]
[ I Say ]
[ Things That Might Not Be Okay ]

~ The End ~

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

(792)▪︎[ The Silence Makes It Strong … 9•17•2020 ]

[ @ Times, Silence, Is The Backbone ]
[ But It Seems To Most ]
[ This Small Fact, Has Never Been Known ]

[ It Stops The Arguing, In It’s Tracks ]
[ Once The Hurtful Words, Have Been Said ]
[ They Can Never Be Taken Back ]
[ Then They Stick Into The Memory Of Their Head ]

[ Then The Mumbling Under Their Breath ]
[ Has You Questioning The Depth ]

[ Of Their Comprehension ]
[ Of The Conversation ]

[ That Was Short In Length ]
[ But Long In Strength ]

[ But Sometimes Words Said Behind A Mask ]
[ Are Hard To Hear ]
[ Then They Have To Ask ]

[ To Be Told Again ]

[ But Only Silence Is Now Heard ]
[ There Should Not Be Another ]
[ Spoken Word ]

[ & Now You Sit Back In Your Chair ]
[ Think About How Things Worked Out There ]

[ Now You Can See How Silence ]
[ Will Not Cause ]
[ The Arguing & Violence ]

[ Case In Point ]
[ Nobody Yelled ]
[ Or Got Bent Out Of Joint ]

[ So There Were No Rules To Bend ]
[ As I Point To This End ]

~ The End ~

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

(790)▪︎[ One HUGE Surprise! … 9•16•020 ]

[ Today, Was An Amazing Day ]
[ A Long Time Ago Friend ]
[ Popped Onto To My Messenger To Say ( HEY! ) ]
[ I Had Always Wondered If She Was ( OKAY? ) ]

[ My Curiosity Was Spent ]
[ Because I Had Wondered For Many Years ]
[ Where She Went ]

[ One Minute She Was There ]
[ & Then ]
[ She Was Nowhere ]

[ To Be Found ]
[ She Must Have Had Her Reasons ]
[ So I Never Asked Around ]

[ There Has Never Been Hard Feelings To Hold ]
[ That Would Have Been Uncalled For & Cold ]

[ We Lost Touch Then ]
[ I Always Wondered How She’s Been ]

[ Then She Had A Good Man Come Into Her Life ]
[ He Wanted To Be Her Husband ]
[ & She Really Wanted To Be Steve’s Wife ]

[ She Found In Steve ]
[ That He Would & Could Be Her Rock ]
[ & He Would Never Leave ]
[ After Many Hours Of Talk ]
[ She Found Out That He Had Nothing To Hide Up His Sleeve ]

[ Their Solid Union Will Last ]
[ Because She Is Able To Get Over Her Past ]

[ She Says She Knows She Is So Sure ]
[ That His Heart & Intentions Are Pure ]
[ & He Is So Good To & For Her ]

[ When She Wrote All Of This, I Was So Glad ]
[ To Hear That The Last 20 Years Have Not Been Sad ]
[ Or Bad ]

[ I Do Not Say This In Jest ]
[ I Had Always Wanted Her To Have The Best ]

[ Her Writings Sounded Happy ]
[ & That Pleases Me ]

[ I Am Happy That It Has Been All Aces That She Holds In Her Hand ]
[ & Things Are Going Well, As Planned ]

[ Her Friendship Meant Alot To Me Back Then ]
[ Nothing Says That We Can’t Be Friends, Again ]
[ I Have Room In My Life To Let Her Come In ]

[ We Were Always Honest & Blunt ]
[ & Kept Everything Up Front ]

[ My Respect For This Woman Cannot Be Measured ]
[ Her Friendship Has Always Been Treasured ]

[ & Will Be Again, Pam ]

~ The End ~

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