(390)▪︎[ Absent-Minded … 5•6•2021 ]

[ Sometimes I Forget & Leave The House With Just A Thought
On My Mind ]
[ For Some Reason I Thought That I Forgot To Do Something
Of The Important Kind ]

[ The Air Felt Kind Of Breezy ]
[ As My Stride Seemed So Easy ]

[ When I Was In The Sunlight ]
[ The Sun Felt So Nice ]

[ & Wouldn’t You Know ]
[ The Sun Gave Me A Nice Glow ]

[ The Sun Feels So Warm On My Skin ]
[ All I Needed Was A Soda & A Blueberry Muffin ]

[ I Stood On The Corner Trying To Catch The Bus ]
[ When I Got On ]
[ I Wanted To Find A Seat Without Creating A Fuss ]

[ I Did Feel That This One Young Lady Was Staring ]
[ I Wanted To Look Back @ Her ]
[ Without Her Thinking That I Was Glaring ]

[ Since I Wasn’t Wearing My Regular Cargo Shorts
I Had To Carry Everything In My Own Two Hands ]
[ It Was Kind Of Cold When The Driver Turned On The Fans ]

[ My Stop Was Coming Up & Everyone Could Tell How Excited
I Could Get ]
[ Especially The Girl That I Felt ]
[ That I Just Met ]

[ As I Stood There Awhile ]
[ I Looked @ The Girl & Gave Her My Best Smile ]

[ Then I’ll BE Damned ]
[ She Reached Out & Wrote Her Phone Number On The
Back Of My Hand ]

[ Everyone Could See ]
[ That I Was As Happy As I Could Be ]

[ I Ran My Errands As Fast As I Could ]
[ I Thought That I Shouldn’t Have Gone All Over Town ]
[ But I Actually Knew I Would ]

[ All Day It Felt Like It Was Such A Thrill ]
[ To Walk Around ]
[ But As The Sun Set I Started To Get A Chill ]

[ Maybe I Need To Write Myself A Note ]
[ That The Next Time That I Go Out Like This ]
[ I Will Need To Bring A Coat ]

[ I Finally Got Home & Walked Through The Front Door ]
[ I Thought That This Was So Much Fun ]
[ I Should Do This More ]

[ & Then It Became As Obvious As The Tip Of My Nose ]
[ The One Thing That I Forgot Today ]
[ Was … To Wear Some Clothes ]

~ The End ~

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

(356)▪︎[ Stay Right There … 5•4•2021 ]

[ ( YOU BETTER STAY PUT! ) Was The Demand ]
[ Was It Really? ]
[ Or Was It A Command? ]

[ Coming From Ash, I Think It Was The Latter ]
[ She Wanted Me To Stay Sitting On The Bed ]
[ So, I Guess She Does Not Want To Hear Any More
Of My Pitter-Patter ]

[ When Ash Is Here She Watches Over Me ]
[ If You Are Not A Believer ]
[ You Should Come On Over & See ]

[ Tonight I Have Two Overseeer’s ]
[ My Wife & My Friend ]
[ Two Over-Achievers ]

[ My Wife Has Watched Over Me For Over 27 Years
& Counting ]
[ Ash Is Being Very Protective I Am Finding ]

[ Maybe It Is Just The Natural Caregiver That She Has
Inside ]
[ She Also Has A Very Playful Side Too ]
[ When She Was My Accomplice, AKA Lookout ]
[ When She Helped Me Hide ]

[ There Are Many Sides To This Woman, That Calls Herself
Complex ]
[ She Is A Serious Thinker When She Is Pondering Something ]
[ It Seems Like Her Brain Is Thumbing Through A Rolodex ]

[ She Checks On Me When Others Are Unable ]
[ It Never Matters ]
[ If I Am Sitting On My Bed, Or @ My Table ]

[ She Does Double-Duty Here For Kicks & Giggles ]
[ Her Bubble Is So Big ]
[ She Would Not React Very Well If She Was Surprised
& Tickled ]

[ Ash Is A Good Person Through & Through ]
[ If She Was Watching Over You ]
[ There Would Not Be Anything That She Wouldn’t Do ]

[ To Make You Feel Cared For ]
[ That, My Friends ]
[ Is Why I Am Still So Glad That She Keeps Coming Back
& Walks Through Our Door ]

~ The End ~

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

(355)▪︎[ Who Was That? … 4•28•2021 ]

[ One Day The Lonely Man Came Back To Show
His Deepest Scars ]
[ When He Pulled Up His Undershirt T-Top ]
[ They Looked As Big As Small Cars ]

[ Why Would The Lonely Man Lift Up His Shirt? ]
[ & Show His Hurt? ]

[ It Was NOT For The Itty Bitty ]
[ Pity ]
[ That He Could Get From A Stranger In The City ]

[ It Was So Others Could Learn ]
[ That It Doesn’t Take Spicy Food ]
[ To Cause Someone’s Heart To Burn ]

[ Wounds Are Not Always Made In The Physical Sense ]
[ Just Like Someone’s Dirty Look Can Make You Tense ]

[ A Stab Is Not Always Physical ]
[ Jokes Are Not Always Comical ]

[ If You Are Not Always Mindful ]
[ Jokes Can Quickly Turn Hurtful ]

[ You Can Not Joke About Gender, Race Or Being
Black Or White ]
[ You Can’t Joke About Age Or Weight ]
[ But People Still Joke About Some One’s Height ]

[ Asks The Lonely Man ]
[ You Don’t Try To Go There, There Or There ]
[ But Others Have A Sense Of Entitlement & Think That
They Can ]

[ Sometimes He Takes The Elder Woman’s Cart ]
[ Back Into Walmart ]

[ Not Because He Was Being Asked ]
[ By The Older Lady With The Smile On Her Mask ]

[ He Never Stands Out In The Crowd ]
[ That Is Not What The Lonely Man Is About ]

[ How Will His Wounds Heal? ]
[ How Do His Wounds Feel? ]

[ Everyone One Has Wounds Of Some Sort ]
[ Some People Have Been Successful In Building Their
Own Imaginary Emotional Fort ]

[ ( THAT IS QUITE THE WALL THAT YOU’ve BUILT ) ]
[ Is It As High As Your Mountain Of Guilt? ]

[ How About The Many Pages Of Regrets? ]
[ The Lonely Man Has More, He Bets ]

[ Looking Within @ Your Own Feelings Stings ]
[ Self-Doubt & Insecurity Are The Kings ]

[ Nothing Around The Lonely Man Makes Him Feel
That Bad ]
[ Or That Sad ]
[ Oh Here Is One ( HELLO, DAD! ) ]

[ Sometimes The Lonely Man Could Be Standing On
The Corner Waiting For The Bus ]
[ Sometimes There Is A Little Bit Of The Lonely Man
In Each One Of Us ]

[ The Mike Quietly Drops ]

~ The End ~

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

[

(351)▪︎[ Ash, You Are My Friend … 4•26•2021 ]

[ I Guess I Can’t Be Mad ]
[ Ash Is Leaving ]
[ & That Makes The Future Look Really Sad ]

[ Ash Was A Really Hard Nut To Crack ]
[ She Hasn’t Even Left ]
[ & I Already Wish That She’d Come Back ]

[ She Is 5 Feet 11, Of Pure Attitude ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Could Show Her Enough Gratitude ]

[ For All Of Those Times That She Was So Nice ]
[ Well I Think … ]
[ That It Was, @ Least Twice ]

[ When She Is Here, She Is Nothing But Fun ]
[ But I Have To Accept Reality ]
[ In Two Weeks From Today, Her Time Will Be Done ]

[ Every Night That She Leaves Through Our Door ]
[ Always Makes Me To Want For Her To Come Back
     For More ]

[ I Have Never Had A Bad Night When She Has Been Here ]
[ When I Know That She Is Coming ]
[ I Let Out A Quiet Cheer ]

[ She Is A Challenge To Banter With, Back & Forth ]
[ In Two Weeks She Will No Longer Be Driving Down
     From The North ]

[ I Have Never Looked @ Ash As A Younger Woman
     While She Has Been Here ]
[ I Have Tried To Treat Her, As A Peer ]

[ I Know That Ash Will Go Far In Life ]
[ & I Think I Can Say That She Is Loved By Me & My Wife ]

[ Me Saying That I’ll Miss Her Is The Biggest Understatement
      I Could Say Of All Time ]
[ I’m Very Very Sad As I End This Rhyme ]

[ P.S. ]

[ One Thing That I Love & Respect About Ash Above All Else ]
[ She Has Always Been Herself ]

~ The End ~

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

(955)▪︎[ Dark Secrets … 11•14•2020 ]

[ Does Everyone Hide ]
[ Dark Secrets ]
[ Deep Deep Inside ]
[ Yet, Have You Ever Met ]
[ Someone That Lied? ]

[ Everyone Has Secrets From Childhood ]
[ That They Now Carry ]
[ Into Adulthood ]

[ Are They Ashamed Or Scared? ]
[ Are Their Partners Ever Aware? ]

[ When Confronted With Anything Of Concern ]
[ People Have Learned ]
[ That Some People That They Eventually Let In ]
[ Are Only There To Burn ]

[ Anybody That Opens Up To Others & Shares ]
[ Thinks That The Other Person Actually Cares ]
[ But When They Are Needed ]
[ They Are Left Talking To Air ]
[ Because Nobody’s There! ]

[ When They Look, They Will See That Their ( FAIR
   WEATHER FRIENDS ) Are Gone ]
[ Their Perceived Support ]
[ Has Shamefully & Quickly Moved On ]

[ So Should They ]
[ During The Next Day ]
[ Get The Nerve To Say, What They Need To Say ]
[ Then Be Happy That Those Fake People Have
   Moved Away ]

[ Let The Memories Of Them Fly Away With The Wind ]
[ But Don’t Shut Down ]
[ & Never Trust Again ]

[ But Maybe Deep Dark Secrets Should Stay
   Suppressed ]
[ They Should Not Let Their Secrets Send Them On The
   Downward Spiral ]
[ That Causes Them To Be Depressed ]

[ Sometimes People Will Not Let Them Out ]
[ Or Bring Them Up ]
[ Because People Tend To Shout ]
[ When They Get Cut ]
[ Then Pout ]
[ Followed By Eventually Keeping Their Mouths Shut! ]

[ They Would Never Again Come To Their Place ]
[ & Talk To Them Face To Face ]

~ The End ~

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

(995)▪︎[ Do You Know? … 11•30•2020 ]

[ What Does A Comfortable Life Consist Of? ]
[ Money, Expensive Toys, Fast Cars? ]
[ Or Familial Love? ]

[ Some Say That Money Can Buy Happiness ]
[ & Some Say Money Can Be A Mess ]

[ If I Was Able To Afford The Best ]
[ Am I Able To Get Any Rest? ]
[ Money Can Never Take Away That Nagging Pain In My Chest ]

[ I’ve Never Had Money, So I Wouldn’t Know That Side ]
[ If I Ever Said That I Would Not Like Money ]
[ I Lied ]

[ Enough Money To Pay My Bills ]
[ Would Be Nice ]
[ Would I Go On Vacations For Exciting Thrills? ]
[ Uh … That I Would Have To Think About Twice ]

[ To Some, I Don’t Have Alot ]
[ But If You Put Me On The Spot ]
[ I’d Say That I Am Really Happy With What I’ve Got ]

[ I Have A Loving Wife That Has Stood By Me For Almost
25 Years ]
[ I Have A Great Son Who Keeps Up With His Peers ]
[ I’m Not Drunk From Drinking Whiskey & Beers ]
[ But I Do Have My Fears ]

[ The Fear Of Where Is Society Going? ]
[ Why Isn’t This Virus Slowing? ]

[ Society Is Filled With So Much Hate Nowadays ]
[ We’ve Lost The Human Touch ]
[ in So Many Ways ]
[ For So Many Days ]

[ A Comfortable Life Never Saw This Coming ]
[ The Way That Our Leaders Are Constantly Mumbling &
Grumbling ]
[ Makes This All Mind Numbing ]

[ This Is Almost The Quality ]

[ Laurel & Hardy Bumbling ]

[ Everything Is Upside Down ]
[ The Politicians Are Not Leading ]
[ Because Washington Is A Circus Full Of Clowns ]

[ In America’s Biggest Crisis They Don’t Feel The Need ]
[ To Lead ]
[ Or Give More Money For Families To Feed ]

[ Their Own ]
[ Or Pay On Their Loans ]
[ For Their Homes ]

[ That Totally Changes What A Comfortable Life Looks
Like ]
[ Now It Is An Inflation Hike ]
[ & A Virus Spike ]

[ Life Has Changed ]
[ Priorities Need To Be Rearranged ]

[ But Don’t Come Closer Than Six Feet ]
[ Until This Virus Can Be Beat ]

[ I’ll Grab My Family & Stay Home ]
[ Because On The Other Side Of That Door ]
[ Is The Scary Unknown ]

~ The End ~

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

(991)▪︎[ It Is An Art … 11•29•2020 ]

[ Is Life The Art Of The Possible? ]
[ Always Finding What’s Plausible? ]

[ Is It Figuring Out What Is Real? ]
[ Or Going With What You Feel ]

[ & Finding The Right Path ]
[ After Doing All Of The Math ]

[ Then Finding Out That 1 + 1 Does Not Always Add
Up To 2 ]
[ Going With What Your Gut Is Telling You ]

[ But Maybe Your Gut Has Not Always Been
Right ]
[ Making Your Mind Put Up A Fight ]

[ How Can You Decide? ]
[ When The Method Is Not Very Precise? ]

[ Maybe You Could Use A Totally Different Method ]
[ By Getting Out Of Your Head ]

[ Thoughts Can Get Cloudy Or You Could Get
Cloudy Thoughts ]
[ One Minute Your Eyesight Is Clear ]
[ The Next Minute You’re Brain Is Seeing Spots ]

[ During Those Times When You Feel You Don’t Have
Complete Control ]
[ You Should Take A Deep Breath ]
[ Then Go With The Flow ]
[ Until You Feel Whole ]

~ The End ~

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

(981)▪︎[ Just Another Story … 11•26•2020 ]

[ Am Thankful For The Best Best Friend That
I Could Ever Dream Of ]
[ As My Friend, She Gives Me Care & Lots Of Love ]

[ She Has Stood By Me Through The Good & The
Many Bad Times ]
[ She Is So Patient & Understanding When I Read
Her, All Of My Stories That Rhyme ]

[ She Could Have Come Into My House & Told Me
( I’ll BE YOUR CAREGIVER, BUT THAT’S ALL! ) ]
[ She Could Have Gone Down To Texas To See
Her Family & Never Taken The Time To Call ]

[ Then Fate Made Her See ]
[ That Was Not All That She Wanted To Be ]
[ To Me ]

[ I’ve Also Given Her A Shoulder To Cry On ]
[ Because Of Someone She Missed ]
[ That Is Now Gone ]
[ But I Would Not Let Her Get Kissed ]
[ By A Man That Turned Out To Be A Con ]

[ Because For As Long As I Have A Heartbeat,
In My Chest ]
[ I Always Want My Cavarona, To Have The Best ]

[ I Can Never Give My Friend, Wealth & Riches ]
[ But That Doesn’t Mean That Is Not, On My
List Of Wishes ]

[ My Friend Can Come Across, To Some, As A Hard
Woman, With A Cold Stare ]
[ You Never Want To Be On The Receiving Part
Of One Of Her Death Glares ]
[ But To Me, She Is As Nice & Sweet As A Big Teddy Bear ]
[ I Only Get Those Warm Looks, That Tells Me
She Cares ]

[ @ The End Of Her Night I Stand @ The Door To
Receive ]
[ One Of Her Warm, Tight, Loving Hugs Before She Leaves ]

[ Fate Is What Brought Her To My House That One
Day ]
[ & She Chose To Stay ]
[ Not Run Away ]
[ Working Through My Bat Shit Crazy Ways ]

[ Of Doing Things Like How I Fold My Clothes ]
[ Where Did I Get My Ideas? ]
[ Nobody Knows ]

[ I Call My Friend Cavarona ]

~ The End ~

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

(980)▪︎[ HE Is PMSing … 11•26•2020 ]

[ Right Now My Son Is PMSing ]
[ He Seems To Be Really Grouchy ]
[ & He Is Constantly Hissing ]

[ @ Anyone That Goes Near ]
[ Him ]
[ So Everyone Can Hear ]
[ Him ]

[ He Is Not Even Very Nice ]
[ To The People That Attempt To Give Him Advice ]

[ So Wow, It Is Going To Be A Rocky 7 Days ]
[ He Can Be So Unfriendly ]
[ In So Many Different Ways ]

[ His Bark Is Much Worse Than His Bite ]
[ Especially @ Night ]

[ When He Gets In These Moods ]
[ He Can Get Really Rude ]

[ & Then He Has Nothing But A Bad Attitude ]

[ But You See ]
[ He ]
[ Usually Throws His Disrespect @ Me ]

[ He May Be Nice To You, You Or You ]
[ But When You Hear Or See It Too ]
[ You Will Finally See The Clues ]

[ Of What Makes Him Tick ]
[ & See That The Disrespect That He Shows ]

[ Runs Thick ]
[ Because I Am The One That He Picks ]
[ When He Wants To Be A Total Dick ]

~ The End ~

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

(979)▪︎[ The Best, Best Friend … 11•24•2020 ]

[ My Best Friend Is Always Watching Over Me ]
[ She Is My Protector & Best Friend ]
[ & That Is Who I Want Her To Be ]

[ She Cares For Me As Much As She Does Herself ]
[ She Will Always Care For Me Better Than
Anyone Else ]

[ She Can Be Tough & Firm ]
[ She Has Reminded Me Many Many Times ]
[ That I Have ALOT To Learn ]

[ She Definitely Leads By The Example Of How
She Lives Her Life ]
[ It Took Me Many Talks With Her ]
[ For Me To See The Light ]

[ She Helped Me See That When Things Were Wrong ]
[ I Had To Stand Up ]
[ & Stay Strong ]

[ I Have Become Sure ]
[ That I Get My Inner Strength From Her ]

[ She Has Challenged Me To Be The Man ]
[ Of The House ]
[ & Now I Show Her I Can ]
[ When It Comes To My Child & Spouse ]

[ I Am No Longer Weak & Spineless ]
[ She Has Helped Me Be Strong & Fearless ]

[ For Those That Live Here That Don’t Like It ]
[ They Can Just Throw A Temper Tantrum ]
[ Because Now, I Don’t Give A Shit ]

[ Cavarona ]
[ I Could Never Repay Ya ]

[ One Thing That She Can Always Expect ]
[ From Me ]
[ Is Alot Of Love & Respect ]
[ From Everything I Can See ]
[ My Best Friend Is The Strongest Person That
I Have Ever Met! ]

[ Cavarona ]
[ I Love You My Friend ]
[ This Story Will ]
[ But Our Friendship Will Never End! ]

~ The End ~

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