(977)▪︎[ There Is Always A Rush To Find The Right Blush … 11•23•2020 ]

[ I Have Never Had Many Reasons For Wearing Make-Up
In My Life ]
[ Maybe I Have Just Never Used It In The Best Light ]

[ Am I A Winter, Spring Or Summer ]
[ It Sure Would Be A Bummer ]
[ If I Wore The Wrong Color? ]

[ What Would Be The Reason ]
[ To Pick The Wrong Season? ]

[ Would I Make People Hush? ]
[ If I Wore The Wrong Blush? ]

[ I Would Not Want Be Seen In The Park ]
[ If My Lipstick Was Too Dark ]

[ But If I Was To Go Out With You ]
[ I Would Wear Eye Shadow The Color Of Blue ]
[ Then I Would Wear A Dress That Would Match Too ]

[ High Heels Is What I Would Wear ]
[ Only On A Dare ]

[ But If I Wore A Very Long Shirt ]
[ I Would Have To Go Out & Get A Matching Mini-Skirt ]

[ Would It Be Wrong? ]
[ If My Eyelashes Were Really Long? ]

[ Oh Heavens No ]
[ If The Mirror Didn’t Say So ]

[ My Hair Would Be Brushed Up & Styled High ]
[ & My Short Skirt Would Barely Cover My Thigh ]

[ My Nails Would Be Long & Polished Pink ]
[ To Really Make The Men Think ]
[ & When I Would Smile & Wink ]
[ I Would Never Have To Pay For Another Drink ]

[ It Always Makes Me Squeal ]
[ Whenever A Rich Man Comes Over & Kneels ]
[ & Admires ]
[ My Six Inch Stilettos Heels ]

[ The One Way That I Can Judge If It Has Been A Good
Night ]
[ It’s When Others See Me All Made Up In The Bright ]
[ Light ]
[ & It Does Not Make Other Men Jealous & Want
To Fight ]

[ So With A Giggle ]
[ & A Wiggle ]

[ I Head For ]
[ The Door ]
[ Leaving Me With The Thought ]
[ That I Like Wearing Make-Up More & More ]

[ So After A Hard Day I Will Go To Bed ]
[ & Have Thoughts Of What Kind Of Make-Up I’ll Wear
Tomorrow ]
[ Running Through My Head ]
[ & The Only Way That I Can Sleep ]
[ It’s To Lay Down & Take My Very Potent Sleeping Med ]

~ The End ~

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

(963)▪︎[ Morally Bankrupt … 11•17•2020 ]

[ Have You Ever Been Around Someone That Was
Completely Morally Bankrupt? ]
[ Who Do Nothing But ]
[ Cut? ]

[ They Nag & Nag Everyone In Sight ]
[ Almost To The Point Of Starting A Fight ]
[ Then When Everything Hits The Fan ]
[ They Are The First One Who Takes Flight ]

[ They Never Come Back When They Can ]
[ Or Make A Stand ]
[ Like A Man ]

[ They Are The Ones Who Attack ]
[ Only From Behind ]
[ When Someone Turns Their Back ]

[ It Is A Disgrace ]
[ How They Can Never Go To Anothers Place ]
[ & Talk To That Person, Face-To-Face ]

[ That Is Just Not Something, They Do ]
[ & This Has Happened To Quite A Few ]
[ It Has Happened To Me ]
[ & I Could Probably Bet That This Has Also
Happened To You ]
[ Can You See ]
[ That This Is True? ]

[ So What Can Someone Do, Others May Ask? ]
[ Who Would Want To Take On This Task? ][ While The Antagonist Hides Behind Their Mask ]

[ Maybe You Should Save Your Dime ]
[ & Table This For Another Time ]

[ Because People Will Never Be Sorry ]
[ No Matter How Much You Worry ]

~ The End ~

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

(962)▪︎[ Good Example … 11•16•2020 ]

[ Well If That Wasn’t An Example Of The Utmost
Disrespect ]
[ Because Every Single Day ]
[ This Is What I Get ]

[ If I Only Had A Dime ]
[ For Every Time ]

[ That He Will Not Include ]
[ & Look For Chances To Exclude ]

[ His Apologies & Words Are As Full & Correct ]
[ As The Meals ]
[ Of An Anorexic ]

[ It Is Unreal ]
[ How Much Effort He Puts Into ]
[ Trying To See How Mad I Could Feel ]

[ But As I’ve Grown Older In Age ]
[ I Have Become Much Much Better ]
[ @ Controlling My Rage ]

[ I’ve Learned When He TRIES To Get My Emotions
Hot ]
[ I Will Remember The Restraint That I’ve Got ]
[ Then I’ll Turn It Back Around ]
[ & Put HIM On The Spot! ]

[ As I’ve Gotten Older ]
[ My Self-Esteem Around Him Has Become Bolder ]
[ I Will Continue To React ]
[ Because I Have A HUGE Chip On My Shoulder ]

~ The End ~

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

(960)▪︎[ What About … ? … 11•15•2020 ]

[ I Try To Find Ways ]
[ To Do, Say Or Find Things ]
[ That Brighten/ Break-Up Other People’s Days ]

[ It Is Not That I Have To ]
[ It Is What I Want To Do ]

[ Sometimes, Someday I’d Like To Look Down
@ My Phone & See ]
[ Someone, Anyone ]
[ Reaching Out To Me! ]

[ Out Of Love & Empathy ]
[ Sympathy ]
[ Honesty ]
[ But Never Out Of pity ]

[ Is That Too Big Of A Task ]
[ I Ask? ]

[ If That Is So ]
[ Who Is The One That Says So? ]
[ Okay Then … ]
[ I Think That I Will Just Go ]

~ The End ~

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

(948)▪︎[ Squirrels … 11•12•2020 ]

[ Is Today, Tomorrow’s Yesterday? Or Is Tomorrow Today’s Next Day? ]
[ That Means You Make Yesterday, Tomorrow’s Two Days Ago ]
[ But That Can Get Confusing When You Think That Makes Saturday, Today’s Two Days From Now ]
[ But If Today Was Tomorrow, Saturday Would Be Friday’s Tomorrow ]
[ Making Yesterday Three Days Yesterday ]
[ Or Saturday Could Be Yesterday’s Three Days From Then ]
[ But Then That Sounds Past Tense ]
[ If You Pass Tents, Does That Mean You Would Be
@ A Boy Scouts Retreat Or @ A Campground ]
[ If I Was @ A Campground I Would Not Have A Tent Because I Would Have Left It @ Home ]
[ If I Was @ A Boy Scout Trip I Would Be Asked To Leave For Three Reasons ]
[ The First Is Because I Was never A Boyscout, Or
Even A Girls Scout ]
[ I Do Think That I Would Look Good In A Skirt,
Though ]
[ But I Don’t Think I Would Like The Colors ]
[ Do Those Colors Really Go Together? ]
[ What Do I Know, ALL Colors Go Together ]
[ I Just Know That You Don’t Mix Solid Colors With Plaids ]
[ Where I Grew Up There Were Stores That Were
Similar & More Deciduous To 7-11 Stores ]
[ They Were Called PLAID PANTRY’s ]
[ I Have Been In There & There Is Not 1 Damn Thing
That Is Plaid ]
[ If Those Stores Are Pantry’s, Whose Are They? ]
[ There Is No Sense To It. Talk About False
Inanimate Advertising! ]
[ & There Are No Numbers In The Aisles Or Signs
Telling You What Is In The Parking Lots ]
[ 7-11 Has Slurpees, So Plaid Pantry’s Have Peanut
Butter Cups, Beer, Bean Dip, Motor Oil & Queen
Size Sheets ]
[ I Can’t Go Into Any Of Those Now, Because. Oh
Ya, About The Boy Scouts Camp [
[ I Wonder If It Is Going To Rain Today? ]
[ Now I’m Back To This Today Thing ]
[ Hang On, The Phone Is Ringing ]
[ False Alarm There Was No One @ The Door ]
[ I Was So Distracted Opening The Door
Because The Damn Phone Was Ringing ]
[ Okay, Where Was I? ]
[ Have A Nice Yesterday ]
[ Does Anyone Really Know What The Words Down
Below Mean? ]
[ I Don’t Either, I Was Hoping That Someone Could
Tell Me, Since I Don’t Know German ]
[ Have A Nice Yesterday ]
[ Did I Already Say That Tomorrow? ]

~ The End ~

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

(930)▪︎[ Be The One … 11•6•2020 ]

[ Every Single Day, Celebrate Life ]
[ Enjoy The Light ]

[ Sleep When It’s Dark ]
[ Keep Your Drive Going ]
[ Don’t Let Your Mind Stay In Park ]

[ You Can Yield When You Need To ]
[ But Then Go Back To Do What You ]
[ Want & Need To Do ]

[ Always Move Onward ]
[ Always Upward ]
[ Going Forward ]

[ Should Be Your Only Direction ]
[ Thank Those That Are Kind Enough ]
[ To Help You Make The Appropriate Corrections ]
[ That Seems Tough ]

[ Learn Who Is A Good Influence In Your Life & Who Is Not ]
[ Then Hug, Cherish, Respect, Honor & Love ]
[ Those Few That You’ve Got ]

[ Don’t Spend Another Minute Of Your Time For Those
That You Kicked To The Curb ]
[ Spend Time With The Positive Ones Who Deserve The Time
& Effort ]
[ That Would Help You Make A Better Verb ]

[ Sleep & Rest As Hard As You Play ]
[ Think About The Positive Things That Happened During
The Day ]
[ Then Try To Figure Out A Way ]
[ To Keep The Negative Thoughts @ Bey ]

[ Build On What Has Been Good ]
[ When Common Sense Says You Should ]
[ & Build It In Stone ]
[ Not Wood ]

[ Build A Base That Is Rock Solid Not Hollow ]
[ Be A Voice Of Reason ]
[ Be The Type Of Person That Others Want To Emulate
& Follow ]

[ Don’t Be The Follower ]
[ Take The Lead ]
[ & Be The Caller ]

[ Look Low Then Look High ]
[ Be That Type Of Girl Or Guy ]

[ That People Want To Look Up To ]
[ Be One Of The Very Few ]
[ That Gives Their Word ]
[ & Then Follows Through ]

~ The End ~

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

(943)▪︎[ Just Waiting … 11•10•2020 ]

[ One Bright Sunny Wednesday, I Was Sitting Here Counting Down The Days Until Friday, But I Did Not Want To Go Too Fast So Then All Of A Sudden It Would Be Saturday & Saturday Is One Day Too Far After Friday, Which Is Where I Was Waiting To Go. So Wednesday Is The Day Before Thursday & Thursday Is The Day Before Friday, Which Is Where I Wished I Was. Because Friday Is Your Monday Even Though It Is Right Before Saturday, Your Tuesday. But If Saturday Is Your Tuesday Would That
Make Sunday Your Thursday Or Your Wednesday? If Monday Is Your Friday, What Day Is Your Wednesday?
Wednesday Is Hump Day Because It Is Three Days Away From Sunday & Three Days Away From Saturday. But I
Am Looking For Friday, The Day Before Saturday. Friday
Is Always Saturdays Yesterday & Thursdays Tomorrow. So Then What Happened To Thursday? You Don’t Really Have A Thursday, Unless You Make Your Sunday Your Thursday & Still Be Able To Call Your Monday Your Friday. But On Wednesday, Friday Doesn’t Come
Until The Day After Tomorrow. Tomorrow Is Really Thursday, One Day Before Your Monday. But That Makes Monday Your Friday & Friday Your Monday. Then What Ever Happened To The Day Before Friday, Which Would Be
Thursday? If That Is Your Sunday Why Don’t You Work On Thursdays? & If You Worked On Thursdays I Would Be Looking Forward To Wednesdays Tomorrow, Not Saturdays Yesterday. Does That All Make A Bit Of Sense?
Now If It Is Only A Bit Would That Be A Little Piece
Or A Big Piece As In ( A BIT MORE THAN I CAN CHEW? ). Does That You Did Something Prior To Taking A Bite
Or Is Bit Something You Say After You Have Taken
A Bite? But Prior To Biting Something The Conversation Was What?

~ The End ~

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

(941)▪︎[ What? … 11•10•2020 ]

[ Why Does Water Have Taste, But Toothpaste Comes
In Different Colors? ]
[ If Birds Fly & Snakes Sliver Along, Why Is The Sky
Blue? ]
[ If You Go To A Restaurant To Get A Bottomless Cup
Of Coffee, Then Why Do They Give You Toast On
A Plate? ]
[ If You Put A Cap On The Ketchup & The Protein Shake To
Keep The Liquid In, Than What Is The Purpose Of Putting
A Cap On Your Head? To Keep What In? ]
[ Is That To Keep Your Feet Warm? ]
[ Why Does Soup Come In A Can, Unless It Is Dry? ]
[ But, Who Wants Dry Soup? ]
[ Why Does The Word ( SOUP ) Have A ( U ) In It But The
Word ( TROOP ) Doesn’t? ]
[ Why Does One ( WOULD ) Not Have 2 ( OO ) Like
( WOOD )?
[ How Come Feet Stink When They Are Covered The
Whole Time & Hands Don’t Even Though They Touch
Everything? ]
[ Why Aren’t The Words ( I ) & ( EYE ) Spelled The Same
Since They Are About The Same Person? ]
[ The Spelling Of ( YOU ) ( SHOE ) ( EWE ) ( SCREW )
( BOO ) ( TO ) ( TWO ) ( WHOO ) & ( BLUE ) Does Not
Make Any Sense ]
[ Why Are There Eight Different Words That Sound
The Same But The ( OO ) Part Are Spellled 8 Different
Ways? ]
[ Because ( WENT ) ( BENT ) ( SENT ) ( RENT ) & ( DENT )
Does Make Sense ]
[ But ( MEANT ) Does Not ]
[ How Come A Toilet Needs Paper? ]
[ A Toilet Cannot Draw, Write Or Paste Anything On
The Paper ]
[ Why Is It Called ( KLEENEX )? What Does It Clean? ]
[ Isn’t An ( EX ) Someone That You Don’t Want To
See Anymore? ]
[ So It Is Like Someone Is Blowing Snot On Someone
They Used To Date Or Be Married To ]
[ What Else Does Not Make Any Cents? ]
[ Well Everything That Has To Do With Words & Money ]
[ When They Say That ( MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU LOVE )
Did They Ever Consider Renting Something? ]
[ Bartering Can Get You Something To Make You Happy ]
[ Now If You Borrow Something You Always Have
To Return It ]
[ If You Use Credit You Eventually Have To Pay It
Back ]
[ Making Things Extremely Confusing ]

~ The End ~

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

(864)▪︎[ My Spirit … 10•12•2020 ]

[ Sometimes I Feel That The Walls Are Closing In ]
[ & The Ceiling Is Getting Lower ]
[ I Don’t Know Where To Begin ]
[ To Make It Go Slower ]

[ As I Lift Up My Head ]
[ Off Of My Pillow ]
[ While Laying On The Bed ]

[ I Think ( WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO? ) ]
[ When I Stood Up ]
[ I Still Didn’t Have A Clue ]

[ I Could Build Something With My Hands ]
[ But I’m Not Good @ That ]
[ It Would Be As Creative As Stacking Two
Rubberbands ]

[ On Top Of Each Other ]
[ So, I Ask ( WHY BOTHER? ) ]

[ I Could Try Something Completely New ]
[ I Know That I Could Waste An Hour Or Two ]
[ By Finding All Different Ways To Lace Up All Of
My Shoes ]

[ I Have So Much Down Time It Drives Me Crazy ]
[ What Did I Do Yesterday? ]
[ Right Now, The Memory Is Kind Of Hazy ]

[ Some People Make The Dumb Comment That They’d Love
To Switch Places With Me In A Minute ]
[ No You Wouldn’t & You’d Change Your Mind ]
[ After Spending A Week In It ]

[ Those Types Of People Should Just Stop ]
[ Because They Have No Idea About The Subject For
Which They Talk ]
[ So They Should Just Let Those Comments Drop ]

[ 1 Or 2 Will Call, Visit Or Send A Friendly Text ]
[ There Is So Much Down Time To Try To Figure Out What
To Do Next ]

[ I Don’t Want To Spend The Whole Day Sitting In Front
Of The T.V. ]
[ There Are No Sports, Shows Or Movies ]
[ That I Want Or Need To See ]

[ I Stopped Watching The Whiny, Spoiled Rotten NBA
Babies @ The Beginning Of The Season ]
[ I Guess When They Stopped Having Their Names On
The Back Of Their Jerseys ]
[ & Started Bringing Their Own Personal Agendas Into
The Sport Was A Big Part Of The Reason ]

[ I Didn’t Know Who Was Who? ]
[ They Had Statements On The Back Of Their Jerseys ]
[ & On The Sides Of Their Shoes ]

[ For Me & This Is Just For Me ]
[ I Always Thought Watching Sports ]
[ Gave Me A Couple Hours Of Respite Away From
The Problems Going On In Society ]
[ I Never Expected Sports Entertainment ]
[ Was The Time To Make A Political Statement ]

[ I Am Finding That As I Age ]
[ Times Sure Change ]

[ Then I’d Turn It Off & Get Enveloped By The Silence ]
[ My Mind Will Be Sucked In By Another Flashback ]
[ & Then I’m Back In The Riot Having To Deal With The
Noise & Violence ]

[ A Fire Extinguisher Hitting A Kids Head Makes An
Unforgettable Sound ]
[ The Flashbacks Makes My Heart Quickly Pound ]
[ I Seem To Look For Help ]
[ But There Is None To Be Found ]

[ I Don’t Feel That I’m @ My Best ]
[ When My Heart Is Beating So Fast ]
[ It Could Jump Out Of My Chest ]

[ When I Come Out Of My Flashbacks I Have No Idea How
Much Time Had Gone By ]
[ & @ First, I Have Trouble Opening My Eyes ]

[ What Really Sets The Tone ]
[ For The Day ]
[ Is The Amount Of Time That I Have To Be Alone ]

[ I Am Unable To Fill All Of My Time ]
[ Writing My Stories That Rhyme ]

[ My Mind Doesn’t Work Like That ]
[ Or Rhyme That Fast ]

[ I’m Unable To Drive, So I Don’t Go Anywhere ]
[ Nobody Texts Or Calls To Invite Me To Go There, There
Or There ]
[ Only 1 Or 2 Show They Even Care ]

[ So What I’ve Found, What I See ]
[ Is People Have To Come To See Me ]

[ But They Won’t ]
[ So They Don’t ]

[ Every Minute Drags By Like An Hour ]
[ I Have To Control The Urge ]
[ To Totally Give Up My Power ]

[ To Thrive ]
[ I Have To Keep Up My Drive ]
[ To Make The Most Of What I’ve Got, While I’m Still Alive ]
[ & Not Be Pushed To The Edge ]
[ To Take A Dive ]

[ Into The Abyss That Is Below ]
[ Where Time Goes By So Slow ]

[ Where The Flashbacks Make My Mind ]
[ Hit Rewind ]
[ To The Day, The Place & Where The People Were Not All
That Kind ]

[ I Tell You No Lie ]
[ Over 18 Years Have Gone By ]
[ & I Still Ask Myself ( WHY? ) ]

[ But Someday I Would Really Like To Find Out How ]
[ To Forever Live In The Here & Now ]

~ The End ~

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

(860)▪︎[ The Past Should Be Passed … 10•10•2020 ]

O[ It Is Tough To Be Stuck In The Past ]
[ Watching Time Fly By You Really Fast ]

[ Do You Know ]
[ That It Is Okay To Let Go? ]

[ & Keep Moving On ]
[ Because The Fear Of The Future Will Never Be Gone ]

[ Step By Step ]
[ Move Your Right Than Your Left ]

[ Watch For The Potholes In The Road Up Ahead ]
[ Make Sure You Walk Around Them Instead ]

[ That Pothole Might Be Deep ]
[ The Road May Become Steep ]

[ One Foot In Front Of The Other ]
[ Exhale ]
[ Then Take Another ]

[ Soon The Finish Line Of This Particular Race Will Come
Into Your Sight ]
[ That’s When You’ll Know What You’ve Just Done, Is Right ]

[ Even If This Journey Started Out On The Wrong Foot ]
[ & Then You Walked Off, The Punch In The Gut ]

[ It Was Well Worth The Effort That You Put Into This ]
[ You Almost Checked Off Everything On Your Long List ]

[ This Gives You The Confidence To Do Another One ]
[ Knowing That Life Is Not Always Fun ]

~ The End ~

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