(1017)▪︎[ Confusing Thoughts … 12•2•2020 ]

[ Another Day Of Confusing Thoughts Running
Through My Mind ]
[ Another Day That I Would Not Rewind ]

[ Thoughts Float In Like Clouds On Air ]
[ Some Floated By So Fast ]
[ I Never Realized They Were There ]

[ There Was Not One Thought About Some Thoughts ]
[ But For Some, I Have Lots ]
[ They Spread Out Like Dots ]
[ Spread Out In A Long Line ]
[ Pointing Me In The Direction ]
[ To Go Dakine ]

[ Did It Always Lead Me To The Promise Land? ]
[ Did That Thought Help Me Stand? ]
[ Up ]
[ & Fight Against All Of The Demands? ]
[ If Yes ]
[ Then Who Will Take The Command? ]

[ Me? You? ]
[ It Usually Just Takes One ]
[ Maybe Now It Takes 2 ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(59)▪︎[ Paris, France … 1•16•2020 ]

[ When I Was Sittin’ In The Park In Paris France ]
[ The Music In My Head ]
[ Made Me Want To Stand Up & Dance ]
[ But Instead ]
[ I Got Cold Feet & Didn’t Want To Take A Chance ]

[ A Chance Of Embarrassing Myself ]
[ @ The Time ]
[ I Couldn’t Think Of Anything Else ]

[ Dance Without Music Playing Out Loud ]
[ What If I Looked So Silly ]
[ I Drew A Crowd? ]

[ Oh How Embarrassing That Could Be ]
[ For Me ]
[ I’d Probably Shrink To My Knees ]
[ & Crawl Into The Sea ]

[ Then I’d Want To Be Unrecognizable ]
[ Not Desirable ]

[ I Would Have Really Liked To Have Gathered Up All Of
My Hodge Podge ]
[ & Taken The First Amtrak Train Out Of Dodge ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(566)▪︎[ Team SATURDAY … 9•4•2022 ]

[ Well Jori, You & Team Saturday Forever Changed My Life ]
[ Because Of Unforseen Circumstances ]
[ Myself & My Wife ]

[ Had To Stop ]
[ I Am Sorry That It Feels Like An Abrupt Drop ]

[ We Are Trying To Stay On Our Feet ]
[ But In The Meantime We Will Have To Remember All That You
Have Taught Us When We Sit Down To Eat ]

[ We Started The WW Program (2) Years After 2010 ]
[ I Did Not Want To Do It ]
[ & Then … ]

[ Eventually I Reached My Goal ]
[ So I Thought That I Could Reach (LIFE TIME) ]
[ Since I Was On A Roll ]

[ No Joking About Bread ]
[ I Was Talking About Hard Work Instead ]

[ We Stumbled Into (TEAM SATURDAY) & You Off Of A
Recommendation From Another Member ]
[ Right Now, I Wish I Could Remember ]

[ Who To Thank ]
[ But My Mind Draws A Blank ]

[ Now Let Me Explain Something To My (TEAM SATURDAY)
Members About What I Do During Our Weekly Meetings ]
[ I Write A Story With What I Hear So I Can Read It @ A
Different Time ]
[ I Am Also Not Just Reading ]

[ No Checking On Facebook During My WW Time ]
[ As I Listen To All Of The Day’s Information ]
[ I Will Take Notes By Writing A Story That Will Rhyme ]

[ Then I Can Go Back & Read What I Wrote ]
[ For Me, That Is Much Better Than Taking A Couple Of Notes ]

[ Jori, We Thank You For All Of Your Guidance & Advice ]
[ Everytime I Went To The Meeting I Wondered How You’d
Be Dressed ]
[ & Every Single Meeting You Were Always So Nice ]

[ You Were ½ The Reason That We Succeeded, The Other ½
Was Because Of Those Who Were On The Same Journey ]
[ Each Person Walks The Path Differently ]

[ Sherpa Steps, One After The Other ]
[ Trusting Your Brother ]

[ (TEAM SATURDAY) Was The Best, Most Inclusive, Supportive
Group Of People That We Had Ever Met ]
[ People Would Come & Go ]
[ But The Core Group Was Set ]

[ The Only Thing That I’ve Been A Part Of Longer, In Years, Is My
Marriage, 26 & Counting ]
[ We Are Sorry About Being So Hit & Miss Towards The End ]
[ Since The ‘VID19, Pressure Had Been Mounting ]

[ Please Know That This Was Because Of Unfortunate Problems &
Nothing More ]
[ There Have Been Surprises Galore ]

[ Who Knows, When Things Level Out ]
[ We Will Come Back, To Where People Shout ]

[ T E A M S A T U R D A Y! ]

[ Thank You All ]
[ Nicole & Robert DeVoe ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(71)▪︎[ Why Do I? … 1•19•2020 ]

[ How & Why Do I Stay Sober? ]
[ It’s Not Because I Found A Field Covered With Four
Leaf Clover ]

[ Every Day That I Did Not Take A Drink ]
[ I Didn’t Spend One Minute Living On The Brink ]

[ Of Ruining My Life ]
[ Because I Cherish My Son & Wife ]

[ In College I Became A Week-End Drinker ]
[ But That Didn’t Cause Me To Be A Foggy Thinker ]

[ It Did Seem That I Got Drunk Real Quick ]
[ I Was Always Thankful That Come Morning I Never
Had A Hangover Or Got Sick ]

[ I Never Did Aquire A Taste For Beer Or Wine ]
[ Even When We Went Out To Dine ]

[ I Don’t Think That I Ever Had A Drink When We Were Out
About The Town ]
[ I Never Threw Up Or Fell Down ]

[ My Dad Shot Himself When He Came Home Drunk From
The Bar ]
[ @ Least He Didn’t Kill Anybody With His Car ]

[ That’s One Of The Reasons Alcohol Has No Place In My Life ]
[ I’m So Thankful I Have A Like-Minded Thinking Wife ]

[ I’ve Celebrated With Alcohol Once In The Last 34 Years ]
[ Getting Hooked & Addicted Brings Me No Fears ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Brings People To Tears ]

[ Alcohol Alcohol, It’s Not For Me ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Is Not Something That I Will Be ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1436)▪︎[ Life, Or … ? … 12•28•2019 ]

[ Life & Death ]
[ Is Like The Difference Between Snorting Coke ]
[ & Smoking Meth ]

[ Cocaine Sends You On A Mello High ]
[ Meth Can Send You Spiraling Down ]
[ Until You Die ]

[ Actually I Don’t Have Experience With Either One Of These ]
[ I Just Know From What I Read ]
[ To Understand It ]
[ You Don’t Have To Have An M.D. ]

[ After Your Name ]
[ We All Play The Same Game ]
[ The Results Just Might Not Be The Same ]
[ But Then Why Do You Point The Finger ]
[ @ Someone To Blame? ]

[ I Don’t Think That’s Right ]
[ Especially If They Don’t Want To Put Up A Fight ]

[ When You Point The Finger, Three Are Pointing Back Your Way ]
[ Does That Make For A Positive Day? ]
[ So, Do You Have A Say? ]

[ Hell Yes, You Do ]
[ Who Is Going To Stand Up For You, Except You? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1424)▪︎[ Who? … 12•23•2019 ]

[ Do You Know That It Is Time For Me ]
[ To Be Who I Was Meant To Be ]

[ Not The Person Who People Think That I Should ]
[ Because I Don’t Think That I Would ]
[ Even If I Thought That I Could ]

[ Does Anyone ]
[ Actually Become ]
[ Who, In Their Own Mind, Is Number One? ]

[ It Would Always Take Alot ]
[ Of Thought ]
[ To Come To Terms With What I’ve Actually Got ]

[ Do Things Become Controversial ]
[ Or Conventional ]
[ When You Think That You’ve Reached Your Potential? ]

[ When Reaching One’s Potential, It Sure Can Be A Mystery ]
[ Sometimes Getting There ]
[ Is Pure Misery ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(326)▪︎[ Have You Ever? … 4•1•2020 ]

[ Sometimes Have You Ever Hated Where You’re @? ]
[ & You’d Love To Run Away ]
[ & Never Go Back? ]

[ Who Says You’d Have To Go Back, Again? ]
[ Just Say That You Do ]
[ & Then? ]

[ What Has Changed There? ]
[ If You Know ]
[ Will You Please Share? ]
[ I Bet The Answer Is No ]
[ Because You Know They Don’t Care ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(323)▪︎[ Can You Say Untruthful? … 3•31•2020 ]

[ I Really Cannot Believe What I Just Read ]
[ That Was Something That I Never Expected To Be Fed ]
[ It Weighed Me Down Like Lead ]

[ Where Did They Come Up With These Lies? ]
[ They Were Almost Being Masked As Chocolate Moon Pies ]

[ But These Words Came Across Hollow ]
[ & Were Hard To Swallow ]

[ I Don’t Know Where These Words Came From ]
[ I Think The Thoughts Were Dumb ]
[ Leaving Me Numb ]

[ Now You Can Bet ]
[ That I Have No Idea What They Were Trying To Get ]

[ Accolades Or Boo’s? ]
[ From My Point Of View ]
[ They Don’t Deserve Any Good News ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(628)▪︎[ The Winds Of Fear … 7•15•2020 ]

[ What Does It Mean When They Mention The Winds Of
Fear? ]
[ Does It Blow Through Your Hair? ]
[ Or Whisper Sweet Nothings In Your Ear? ]

[ Fear About What? ]
[ When It Rushes Through Your House ]
[ Does It Make You Want To Keep Your Windows Shut? ]

[ Sometimes A Cool Wind ]
[ Feels Good On The Skin ]

[ But It Does Not Feel Nice ]
[ When The Cool Wind Blows Through Twice ]
[ Making It Feel Like You’re Sitting On Ice ]

[ Then The Shakes & Shivers Start ]
[ & That Plays A Huge Part ]

[ In Your Choice About Where You Stand ]
[ To Make Your Demands ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(814)▪︎[ Today’s Day … 9•24•2020 ]

[ It Is Okay, In Today’s Day & Age ]
[ To Be Anxious, Depressed Or Sad ]
[ Sprinkled With Short Bouts Of Rage ]

[ When You Feel Confused & Lost ]
[ Seek Out A Friend Or Counselor ]
[ No Matter The Cost ]

[ Some People Get So Loud ]
[ Proclaiming That They Are Way Too Proud ]

[ To Problem Share ]
[ Because They Do Not Care ]
[ To Go There ]

[ So They Won’t ]
[ Then They Don’t ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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