(614)▪︎[ Whatever It Takes … 7•7•2020 ]

[ How Do You Make It Through Each Day? ]
[ In A Stress Free Way? ]

[ Do You Turn To Your Spouse ]
[ When There Is Stress In The House? ]

[ Do You Lay It All Out On The Line? ]
[ When Things Are Not Doing Fine? ]

[ Or Do You Go Inside Your Mind ]
[ When The Words Are Of The Negative Kind? ]

[ Some People See The Need ]
[ To Go Straight Ahead ]
[ & Then See Where That Leads ]

[ Others Fall Back & Wait ]
[ Then Hope ]
[ That It Isn’t Too Late ]

[ To Be Strong ]
[ & Fix Whatever It Is That Has Gone Wrong ]

[ So The Relationship Can Keep Going On ]
[ Before All Is Lost ]
[ & The Love Is Gone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(610)▪︎[ Thinking … 7•6•2020 ]

[ Can You Tell Me What I Am Thinking ]
[ Without Batting Your Eyelashes? ]
[ Or Blinking? ]

[ I Don’t Think That You Can ]
[ So Far That Hasn’t Been Accomplished ]
[ By Any Woman Or Man ]

[ No One Has Ever Been Trained ]
[ To Be Able To Read My Brain ]

[ Or There Has Never Been The Kind ]
[ Of Person ]
[ That Can Follow Some Of My Minds ]
[ Diversions ]

[ So I’d Be Lying ]
[ If I Told You That I Want Them To Keep Trying ]

[ Even Through Meditation ]
[ This Causes Me So Much Irritation ]
[ & Then I Feel The Need For More Medication ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(313)▪︎[ I Missed It … 3•27•2020 ]

[ When I Watch Where People, Not Teams, Compete ]
[ It Reminds Me Of Previous Years ]
[ When There Were Records That I Beat ]

[ & I’d Hear ]
[ The Crowds Applause ]
[ & Cheer ]

[ There Was Nothing Like The Nerves I’d Get Before I’d
Step Out On That Stage ]
[ I’d Take My Place On The Bench ]
[ & Then Release All Of My Controlled Rage ]

[ Then It’s A Fight ]
[ To Make The Weight On The Bar ]
[ Feel Really Light ]
[ I’d Feel As If I Could Bench Press A Car ]
[ If My Form Was Just Right ]

[ 200lbs, No Problem ]
[ 300lbs, No Problem ]
[ 400lbs, No Problem ]
[ 450lbs, A Bit Of A Problem ]
[ 500lbs, An Insurmountable Problem ]

[ I Really Had To Bare Down & Kick It In Drive ]
[ To Be Able To Bench Press My Best ]
[ & Press 475 ]
[ All The While Competing In The Weight Class Of 165 ]

[ When I Finally Hung Up My Belt & Put It In Park ]
[ I Missed My All-Time Goal ]
[ Of Hitting The 495lb Mark ]

[ Benching Three Times Your Body Weight Is Something That
Lifters Can Rarely Do ]
[ I Was 20lbs Shy ]
[ Maybe If I Had Another Year Or Two ]
[ I Could Be One Of Those Few Guys ]
[ & I’m Sincerely Telling You, You & You ]
[ This Story Has No Lies ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(298)▪︎[ Stay Together … 3•23•2020 ]

[ How Do We, As A Society, Stay Together While Standing Apart? ]
[ How Do You Start ]
[ To Show Love From The Heart ]

[ Without Touch? ]
[ What Is Too Much? ]

[ Human Touch Is So Important To Most Everyone ]
[ Most Everyone Needs The Touch From Someone ]

[ The Touch Of The Hand ]
[ Can ]
[ Bring Together A Woman & Man ]

[ In Such A Way ]
[ That It Can Be Serious ]
[ Or In Play ]
[ Doesn’t This Make You Curious ]
[ Today? ]

[ But If This Is Not Your Thing ]
[ What Do You Have To Bring? ]
[ To The Table ]
[ That Is Not Attached By Strings? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(296)▪︎[ Grieving … 3•23•2020 ]

[ How Does One Grieve? ]
[ Help Me Believe ]

[ That Sometime In The Future I’ll See My Brother Again? ]
[ What If I Sin? ]

[ Does My Brother ]
[ Go One Way ]
[ & I Go The Other? ]

[ Some People Say That Everything Happens For A Reason ]
[ That is One Thing That I Don’t Believe In ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(542)▪︎[ Silly Dani … 8•20•2022 ]

[ Well Ms. Dani, You Have Been In A (COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP)
Now For Over A Year ]
[ The (C-WORD) Used To Be Your Biggest Fear ]

[ You Laughed In The Face Of A Gentleman Suiter Who Actually
Thought He Could Be In A (C-WORD) ]
[ You Laughed & Laughed @ Him ]
[ When You Stopped Laughing, You Told Him (THAT WAS
ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS THAT I’ve EVER HEARD!) ]

[ Laughing @ Him To His Face ]
[ Was Your Non-Verbal Way Of Saying (YOU ARE WAY OFF
BASE) ]

[ You Had Never Been @ A Loss For Words ]
[ That Guys Thnking Was For The Birds ]

[ Dani, Me & Your Friendship Has Never Had Walls ]
[ I Know That If I Would Do Anything To Screw Up My Woderful
Marriage ]
[ You Would Track Me Down & Cut Off My Balls! ]

[ You Were Such The Patient ABC With Our Son ]
[ I Remember Watching Some Of Your Interactions ]
[ It Never Looked Like You Were Having Fun ]

[ You Were Forever So Patient Whenever He Would Foolishly
Get In Your Face ]
[ Whenever I Saw That Train Wreck Happening ]
[ I Would Think (SON … YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET YOUR JAW
DISPLACED!) ]

[ When You Checked In With Me @ The End Of Your Shift ]
[ It Would Always Give Me A Lift ]

[ I Loved The End Of The Week & When You Were So Very Tired ]
[ But I Was Shocked That It Made You So Wired ]

[ I Could Not Believe How Much The Dances Made Me Want
The Disco Era To Come Back ]
[ Energy Was Not Something That You Lacked ]

[ I Really Wanted To Get A Video Of A Dancing Dani ]
[ Maybe (10) Or (15) Minutes ]
[ Freestyle & Nothing Fancy ]

[ When You Left You Really Raised The Bar High ]
[ Whenever A New ABC Would Come In & Be Subpar ]
[ I Would Sit Down & Sigh ]

[ (4) Months Into Your Employment We Figured You Had
Become Irreplaceable ]
[ Everything That You Tried, You Were More Than Able ]

[ Now Roosevelt Takes Up Most Of Your Time ]
[ Now You Have Nellie To Spend All Of Your Dimes ]

[ You Were An Outstanding ABC ]
[ & An Even Better Friend To Me ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(279)▪︎[ It’s Just A Suggestion … 3•19•2020 ]

[ Have You Ever Felt That You Have Neighbors That
Do Not Live Next Door? ]
[ These Are Not The Ones That Live A House Or More ]

[ Down The Street, Though ]
[ No, No, No ]

[ These Are The Ones That Are On Your Mind & In Your Heart ]
[ The Ones That You Never Feel Like You Are Apart ]

[ From Each Other ]
[ Or A Mom, Dad, Sister Or Brother ]

[ Send Them A Message For A Surprise ]
[ It’s Been A While I Surmise ]

[ Am I Right? ]
[ Like Rice Is White? ]

[ Since Most Of Us Are Confined To Our Respective Homes ]
[ That Doesn’t Mean We Have To Be Like Knomes ]

[ Frozen In Time ]
[ Brought To Life By My Rhymes ]

[ Don’t Let Everyday Life Get The Best Of You ]
[ Sending Warm Thoughts Will Only Take A Minute Or Two ]

[ & The Reward For Your Effort? ]
[ It’s The Nice Feeling & Comfort ]

[ That You Get Because You Reached Out ]
[ Getting A Bad Reaction Is Something I Doubt ]

[ Since We Cannot Reach Out & Touch Someone ]
[ Right Now ]
[ Have Some Fun ]
[ When You Figure Out How ]

[ The Person On The Other End Will Hear Your Voice ]
[ But This Is Only A Suggestion From Me ]
[ Now, It’s Your Choice ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(278)▪︎[ Agree Or Disagree? … 3•18•2020 ]

[ When Someone Says { WE SHOULD AGREE TO DISAGREE } ]
[ What Would That Mean To You & Me? ]

[ Wouldn’t That Mean That They Would Be Disagreeing ]
[ To Your Agreeing? ]

[ How Can You Get A Person To Agree With You ]
[ When All They Want To Is Disagree With You, Too ]

[ We Should Be Like Little Jack Horner ]
[ & Let Each Of Us Go Back To Our Own Individual Corner ]

[ & Not Let This Conversation Continue ]
[ So While You Disagree With Me ]
[ I’ll Agree About This With You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(536)▪︎[ Hanging On … 8•17•2022 ]

[ You Seem To Only Hold On, To Let Go ]
[ Be It Fast, Or Be It Slow ]
[ Holding On To You, Is All I Know ]

[ @ Times When I’m With You ]
[ You Daydream & Don’t Seem To Be There ]
[ & When You Do ]
[ You Shrug Your Shoulders & Don’t Seem To Care ]

[ How Can I Get Through That Wall Of You Not Trusting
Others ]
[ You Show Love ]
[ To Your Sister & Brothers ]

[ What About Me? ]
[ Haven’t I Grown Into The Man That You’ve Always Wanted
Me To Be? ]
[ When You Look In My Direction ]
[ Why Can’t You See ]

[ But It Has Seemed Like It Has Taken Years & Years ]
[ For You To Face Your Fears ]
[ Through All Of That Time ]
[ Both Me & You Have Shed Many Years ]

[ You Need To Give Credit, Where Credit Is Due ]
[ Especially Because I’ve Sat Here, Seeing Things
Through ]

[ When You Find That The Dream Is Free ]
[ & The Hustle Is Sold Separately ]
[ You’ll See That When You Satisfy The Need ]
[ You Won’t Have To Act So Desperately ]

[ Even Though I’m Leaving Here ]
[ I’ll Always Be There ]
[ So Let’s Make This Clear ]
[ That My Heart’s Not Going Anywhere ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(978)▪︎[ Hello Vickie … 11•23•2020 ]

[ It Was So Nice To Meet You Vickie D. ]
[ You Made Such A Good & Warm Caregiver To Me ]

[ The Moment That You Walked In ]
[ You Gave Me The Most Serious Look ]
[ Before You Politely Asked (WHERE WOULD
YOU LIKE ME TO BEGIN?) ]

[ @ First I Did Not Understand The Mask ]
[ & I Never Took The Time To Ask ]

[ But As Time Went By I Understood ]
[ When I Thought (OKAY, THE REASON IS GOOD) ]

[ I Thought That It Could Be ]
[ That You Were Protecting Yourself ]
[ While You Were Also Protecting Me! ]

[ I Did Not Have To Think Twice ]
[ That You Were Being Extremely Respectful ]
[ & Nice ]

[ Time Seemed To Fly ]
[ By ]

[ & The Hours Would Be Cut In Half ]
[ When We Could Talk, Share & Laugh ]

[ Because Of How You Were Treated By Your
Mother ]
[ I Am Shocked That You Are So Nice & Respectful
To Others ]

[ We Each Had Our Own Stories To Tell ]
[ How Other People Did Not Treat Us Too Well ]
[ & @ Times ]
[ Dragged Us Through Hell ]

[ It Seems That The Hardest Times In Your Life ]
[ Came From The Very Men ]
[ Who Wanted To Make You Their Wife ]

[ They Forgot The Honor & Cherish That Would Be
In Their Vows That They Would Say ]
[ Someday ]
[ Because They Abused You Everyday ]
[ In Some Way ]

[ You Darn Well Believed ]
[ It Was Right To Roll Up Your Sleeves ]
[ & Pack Up & Leave ]

[ & It Was Great ]
[ That You Were Able To Move To Another State ]
[ To Escape ]
[ Your Abusive Mate ]

[ You Have Such A Wonderful Disposition ]
[ & Good Vision ]

[ About What Is Up Ahead ]
[ In Those Thoughts & Dreams ]
[ That Are Floating Around In Your Head ]

[ You Definitely Bend But Don’t Break ]
[ & You Should Be Extremely Proud Of Yourself ]
[ About The Decisions You Make ]
[ & The Chances You Take ]

[ It Would Surely Make My Day ]
[ If You Find A Way ]
[ To Come Back Here Someday ]

[ & Then I Will See ]
[ That I Was Talking To You ]
[ More Than I Wanted To Watch & Listen To
The T.V. ]

[ Your Days Went By So Quick ]
[ On The Days That My Regular Caregiver Is Sick ]
[ You Would Definitely Be My First Pick ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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