(501)▪︎[ Torturing The Caregiver … 8•1•2022 ]

[ The Voice From The Other Room Was Faint To The Ear ]
[ What It Softly Said ]
[ Was Not Clear ]

[ The Voice Was Calm ]
[ As It Cried Out For Its Mom ]

[ I Could Not Tell If It Was A Young Girl Or Boy ]
[ It Almost Sounded Like It Was Coming From A Toy ]

[ I Played The Scenario Again & Again In My Head ]
[ I Wondered If It Came From A Small Animal Instead ]

[ All Of A Sudden It Seemed Like Something Sucked All Of The
Air Out Of The Room ]
[ The Drop In The Temperature ]
[ Made It Feel Like We Were Sitting In An Old Mummy’s Tomb ]

[ There Seemed To Be A Big Problem ]
[ Because The Floor Boards Would Creak ]
[ When They Did Not Have Anything Walking Across Them ]

[ The Windows Had Frosted Over Days Ago ]
[ It Happened So Slow ]
[ It Normally Would Not Show ]

[ There Are Cracks In Some Windows That I Did Not Notice The
Other Day ]
[ Nobody Knew Anything ]
[ Nobody Would Say ]

[ Even Though My Caregiver Would Sweep Everyday, There
Always Seemed To Be Dust Everywhere ]
[ The Dust Was Swept Up Yesterday ]
[ I Swear ]

[ The Wind Comes In Through The Cracks ]
[ In The Wood ]
[ When It Chills Our Backs ]
[ That Does Not Feel Very Good ]

[ In The Middle Of The Night, I Hear Noises That Cannot Be
Explained ]
[ I Have Found, From Past Experiences, That It Does No Good To
Complain ]

[ The Dark Night ]
[ Plays With My Sight ]
[ Because When It Is Completely Black Outside ]
[ I See Flashes Of Light ]

[ Sometimes My Brain Feels Lost ]
[ The T.V. Flickers ]
[ Long After The Power Was Turned Off ]

[ Voices Whisp Around The Room Like They Are Riding On The
Wind ]
[ Should This Story End ]
[ Like It Begins? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ,]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ,] [酪]

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(053)▪︎[ Glad It’s Over … 1•18•2022 ]

[ Year 2021 Was Not Very Fun ]
[ It Was So Bad ]
[ By The End Of February, You Were Already Done ]

[ That Is When You Tested Positive For The ‘VID ]
[ You Had No Idea What You Did ]

[ The Only Times That You Did Not Wear A Mask Was In
Your House ]
[ Thankfully, It Never Got To Your Spouse ]

[ You Had Thoracic Surgery On (3) Parts Of Your Spine ]
[ & Your Lower Back Is Still Not Aligned ]

[ This Year , You Woke Up To Celebrate Your 25th Anniversary
While On A Hospital Bed ]
[ What A Great Place To Wake Up To Celebrate How Many Years
That You Have Been Wed ]

[ Your Longtime Caregiver Up & Quit ]
[ Because Of A Bunch Of Miscommunication & Misunderstanding
Shit ]

[ This Event Really Took You By Surprise ]
[ But Then You Found Out ]
[ That For Months She Had Been Telling You A Bunch Of Lies ]

[ She Had Her Resumé Out There For Awhile It Seemed ]
[ Because She Said That She Had It Out There With (INDEED) ]

[ So You Had To Finish Off Of The Year Without (1) ]
[ That Sure Hurt A Ton ]

[ The Best Part Of The Ending Year ]
[ You Were Able To Start 2022 With The Person Who Is Most
Near & Dear ]

[ You Were Alone Way Too Much ]
[ There Were Chunks Of Time When You Did Not ]
[ Have The Comfort Of Talking To Anyone About Such -n- Such ]

[ Too Much Alone Time ]
[ But You Were Able To Write Over (1,000) Stories That Rhymed ]

[ It Started With A Whimper ]
[ & Ended With A Bang ]
[ Not A Whisper ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(058)▪︎[ Hard To Refrain! … 1•19•2022 ]

[ When Someone Judges A Person Considering Suicide, Who
Has Never Walked The Life Or Death Line ]
[ Has No Place To Whine ]

[ The Suicidal Person Does Not Think That It Is The Most
Selfish Act ]
[ It Is The Other Way Around, In Fact ]

[ He Feels That The Act Will Free Those He Feels He Is Weighing
Down ]
[ The Issue Is Neither Black Or White ]
[ It Is More Like Brown ]

[ He Feels He Is A Financial Burden Or Drain ]
[ His Thoughts Are Going As Fast As A Runaway Train ]

[ There Are No Frequent Stops ]
[ There Are No Postal Drops ]

[ His Thinking Has Become Completely Hyper Focused On What
He Feels That He Must Do ]
[ He Tries Not To Give Off Any Social Cue ]
[ Or Leave A Clue ]

[ Nothing Until He Would Be Found ]
[ Either Swinging From A Rope ]
[ Or Laying On The Ground ]

[ In His Mind It Is A (FREEING ACT) Times Two ]
[ It Was Never A Selfish Act To Do ]

[ If He Is Not Working, He Might Feel Like Others Think That He
Is A Bum ]
[ His Guilt Is Something That He Never Could Outrun ]

[ Others Will Have More Money If They Did Not Have His
Mouth To Feed ]
[ (2) Different Times He Never Got Any Hits On His Resume
When He Used (INDEED) ]

[ Not A Single Bite On His Resumé After Having It Out There
For More Than ½ A Year ]
[ When He Got Let Go Because Of The ‘VID19 ]
[ This Was Something He Feared ]

[ He Thought That He Had A Career That He Could Retire From ]
[ Then The ‘VID19 Happened ]
[ So He Does Not Have One ]

[ One Time When He Was Omitted Into A Hospital, He Learned So
Much More About His Suicidal Triggers From The Others ]
[ Than He Could Have From The Dr’s ]
[ & People’s Mothers ]

[ They Should Have More Groups With Open Discussions Than
They Had ]
[ & That Was Bad ]

[ So Much About A Suicider’s Brain Is Misunderstood ]
[ That Does Not Do Anybody Any Good ]

[ He Just Wants To Release His Physical/Mental Pain ]
[ That Won’t Go Away ]
[ It Is So Hard To Refrain ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(973)▪︎[ How Do You? … 11•21•2020 ]

[ Do You Survive? ]
[ Revive? ]
[ Or Have You Finally Arrived? ]

[ Can You Jot Down All That Makes You Smile ]
[ Or All That caused You To Frown ]
[ For Awhile? ]

[ Can You Talk To A Coach For A Minute Or Two? ]
[ When You Can Talk About Nothing But You? ]

[ If You Lose Too Fast ]
[ Will The Loss Last? ]

[ Do You Know Your Role? ]
[ In Your Quest To Reach Your Goal? ]

[ What Do You Want To Accomplish For The Rest
Of The Year? ]
[ Are You Foggy ]
[ Are You Clear? ]
[ Do You Feel Foggy ]
[ When Confronted By A Fear? ]

[ But Do You Feel Trapped? ]
[ When The Topic Is About (THE APP?) ]

[ You Must Be Active ]
[ Or Proactive ]
[ Stay Away From Always Being Reactive ]

[ Is Your Goal Star Worthy? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(957)▪︎[ Hang In There … 11•15•2020 ]

[ Okay! ]
[ What Can I Write Or Say? ]
[ To Help You Get Through What You Went
Through Last Night ]
[ & What Continues Today? ]

[ Big M, This Is What I’ll Share ]
[ Because I Care ]
[ & To Let You Know ]
[ That Were So Many Times That I’ve Been
There ]

[ We Both Have Walked In Many & Different
Shoes ]
[ So We Both Have Our Different Views ]
[ We Find Our Own Clues ]
[ By Reading The Social Cues ]

[ You May Never Know ]
[ How The Next Day Will Go ]

[ But I Bet ]
[ I Have Never Liked, Worried, Cared About & Respected ]
[ Another Person That I Have Never Met ]
[ … Yet! ]

[ I Have Written So Many Stories About Having You
In My Life ]
[ That The Only People That I Have Written More Of ]
[ Is Maria & My Wife ]

[ Because You Two Are The Kind ]
[ Of People ]
[ That Are So Frequently On My Mind ]

[ From The Very First Time That She Told Me
About The Man Who Caught Her Eye ]
[ & Stole Her Heart ]
[ I Immediately Told Her (OH I’ve GOT TO MEET
THIS GUY!) ]
[ Just Ask Her ]
[ Because That Is NOT A Lie ]

[ I Tell This To Very Few ]
[ But I Will Say This To You ]
[ Because I Need To ]

[ We Are All Not Done With Each Other Here ]
[ Is That Perfectly Clear? ]

[ Now I Know That I’m Not In The Circle Of People
That You Really Care About ]
[ But That Doesn’t Make Me Sit In The Corner & Pout ]

[ I’ll Still Write Stories That Will Encourage ]
[ During This Time Where You Feel Discouraged ]

[ Never Give Up Your Power ]
[ To See What Comes Up Next ]
[ Minute Or Hour ]

[ I Will Never Say Any ( EVERYTHING HAPPENS
FOR A REASON ) Crap ]
[ I Have Never Heard That In A Rap ]

[ This Is All Up To You, Big M ]
[ Keep Your Head Held High ]
[ & Don’t Dip Your Chin ]

[ & I’ll Just Sit Here ]
[ If You Ever Need An Ear ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(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 Comes Through ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(007)▪︎[ The Collections … 1•3•2022 ]

[ A Baseball Card Collection That May Be Up To A Million ]
[ An Extensive C.D. Collection Without A Single C.D. Of
Bob Dylan ]

[ Several Different Collections, None Like The Other ]
[ Some C.D.’s You Would Not Play In Front Of Your Mother ]

[ It Would Not Be The Intent ]
[ Just The Content ]

[ They Do Not Talk About Brotherly Love The Whole Time ]
[ & They Don’t Admit ]
[ To The Crimes ]
[ They Might Commit ]

[ Some Of Your Collections Date Back To The Sixties ]
[ What Is Better Than That? ]
[ Well A Baseball Card Or (2) Dating Back To The 1950’s ]

[ You Have Sports Illustrated Magazines Further Back Than
You Can Remember ]
[ Some Are From The Months Of January ]
[ Clear Through The End Of December ]

[ You Have Pennies, & Nickels Coming Out Of Your Ears ]
[ You Have Collective Coins Dating Back For Over (30) Years ]

[ You Used To Have A Coin Collection Of Only Nickels ]
[ No, You Do Not Have A Collection Of Old, Empty Beer Cans
& Dried Up Pickles ]

[ You Guess You Could Have If You Wanted To ]
[ Well … You Never Wanted To ]

[ You Have A Collection Of Newspapers That Rivals No One ]
[ Way Back Then, You Used To Collect Them For Fun ]

[ Michael Jordan Magazines & Cards ]
[ Now Collecting Anything LeBron James Is Becoming Quite
Hard ]

[ Things Are Swooped In As Fast As Crazy ]
[ When It Comes To Collecting Stuff ]
[ Nobody Ever Called You Lazy ]

[ What Will Your Wife Do With All Of Your Collections Once
You Die ]
[ You Are Not Telling A Lie ]

[ You Don’t Know ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(008)▪︎[ His Wares … 1•3•2022 ]

[ Wherever Good Is Trying To Happen ]
[ Bad Is There To Stop It ]
[ It Is Always Just A Matter Of When ]

[ Good Things Don’t Stay Good For Very Long ]
[ & Sometimes You Need A Cord That Has (2) Prongs ]

[ It Would Not Be A Bad Choice ]
[ It Just Wasn’t The Right Choice ]

[ Maybe The Right Choice In A Different Situation ]
[ You Will Have To Get Someone Else’s Attention ]

[ It Does Not Matter ]
[ If You Hear The Pitter Patter ]

[ Of Something On The Roof ]
[ Because Nobody Needs The Proof ]

[ That Old St. Nick Was There ]
[ To Share ]
[ His Wares ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(469)▪︎[ My Friend, Brie … 7•19•2022 ]

[ People May Wonder Why ]
[ That I Hate Telling A Good Friend Goodbye ]

[ It Is Too Final ]
[ Then That Would Make Me Live In Denial ]

[ It Seems Like It Wasn’t Too Long Ago That We First Met ]
[ It Took Awhile Before Our Mon. & Tue. Schedule Was Set ]

[ It Took A Few Weeks Before You Brought Alex Into This
Friendship ]
[ Getting Close To Him Was Not A Hardship ]

[ He Is Quite The Confident & Secure Man To Not Be Bothered
By What You Do ]
[ When I Became Your Client ]
[ That Meant Alex Came, Too ]

[ I Really Enjoy Your Playfulness With Each Other ]
[ Do Not Model The Behavior Of His Mother ]

[ Anyone Around You (2) Can See How In Love With The Other You
(2) Are ]
[ To Each, The Other, Is The Brightest Shining Star ]

[ Thank You For Letting Me Share A Little Bit Of Your Life ]
[ You Instantly Made Me Feel Comfortable ]
[ Along With My Wife ]

[ My Feeling Of Security With You, Is Beyond Reproach ]
[ I Think, For Me, You Are Much Better Than A Life Coach ]

[ You Never Laughed When You Saw My Bare Belly ]
[ You Did Not Mind My Dancing To The Songs By Nelly ]

[ This Is Breaking My Heart, I Have To Say ]
[ When I Think Of Bad Times ]
[ I Will Try Not To Point To This Day ]

[ I Know That Change Sometimes Makes You Stronger ]
[ But I Wanted You To Stay @ Least (2) Years Longer ]

[ If You Brought A Bag Inside Of My House, I Was Never
Wary ]
[ I Was As Cautious Around You As Much As I Would Want
To Have A Chest That Was Hairy ]

[ I Always Felt Secure In Those Strong Hands ]
[ Your Hands Were As Strong As Any Mans ]

[ All Of That Work On The Farm Really Does Make You Strong ]
[ If Someone Was To Brag About That ]
[ They Would Not Be Wrong ]

[ You Shared Your Time & I Shared My Space ]
[ I Was Always So Happy Whenever You Showed Up @ My Place ]
[ With A Smile Across That Pretty Face ]

[ You & Alex Have Some Possible Life Changing Events Coming
Up In Your Near Future ]
[ I Will Always Be Just A Phone Call Away ]
[ To Listen & Nurture ]

[ You Were Very Rare ]
[ When It Came To You Being My Caregiver ]
[ You Did Not Steal From Anywhere ]

[ You Never Asked For A Penny Your Whole Time ]
[ No Penny, Nickel Or Dime ]

[ I Trusted You In My Room Without The Need To Watch Over
Your Shoulder ]
[ My Confidence Concerning Caregivers Around My Room ]
[ Has Definitely Dipped As I Get Older ]

[ Someday Will You Come & Help Me Bake ]
[ Some Muffins ]
[ Or Cake? ]

[ (76) Days Sure Did Fly By ]
[ I Better End This Before It Makes Me Cry ]

[ You Will Be Terribly Missed, Brie ]
[ Thank You For Taking Care Of Me! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(049)▪︎[ He Faultered … 1•16•2022 ]

[ They Say That Voting Is Your Constitutional Right ]
[ To Get This In The Past ]
[ Citizens Actually & Literally Put Up A Fight ]

[ To Get What The People Wanted ]
[ (FREE TO VOTE) Is What They Taunted ]

[ It Is What They Want ]
[ It Was Their Taunt ]

[ But For Most Of Your Adult Life, You Chose Not To Vote ]
[ But That Is Not The Reason For This Subject ]
[ That You Wrote ]

[ This Used To Be Something You Did Not Talk About ]
[ Because If Someone Raised Their Voice ]
[ You Knew That You Needed To Shout ]

[ To Get Your Point Across ]
[ But, It Is Never To Say That You Are The Boss ]

[ Then You Ask (DOES REDBULL ACTUALLY GIVE YOU WINGS?) ]
[ If That Was True ]
[ You Could Be King ]

[ But If You Are Not Centered ]
[ You Will See The Bad That Has Entered ]

[ If You Can’t Have A Kind Soul ]
[ Being Their Enemy Is Their Number [1] Goal ]

[ That Is Not How They Wanted This To Play Out ]
[ But You Got Faster, Kinder & Better ]
[ They Will Shout ]

[ You Never Voted Because You WERE Lazy ]
[ You Always Thought All Of The Choices Looked Crazy ]

[ You Never Put In The Effort To Investigate The Choices ]
[ You Had Never Taken Time To Listen To Their Voices ]

[ So You Had No Idea What Separated One From Each Of The
Others ]
[ But You Would Not Be Voting For Their Mothers ]

[ So Instead Of Voting Blindly ]
[ You Did Not Take To Anyone Too Kindly ]

[ But Than A Horrible Game Show Host ]
[ Got Elected To The Country’s Highest Post ]

[ How The Hell Did This Happen You Asked ]
[ The Real Satan Was Unmasked ]

[ But There He Was, Trying To Bend The Country Over Once
Again ]
[ During The Last [4] Years ]
[ All He Did Was Commit Sin After Mortal Sin ]

[ You Thought About What You Could Do ]
[ To Keep Him From Going Through Round Number [2] ]

[ So You Voted After Reading The Issues ]
[ If He Was To Win You Would Need A Case Of Tissue ]

[ Even Though He Said That The Ballots Were Altered ]
[ He Burned Up & Faultered ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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