(251)▪︎[ Once Upon A Time … 3•10•2020 ]

[ Once Upon A Time, In A Land Far Far Away ]
[ There Was This Boy Who Wanted To Runaway Just For
That Day ]

[ But Then He Sat & Thought (THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
NO REASONS) ]
[ (WHY I SHOULDN’T STAY AWAY FOR MANY SEASON’s?) ]

[ It’s Been Made Perfectly Clear ]
[ That Only His Dog Wants Him Here ]

[ Those Thoughts Used To Tug @ His Heart ]
[ But He’s Getting Used To Getting Hit By Darts ]

[ Now He Doesn’t Feel The Pinch ]
[ & It Only Goes In Less Than An Inch ]
[ The Main Thing That He Is Proud Of ]
[ Is ]
[ That He Doesn’t Flinch ]

[ That Used To Really Get To Him Before ]
[ Because It Made The Others ]
[ Laugh So Hard, It Had Them Laughing Until They Fell
To The Floor ]

[ (SO BE IT I GUESS) Is What He Thought ]
[ He’s Not ]
[ Going To Argue About What He’s Got ]

[ He Wasn’t Raised To Be A Fool ]
[ He Knows That Some Things In Life Can Be Used As A Tool ]
[ Those Are The Things & Examples That You Treat Like
A Jewel ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(681)▪︎[ Wait For Later In Your Life … 8•9•2020 ]

[ Be A Tomorrow Person & Don’t Settle On What You Are
Doing Now ]
[ Celebrate Your Accomplishments Later ]
[ & Then Say ( WOW! ) ]
[ But Don’t Be A Hater ]
[ & Need To Know How ]

[ Accomplishments Are Great When You Can Reminisce About
The Years That Have Gone By ]
[ Talk About Them ]
[ Brag About Them ]
[ Just Don’t Lie ]

[ It Is Good To Share ]
[ With People Who Care ]
[ But Never With A Person Who Does Not Believe That You
Were There ]

[ You Know You Were, So You Should Never Have To
Prove You Were ]
[ Your Intentions Are Pure ]
[ That Showed That You Were Sure ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(680)▪︎[ Get Up … Get Up! … 8•8•2020 ]

[ Sometimes It May Seem Like Life Is Beating You Down ]
[ Then When You Look Up ]
[ The View You Have Is That Of Looking Up From The Ground ]

[ How Did You Get There? ]
[ Laying On The Ground Looking Up Into The Air? ]

[ You Dust Yourself Off, Then Wipe Off Your Hands ]
[ Then You Look To The Sky ]
[ & Say Thank You For Another Chance ]

[ The Chance To Screw Up Again? ]
[ Then You Realize ]
[ That Screwing Up Is Not A Sin ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(679)▪︎[ What Side? … 8•7•2020 ]

[ Okay … You Need To Look @ Things From MY Side ]
[ Does That Get You To Open Your Eyes Really Wide? ]

[ You Seem To Think That Yours Is The Only Side To See ]
[ That Is Not True ]
[ For Me ]

[ You Say I Don’t See Your Side Only When I Don’t Agree
With You ]
[ We Are Two Totally Different People ]
[ Who Has Two ]
[ Totally Different Points Of View ]

[ From What You Have Grown Up Doing & Experiencing
Makes Us Who We Are ]
[ There Are Many Nights ]
[ When I Know I’m Not The Brightest Or Shiniest Star ]

[ I Try To Always Understand What You Are Talking About ]
[ But Sometimes I Don’t ]
[ Those Are The Times When We Needed To Talk It Out ]
[ But Those Times I Won’t ]
[ Be Filled With Doubt ]

[ When I Don’t Think That You Don’t See Mine ]
[ & Since I Don’t Scream & Shout ]
[ You Think That Is Fine ]

[ & We Don’t Discuss Those Points Anymore ]
[ You Don’t Seem To Mind ]
[ That My Concerns Are Left On The Floor ]

[ I Don’t Think You Care ]
[ & That’s Not Fair ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(406)▪︎[ How Do I Look? … 6•9•2022 ]

[ If I Could See Me ]
[ Through Your Eyes ]
[ What Would I See? ]

[ Would I See A Little Boy ]
[ Looking For A Toy? ]

[ Or A Man ]
[ Trying To Do The Best That He Can? ]

[ Do You See Me Twist & Bend ]
[ When Looking For A Friend? ]

[ Or Do I Bend Over Backwards ]
[ Trying Not To Look Awkward? ]

[ Do I Have My Hand Out ]
[ Or Am I The One Giving When There Is Doubt? ]

[ I Want To Be Seen As A Stand Up Guy ]
[ & As A Man Who Does Not Lie ]

[ Do I Help Those That Are To My Right ]
[ Or Any Man, Depending On Their Plight ]

[ Do I Step Forward & Make The Path ]
[ Or Do I Run & Hide, From Other People’s Wrath? ]

[ Am I Shy & Wait To Be Talked To First? ]
[ Do I Give Up My Place In Line To A Man Who Has A Greater
Thirst? ]

[ I Don’t Want To Let ]
[ Someone Shaking My Right Hand ]
[ While They Have Their Left Hand, Taking My Wallet ]

[ I Never Want To Be Scammed ]
[ Or Put In A Jam ]

[ If You Gave Me $10 To Save For You @ Night ]
[ It Would Be In The Same Spot As You Left It ]
[ Come Morning Light ]

[ I Always Want To Leave A Place Looking Better Than When
I Came ]
[ I Have Found That It Would Be A Shame ]
[ If I Had Left It The Same ]

[ I Want To Be An Added Plus To Those People’s Lives I Touch ]
[ I Never Want To Be Seen As Someone Who Takes Too Much ]

[ I Want To Treat Others As They Treat Me ]
[ But Most Of The Time ]
[ I Don’t Wait Around To See ]

[ I Treat Others With What They Expect ]
[ & That Is With Respect ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(401)▪︎[ My (2) Friends … 6•5•2022 ]

[ What A Great Surprise ]
[ When I Opened My Eyes ]
[ To See You (2) Guys ]

[ Even When You Are Not On Shift ]
[ You’re My Caregiver ]
[ & Come To My House To Give Me A Lift ]

[ When You Told Me On The Phone ]
[ That You Would Come To See Me ]
[ So For A Few Moments, I Would Not Be Alone ]

[ I Really Like Our Video Calls ]
[ Maybe Someday I Will Put On A Pair Of Shorts Just In Case The
Phone Drops & Shows My ….. ]

[ That Wouldn’t Be A Shocker ]
[ Because You Have Seen The Complete Me When You Assist Me
In The Shower ]

[ Now Alex … You Are A Large Man ]
[ I Almost Turned & Ran ]

[ Saw My Hand Be Enveloped Into Your Vice Grip Hand ]
[ I Would Do Whatever You Would Demand ]

[ It Sure Was Nice ]
[ That You Did Not Close That Vice ]

[ I Am Always Worried How People Will Look @ Our House ]
[ That Whole Living Room Has Been Taken Over By My Spouse ]

[ I Don’t Feel That We Have A Dirty Home ]
[ That I Know ]

[ It Was Quite The Let Down When The C.G. Called Out For
The Day ]
[ I Was Really Disappointed, I’d Say ]

[ Usually I Am Okay To Sit By Myself ]
[ But Today Was Tough Not Seeing Or Talking With Someone
Else ]

[ I Barely Got To Your Video/ Call ]
[ It Was Not Like I (ACCIDENTALLY) Slammed Into (3) Walls ]
[ Do Not Worry About A Single Wall ]

[ I Really Look Forward To The (2) Days A Week Being Under
Your Care ]
[ That Is When You Spend (2) Hours Combing My Hair ]

[ Those (2) Days Gets Me Ready For The (4) That I Don’t ]

[ Again, Mahalo ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(030)▪︎[ No, Not Never … 1•8•2022 ]

[ Do People Ever See Your Kind Soul Under Your Gruff
Exterior? ]
[ Especially Those That Try To Come Across As Being Superior? ]

[ Where Do People Get Off Acting Like That? ]
[ Who Has More Disposable Income? ]
[ Oh You Would Say That Would Be An Act ]

[ A Bigger Heart? ]
[ Most Really Do Not Play The Part ]

[ Oh They Can Call It In & Be Fake ]
[ Because All They Do Is Take, Take, Take ]

[ Taking Is The One Thing That These People Are Good @ ]
[ That ]
[ & Sitting Back, Getting Fat ]

[ Using Others ‘Tll The Full Extent ]
[ Stealing Money Until They Are Content ]

[ The Thing Is, They Are Not Content, Ever ]
[ Think That They Won’t Steal From You? ]
[ Do Not Ever Say Never ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(028)▪︎[ Drifting Away … 1•8•2022 ]

[ Oh, The Silence Is Deafening ]
[ & The Insanity Is Threatening ]

[ Threatening Your Way Of Life ]
[ By Threatening Another Person With A Knife ]

[ Than That Would Burn Out The Light ]
[ That Shows You Wrong From Right ]

[ You Do Know The Difference ]
[ But Now You Feign Indifference ]

[ Indifference To The Laws Of Man ]
[ Thinking It Is Okay To Do Whatever You Can ]

[ To Thumb Your Nose @ Society As A Whole ]
[ Showing Your Black Soul ]

[ Covering The Pathway Back ]
[ Always Being Aware Of An Attack ]

[ Being In The Fight Or Flight Mode ]
[ Living By Your Own Code ]

[ Of Conduct ]
[ For Any Conflict ]

[ Life Or Death ]
[ Cocaine Or Meth ]

[ That Has Always Been A Choice For You To Go ]
[ It Has Always Been Up To You To Say (YES) or (NO) ]

[ Remember That The Pathway Is Now Covered Ground ]
[ Nothing Looks Familiar ]
[ When You Look Around ]

[ Were Those (2) Trees Always Standing Alone? ]
[ You Realize That You Cannot Find Your Way Home ]

[ Because There Is Not One ]
[ So All You Want To Do Is Run ]

[ But In What Direction ]
[ If You Are Wrong ]
[ Do You Have The Ability To Make A Correction? ]

[ You Know The Answer ]
[ & That Could Eat You Up Inside, Like Cancer ]

[ You Have Known For Years ]
[ Creating (1) Of Your Greatest Fears ]

[ Of Being Alone When You Die ]
[ @ The Hands Of Another Guy ]

[ Stabbed Or Shot ]
[ Whichever (1) Would Put You On The Spot ]

[ With Things Growing Cold ]
[ When You Are Knowing ]
[ You Won’t Die When You Are Old ]

[ Life Just Drifting Away ]
[ Not Being Able To Live Another Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(402)▪︎[ On Your Birthday … 6•6•2022 ]

[ So I Hear That You Wanted A Poem On Your Birthday ]
[ I Told You That I Would Come To Your Help In Any Way ]

[ I Was Not Given A Warning Days Ahead ]
[ It Would Have Been Nice To Gets A Heads Up Instead ]

[ You Should Be Doing Nothing But Smiling ]
[ Nobody Has You Tied Up In An Office Filing ]

[ When It Comes To Being My C.G, You Are Quite New ]
[ I Wished That You Had More Hours Than A Few ]

[ So You Went Riding ]
[ On The Beach ]
[ Did It Feel Like You Were Gliding? ]
[ On A Part Of Your Body You Just Could Not Reach? ]

[ I Have Always Heard That A Horse Is The Biggest Piece Of
Meat That Women Can Get Between There Legs? ]
[ Does All Of That Pounding Affect Your Eggs? ]

[ I Found It Funny How You Came Here Walking Bowlegged
Like A Cowboy ]
[ I Guess You Can Say That Riding A Horse Is Not An Adult Toy ]

[ The Main Thing Is That You Were With Your Man ]
[ As You Were Riding In The Sand ]

[ You Said That You Had Sore Muscles That You Thought
You Never Had ]
[ Maybe Next Time Your Birthday Will Be Really Mellow ]
[ While You Get Yourself A Cowboy Hat ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(399)▪︎[ Eye In The Sky … 6•6•2022 ]

[ You Could Say That In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ My Love For You Is Not Attached By Strings ]

[ I Do Not Need To Be Tethered To You Or You To Me ]
[ That Gives You The Freedom To Walk Away Free ]

[ If That Is Where Our Relationship Should Go ]
[ If That Is The Case ]
[ Then Only You Would Know ]

[ We Try To Have Good Communication Going Back & Forth ]
[ We Always Need Our Heads To Be Headed North ]

[ We Have Far Surpassed The (26) Year Mark ]
[ We Are Still In Drive ]
[ As Opposed To Being, Stuck In Park ]

[ We Sure Have Hit Our Share Of Potholes On Our Narrow
Road ]
[ But Every Year We Carry A Heavier Load ]

[ Will We Be Dragging Our Asses Across That (50) Year Finish
Line? ]
[ My Problems Become Yours ]
[ & Yours Become Mine ]

[ I Am Ready To Learn Something New Every Day ]
[ Taught By You, In Your Own Special Way ]

[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ We Are Still Learning What Each Other Is About ]

[ Through The Years The Winds Change ]
[ That Does Not Give Good Reason To Go Out & Get Some
Strange ]

[ But Then Again We Are Forgiving Pair ]
[ Would Walking Away Be Fair? ]

[ Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust ]
[ Finding The Right Partner Is A Must ]

[ Through The Years We Have Had Our Fill Of Turmoil ]
[ Maybe That Is When Our Joints Need A Little Oil ]

[ Joy Is What You Seek ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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