(394)▪︎ [ BHS Class Of ’81, Reunion … 6•3•2022 ]

[ As Another Year Goes By ]
[ Talk Of A Reunion Floats Around In The Sky ]

[ This Will Be The 40th One Already ]
[ It Seems Like We Were Just Trying To Go Steady ]

[ Some Are Still Working, While Others Have Retired ]
[ Some Have Become Famous & Are Greatly Admired ]

[ Others Are Too Shy To Go ]
[ As I Look In The Mirror ]
[ I Ask (IS THAT ANYONE YOU KNOW?) ]

[ One Of The Main Reasons Why I’m Not There ]
[ I Don’t Really Feel That I Have Anything Worthwhile To Share ]

[ In 2017 I Was Given A Gift ]
[ All Of A Sudden I Could Write Poetic Stories ]
[ That Oftentimes Give People A Lift ]

[ Since I Started Way Back Then ]
[ I Have Written An Average Of (1100) Stories Each Year ]
[ Of What, Why Or When ]

[ The Stories Are Very Ecletic Because I Just Write My Thoughts ]
[ That Would Be Like Telling Me To Connect The Dots ]

[ My Biggest Accomplishment Has Been Staying Married For (26)
Years Plus ]
[ There Is No Me Or Her ]
[ There Is Only Us ]

[ I Wish I Had The Confindence To Join My Class Of ’81 ]
[ As Introverted As I Have Become ]
[ I Don’t Think That Would Be Very Fun ]

[ In 2002 A Work Related Incident Caused My Mind To Be
Enveloped By PTSD ]
[ So Crowds & Noise Can Really Get To Me ]

[ It Is Easiest For Me To Express Myself Through My Stories
Now ]
[ I Wish I Could Be There To Give Or Recieve Handshakes & Hugs ]
[ I Just Don’t Know How ]

[ I Hope I Explained Myself In A Simple Way ]
[ I Do Wish I Could Be There To Say (HEY!) ]

[ Love To All Of You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1)▪︎[ Thank You … Date Unknown ]

[ Dani, You Actually Said That You Love My Stories! ]
[ I Always Thought That You Thought ]
[ That They Were Were Dumb & Boring ]

[ You See This Is How I Write My Feelings & Thoughts ]
[ That Are Spinning Around In My Mind ]
[ I Have Trouble Verbalizing When Put On The Spot ]
[ & Then I’ll Forget What I’m Supposed To Rewind ]

[ You Hate When I Get All Touchey- Feely With You ]
[ You Do Your Thing ]
[ & I’ll Always Do What I Do ]

[ I Write About The Thoughts That Wander In ]
[ If I Waited For The Right Time To Say Them ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Could Remember The Exact Words Again ]

[ I Have To Say This Out Loud ]
[ You Getting & Taking This Job ]
[ Makes Me So Proud ]

[ You Have Completely Stepped Out Of Your Comfort Zone ]
[ & Then You Took A Step Towards The Unknown ]

[ You Went Through That Door ]
[ For Your Interview ]
[ & Because Of Your Winning Personality & Hilarious Sense Of
Humor ]
[ You Had Them Rolling On The Floor ]

[ It Never Takes You Long ]
[ To Show Others ]
[ That You ARE Both Beautiful & Strong ]
[ & My Observation Of This Is NOT Wrong! ]

[ When You Worked Here I NEVER Asked You To Explain
Yourself ]
[ I Have NEVER Done That With Anyone Else ]

[ Never ]
[ Have I Ever ]

[ Trusted Another DSP AS Fast ]
[ Every Others, Except One, Are Just A Blur In The Past ]
[ I Worried Early On ]
[ That You Would Never Wanted To Last ]

[ You Went Toe-To-Toe When You Needed To ]
[ You Never Let Him Walk On You ]

[ You ( ALWAYS ) Held Your Ground ]
[ You Always Got Him To Settle Down ]
[ Because He Never, Ever Made You Look Like The Clown ]

[ Never! ]
[ Ever! ]
[ I Will Be Impressed Forever ]

[ You Were A Dream Come True ]
[ For Us Two ]

[ I Will Miss Our Nighttime ]
[ But I Will Never Stop Spending My Dime ]

[ Because I Get What I Always Want Out Of Every Gift I Give ]
[ It Is That Beautiful Smile ]
[ That Tells Me That You Are So Appreciative ]

[ You Are So Genuine & Real ]
[ & I Really Do Know How You Really Feel ]

[ I Know That You Care ]
[ But That Is One Emotion & Thought That You Rarely Share ]
[ But I Know That The Love Is There ]

[ After All This Time I Knew It Was Hard ]
[ For You To Actually Say That You Have A Deep Regard ]

[ You Will Always Be Our Daughter ]
[ & We Will Continue To ]
[ Love You ]
[ Care About You ]
[ Worry About You ]
[ Watch Over You ]
[ Take Care Of You ]
[ Buy Stuff For You ]
[ Make Room In Our Life For You ]
[ Share Our Life With You ]
[ Listen To You ]
[ Advise You ]
[ Say No To You ]
[ Only If It Will Be Better For You ]
[ Guide You ]
[ Trust You ]
[ Be Proud Of You ]
[ Be Happy For You ]
[ Always Be Accessible To You ]
[ But We Will NEVER Mislead You ]
[ Do & Always Tell You What Is The Best For You ]
[ Not Hug You ]
[ Not Hurt You ]
[ We Will Hurt With You ]
[ Hold Our Breath Until We Turn Blue ]
[ Like We Are Your Adopted Mother & Father! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(357)▪︎[ Faith? … 5•14•2022 ]

[ Who Does (1) Call When They’re Down In The Dumps? ]
[ This Is Only After You Feel That You Have Taken Your
Share Of Lumps? ]

[ You Don’t Believe In Faith Because Faith Has Never Brought
You Any Form Of Good Luck ]
[ Okay I Have Faith That I Will Not Be Run Over By A Big Truck ]

[ Is That The Kind Of Faith That I Should Count On? ]
[ When People Tell Me To Have Faith ]
[ I Have To Turn & Yawn ]

[ I Used To Have Faith In Every Aspect Of My Life ]
[ Now I Leave All Of The Faith Believing To My Beautiful Wife ]

[ I Must Have Had Faith That The Abuse By My Mothers Hands
Would Stop ]
[ I Probably Had Faith That The Gun In My Fathers Hand Would
Not Go Pop ]

[ Did I Have Faith That The Abuse In The Foster Homes Would
Not Continue ]
[ Why Should It ]
[ Stopping Is The Last Thing That Abusers Like To Do ]

[ I Guess My Faith Worked When My Foster Brother Tried
To Hang Me From A Really High Branch ]
[ Oh How I Hated Living @ The Foster Home On That Ranch ]

[ Around Every Corner In My Life, I Guess I Had Faith Maybe
Once Or Twice ]
[ Guess The Results Of Having Faith ]
[ Isn’t As Fast As Minute Rice ]

[ For Me, I Believe That The Rice Will Cook ]
[ Faster Than Salem Detectives Being Able To Track Down
Crooks ]

[ My Faith In Those Detectives Did Not Last Very Long ]
[ I Gave Them License Plate Numbers & Peoples Names ]
[ Where Could They Go Wrong? ]

[ They Would ]
[ They Could ]
[ They Are As Dumb As Wood ]

[ One Last Breath Of Faith Left Me In August Of 2002 ]
[ My Life Forever Changed That Month ]
[ Without Giving Me A Clue ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(373)▪︎[ H.B. Day, My Baby … 5•23•2022 ]

[ Well Here We Are, Another Birthday To Say Goodbye To ]
[ What Should We Do? ]

[ Should We Jump Up & Down & Sing Happy Birthday Out Of
The Open Windows? ]
[ Or Play It Cool With Those That Already Knows? ]

[ It Was Not Very Hard ]
[ For Th[ My Apologies For Not Spoiling You With A Party & A Dinner ]
[ But To Me You Have Always Been A Winner ]

[ When I Am Down, You Know How To Make Me Smile ]
[ A Little Bit Longer Than For Awhile ]

[ Everyday That I Wake Up Next To You I Feel Blessed ]
[ I Try To Be As Honest I Can Be ]
[ I Confess ]

[ You Have Always Been My Rock ]
[ You Have Been As Reliable As My Fit Bit Clock ]

[ I Wish I Could Solve Your Biggest Problems ]
[ & I See How Things Are So Overwhelmed ]

[ It Is Time That I Am Your Rock, After I Pulled Up My Big
Boy Pants ]
[ & Let You Take A Chance ]

[ That Is Only Fair ]
[ I Do This Because I Care ]

[ Happy Birthday To My Only (1) ]

[ I Love You! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(904)▪︎[ No Silver Lining … 10•27•2020 ]

[ What Could Possibly Be The Silver Lining Of The Dark
Cloud That Hovers Over Me? ]
[ When I Look Up, All I See ]
[ Is How Things Will Be ]

[ But They Say (EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING) ]
[ I’m Sure The People Around Me Are Tired Of My
Whining ]

[ First This Thing Happened, Then Another One ]
[ That Was Two ]
[ So I Thought (I’m ALMOST DONE HERE) ]
[ What Else Could Karma Do? ]

[ Well, That Was Sure ]
[ To Add More ]
[ But Who Is Keeping Score? ]

[ Well I Do ]
[ So Now I’ll Wait & Wait ]
[ For Another Bad Dream Or Thought To Come True ]

[ Dark Clouds ]
[ & Noisy Crowds ]

[ Sometimes Don’t Mesh Well With My Mind ]
[ Neither One Helps Me Unwind ]

[ So I’d Rather Go Inside Where I’m Alone ]
[ Hey, Maybe I’ll Call Doordash ]
[ & Have Them Deliver Me An Ice Cream Cone ]

[ I Think Chocolate Will Do ]
[ Hey … Maybe I’ll Order Two ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(984)▪︎[ It’s Hard … 7•24•2019 ]

[ Some Things In Life Can Be Extremely Hard ]
[ It All Depends On Who’s Carrying That Specific Card ]

[ On That Particular Day ]
[ Then You Have To Find That One Way ]

[ To Survive ]
[ To Stay Alive ]

[ What If You Had To Go Throughout Life With Diminishing
Sight? ]
[ Would You Lay Down & Wait For Death? ]
[ Or Stand Up, Face The Wind & Fight? ]

[ No One Wants To Take Death Head On ]
[ No One Wants To Be Here Today & Tomorrow Be Gone ]

[ As They Say (LIVE TODAY AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO
BE GONE TOMORROW) ]
[ No One Ever Said That Time Is Something You Can Borrow ]

[ When You Borrow Something, The Rule Is You Have To
Give It Back ]
[ How Does One Do That ]
[ When It’s Time That You Originally Lacked ]

[ So How Can You Pay Back Something That You Don’t
Have Extra Of? ]
[ Unless You Are Talking About Affection & Love ]

[ Love Can Grow & Grow & Grow Some More ]
[ If You Play Your Cards Right ]
[ Love Can Fill The Room, From The Ceiling To The
Floor ]
[ But When Day Turns Into Night ]
[ Some Negative People Keep Score ]
[ When They Want To Fight ]
[ While Standing On The Other Side Of The Door ]

[ That Is A Good Place ]
[ For Them To Stand ]
[ So You Won’t To See The Face ]
[ Of The One Making Demands ]

[ You May Ask (KEEP SCORE OF WHAT?) ]
[ They Keep Score Of How Your Hair May Look ]
[ Or How Those Jeans Fit On Your Butt ]

[ Those Are The One’s That Always Cause The Strife ]
[ You Never Need Those Kinds Of People In Your Life ]

[ A Good Use Of A Verb ]
[ Is When You Tell Them That They Have Been Kicked
To The Curbed

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(855)▪︎[ The Best Of The Best … 6•22•2019 ]

[ Life Is Like A Competition For The Best Of The Best ]
[ Every New Day Comes With A Harder Test ]

[ There Is No Pillow Talk ]
[ Life Is Not A Leiserly Walk ]

[ There Are Days When You Need To Be Awake & Alert
24/7 ]
[ When You Need Encouragement ]
[ Do You Look Upward, Towards The Heavens? ]

[ What Exactly Gives You The Courage To Move On
These Days? ]
[ Do You Find The Guts & The Ways? ]

[ & Reasons To Stay? ]
[ Does The Thought Of Ignorant People ]
[ Give You The Idea To Walk Away? ]

[ So What If You Walked Away Tomorrow? ]
[ Would There Be The Need ]
[ To Find Money To Borrow? ]

[ What Causes ]
[ You To Make So Many Pauses? ]

[ Sometimes To Figure That Out You Must Look Within ]
[ But When Or Where Do You Begin? ]

[ The Sin Of Your Past ]
[ Were Those So Serious That The Animosity & Pain ]
[ Continue To Last? ]

[ Are You Made Of Soft Material That Turns Completely
Hard ]
[ When Things Are Removed ]
[ Do They Leave Lifelong Scars? ]

[ What Do You Decide To Fix? ]
[ What Do You Nix? ]

[ Are You Set? ]
[ What Things Should You Forget? ]
[ What Decisions Do You Regret? ]

[ There Is Nothing Wrong ]
[ When You Have Situations ]
[ Where You Are Not Strong ]

[ Let Bygones Be Gone ]
[ & Keep Moving … Forward ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(659)▪︎[ So Many Thoughts … 7•31•2020 ]

[ These Thoughts Have Been Gnawing @ My Brain For So Many
Years ]
[ It Caused Me So Many Tears ]
[ It Put A Big Spot Light On My Biggest Fears ]

[ You See, I See Many People Speaking About Mental Issues ]
[ When I Have Flashbacks About An Incident That Was 18 Years Ago ]
[ It Causes Me To Reach For The Tissues ]

[ PTSD Is The Issue That I’m Talking About ]
[ Yes, It Is Real ]
[ Is What I Shout ]

[ & It Does Not Just Happen To Military Personnel ]
[ It Could Happen To Anyone ]
[ Who Has Survived An Incident That Put Them Through Hell ]

[ I Was The Only Staff Locked In A Correctional Unit When
The Juvenile Inmates Decided To Riot ]
[ For Over 3 Hours I Prayed For Quiet ]

[ Hitting Another Person’s Head With A Fire Extinguisher Makes
A Horrible, Memorable Sound ]
[ He Kept Getting Hit Even When He Was On The Ground ]

[ I Never Knew That A Fire Extinguisher Could Break A Toilet
Or Sink ]
[ It Is Alot Easier Than You’d Think ]
[ Oh There Has Been So Many Times Since This Happened ]
[ Where I Wanted To Drink ]

[ But There Were Two People Who Stood By Me So I Wouldn’t Go
There ]
[ My Wife Nicole & My Friend Nick P. ]
[ Were The Only Ones That Showed That They Cared ]

[ Every Other (FRIEND) From My Work ]
[ Turned Their Back ]
[ & Became Worse Than A Jerk ]

[ Nobody Else Came Over Or Called ]
[ After I Got Fired Because Of A Bunch Of Lies ]
[ They All Acted Appalled ]

[ Nobody Else Wanted To Hear My Side ]
[ So After The Agency Lied ]
[ & Stole My Pride ]
[ My Respect For All Those People Died ]

[ Nicole & Nick Were The Only Ones That Did Not Stab Me In
My Back ]
[ Whenever I Was With Them ]
[ I Was Never Worried About An Attack ]

[ I Owe Each Of Them A Debt Of Gratitude ]
[ For Not Having A Caustic Attitude ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1010)▪︎[ ‘Vegas … 12•2•2020 ]

[ Las Vegas Is Such A Wonderful Town ]
[ We Have Been Having Fun Ever Since Our Plane
Touched Down ]

[ But This Time There Is Such The Small Crowd ]
[ So When You Are Inside ]
[ Things Are Not Very Loud ]

[ When You Go To The Shops Looking For (IT) ]
[ You Can Get In & Out ]
[ In Just A Few Minutes ]

[ Things Are Not Always @ A High Price ]
[ So If You Really Like Something Nice ]
[ It Is Usually There For You To Buy Twice ]

[ I Am Bringing Back Souvenirs For Four Friends ]
[ I Might Get More ]
[ But It All Will Depend ]

[ On What I Will See ]
[ Except For Three Pairs Of Shoes ]
[ I Really Have Not Bought Anything For Me ]

[ But That’s Okay, This Is Now How I Live ]
[ Now I Save My Money ]
[ So I Can Buy More Things To Give ]

[ I Like When People Come Over To My Place ]
[ Then I Can Give Them A Gift ]
[ & Then They Get A Smile On Their Face ]

[ Since I Have No Mother ]
[ & I Just Lost My Brother ]
[ I Find Joy ]
[ By Making The Day Go Well For Others ]

[ Since Being Naughty By Nature Is Not My Thing ]
[ I Like To Give Stuff ]
[ That Is Not Attached By A String ]

[ There Is No Reciprocal Action Needed ]
[ Because I Don’t Want The Receiver Feel Defeated ]

[ If They Cannot ]
[ Reciprocate What They Just Got ]

[ But Vegas Is The One Place That We Love To Come
To ]
[ So Now We Will Plan To Come Back ]
[ In A Year Or Two ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(666)▪︎[ Negative Thoughts … 8•3•2020 ]

[ My Head Is So Polluted By Negative Thoughts ]
[ So Much So ]
[ It Has Me Seeing Spots ]

[ Some Are Blue & Some Are Red ]
[ I Even See Them @ Night ]
[ When I Lay Down On My Bed ]

[ This Is What Keeps Me Awake ]
[ I Wonder ]
[ What Would Happen If I Put All Of My Thoughts Together ]
[ What Would I Make? ]

[ Would It Be A Picture Full Of Color? ]
[ Or … ]
[ Would It Be An Image Of My Brother? ]

[ My Brother Is Never Far From My Mind ]
[ Oh How I Wish I Had The Power To Rewind ]

[ But I Can Kick Myself For All Of The Things That I
Never Got Done ]
[ Then Life Would Suck ]
[ & It Would Cease Being Fun ]

[ I Have To Get Myself Out Of This Funk ]
[ I Have To Right This Ship That Has Almost Sunk ]
[ & Stop Thinking Of Junk ]

[ How Do I Resurrect? ]
[ How Do I Find The Path That Helps Me Connect? ]

[ Write It Out Is What I Say ]
[ Oh Hey ]
[ I Think That I Will Do It That Way ]
[ For Forever & A Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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