[005]▪︎[ The Yin & The Yang … 1•2•2022 ]

[ Learn. Fail. Learn. Fail. Learn More ]
[ Be More Flexible Than A Board ]

[ The (LEARN/FAIL) Combination Should Happen Throughout
Your Life ]
[ With The Exception Of Picking A Husband Or Wife ]

[ You Don’t Want To Have A Spinning Door When It Would Come
To Picking A Spouse ]
[ Then Having A Good Cat To Chase Down That Lone Mouse ]

[ All Through Life You Should Be Learning ]
[ The Desire Should Always Be Burning ]

[ You Have Never Met The Guy ]
[ That Is As Good As It Gets ]
[ On The First Try ]

[ But You Have To Make It Known ]
[ It Is Not Easy To Write A Poem ]

[ It Takes Quite A Long Time ]
[ To Write A Story That Will Rhyme ]

[ Even Having A Family There Are Times Of (LEARN/FAIL) ]
[ But It Might Be Too Late If Your Child Is Headed To Jail ]

[ But Jail/Prison Has Their Own Set Of Rules ]
[ But Those People Never Used All Of Their Tools ]

[ They Should Have Learned While Growing Up ]
[ Some People Never Filled Up Their Learning Cup ]

[ Learning & Failing Is All About Growing ]
[ But You Should Never Think That You Are All-Knowing ]

[ They Say That To Be Tough Is To Fragile ]
[ To Be Tender Is To Be Truly Fierce ]
[ With Most Things In Life, Learning Is Gradual ]

[ Would That Be The Yin & The Yang Of The Universe? ]
[ Either Do Or Succumb To This Way ]
[ Or Things Could Get Alot Worse? ]

[ Fragile, Is The Opposite Of Tough ]
[ The Opposite Of Smooth, Is Rough ]

[ You Must Know (1), To Know The Other ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Go Through The Discipline Of The
Father ]
[ To Truly Appreciate The Comfort Given To You By The Mother ]

[ Fail/Learn, Fail/Learn ]
[ Sometimes The Whole Lesson Is A Serious Burn ]
[ Or Gives You Something To Yearn ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[283]▪︎[ It Is Not Always A Bad Word … 4•18•2021 ]

[ A ][ 283 ][ IT IS NOT A BAD WORD … 4•18•2022 ]

[ To Some, The Word ]
[ Suicide ]
[ Is The Ugliest One That They Have Ever Heard ]

[ It Is Not The Easiest Way Out ]
[ It Is A Shout ]

[ For Help ]
[ Maybe It Is Because Of Their Health ]

[ I Watched My Dad Take His Own Life ]
[ Right When I Thought That I Was Starting Mine With Him ]
[ After He Came Back Over To Hawaii To Save Me From His Abusive
Wife ]

[ He Was Drunk & Arguing With His Girlfriend After Going To
Their Favorite Bar ]
[ It Was So Close ]
[ They Had No Reason To Use A Car ]

[ But From What The Police Found ]
[ There Were (2) Indentions On The Used Round ]

[ I Cannot Say That I Know What Was On My Dad’s Mind ]
[ @ The Time ]

[ His Actions Showed That He Had Been Thinking About
Murder/Suicide ]
[ Since The Round Did Not Fire The First Time, He Was The Only
Person That Died ]

[ Why Did He Want To Commit Murder? ]
[ Why Did He Want To Hurt Her? ]

[ He Never Left A Suicide Note ]
[ I Never Saw What He Wrote ]

[ If There Was Ever Anything To Read ]
[ A Note Explaining Himself To Leave ]

[ It Was A Downright Crime ]
[ That I Never Had Any Time ]

[ For Him To Be My Father ]
[ Maybe He Could Have Told Me About The Reasons For Being
Split From My Brother ]

[ I Wanted My Father To Teach Me For Many Years ]
[ I Am Sure I Shed Alot Of Tears ]

[ I Try To Remember Him (26) Years Later ]
[ It Would Be So Easy To Grow Up As A Hater ]

[ But I Haven’t, Why Should I? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[286]▪︎[ Being Fake … 4•18•2022 ]

[ Now The Best Thing That You Could Do ]
[ (YOU JUST NEED TO DO, YOU) ]

[ There Are No Longer Taker’s ]
[ Or Fakers ]

[ Isn’t That A Big Lie ]
[ But You Will Never Be Told Why ]

[ People Love Originality ]
[ People Want To See Your Personality ]

[ When Someone Is Being Fake & It Shows ]
[ What Would Be The Reason? ]
[ Nobody Knows ]

[ There Will Never Be A World When No One Fakes ]
[ Or Takes ]

[ There Will Always Be Someone Who Wants What Is Not Theirs’s ]
[ Not Everyone Will Be Generous & Shares ]

[ There Will Always Be (2) Countries @ War ]
[ There Will Be (1) Protecting Their Country ]
[ & (1) Ruler Of A Country Who Is Greedy & Evil Right Down
To Their Core ]

[ Now It Does Not Matter ]
[ The Gender ]

[ It Was So Easy To Be Fake When Everyone Was Wearing Their
Personal ‘VID Protection Device ]
[ Because You Couldn’t Tell If They Are Giving You Their Fake Nice ]

[ Who Could See You Being Angry Or Sorry ]
[ Did Your Eyes Show Your Worry? ]

[ You Would Have Been Worried When The First Customers Went
Into A Bank Wearing A Mask ]
[ Than The Tellers Held Their Breath ]
[ Wondering What The Customer Would Ask ]

[ For ]
[ Once The Customer Came Through The Door ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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[279]▪︎[ In Life … 4•16•2022 ]

[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ Are You Positive In What You Bring? ]

[ Some People Bring Love ]
[ In The Form Of A White Dove ]

[ Others Bring Hate ]
[ In The Form Of An Angry Mate ]

[ (2) People That Live Together ]
[ Feed Off Of Each Other ]

[ (1) Is Home Being Sad ]
[ The Other (1) Coming Home Not So Glad ]

[ A Word, A Gesture, A Negative Look ]
[ Some Words, Then A Flying Book ]

[ Then It Becomes World War (12) ]
[ Lately … They Have Not Been Doing Too Well ]

[ (1) Is Combustible & (1) That Follows ]
[ Not Always Knowing If The Words That Are Being Thrown @
Them ]
[ Are True Or Hollow ]

[ It Is Like Having Words Put Down In Front Of Them & They
Have To Find The Words That Were True ]
[ They Are Not Always In The Color Of Blue ]

[ & Where The Animals Are Not Tamed ]
[ But You Never Know The Neighbors Name ]

[ Why Does This Roommate Always Find Someone Who Abuses? ]
[ There Are No Right Answers ]
[ & There Are No Excuses ]

[ For Staying ]
[ There Are Always Reasons For Delaying ]

[ Everyone Has Seen You Pout ]
[ When You Were Put Out ]
[ & You Had Doubt ]

[ That Things Would Ever Stay The Same ]
[ Why Would You Go Back To The City Of Blame ]

[ You Have Bad Ideas Whichever Way That You Turn ]
[ Aren’t You Tired Of Getting Burned? ]

[ It Has To Be Taking Its Toll ]
[ It Has To Hurt Deep Down In Your Soul ]

[ Does Any Of This Ring A Bell? ]
[ Or Is Your Common Sense Shot To Hell? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[014]▪︎[ How Does She Matter? … 1•4•2022 ]

[ Does She Really Matter In Life? ]
[ The One & Only Woman That You Will Call Your Wife? ]

[ If She Does ]
[ Is It Just Because? ]

[ Or Are The Reasons For This ]
[ On A Generic (TO-DO) List? ]

[ Who Made It, Is There Is Always (1) For Each Man? ]
[ He Does What He Can Do ]
[ & He Does What He Can? ]

[ If It Involves Finances, Then That Is A Whole Different Horse ]
[ No (2) Men Are Alike ]
[ Neither Is Their Financial Source ]

[ Some Can Get It From A Rich Mom Or Dad ]
[ Another Is Checking The Newspaper For A Want-Ad ]

[ That Would Be The (3) Letter Word That Rich Kids Do Not Like ]
[ If Suzy Did Not Have To Get A Job, Why Does Mike? ]

[ The Biggest Way To Show A Woman That She Matters ]
[ Help Her Raise A Couple Of Kids That Goes (PITTER/PATTER) ]

[ Children To Be Exact ]
[ They Are Actually ½ Yours ]
[ & That Is A Matter Of Fact ]

[ Another Way Is To Wait ]
[ (12,000,000 Times Plus (8) ]

[ Sometimes You Take Her Fully Charged, Phone Chargers To
Make Sure ]
[ They Show Up In Her Purse ]
[ For Her ]

[ She Also Shares Them With Me ]
[ You Think That Is Why You Always Want Her To @ Least Have
(2) or (3) ]

[ You Are By The Phone For Every One Of Her Breaks ]
[ You Wait & Wait, No Matter How Long It Takes ]

[ There Are Other Scenarios & Different Ways ]
[ Different Times, Different Days ]

[ In Places To Eat, She Always Goes First ]
[ No Matter Your Hunger ]
[ No Matter Your Thirst ]

[ Even Though You Get There By (9) ]
[ Your Wife Always Goes In Front You ]
[ If There Happens To Be A Line ]

[ Not To Sound Mean ]
[ But Sometimes You Do Things For Your Wife That Are Never
Seen ]

[ You Will Always Wait For Her Outside Of Every Bathroom ]
[ You Will Wait For Her As The Groom ]

[ You Might As Well Do This Waiting Thing From The Very Start ]
[ The Way That You Show That She Really Matters ]
[ Is When You Give Her Your Heart ]

[ Through Years & Years Of This You Have Learned ]
[ That Even Though You Have That You Have Earned ]
[ None Of These Behaviors Will Ever Be Returned ]

[ That Can Not Be The Reason That You Do All Of This ]
[ Expecting Something For Yourself Would Be Hit & Miss ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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[016]▪︎[ There Is Too Much Doubt … 1•4•2022 ]

[ Whenever You Walk Into A Room, You Exude Confidence
In The Worst Of Times ]
[ Even Though You Witness The Worst Of Crimes ]

[ You Do That With A Smile On Your Face ]
[ If You Have Any Trepidation In Your Head ]
[ You Never Show A Trace ]

[ You Wish The Confidence Could Become Contagious, But
It Doesn’t ]
[ @ First It Was There For The Taking ]
[ But Then It Wasn’t ]

[ You Have Come A Long Ways Since The Incident That Caused
You To Have A Debilitating Case Of P.T.S.D. ]
[ But Then You Got Amazing Counseling That Set You Free ]

[ It Got You To Believe In Yourself ]
[ That Is The First Step If You Ever Plan On Helping Anyone
Else ]

[ When You Were Ill, It Was Well Known ]
[ That You Would Fall Over After The Wind Had Blown ]

[ But Nothing Worked Out ]
[ Because You Showed Too Much Doubt ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[278]▪︎[ Frustration … 2•14•2022 ]

[ As The Frustration Sets In ]
[ I Said To Myself (NOT THIS AGAIN) ]
[ Then I Think (I JUST CAN’t WIN) ]

[ So You ]
[ Think That This Is All Brand New? ]
[ Well Let Me Tell You A Thing Or Two ]

[ This Is Something Real ]
[ You Are Not Reinventing The Wheel ]

[ Here ]
[ Do I Make Myself Clear? ]

[ I’ve Tried & Tried ]
[ As He Has Lied & Lied ]
[ After All Of This Time ]
[ Part Of Me Has Actually Died ]

[ So Don’t Come In Here & Point Your Finger ]
[ @ All Of This ]
[ Because What Lingers ]
[ Is The Constant Diss ]

[ You Have Been Here A Grand Total Of About A Week ]
[ & I’ll Sit Here & Let You Speak ]

[ Your Piece ]
[ & I’ll Say Nothing ]
[ Just To Keep The Peace ]

[ So I Will Watch The Dances ]
[ & Give You The Many Chances ]

[ Because As You Think You Are Rearranging ]
[ His Attitude ]
[ I Say That The Only Thing That Is Changing ]
[ Is The Altitude ]
[ & Hanging ]
[ My Gratitude ]

[ You Have All Of These Ideas That You Think That Are Grand ]
[ Then I Will Sit Quietly ]
[ Wanting To Ask (AND?) ]
[ So Don’t Come @ Me Self-Righteously ]
[ Acting Like You Are In Command ]

[ Normally, Usually I Am A Very Calm Guy ]
[ But In MY Home ]
[ This Just Doesn’t Fly ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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[276]▪︎[ Passing Of His Dog … 4•14•2022 ]

[ When A Man Loses His Dog, It Can Be Devastating ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As Compensating ]

[ As Much As He Tries ]
[ There Are Moments When He Cries ]

[ A Man’s Best Friend ]
[ To The Very End ]

[ He Has Felt Pain Before, But Not This Kind ]
[ This Encompasses The Whole Mind ]

[ He Can’t Eat ]
[ This Is Something That Will Be Hard To Beat ]

[ His Dog Is With Him Every Minute That He Is Home ]
[ To The Dog, His Location Is Always Known ]

[ When The Dog Comes In From The Backyard, It Is His Owner
That He Seeks ]
[ Then Laying Right @ His Feet ]

[ He Does Not Care If His Legs Swell ]
[ Or His Feet Smell ]

[ A Man’s Dog Does Not Worry About The Weather ]
[ The Main Point Is That They Are Together ]

[ He Really Gets A Kick ]
[ When It Is Just The Two Of Them ]
[ Speeding Down The Backroads In His Truck, Listening To
Country Music ]

[ On The Other Hand, Without Fail ]
[ When The Man Comes Home From Work ]
[ The Dog Should Be By The Front Door Wagging It’s Tail ]

[ His Best Friend Follows Him Everywhere ]
[ How Many Times Has He Gotten Underneath Other People’s
Feet? ]
[ All Of The Time ]
[ How Many Times For Him, Never ]

[ His Dog Wants To Lick Everybody’s Face ]
[ When He Puts His Face, Nose To Nose ]
[ The Dog’s Tongue Stays In Place ]

[ A Reminder Of His Dog Is In Every Room In The House ]
[ This Is One Of Those Times When He Leans On His Spouse ]

[ The Memories That A Man Has With His Dog Are Many ]
[ The Number Of People Who Understand His Grief ]
[ Is Probably Not Any ]

[ Even Though His Best Friend Is Gone ]
[ Life Keeps Chugging On ]

[ The Man’s Grief Is Deep ]
[ He Doesn’t Get Much Sleep ]

[ He Stares @ His Dog’s Bed ]
[ How Does He Get Right In His Head ]

[ Wrong Body Part ]
[ The Hurt Is In His Heart ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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[262]▪︎[ My Dog Really Knows Me … 4•11•2022 ]

[ How Come My Dog Is Twice As Smart As All Of My Past
Rommates Combined? ]
[ She Doesn’t Bitch As Much ]
[ & (SHE) Looks Cute When She Wines ]

[ She Would Be Better Mannered @ The Kitchen Table ]
[ She Would Politely Ask For 2nds If Only She Was Able ]

[ She Would Always Leave The Seat Down For Any Other
Females In The House ]
[ She Would Always Clean Up Any Messes That Was Made ]
[ So It Would Not Fall Upon My Spouse ]

[ She Always Loves What She Just Ate ]
[ That Is Why She Always Cleans Her Plate ]

[ She Only Wakes Up Once To Be Let Out ]
[ She Lets Me Know By Pawing @ The Bed ]
[ Instead Of Banging On The Door & Not Letting Me Know
What It Is All About ]

[ My Dog Exercises With Ease ]
[ & I Never Have To Say (PLEASE) ]

[ I Throw Her Antler (1) Way ]
[ [ & She Brings It Back ]
[ She Could Go All Day ]
[ But That Would Give Her A Heart Attack ]

[ She Has Not Messed In The House Since She Was Young ]
[ I Wonder How Many Taste Buds Are On Her Tongue ]

[ I Really Have To Watch What Falls On The Floor ]
[ There Are Alot Of Ingredients That Could Put Her @ Death’s
Door ]

[ My Dog Is Getting Up There In Years ]
[ I Do Know That This Is Clear ]
[ That The Day She Passes I Will Shed A Thousand Tears ]

[ She Has Great Instinct On Who To Growl @ & When To Wag
Her Tail ]
[ She Makes A Great Guard Dog ]
[ Without Fail ]

[ I Wish That She Would Live Many Many More Years Than She
Is Supposed Too ]
[ But When Death Shows Up ]
[ What Can You Do? ]

[ I Always Make The Best Of The Time I Have With Her ]
[ (1) More Hour, (6) More Days ]
[ Nobody Knows For Sure ]

[ I Have Never Had A Dog That Reads My Emotions ]
[ She Shows Such Love & Devotion ]

[ I Could Put Her Food Down, Then Go & Get Mine ]
[ She Will Usually Not Eat Even A Bite ]
[ Until I Get Back, No Matter The Time ]

[ She Reads Me Like An Open Book ]
[ When I Had Had A Bad Day ]
[ She Slowly Walks Over & Gives Me Her Look ]

[ She Speaks Better Human Than I Do Dog ]
[ If I Gave Her A Brand New Laptop ]
[ Would She Contiribute To My Blog? ]

[ She Has Better Things To Do It Seems ]
[ She Comforts Me In The Night ]
[ If My Nightmare Causes Me To Scream ]

[ & To Think That A Worker @ The Shelter Tried To Put Us With
Her Brother ]
[ I Don’t How Many Times That I Told Her ]
[ (NO, WE WANT THE OTHER!) ]

[ I Am Hoping For Many More Years Having My Best Friend
Near ]
[ I Am So Thankful For All Of The Time That She Has Lived With
Me Here ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(020)▪︎[ Options … 1•6•2022 ]

[ Sometimes You Find Yourself In A Situation That Does
Not Make A Bit Of Sense ]
[ So You Ride The Fence ]

[ Do You Lean To The Left Or To The Right ]
[ Which One Of These Sides Is Worth The Fight ]

[ If You Go Left ]
[ Will You Be Full Of Regret? ]
[ Or Say That This Was A Good Bet? ]

[ Will Going Right Bring Light ]
[ Into A Situation That Has Lost It’s Sight ]

[ You Go Right, Because It Had The Most Options ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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