[257][ After The Fall … 4•9•2022 ]

[ There Are Times, When ]
[ I Try To Begin ]
[ Again ]

[ I Knew That There Are Littles Chances ]
[ For What Some Compare To Dances ]

[ She Goes Out There & She Tries To Show You Her Best Move ]
[ So You Better Get In Your Best Groove ]

[ Her Head Goes Side To Side ]
[ Then She Runs & Slide ]
[ After She Stumbled ]
[ All She Wanted To Do Was Run & Hide ]

[ I Put My Hand Out To Help Her Up After Her Fall ]
[ I Did Not Blame Her @ All ]

[ Maybe She Tripped Over A Shoelace ]
[ I Think That We Could Make A Good Case ]

[ Now We Could Have A Good Laugh ]
[ Because Like Every Other Day ]
[ This Too Shall Pass ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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[092]▪︎[ From Bad To Worse … 1•30•2020 ]

[ Every Day, You Have The Choice Of Whether To
Laugh Or Cry @ Night ]
[ The Choice Makes All Of The Difference ]
[ When It Comes To Facing The Morning Light ]

[ One May Make You Tired & One Could Put Your
Mind @ Rest ]
[ Depending On The Circumstances ]
[ Sometimes It Would Be Hard To Figure Out Which
Emotion Would Be The Best ]

[ Sometimes Circumstances In Your Life Are Completely
Out Of Your Control ]
[ & There Are Incidents That Occur That Can
Hurt You ]
[ Like It Puts A Hole ]
[ In Your Soul ]

[ Those Are The Ones That You Do Not Want To
Remember ]
[ But Sometimes An Incident That Happens In Early
January ]
[ Can Still Be Fresh In Your Mind Through The 31st
Of The Next December ]

[ @ Times Your Heart May Forgive But Your Mind
Will Not Let ]
[ Your Memory To Ever Forget ]
[ Those Are The Times ]
[ When You Wonder What That Saying That Combines
The Two Ever Meant ]

[ When Your Soul Hurts ]
[ Your Mind Will Search ]

[ For Something To Help You Heal ]
[ Anything That Even Remotely Seems Real ]
[ Then, Something Good To Make You Feel ]

[ Whole Again ]
[ But You Can Never Control When ]
[ That Will Ever Begin ]

[ When You Feel Knocked Down ]
[ Don’t Have A Meltdown ]
[ While On The Ground ]

[ Up Is The Only Direction To Go ]
[ Even If You Have To Take It Slow ]
[ Just Know ]

[ That You Must Always Get Back Up ]
[ Don’t Breakup ]
[ Burnup ]
[ Or Give Up ]
[ No, Stand Up ]

[ After You Fall ]
[ Then Give It Your All ]
[ Before You Make The Call ]

[ To Call It A Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[112]▪︎[ Sorry We Met … 2•6•2020 ]

[ Why Is Taking The Road Less Traveled, The Hardest Between The Two? ]
[ Why Does That Bother You? ]

[ How Is One Harder Than The Other ]
[ How Hard Is It Going To Be ]
[ To Go Through Life Without A Father &/Or Mother? ]

[ Barbara & Don ]
[ Are Gone ]
[ & Now You Don’t Need To Continue To Feel Like
You’ve Been Being Played Like A Pawn ]

[ In Their Little Game ]
[ That Involved Two Different People ]
[ But Their Intentions Were The Same ]

[ But You Are Doing Just Fine ]
[ You’ve Done Okay ]
[ Without Their Love & Affection For A Very Long Time ]

[ You Never Did Find Out What Got Into Don’s Head ]
[ & You Never Will ]
[ Because Don Held His Grudge Until He Was Dead ]

[ & Wouldn’t You Know ]
[ He Didn’t Tell A Soul ]

[ Barbara, On The Other Hand ]
[ Is The One Who Verbally Tossed You Off Of Her
Land ]
[ Because It Was Not A Request That You Leave Her Life ]
[ It Was More Like A Demand ]

[ She Made Her Points Plain & Simple ]
[ She Did It With Such Ease ]
[ It Was Like She Was Popping A Pimple ]

[ But You Do Confess ]
[ That You Did Leave ]
[ Without Causing A Scene ]
[ Or Making A Mess ]

[ You Hope They Are Together In Hell ]
[ Right In The Middle Of A Large, Loud, Obnoxious Rave ]
[ Because, Well ]
[ They Took Their Hatred & Grudge, To Their Grave ]

[ You Hope Towards The End Of Their Life Of Anger They Were
Lonely & Deep In Thought ]
[ You Hope They Reminisced About What They’ve Got ]

[ Oh, Excuse Me, It’s What They HAD ]
[ Because When They Adopted Robin & You ]
[ They Were Supposed To Step Into The Role Of A Loving
Mom & Dad ]

[ That Never Happened, You Would Have To Say ]
[ Not Tomorrow Or Even The Next Day ]
[ There Will Be No How, Or No Way ]

[ Will You Show That Emotion When It Comes To Them ]
[ Just Having That Thought, Causes Your Throat To Fill
Up With Phlegm ]

[ That’s Not Really A Good Feeling ]
[ So When Your Time Is Up ]
[ You Will Be Laying Back, Staring @ The Ceiling ]

[ When It Comes To Those Two, You’ll Bet ]
[ The Only Regret ]
[ That You’ll Have ]
[ Is That You Even Met! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[114]▪︎[ How Does One Deal? … 2•6•2020 ]

[ How Does Someone Deal With The Loneliness? ]
[ A Bit Of The Onliness ]

[ Do You Push Aside ]
[ Your Pride ]
[ So Your Emotions Are Not Taken On An Up & Down Ride ]

[ Are You Checked On? ]
[ Maybe Twice ]
[ Does It Feel Wrong ]
[ It Didn’t Feel Nice ]

[ But They All Gathered & Made Themselves A Team ]
[ That Sounds So Special ]
[ Kind Of Like A Dream ]

[ Oh Everybody Came Together In Harmony ]
[ You Almost Expected Some Kind Of Home Made Melody ]

[ They Each Could All Have Their Own Part ]
[ & Express The Happy Feelings That Come From The Heart ]

[ Now They’re Having A Laugh A Minute ]
[ You Just Guess That Your Heart Isn’t In It ]

[ They’re Right, You Could Have Come In There @ Any Time ]
[ You Feel It’s Much More Important To Write Another Rhyme ]

[ Do You Join In Or Stand Back? ]
[ Feeling Wanted Is What This Lacks ]

[ You Just Have Too Thin ]
[ Of Skin ]
[ Where’s The Vodka ]
[ Where’s The Gin? ]
[ Oh, There’s The Tequila ]
[ Let The Drinking Begin! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ Before The Day Is Done … 12•10•2020 ]

[046][ They Just Don’t … 1•12•2022 ]

[ People Don’t Change, Times Do ]
[ When You Have Food In Your Mouth ]
[ Can You Do Anything But Chew? ]

[ The World Can Chew You Up & Spit You Out ]
[ It Will Show You What Pain Is All About ]
[ You Can Shout ]
[ All You Want ]
[ & Pout ]
[ Until Your Face Looks Gaunt ]

[ When Your Body Runs Out Of Energy ]
[ & You Fall To Your Knees ]
[ How Will You Be? ]

[ Your Eyes Have Witnessed Quite Alot For Someone @
Your Young Age ]
[ Happiness, Sadness, Joy, Frustration ]
[ & An Awful Lot Of Rage ]
[ Sometimes You’ve Come Across People So Angry ]
[ You’d Think They Had Spent The Last Couple Of Years
Locked Up In A 10′ By 10′ Cage ]

[ But They Say That’s What Prison Can Do To A Guy ]
[ Especially When He Gets Convicted Of A Crime ]
[ That Makes Everybody Ask Each Other (WHY?) ]

[ Why Was He Convicted, Everyone Knows He Was Framed? ]
[ The Powers That Be Said That He Did It ]
[ & They Put Him Out There To Be Blamed ]
[ When He Was Put Into A Pit ]
[ Things For Him, Were Never The Same ]

[ When Society Put Him Into That Role ]
[ He Lost His Soul ]
[ He Was Put Into An Impossible Situation ]
[ Like Trying To Climb A Greased Pole ]

[ How Could He Do That Task? ]
[ He Definitely Could Not Do It Fast ]
[ Even When Asked ]

[ So How Do You Bring Someone Back ]
[ After They’ve Been Mentally Attacked? ]

[ Can Anyone Come Back & Be Like They Were? ]
[ That Is One Thing Where People Are Not So Sure ]

[ But They Try, Try, Try Their Best ]
[ Most Eventually Give Up ]
[ & Put Their Past Life To Rest ]

[ Then They Become A Shell Of The Person That They
Used To Be ]
[ & In Their Mind ]
[ Their Soul Will Never, Ever Be Totally Free ]

[ Give Up, Give In & Then Say Goodnight ]
[ All They Can Say ]
[ Is That They Have No More Fight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[236][ Missing … 3•20•2021 ]

[ Right Now My Heart Goes Out To My Best Friend ]
[ I Am So Concerned ]
[ & I Don’t Know What I Should Do Or Send ]

[ I Know That You Feel Like You Have A Big Hole In Your
Chest That Is Trying Really Hard To Suck You
Into ]
[ That Leaves Me Confused ]
[ Because I Don’t Know What I Am Supposed To Do ]

[ Do I Call Or Text? ]
[ I Am Confused & Perplexed ]
[ After I Do Something, I Am Still Wondering About
What Do I Need To Do Next? ]

[ I Would Watch Over Your Two Kids If That Is What Was
Needed ]
[ I Am So Glad That You Broke It Off With That Big Boobed
Blonde ]
[ Because She Was Sooooooo Conceited ]

[ How Can A Person Live With Themselves ]
[ & Not Show Care To Anyone Else ]

[ Nothing Can Replace Those Who My Friend Has Lost ]
[ Now I Need To Keep Him Away From The Many Bottles
Of Sauce ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[243][ It Seems So Hard … 3•23•2021 ]

[ Sometimes My Eyes Hear Things That I Can’t Taste ]
[ & My Shoes No Longer Sounds The Same ]
[ When They Are Fastened By Velcro When They Are Tied
Around My Waist ]

[ I Can Hear Grass Growing Many Minutes Away ]
[ I Wonder How Many Times I Blink )
[ During The 25 Hours Of The Day ]
[ That Would Be An Interesting Thing To Understand
If I Had Time To Think ]

[ Think About What ]
[ How Your Glasses Fit On Your Butt? ]

[ Your Shoes ]
[ Cannot Hear The News ]

[ It Cannot Read Either ]
[ They Don’t Have Any Say In The Weather ]

[ But When You Put Out Your Hand ]
[ It Rains Whenever You Give The Command ]

[ & Your Toes ]
[ Nose ]

[ How Those Other Guys ]
[ Plays Music That Feels Gentle On Your Eyes ]

[ But It Was Never Clear ]
[ How Onions Brings Tears ]
[ To Your Ears ]

[ You Cannot Beat ]
[ How Voracious That Your Feet ]
[ Can Eat ]
[ Whenever You Were Sleeping On Your Seat ]

[ But I Don’t ]
[ Have The Time ]
[ Then I Won’t ]
[ Continue This Rhyme ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[066][ Fate, A Very Fickel Word … 1•17•2020 ]

[ What Is Fate ]
[ Is It When You Walk Through That Gate ]
[ & Find Your Life’s Mate ]

[ How Do Know For Sure ]
[ That Your Future ]
[ Is Being With Her? ]

[ How Do You Really Really Know? ]
[ Is Life Like One Of Those Black & White Movie Shows ]
[ Say It ‘Aint So ]

[ What If The Feelings Are Not Returned? ]
[ Would You Feel Burned? ]

[ But If You Know Deep Down That She’s The One ]
[ Convince Her Not To Run ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[228][ Not By This Don … 3•19•2021 ]

[ What Is It About A Man That Really Makes Him A Man? ]
[ Is There A Test To Be Taken ]
[ Just To Show How Much He Can? ]

[ Hammer In A Nail? ]
[ Deliver Milk Or The Mail? ]
[ Stay Away & Out Of Prison Or Jail? ]

[ You Have Never Seen That Test ]
[ That Would Help You Be The Best ]

[ You Always Thought That You Would Be Taught How To Be
A Man By Your Father ]
[ But Ever Since They Took You Into Their House ]
[ Don Asked Himself ( WHY SHOULD I BOTHER? ) ]

[ Don Would Had Rather Forget ]
[ The Day The Both Of You Met ]

[ You Thought You Were Supposed To Eventually Walk In
His Shoes ]
[ But You Saw All Of The Social Cues ]
[ That Showed You All Of The Clues ]

[ Don Did Not Gain A Son ]
[ He Gained An Annoyance ]
[ You Guess To Know When He Was Done ]
[ You Needed To Be Clairvoyant ]

[ Don Never Wanted To Teach Or Coach ]
[ He Looked @ You As If You Were A Roach ]

[ He Just Wanted To Sweep This Life Size Bug ]
[ Right Under The Rug ]

[ Not Ever Taking The Time ]
[ & Give You Direction In Life ]
[ On How To Save A Dime ]

[ Never Showing You How To Make A Roast ]
[ Or Even Teaching You How To Make Perfect Toast ]
[ All He Ever Did Was Dream Of Living @ The Coast ]

[ Not One Single Day Did He Invest ]
[ So All That He Did ]
[ Was To Move To The Beach To Enjoy The Sunsets ]

[ Every Wednesday Night He Would Leave The House To Be A
Mentor To Boys That He Didn’t Know ]
[ Where Were Your Oats That You Deserved To Sow? ]

[ He Was Always Happy When He Was There ]
[ But @ Home, He ALWAYS Showed That He NEVER Cared ]

[ Not One, Tiny, Little Bit ]
[ So All The While That You Were Growing Up ]
[ You Must Have Not Been Worth A Shit ]
[ So You Always Bit ]
[ Your Lip ]
[ & Put Up With All Of It ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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