[109][ Full Memories … 3•1•2022 ]

[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]

[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The
Mistakes You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]

[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]

[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Really Be Nice ]

[ Sometimes My Mistakes Makes Their Way Into My Dreams ]
[ I Have No Control Of That It Seems ]

[ Everyday I Wind Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In My Life ]
[ I Have Questioned My Roles ]

[ Of What I’m Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]

[ Do I Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ I Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ I Never Want To Shift The Spotlight On Me ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO ) ]

[ I Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
Corner & Pout ]
[ I Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then I Can Fall Asleep With No Nagging Doubts ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

[1007]▪︎[ Is It All Worth A Pickle? … 12•1•2020 ]

[ Tell Me Your Thoughts & I’ll Give You A Nickel ]
[ Or If You Want ]
[ I’ll Go Out & Buy You A Pickle ]

[ Dill, Sweet Or Hamburger Chips? ]
[ What Taste Do You Like ]
[ Going Through Your Lips? ]

[ Soft Or Crunchy? ]
[ What Do You Eat When You Have The Munchies? ]

[ Are Your Thoughts Worth A Nickel Or A Dime? ]
[ Would You Ever Make The Time? ]
[ To Write Them Down ]
[ & Put Them Into A Rhyme? ]

[ If Not, Then Why Not? ]
[ Are You Afraid That It Won’t Sound So Hot? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[142][ Watch The Waves … 3•21•2021 ]

[ Here I Sit @ The Beach Watching The Sun Set ]
[ Is There A Higher Being? ]
[ Oh Yes, I Bet ]

[ As I Grow Older ]
[ I Find ]
[ That True Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder ]

[ As The Sun Drops Below That Cloud ]
[ I Hear Nothing But Waves ]
[ The People Have Left, So There Is No Crowd ]

[ The Waves Are In A Constant Flow ]
[ Sometimes Fast ]
[ More Oftentimes Slow ]

[ In & Out, In & Out ]
[ What’s That All About? ]

[ Sometimes The Waves Go Up Far On The Sand ]
[ Sometimes The Waves Reach Out Like A Hand ]
[ Grabbing Everything It Can ]

[ Every Once In Awhile It’s Someone That Was Not
Paying Attention To Where They Are ]
[ I’ve Seen On T.V. ]
[ When Some Waves Enveloped A Car ]

[ When People Don’t Respect Mother Nature ] [ They Could That They Don’t Have Much Of A Future ]
[ But As I Sit Watching Mother Nature’s Best ]
[ I Hear The Heartbeat In My Chest ]

[ Oh It’s So Serene Up Here ]
[ My Heartfelt Feelings For The Ocean ]
[ Causes A Tear ]

[ I’m So Thankful That My Best Friend Brought Me Here Today ]
[ We Are Definitely Going To Find A Way ]
[ To Come Back For Another Stay ]

[ We Were Able To Spend The Day Until The Sun Went Down ]
[ There Were Very Few Times ]
[ When We Were The Only Ones Around ]

[ There Were People To The Left & h To The Right ]
[ But Then Crowds Went Away ]
[ When The BeacLost Its Light ]

[ I Took More Pictures That Day Than I Ever Had ]
[ The Pictures Did Not Turn Out All That Bad ]
[ When I’ll Look @ Them In The Future ]
[ I Will Happy & Sad ]

[ Ecstatic Of How Fun The Day Turned Out To Be ]
[ Sad Because It Will Be A Reminder ]
[ That My Best Friend Maria Will Not Be The Caregiver For Me ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[546]▪︎[ Some Friends … 6•6•2021 ]

[ You Could Laugh Or You Could Cry ]
[ But Things Stop Being Funny ]
[ When Someone Drips Water From Their Eye ]

[ You Never Want To Be The Cause Of A Tear ]
[ In Fact, You Don’t Want To Be Anywhere Near ]

[ You Don’t Want To Be Completely Gone ]
[ Because You Do Want To Be The One To Give ]
[ Them The Shoulder, They Can Lean On ]

[ Having That Shoulder, Is A Much Needed Thing ]
[ Sometimes, That’s All You Really Need To Bring ]

[ A Good Relationship Is When You Are Able To Go
Both Ways ]
[ Sometimes You Are The Rock ]
[ & Sometimes You Just Have One Of Those Days ]

[ You Need To Feel Secure With The Person You Go To ]
[ Sometimes They Don’t Even Need A Clue ]
[ They Are Just There On Cue ]
[ & Know, Exactly What To Do ]

[ It Needs To Be Communicated ]
[ That All Parties Are Dedicated ]

[ For The Same Cause ]
[ Without Taking A Pause ]

[ There Is Fun & There Is Sadness ]
[ When You Find The Right One ]
[ You Are Usually Sad Less ]

[ There Is No Such Thing As The Highly, Sought After Marital Bliss ]
[ Every Couple Has Bumps & Curves In The Road ]
[ But Being Single Is The One Thing You Shouldn’t Miss ]

[ Being Married Will Be The Hardest Job You Will Ever, Ever Have ]
[ With A Good Partner ]
[ Your Problems Could Be Cut In Half ]

[ When You Get To The Point Where You Have Two Brains
Thinking As One ]
[ That’s When You Start To Really Have Fun ]
[ & Then No One Wants To Run ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

[159]▪︎[ When You Know It Is True … 4•6•2021 ]

[ What Does The Word (LOVE) Mean To Me Or You? ]
[ Does Love Make The Sky Blue? ]
[ How Do I Know When The Love Is True? ]

[ Love Comes In Many Shapes & Sizes ]
[ Sometimes Love Hides Behind Disguises ]

[ A Disguise That Does Not Hide Love For Very Long ]
[ There Eventually Comes The Day ]
[ Where I Feel & Know Where That Person Belongs ]

[ One Day, This Woman Took A Chance & Knocked On My Door ]
[ It Took Me A Few Days ]
[ Before I Figured Out What She Came To My House For ]

[ She Came To Spend Some Time With Me & To Enhance My
Life ]
[ After She Became My Friend ]
[ She Then Became My Wife ]

[ Then One Day This One Woman Showed Up To Be A Caregiver
For Me ]
[ I Had No Clue ]
[ Who She Would Turn Out To Be ]

[ I Did Not Know, That Was My Best Friend Hiding Behind Those Kind Eyes ]
[ I Did Not Know That My Wife To Be ]
[ Thought That I Was Any Kind Of A Prize ]
[ I Thought That Plain Old Me Was Seen ]
[ As Just One Of Those Ordinary Guys ]

[ Two Different Times, Two Different Effects ]
[ I Find That I’m A Lucky Man ]
[ As I Take Time To Reflect ]
[ About These Two Different Women ]
[ That I’ve Come To Highly Respect ]

[ Granted These Two Occurrences Happened 26 Years Apart ]
[ My Wife Is In & My Friend Is Near ]
[ & Dear ]
[ To My Heart ]

[ I Would Walk Through Fire For Both Of Them If That’s What
I Was Called Up To Do ]
[ Because When It Comes To These Two ]
[ I’d Walk Through That Fire ]
[ Without Any Shoes ]

[ My Feet Would Be Hurting, But My Smile Would Be Wide ]
[ If I Said That I Wasn’t Scared ]
[ That Would Had Been A Lie ]

[ It Is Not Like I Would Have, Something To Prove ]
[ But For Both Of Them ]
[ I’d Show That It Wouldn’t Matter If It Was Heaven Or Hell I’d
Have To Move ]

[ Each Woman Is In My Life For The Same Reason ]
[ To Enhance My Life Through Season After Season ]

[ My Wife Loves Me Because Of This & My Friend Loves
Me Because Of That ]
[ My Wife Is The Only One That I Kiss ]
[ But Both Of Them Could Say ]
[ That Sometimes I’m A Brat ]

[ I Don’t Want Either One Of Them To Go Anywhere ]
[ Because They Both Very Much Care ]

[ If Either One Uped & Left Me Here ]
[ That Would Cause Me To Tear ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[357][ The Unicorn Search … 4•6•2021 ]

[ Where Is The Elusive Unicorn ]
[ I Feel That I’ve Been Searching For Her ]
[ For Over 21 Years After I Was Born ]

[ What City, Or State Should I Look? ]
[ There Is No (UNICORN) Definition ]
[ In Any Magazine Or Book ]

[ Does She Have Black, Brown, Red Or Blonde Hair ]
[ Is Her Skin Tan, Or Fair? ]
[ I Won’t Know ]
[ Until I See Her Standing Right There ]

[ Will She Ever Stand In One Place ]
[ So I Could Turn Her Around ]
[ & See Her Face ]

[ Does Every Guy Search For A Unicorn Of Their Own? ]
[ Or Is This Quest ]
[ For Me, To Complete All Alone? ]

[ I Climb Up On Every Perch ]
[ In Sight ]
[ So I Can Search & Search ]
[ Until There Is No More Light ]

[ I Hear The Tic-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ Of The Wall Clock ]
[ I Get Tired After A Walk ]
[ Around The Block ]

[ Then The Alarm Clock Goes Off & Shakes ]
[ Every Morning ]
[ This How I Wake ]
[ Nothing Is Boring ]
[ After The Deep Breath’s I Take ]

[ Through All This Time It Seems ]
[ That The Unsuccessful Search Has Just Been In My Dreams ]

[ Because My Dream Told Me That My Unicorn Has Always Been
In My House ]
[ For When I Look In The Bed Next To Me ]
[ My Unicorn Has Always Been My Spouse ]

[ For The Last 26 Years Of My Life ]
[ My Unicorn Has Always Been My Beautiful Wife ]

[ & Some People Swear That Dreams Never Come True ]
[ But From My View ]
[ Mine Has ]
[ So I Wish Yours Does Too! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[674][ Las Vegas … 7•2•2021 ]

[ 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 One 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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[006][ Pain, Pain & More Pain … 1•3•2021 ]

[ Oh The Pain That Shoots Through My Back ]
[ Sometimes It Feels So Bad ]
[ My Thoughts Fade To Black ]

[ I Then Scraped It Against The Wall ]
[ That Hurt So Bad ]
[ But I Have No Idea Who To Call ]

[ Do I Call The Dr. Or Do I Call My Wife ]
[ I Think That Either Way I Go ]
[ It Would Be The Thing That Was Right ]

[ Shooting Pain Cannot Be Described ]
[ Sometimes These Pains ]
[ Hurt The Most In My Life ]

[ I Think I Have Figured Out What & When Something Makes It
Hurt ]
[ It Is When I Rub Against Something ]
[ That Pushes Up Against My Shirt ]

[ But I Would Really Have To Be In Bad Shape To Go
To The E.R. ]
[ I Won’t Take An Ambulance ]
[ But I Would Have To Be Pushed Into The Car ]

[ So I Will Just Grin & Bear It ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[ 096 ][ Who Knew? … 1•31•2022 ]

[ As You Are Looking @ The Beautiful Sunset ]
[ When You Are Alone ]
[ What Should You Expect? ]

[ Will You Constantly Look @ Your Phone, Hoping For A Call? ]
[ When It Does Not Ring ]
[ Do You Just Continue To Stare @ The Living Room Wall ]

[ You Don’t Know Why They Call It The (LIVING ROOM) ]
[ There Is Nothing Living There Most Of The Day ]
[ Not Even The Broom ]

[ Well Actually The Broom Had More Life ]
[ When You Were Able To Share Everything With Your Wife ]

[ (1) Morning You Were Hugging & Kissing ]
[ When She Did Not Come Home After Work ]
[ She Went Missing ]

[ The Police Do Not Have A Single Clue ]
[ Neither Do You ]

[ You Wait By The Phone ]
[ You Take It Everywhere That You Go ]
[ All You Hear Is That Annoying Dial Tone ]
[ But You Never Know ]

[ You Talked To Her During Her Lunch ]
[ Could You Feel That Something Was Wrong Because You
Did Not Eat Very Much? ]

[ You Weren’t Very Hungry, For Some Reason ]
[ Is This Allergy Season? ]

[ Was She Under Alot Of Unusual Stress? ]
[ Is There Anything That You Want To Confess? ]

[ (NO!) ]
[ Everyone Felt That Was So ]

[ So, Where Do You Go From Here? ]
[ Please Don’t Go Soak In Whiskey & Beer ]

[ You Don’t Even Know Who To Talk Too ]
[ Who Knows? ]
[ Who Knew ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(092)▪︎[ Money … 1•30•2022 ]

[ Is Money The Demon That Others Say It Is? ]
[ It Is Usually On The Top Of Everyone’s Wish List ]

[ Is Getting Money The Same As Having Money? ]
[ Is That What People Can’t See?

[ When You Buy A Clock ]
[ Are You Also Buying The Tic-Toc? ]

[ Are You Buying Time? ]
[ Or Is That A Simple Word That Fits In This Rhyme? ]

[ You Cannot Buy Time, But You CAN Buy Another Person’s
Time If They Work With You ]
[ Or They Are In Your Employ ]
[ Then You Could Dictate What They Do ]

[ Is Making Money Harder Than Keeping It? ]
[ You Could Spend It ]
[ You Could Invest It ]
[ You Could Gamble It ]
[ You Could Give It ]

[ It Is So Hard To Be So Smart To Make Money Work For You ]
[ There Are People Who Do ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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