(700)▪︎[ What? … 8•15•2020 ]

[ Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days When Nothing
Made Sense? ]
[ & When You Go Into The Backyard ]
[ You Notice That There Are Two Tents? ]

[ Then You Felt Like Such A Goof ]
[ When You Stumbled Off Of The Roof ]
[ & Broke Your Last Tooth? ]

[ What Do You Do Now With A Crooked Smile? ]
[ When All You Want To Do ]
[ Is Run In The Long River Of Denial ]

[ Walk Then Run Until You Reach The Dry Land ]
[ Is Living A Want? ]
[ Or A Demand? ]

[ Grass Clippings In The Dishwasher, Shampoo In The
Sink ]
[ How Your Journey Has Come To This Point ]
[ Has You Ice Skating On The Roller Rink ]

[ Where Do You Dough From Here? ]
[ As You Cough Up Another Tear ]
[ Your Steak Does Not Taste Quite Right ]
[ When You Sneeze In Your Beer ]

[ When The Sun Rises In The West ]
[ Does It It Help You Grow Hair On Your Chest? ]
[ Or Do You Go To The Grocery Store Looking For Ice Cream
That Is Good, Better, Best? ]
[ After You Run Home Backwards ]
[ Then You Can Rest ]

[ When You Turn On The Light, Does That Help You Sleep? ]
[ Or Do You Stand In The Shallow End Of The Pool ]
[ & Only Splash Around When The Water Is Deep? ]

[ Life Is Really Confusing When You Open Your Ears ]
[ When You Fall Out Of Bed In The Afternoon ]
[ Do You See The Thunderous Cheers? ]

[ A Snake On The Floor Beats A Bird In The Hand ]
[ Will Anyone Feel It ]
[ When You Give That Command? ]

[ Nothing Makes Cents As Long As Your Knee ]
[ Life Is Really Confusing When Your Eyes Yell @ Me ]

[ Ice Cream, Ice Cream Is Always Cold On The Brain ]
[ Sometimes When You Eat It So Fast ]
[ It Feels Like You Are Swimming On A Train ]

[ Around & Around The Eyeballs Go ]
[ When Will The Stop Light Turn Yellow ]
[ You Will Never Know ]

[ Life Gets So Confusing When You Have To Say The
Alphabet Backwards In Numerical Order ]
[ Anybody Up For Burger King ]
[ As You Run For The Border? ]

[ A Taco From Baskin Robbins Sure Sounds Good Right
Now ]
[ But Since You Don’t Have A Car To Walk With ]
[ You Really Won’t Figure Out How ]

[ You Can Pick Up The Order That You Sent In Long
Before Yesterday ]
[ You Have Been Meaning To Get It ]
[ Since The 31st Of May ]

[ Life Sure Does Get Confusing The Younger You Get ]
[ You Are Sure Glad That You Have Known Me ]
[ Ever Since We Met ]

[ Make Sure You Don’t Break When You Only Mean To
Bend ]
[ So Now There Is No Need To Start Over ]
[ Once You’ve Started @ The End ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(033)▪︎[ It Is Your Fault … 1•10•2022 ]

[ Some Say That Nothing Is Fair ]
[ In Life ]
[ Because Some Show That They Care ]
[ By Showing You The Business End Of Their Knife ]

[ Some People Bake ]
[ Most People Take ]

[ You Have To Sort Out Which Is Which ]
[ Who Is Your Wife ]
[ & Stay Away From The Neighborhood Bitch ]

[ She Will Always Be Up To No Good ]
[ & When She Is Confronted ]
[ She Will Say That Her Intentions Were Misunderstood ]

[ Her Main Objective Is To Get In-Between Couples ]
[ Because In Her Eyes ]
[ She Doesn’t Like To See Doubles ]

[ She Will Try To Cause Strife ]
[ Between You & Your Wife ]

[ When Your Wife Is Walking Out The Front Door ]
[ She Wants To Give You Her Back Door ]

[ She Tries To Disrupt How You Live ]
[ By Her Letting You Do To Her ]
[ What Your Wife Won’t Give ]

[ This Is A Tornado That You Do Not Want Any Part Of ]
[ This Woman Wants The Opposite Of Love ]

[ Once She Has Her Claws In You She Won’t Let Up ]
[ She Wants To Work Them In Deep ]
[ Until You Are Cut ]

[ She Will Put Up This Fake Facade That You Are Wanted ]
[ This Is Just One Way That You Are Taunted ]

[ Once She Has You In Her Grasp, She Won’t Let Go ]
[ Right When You Think You Know ]

[ What Is Going On ]
[ She Emptied Your Safe & Was Gone ]

[ Even Though You Thought That Was So Wrong ]
[ You Need To Stand Strong ]

[ Because To Quench Your Cheating Thirst ]
[ You Were Really Wrong First ]

[ You Brought Her Into Your Life, Not The Other Way Around ]
[ You Were The One Lookin For Trouble ]
[ & She Was What You Found ]

[ You May Not Have Been Looking For THAT Much, But She Was
What You Found @ The Time ]
[ You Were Wealthy With Your Wife By Your Side ]
[ Now You Are Straddled With A Woman That Is Not Worth A
Dime ]

[ To Find Fault In All Of This, You Just Need To Look In The
Mirror ]
[ When You See Your Reflection ]
[ You Don’t Have The Right To Shed A Tear ]
[ Because You Were The One That Got Yourself Here ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1046)▪︎[ Totally Mislead … 12•12•2020 ]

[ In Today’s World, Life For Some, Is Filled With So Much Sorrow ]
[ Some Are Wondering About Today ]
[ & Then Dreading Tomorrow ]

[ Some Have Lost Everything ]
[ When They Go Home ]
[ They Cannot Find Anything ]

[ Their Belongings Are Just Gone ]
[ & The Massive Fires Keep Moving On ]

[ Destroying Everything In It’s Path ]
[ This Was The Utmost Worst Of Mother Nature’s
Wrath ]

[ That Has Ever Been Done ]
[ When Mother Nature Is Wielding A Loaded Gun ]

[ Get In Their Cars & Drive Fast ]
[ But Stay In Control ]
[ Everything Is Now In The Past ]

[ It Is Sad That Some Memories Will Eventually Fade ]
[ Through Time ]
[ Making Room For The New One’s Made ]

[ The Fires Just Came Out Of Nowhere ]
[ All @ The Same Time ]
[ There Was No One Out There ]
[ That Knew That The Elements Were Prime ]

[ For Fire ]
[ Causing Disasters From Downed Wires ]

[ & From Unusually Bad Lightning Storms ]
[ That Was Way Out Of The Norm ]

[ The Top Authorities Thought That COVID-19 Wasn’t
Going To Be That Bad ]
[ & When You See People Without Masks ]
[ That Can Make You Mad ]

[ Then The Fires Came ]
[ & Now, Nothing Will Ever Be The Same ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(709)▪︎[ Youthful Years … 8•19•2020 ]

[ Does Youth Always End With A Heart Ache? ]
[ Why Must Relationships During That Time ]
[ End With A Heart Break? ]

[ But Then Again, A Few Survive ]
[ Through The Years ]
[ & Some Live Their Lives ]
[ Crying Many Tears ]

[ Why Is It That Most Don’t Make It? ]
[ Is It That They Are Unable To Wade Through A Little Bit ]
[ Of Shit ]

[ But When Some Grow Old ]
[ They Don’t Turn Cold ]
[ & Just Fold ]

[ Carrying On A Long Relationship Is Definitely Not A
Piece Of Chocolate Cake ]
[ There Will Be Plenty Of Mistakes ]
[ That You’ll Make ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(713)▪︎[ The Sword … 8•20•2020 ]

[ Sometimes Life Seems To Be A Double Edged Sword ]
[ There Seems To Be Times ]
[ When It Gets Hard To Remember What You Are Walking
Towards ]

[ One Little Slip & You Could Fall Off Of Your Path ]
[ One Day You Could Wake Up ]
[ & Find That You No Longer Can Do Simple Math ]

[ Does 2+2 Still Add Up To Four In Your Head? ]
[ You Are Pleasantly Surprised That You Are Not Always
Cloudy ]
[ Because Of Your Huge List Of Meds ]

[ You Take This Med Because Of That ]
[ You Take Another Med For This ]
[ There Has To Be One For The Pain In Your Back ]
[ On That Long List ]

[ If There Is Not One, There Should ]
[ If You Had A Prescription For One, You Could ]
[ If You Had One To Take, You Would ]

[ The Double Edged Sword Part Comes Into Play When
Something Happens That Is Seen As Being Bittersweet ]
[ On One Hand Something May Fit In Your Life Nice & Neat ]
[ But On The Other Side You Could Feel Like You Had Just Been Knocked
Off Of Your Feet ]
[ & The Good Feelings That You Were Just Having Now Has To
Take A Backseat ]

[ If A Really Good Friend Gave You News That Was Hard To Take ]
[ Would The News Make ]
[ You Shake? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(029)▪︎[ The New? … 1•8•2022 ]

[ Sometimes The Ones That Motivate You The Most ]
[ Are The Ones That Believe In You The Least ]
[ Those Are The Ones That You Toast ]
[ When Looking @ The Stars In The East ]

[ You Cannot Please, Most Of The People, All Of The Time ]
[ But When You Are In For A Nickel ]
[ You Should Be In It For A Dime ]

[ When You Look Deep Down Into Your Soul ]
[ Do You See Fire ]
[ Or Do You See Unused Coal? ]

[ Never Write, What You Do Not Mean ]
[ Never Be In Public, When Making A Scene ]

[ You Should Gather Up All Of That Unused Fuel ]
[ Use It & Love It ]
[ Like It Is A Priceless Jewel ]

[ Project Your Voice, As If You Were Using A Megaphone ]
[ If You Don’t Know How To Use It ]
[ Ask For It To Be Shown ]

[ Insist That Family Comes First ]
[ No Matter Your Own Hunger ]
[ No Matter Your Own Thirst ]

[ Life Does Not Come With A Remote Control ]
[ Nobody Wants Someone To (ROCK) ]
[ When They Should (ROLL) ]

[ There Is Never A (MUTE) Button When It Is Needed ]
[ But If They Do Go Quiet ]
[ You Have Succeeded ]

[ Success Is Measured Differently By Each Person That
Seeks It ]
[ Some Get Flowers & Awards ]
[ While Others Just Get Shit ]

[ You Can Never Gauge Loss Unless You Have Winners ]
[ You Cannot See Angels ]
[ If You Can’t See Sinners ]

[ Because You Cannot Know How Much You’ve Got ]
[ Until The Winning Has Stopped ]

[ Possessions Are Not The Measurement On Which You Are
A Man ]
[ Or All Of His Failures ]
[ Or All That He Can ]

[ A Man Should Be Measured By What He Reflects In The Mirror ]
[ Are His Eyes Clear? ]
[ Is He Filled With Fear ]
[ About Losing All That He Holds Dear? ]

[ That Would, Should & Could Be The Norm ]
[ In A Breakable Form ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(022)▪︎[ Pain … 1•6•2022 ]

[ Some Say That Solace Must Be Discovered ]
[ If You Lose It, Can It Be Recovered? ]

[ Sometimes Loneliness Can Zap Your Powers ]
[ You Can’t Wash Lonely Off In The Showers ]

[ It Would Be Nice If It Was Tangible & You Could Wash It
     Off Of Your Back, Like Dirt ]
[ The Same Goes For Hurt ]

[ Both Of Those Are A Feeling ]
[ Both Of Those Could Send You Reeling ]

[ There Are Different Ways Of Getting Or Being Lonely In Life ]
[ The Worst Way ]
[ Would Be Losing Your Husband Or Wife ]

[ That Would Then Give You The Hurt That You Would Never
     Have Dreamed Of ]
[ All Because You Lost The One Person Who Was Supposed
     To Be YOUR Lifetime Love ]

[ That Kind Of Hurt Gives All Kinds Of Pain ]
[ That Kind Never Wanes ]

[ That Kind Of Pain You Can Not Wash Off ]
[ There Is More Pain When You Feel Totally Lost ]

[ Pain Is Pain ]
[ It Is What Everyone Disdains ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1086)▪︎[ Just Passing Through … 8•25•2019 ]

[ There Are Times When You Want To Take Your Mind ]
[ & Go Inside ]
[ To Run & Hide ]

[ You Hide From The Inside Out ]
[ Hurry, Hurry ]
[ There Is No Time To Pout ]

[ You Can Hide From The Outside World ]
[ You Hide From The Other Boys & Girls ]
[ When You Close Your Eyes ]
[ You Only See The Circles & Swirls ]

[ Swirls Where There Is No Beginning Or End ]
[ Lines That Keep Moving ]
[ None Of Them Straight ]
[ They All Just Bend ]
[ The Colors Blend ]

[ Together Into One Big Mixture ]
[ Can You Grab Ahold Of One Stable Fixture? ]
[ Are You Sure? ]

[ How Do You Keep Your Feet Planted Firmly On The
Ground ]
[ If You Got Lost Now ]
[ Would You Ever Be Found? ]

[ & Return Things To Normalcy? ]
[ Is Normal A Fallacy? ]

[ What Exactly Is Meant By Normal? ]
[ Is That The Time, When Sanity Is Formal? ]

[ It Gets All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go? ]
[ Are Things Going Fast ]
[ Or Can You Get It To Go Slow? ]

[ What Is False & What Is True? ]
[ Why Not Judge Me By The Things That I Say (NO)
To? ]

[ Like There Are Things That You Won’t ]
[ Let Happen ]
[ & Times Where You Don’t ]
[ Let Things Dampen ]

[ The Other Persons Mood ]
[ With A Bad Attitude ]
[ Because That Would Be Rude ]

[ Please Take Away The Things That Are Bad ]
[ Please Hide The Things That Make Others Sad ]

[ Add More Things That Make Them Smile ]
[ Let You Sit & Think Of Those Things For Awhile ]
[ No, Do Not Reach For That Dial ]

[ Not Just Yet ]
[ Things Are So Much Better When The Goals Have
Been Met ]
[ Life Is Such An Up & Down Event ]
[ There Are Times When I Wonder Where The Years,
Went ]
[ Do I Ask? ]
[ Was It Time Well Spent? ]

[ There Are Some Days You’re Down & Some Days
Where You’re Up ]
[ Just Like Some Days You Have Alot To Say ]
[ But Other Days You Just Want To Keep Your Mouth
Shut ]

[ There Are Days When You Catch Yourself Sitting
Back Watching Life Go By ]
[ You Tell Yourself No Lie ]
[ There Are So Many Things Happening Where You
Wonder (WHY?) ]

[ Why Did You Do This Or Why Did You Do That? ]
[ Do You Have Nine Lives, Like A Cat? ]

[ How Do You Stay On Task? ]
[ How Do You Make This Thought Last? ]

[ Thoughts Float In & Out Like Clouds Floating
Through ]
[ Do You Ever Think Of Some Things Like This Too? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(687)▪︎[ What You Have Been Dealt … 8•11•2020 ]

[ Sometimes You Just Have To Live With The Cards That You
Have Been Dealt ]
[ Because Time After Time ]
[ You Have Been Left With Welt After Welt ]

[ From All Of The Punches That Have Been Thrown ]
[ & Now Because Of All The Lies That Are Now Brightly Shown ]
[ This All Gets In Your Way ]
[ Because So Many Opportunities Have Been Blown ]

[ It All Starts To Weigh You Down ]
[ Turns A Smile Into A Frown ]
[ Turns The Green Leaves Brown ]

[ All Because Of What? ]
[ The Compliments That End With … But? ]
[ You Would Had Rather That They Were Never Said ]
[ Because They Cut ]

[ Sentences That Are Left Hanging ]
[ Conflicts That Are Not Changing ]

[ Sometimes You Feel That None Of This Matters ]
[ & The Window Showing Your Dreams ]
[ Completely Shatters ]

[ Sending Shards Of Glass Everywhere ]
[ But Nobody Cares ]
[ Everyone Just Stands There ]
[ & Stares ]

[ But You Stand Up & Do Your Best ]
[ To Wipe The Glass Off Of Your Head ]
[ & Chest ]

[ & Just Leave Without Saying A Word ]
[ Then Thinking ]
[ The Silence Was The Loudest Sound That You Had Ever
Heard ]
[ & Then @ The Last Moment ]
[ You Turn Around & Give Them The Bird ]

[ & Walk Away Laughing & Laughing ]

[ Because You Can See ]
[ That You Are Walking Away Totally Free ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(732)▪︎[ The Rising Water … 8•29•2020 ]

[ How Do You Keep Your Head Above The Rising
Water? ]
[ When The Air Around You Keeps Getting Hotter? ]

[ You Want To Dip Your Head Under To Feel Cool ]
[ But The Water Seems To Be Getting So High ]
[ You Have To Stand Up On Your Tallest Stool ]

[ If You Hold Your Breath, You Think You’ll Be Fine ]
[ Life On One Side, Death On The Other ]
[ They Are Just Separated Down The Middle By A Thin Line ]

[ If You Lean To The Right Will You Have Regret ]
[ But When You Look Around ]
[ You Don’t See That Anyone Is Left ]

[ Right Or Wrong ]
[ Having Blind Faith In Others ]
[ Proved That The Bond Was Not Strong ]

[ Two Or Three Have Stayed ]
[ They Never Strayed ]

[ & That Is All That You Have To Say ]
[ About Any Of This ]
[ Right Now On This Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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