(1070)▪︎[ Socks Needed … 12•25•2021 ]

[ Whenever You Reach Out, Is There Always Someone There? ]
[ Are They There For Kicks & Giggles? ]
[ Or Is It Because They Care? ]

[ It Is Tough, To Remain Empty Handed ]
[ Because Helping You, Has Never Been Demanded ]

[ Sometimes, You Go About Life All Alone ]
[ You Turn On Your Phone ]
[ & Get Nothing, But The Dial Tone ]

[ It Is Hard To Look @ Your Message Emoji ]
[ There Is Never, A Number To See ]

[ You Are On A Solitary Path ]
[ Just Like Doing Your Problems, In Math ]

[ You Think Things, Through In Your Head ]
[ You Always Retain, What You Just Read ]

[ You Do Your Walking, Mostly @ Night ]
[ The Moon & Stars, Make Quite The Sight ]

[ Where You Go, Is Not Planned ]
[ There Are No Timed, Demands ]

[ You Seek Shelter, When It Rains Or It Is Too Hot ]
[ To Walk ]

[ You Eat, When You Are Able ]
[ Sometimes, Kind Hearted People Invite You To Eat With Them ]
[ @ Their Table ]

[ Those Are The Ones ]
[ That You Steal Everything From ]

[ You Tie Everybody Up, After You All Eat ]
[ You Throw Their Shoes Out The Back Door ]
[ So They Would Be Left, With Bare Feet ]

[ When You Find A Bigger Backpack Than Yours ]
[ So Then You Will Leave Your Old One By The Garage Doors ]

[ When You Say Everything, Well This Might Come Across
Quite Odd ]
[ The Only Things That You Steal, Are The Men’s Socks ]

[ Having Dry, Clean Socks Is A Must ]
[ You Feel Kind Of Bad, To All Of The Ones Who You Gave
False-Trust ]

[ Not Too Many People Go To The Police To Report This Kind
Of Theft ]
[ You Always Make Sure There Was (2) Or (3) Pairs Of Socks Left ]

[ If They Only Had (5), You Would Leave (2) ]
[ You Always Thought That Was The Polite Thing To Do ]

[ You Made Sure That The Family Has Been Comfortable Where
They Were @ ]
[ Maybe A Pillow Where They Sat ]

[ One Thing You Loved To Do Was Stop In People’s Houses &
Take Long Showers ]
[ You Always Made Sure The Dog Had Fresh Water & Food To
Eat For The Next Couple Of Hours ]

[ You Made The Time To Do Your Dirty Laundry & Your Shoes ]
[ You Go Your List Of Don’ts & Do’s ]

[ On Your Way Out, You Apologize For The Bad Situation You
Put The Family In ]
[ Then You Ask Them (1) Question ]
[ (WILL YOU EVER LET THIS HAPPEN, AGAIN?) ]

[ You Hope Not ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(562)▪︎[ A Horrible Memory … 4•18•2019 ]

[ PTSD Is A Horrible Thing To Go Through Life With ]
[ Some People Say (GET OVER IT) ]
[ (KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP) ]
[ Well Those People Who Like To Shoot From The Hip ]
[ Think They Know How It Is ]
[ But They Don’t Know Shit ]

[ Take The Worst Thing That Ever Happened To You ]
[ Remember The Feelings, Fear Or Fright ]
[ Times That By Two ]
[ Then Relive That Day Or Night ]

[ You Are Completely Back In The Event, Sight, Smell &
Sound ]
[ Were You Standing Up ]
[ Or Were You On The Ground ]

[ Do You Remember What You Did? ]
[ Were You Out In The Open ]
[ Or Were You Hid ]
[ Were You An Adult? ]
[ Or Were You Just A Kid ]

[ Does It Tease ]
[ Your Mind ]
[ Or Does It Freeze ]
[ You @ The Same Time? ]

[ Are You Wide Awake When It Happens ]
[ Is It Your Spirit That It Dampens ]

[ One Never Knows When A Flashback Will Hit ]
[ It’s Like Playing A Game With A Long Snake ]
[ & Out Of Nowhere You Get Bit ]

[ The Length Of A Flashback Can Be Short Or Long ]
[ It All Depends On If You Are Strong ]

[ Or Weak ]
[ PTSD Can Crush The Meak ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(901)▪︎[ I Am Sad … 10•26•2020 ]

[ Right Now My Mood Is On A Downward Slide ]
[ My Best Friend Might Be Saying Goodbye ]

[ Her Prioities Has Completely Shifted ]
[ Thoughts & Worries Are Now A Huge Weight On
Her Mind ]
[ & I Can’t Help Her Lift Them ]

[ She Has To Go Back To Her Original Home ]
[ Her Leaving Day Is Not Known ]

[ It Hurts That Small Corner Of My Heart ]
[ That She Has Touched ]
[ My Level Of Sadness Is Off Of The Chart ]

[ I Need To Find The Courage ]
[ To Continue To Encourage ]
[ & Not To Be Selfish ]
[ & Say Things That Might Discourage ]

[ Family Is Everything To Her Family ]
[ That Is One Thing That I Could Always See ]

[ The Thoughts Sure Do Hurt ]
[ I Sweat Through My Shirts ]

[ I Admire Her Total Commitment ]
[ To Her Mom ]
[ & That Has Put Her In This Predicament ]

[ But She Does Not See It That Way ]
[ @ Least That Is How She Said These Things To Me
Today ]

[ I Have My Fears ]
[ That We Will Completely Lose Touch ]
[ & That Made Me Have Tears ]

[ I Have To Stand Tall ]
[ Against The Wall ]

[ & Put My Hands On My Hips ]
[ Make Sure That My Support For Her ]
[ Doesn’t Slip ]
[ & No Matter How Much These Thoughts Hurt ]
[ Continue To Bite Hard On My Lip ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1066)▪︎[ My Nephew, Vladi … 12•23•2021 ]

[ I Have This Nephew Named Vladi ]
[ He Is Kind Of Special To Me ]

[ We Have So Much In Common, Except Age ]
[ That Should Be Put On Another Page ]

[ I Took A Chance On Saturday, March 17th, 2018 ]
[ I Noticed You Before You Were A Teen ]

[ I Asked If I Could Come & Talk To You ]
[ Because That Is What I Wanted To Do ]

[ You Were Sitting Almost In The Corner, Beside Your Dad ]
[ I Could Barely See You, I Might Add ]

[ I Told You That Me & You Have Something Important In
     Common ]
[ & That Is Adoption ]

[ A Loving Family Became Yours, Too ]
[ When You Are In Foster Care, That’s What You Are Always
     Wishing A Family Would Do ]

[ We Talked About Your Hobbies & I Found Out That We Both
     Collected Basketball Cards ]
[ My Collection Might Be A Little Bit Bigger ]
[ & Collecting The Older Cards Have Become Kind Of Hard ]

[ Are You Doing Okay In School, This Year? ]
[ Don’t Look @ School With Fear ]

[ Make Sure That You Always Find A Way ]
[ To Get To Your Classes Everyday ]

[ I Would Love To Hear What You Might Think Is A Fun Activity ]
[ Is It Basketball, Football, Baseball, LaCrosse Or Hockey? ]
[ Or Do You Lean More Towards Your Creativity ]

[ Activities Do Not Always Have To Have Sports @ The Center ]
[ I Wish I Lived Closer ]
[ It Would Have Been Fun To Be Your Mentor ]

[ How Was Your Summer? ]
[ Did You Get Enough Slumber? ]

[ How Many States Did You Travel To? ]
[ Did You Only Travel On The Days When The Sky Was Blue? ]

[ Which State Was Your Favorite One? ]
[ Did You Like The Rainy Ones?]
[ Or Only The States That Have Sun? ]

[ I Want You To Know I Have Not Forgotten About You ]
[ & You Make A Fantastic Nephew ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1109)▪︎[ Nothing Too … 9•1•2019 ]

[ People Who Have Things To Hide ]
[ Never Have Much To Say ]
[ They Should Let Their Conscience Be Their Guide ]

[ What Puts Them In The Bad Mood That They’re In? ]
[ Was It Because Of All Of The Sin? ]
[ When They Begin ]
[ Do They Think They’ll Ever Win? ]

[ Maybe That Is The Sin Right There ]
[ If They Ask (WHERE?) ]
[ You’d Say (CHECK THE SPARE) ]

[ (THE SPARE WHAT?) ]
[ You Might Ask ]
[ It’s The One That’s Been Cut ]
[ That Didn’t Last ]

[ & That’s All You Have To Say]
[ On This Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1105)▪︎[ All Alone … 8•31•2019 ]

[ You Just Want Be Alone ]
[ You Want To Be Somewhere Secluded ]
[ Where You Couldn’t Even Be Seen By A Giant Drone ]
[ Right Now You Don’t Want To Be Included ]
[ Because Your Heart Has Turned To Stone ]

[ You Won’t Show It Because It Can Be Broken ]
[ To Make It Pump ]
[ It Takes More Than A Token ]

[ Love Is Not What It Would Take ]
[ Beware Of The Woman With The Two Headed Snake ]
[ She’ll Try To Get In With Some Cookies She Baked ]
[ This Will Need Something Better Than A Chocolate Cake ]

[ Is Love Given Only Because It Is A Token Of
Someone’s Gratitude? ]
[ Was It Given With A Loving Attitude? ]
[ We’re They Rude? ]

[ You Could Say You Love A Person & Not Mean A
Thing ]
[ What Positive Feelings Saying (I LOVE YOU) Bring? ]

[ Does That Always Bring Two People Together? ]
[ No Matter The Weather? ]

[ Rain, Snow, Sleet Or Baking Sun ]
[ Staying Inside Is Not Always Fun ]
[ Run Forrest, Run ]
[ When Does A Couple Turn Towards Each Other & Say ]
[ (I THINK WE’re DONE) ]

[ Or Do They Keep Plugging Along To See Where
False Love Can Take Them? ]
[ Does It Take Them To Southern California? ]
[ Or North Salem? ]

[ Given The Examples Of A Man ]
[ They’re Not Really A Big Fan ]

[ Love Comes ]
[ & Love Goes ]
[ @ Times It Makes You Do Something Dumb ]
[ Why, How Or When ]
[ Nobody Knows ]
[ But It Will Happen Again ]
[ Just Wait For The Shows ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1103)▪︎[ Minute After Minute … 8•30•2019 ]

[ You Found That You Could Only Sleep Minute After
Minute ]
[ You Don’t Know Why ]
[ But Your Mind Was Not In It ]

[ A Minute Here & A Minute There ]
[ You’d Open Your Eyes & Just Stare ]
[ If I Woke Her Up ]
[ Would She Care? ]

[ Even Just A Little Bit? ]
[ Would She Just Give Me Lip? ]
[ Would You Just Be A Blip ]

[ On Her Screen Of Life ]
[ What Did She Consider Doing, As Your Wife? ]

[ Would She Even Consider Turning On The Light? ]
[ Would She Make The Room Look Like The Day ]
[ Instead Of It Being Dark As Night? ]
[ Would She Find A Way ]
[ To Turn This Into A Fight? ]
[ Considering How Things Went Today ]
[ She Might ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1051)▪︎[ Falling … 12•18•2021 ]

[ You Sit There ]
[ Hoping That This Would Help You To Repair ]

[ The Noises That Are Going On In Your Mind ]
[ Because This Is Far From ]
[ Going Dakine ]
[ That Is Something That Your Conscious Mind Has To Tell
Your Subconscious Mind ]

[ So Sit Back & Relax ]
[ Make Sure That You Take Off Your Mask ]
[ So Your Breathing Is Not Taxed ]

[ Let’s Go ]
[ Into A Place That You Really Don’t Know ]

[ & That Is The Place Of Total Relaxation ]
[ The Opposite Form Of Maxation ]

[ Not Letting Your Mind Go Somewhere ]
[ Because It Cannot Go Anywhere ]

[ So You Sit Back & Wait ]
[ For The Gate ]

[ To Be Opened ]
[ Then ]

[ You Start To Fall ]
[ You Don’t Reach For Your Phone, To Make A Call ]

[ Because Then ]
[ You Find ]
[ That Everyone There, Is Irrelevant ]

[ Except One ]
[ The One Sane Person That Is Not Done ]
[ On This Run ]

[ You Are Still Falling ]
[ In Pitch Black Air ]
[ & You Are Not Balling ]

[ Your Eyes Out ]
[ Because This Little Hour Of Time ]
[ You Have No Doubt ]

[ That You Were Safe & Sound ]
[ From All Sides Around ]

[ The Falling Part You Could Not Comprehend ]
[ Was It Supposed To Lead To A Dead-End? ]

[ Or To A New Beginning ]
[ Where There Is Nothing But Winning ]

[ So What Happened To Nice Guys Always Finishes Last? ]
[ Well That Was With Another Cast ]

[ The One Person In Your Life That Is Always Relevant To You
In Your Life ]
[ That Is Nicole, Your Wife ]

[ Forever & Ever … Amen ]
[ She Has Always Been ]
[ The (THEN) & The (WHEN) ]

[ Of Your Past ]
[ Present ]
[ & Future ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1112)▪︎[ Burned Me … 9•2•2019 ]

[ Why Do People Attempt To Tear Down Others? ]
[ Then Some Other People Smother ]

[ Do You Ever Get A Positive Outcome? ]
[ Does It Chase Away Some? ]
[ Getting The Same Result Over & Over Is Pretty Dumb ]

[ Why Not Help Build People Up? ]
[ Instead Of Stand Them Up & Cut ]

[ Trying To Cut People Down To A Specific Size ]
[ Shows You’re Not Very Wise ]

[ What Is Your Time Worth? ]
[ We Only Have So Many Seconds ]
[ Being Upright On This Earth ]

[ Do You Spend Your Time Wisely? ]
[ Surprisingly ]

[ About 90% Don’t ]
[ & @ Least 75% Of Those People Won’t ]

[ Are They The One’s Who Panic When They Hear The [ TIC-TOK ] ]
[ Of Their Life Clock ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1117)▪︎[ Will You Be Free? … 9•3•2019 ]

[ You Need To Free Your Mind ]
[ & The Rest Will Follow ]
[ If You’re Not Kind ]
[ Than Your Words Will Come Out Hollow ]

[ & Speak Well Of Others ]
[ For You Don’t Want To Upset Their Sisters Or Brothers ]

[ So Speak To Them How You Would Want Them To Speak
To You ]
[ Don’t Tell Them To ]
[ [ DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO ] ]
[ When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ You’re Usually The One That Gets Screwed ]

[ You Can’t Go Through Life With A Chip On Your Shoulder ]
[ It Will Only Get Bigger ]
[ As You Get Older ]

[ Short Or Tall ]
[ That Chip Won’t Ever Look Small ]

[ Not To You Or I ]
[ Or Even To The Eye ]
[ Of The Average Guy ]

[ So Do Yourself A Favor ]
[ Do Good Deeds & Savor ]

[ The Good Feelings You Get ]
[ Catch Them In A Fishing Net ]
[ & Let Them Set ]
[ & Then There’s A Good Bet ]

[ That Chip Will Roll Off & Fall To The Ground ]
[ & Then You’ll Show & Tell Everyone Around ]
[ Look What You Found ]

[ The Chip Will No Longer Be There ]
[ If You Dare ]
[ To Care ]

[ Then Will Your Mind Be Free? ]
[ How Can You Prove This To Me? ]
[ Oh, You Say (WHAT WILL BE, WILL BE) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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