(1031)▪︎[ Friendship … 12•10•2021 ]

[ You Feel That A Close Friendship Is A Gift That You Give
& Get From Each Other ]
[ This Is A Relationship Unlike The One’s That You May Have ]
[ With Your Sister Or Brother ]

[ A Relationship With A Relative Can Be Circled With A Very
Thin Line ]
[ & You Could Go Through Life, Always Thinking That Everything
Has Been Just Fine ]

[ No Matter How Many Ladders Climbed ]
[ To The Top ]
[ Or The Amount Of The Dimes ]
[ Dropped ]

[ A Good Friend Would Not Care ]
[ The Friend Just Needs The Assurance ]
[ That You Will Always Be There ]
[ To Share ]
[ & Don’t Say You Are Doing This On A Dare ]

[ To You, A Dare Is To Take A Chance ]
[ On A Dance ]
[ That Is When You Don’t Believe ]
[ That Balance ]
[ Has Not Been Achieved ]
[ You Could Take A Stance ]
[ Before You Leave ]

[ Friends Can Be Way Apart ]
[ On The Chart ]

[ Of Opinions & Views ]
[ But When You Hear The News ]
[ About Someone Who Tried To Drive After Drinking Way To Much
Booze ]

[ You Are In A Hurry ]
[ To Get To Your Phone, Because You Are Worried ]

[ You Called Your Friends, Because In The Past It Was A Problem ]
[ For Some Of Them ]

[ So You Were Just Checking ]
[ Not Correcting ]

[ Friends Do Not Correct ]
[ They Might Suggest ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka =3▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•||

(529)▪︎[ The Loss Was Not Yours … 6•29•2021 ]

[ Whatever Floats Your Boat Is The Saying ]
[ Whatever Suits Your Life Is How It’s Playing ]

[ All’s Fair In Love & War ]
[ Because Some People Are Rotten Down To Their Core ]

[ Rotten Because Of Their Upbringing? ]
[ Or Because Their Mother Did Not Do Enough Singing? ]

[ Singing A Song Is A Way To Soothe ]
[ Singing Is A Way To Smooth ]

[ Out ]
[ & Gives No Doubt ]

[ For Any Kind Of Situation Where Nerves Are Involved ]
[ Or When A Problem Needs To Be Solved ]

[ They Say That Music Can Tame The Wildest Beast ]
[ Even One Headed West ]
[ Since They Wore Out Their Welcome In The East ]

[ I Know That In This Day & Time ]
[ A Dollar Is Not Worth A Dime ]

[ Is Savings Worth Saving? ]
[ Will The Stock Market Start Behaving? ]

[ When Is The Time To Get Out & Run? ]
[ Is It When It Stops Being Fun? ]

[ Or Becomes More Strenuous Than It’s Worth? ]
[ So You Get Out Before Your Families Finances Gets
     Hurt? ]

[ Playing With Your Families Money Is A Tricky Thing
     To Do ]
[ What If You Lost More Than A Dollar Or Two? ]

[ Most Of The Time It’s All That They’ve Got ]
[ So What Would You Say ]
[ When You Come Back Holding An Empty Pot? ]

[ What Can You Say? ]
[ How Do You Explain? ]

[ Now The Boat That They Were Floating In Will Be Their Only
     Possession ]
[ & You Still Have Not Come Up With A Good Explanation ]

[ Find A Way To Explain Yourself ]
[ It Is Like You Gave Their Hard Earned Money To Someone
     Else ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(1030)▪︎[ He Never Wanted To Be … 12•10•2021 ]

[ Does Your Father Know You The Least Or The Best? ]
[ If This Was Asked To You, It Would Come In The Form Of
A Test ]

[ Did Good Ole’ Don, Ever Go To A Single Sporting Event? ]
[ Don Did Drop You Off ]
[ But He Never Went ]

[ He Never Could Be Bothered By Such Trivial Things When You
Were Young ]
[ You Kind Of Guess That Is Why It Stung ]

[ He Never Showed Much Interest In What You Had ]
[ Because Dear Ole’ Don, Never Wanted To Act Like A Dad ]

[ He Never Showed Much Interest In You From The Start ]
[ When Other Men In The Neighborhood Were Being Father’s ]
[ He Had Decided, That He Had Never Wanted, To Play The Part ]

[ That Would Be What It Was To Him,, Play ]
[ Because, You Were Not His Biological Son, Right From The
Very First Day ]

[ In His Mind, Since He Was Not There @ Your Birth ]
[ You Had Absolutely No Worth ]

[ You Were The (& 1) In The Deal ]
[ He Probably Saw You, As Just Another Kid, Wanting A Meal ]

[ He Only Wanted To Be A Father ]
[ For (2) Daughters ]

[ It Did Not Bother Him, Psychologically ]
[ That Individually ]
[ He Was Not Their Father, Physically ]

[ He Probably Would Had Never Thought, That It Would Be Fun ]
[ To Have A Son ]

[ You Always Heard That He Was Quite The Athlete In His Younger
Days ]
[ He Never Thought To Coach You, In Any Of Those Ways ]

[ He Was Never Approachable ]
[ He Probably Thought That You Were, Uncoachable ]

[ It Would Be A Lie ]
[ If You Said, That He Ever Tried ]

[ He Never Wanted To Be A Coach ]
[ He Just Saw You As A Roach ]

[ Something That Should Scurry Away From Him, Everytime That
He Came Into A Room ]
[ If He Needed Help ]
[ You Were Sure, That He Was Good With A Broom ]

[ No, Don Never Really Got To Know You @ All ]
[ When You Moved Out On Your Own ]
[ Did He Ever Drop You A Call? ]

[ Moved Out, Are Not The Words, That Should Be Used ]
[ Kicked Out, Are The Words, That Should Be Used ]

[ He Did Call The Day That He Stopped Talking To You ]
[ If Someone Were To Ask If He Knew You The Best ]
[ That Should Had Been Your Biggest Clue ]

[ Don Never Wanted ]
[ So He Only Taunted ]

[ So It Was Pretty Sad ]
[ That He Never Wanted To Be A Dad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(995)▪︎[ Ewe Should Have Been There … 11•24•2021 ]

[ When You Come Into The Store You Feel Like You Must
Line Up Like Sheep ]
[ Going (7) Deep ]

[ Everyone’s Faces Are Covered By Their Mask ]
[ A Sheep Does Not Say A Word Until A Question Is Asked ]

[ The Mask Never Comes Down ]
[ That Would Startle All Of The Other Sheep Around ]

[ The Line Is Long ]
[ & Wow! ]
[ The Odor Coming From Another Sheep Sure Is Strong ]

[ A Word Is Not Uttered Until You Get To The Magical Window ]
[ The Line Is Moving Steady ]
[ Yet Slow ]

[ You Can See The Magical Window Over The Next Sheep’s
Shoulders ]
[ It Gets Harder As You Grow Older ]

[ Your Height Keeps Melting Away ]
[ & You Always Regret Getting On The Scale ]
[ To See What You Weigh ]

[ The Sheep That Is Looking @ The Christmas Cards ]
[ Looks Like He Has Been Hitting The Cookie Jar Pretty Hard ]

[ The Sheep That Are Aimlessly Pushing Their Grocery Carts
Around The Store ]
[ Looking For More ]

[ More Of What, Is What They Do Not Currently Know ]
[ Some Sheep Shop By Phone ]
[ But These Sheep Need To Be Shown ]

[ Shown What To Shop ]
[ A Greeting Card, Suppositories, Or Soda Pop ]

[ Oh, The Window Is Near ]
[ We Have Been Waiting So Long, You Shed A Happy Tear ]

[ But Then, Because You Seemed To Doze ]
[ When We Got To The Magical Window ]
[ The Sign Said (CLOSED) ]

[ Being The Good Sheep That You Are, You Did Not Blow
Your Top ]
[ You Could Go Outside & Do A Medicine Drop ]

[ You Shop Around For Anything You Needed ]
[ You Saw A Familiar Ewe From High School ]
[ She Always Acted Very Conceited ]

[ When You Wheel The Cart Back Up Where It Belongs, Because
You Could Not Find Anything To Buy ]
[ You Wave @ The Cashier & Say (GOODBYE) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(572)▪︎[ Fire Season … 7•12•2021 ]

[ Well, Let The Stress Begin ]
[ Because It Is Fire Season Again ]

[ You Used To Love This Time Of The Summer Season ]
[ Now You No Longer Have A Reason ]

[ The Smoke Starts To Rise Above The Tree Tops ]
[ Oh How You Wish There Were More Rain Drops ]

[ Why Show Any Refrain ]
[ You Wish For Another Month Of Rain ]

[ Now Your Stomach Will Hurt ]
[ & You Will Sweat Through Your Shirts ]

[ Because Of Your Worry ]
[ You Have Wished For Winter To Come In A Big Hurry ]

[ You Used To Love Spring & Summer ]
[ Now The Seasons Are A Bummer ]

[ All Because Mother Nature Is Pissed Off ]
[ Last Year @ This Time ]
[ You Could Not Count The Number Of Nights Of Sleep That
Was Lost ]

[ You Will Worry From This Night Forth ]
[ Last Year It Wasn’t Even Worth ]
[ Driving Anywhere Up North ]

[ You Hate These Nights ]
[ You Hate Hearing About The Fire Fights ]

[ You Totally Forgot The Fear ]
[ That You Had Last Year ]
[ So Now It’s Back, All Very LOUD & CLEAR!! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(1021)▪︎[ What Is A Loss? … 12•5•2021 ]

[ How Much Is Enough? ]
[ How You Keep Going, Has Got To Be Tough ]

[ When You Have A Loss, You Mourn ]
[ Your Life’s Clock Is Ticking Right When You Are Born ]

[ This Is Inevitable, You Have To Remember ]
[ You Will Forever Have This Bad Memory Of This December ]

[ You Will Write A Story, Then Whatever Thoughts Are Next ]
[ There Will Come A Day Soon, When You Won’t Get Another One
Of Her Texts ]

[ When She Would Come To See You, She Was Always A Breath
Of Fresh Air ]
[ All That She Wanted For You Was Love & Care ]

[ She Did Not Play With Your Heart Or Your Emotions ]
[ All That She Gave Was Love & Devotion ]

[ You Filled A Big Void In Her Life ]
[ She Was Never, Ever A Threat To Your Wife ]

[ & What Does She Do? ]
[ She Loves Your Wife, Too ]

[ It Was Always A Good Bet ]
[ That Your Best Friend, Was Never A Threat ]

[ When Will It Be Enough, To Humble You? ]
[ You Have No Clue ]

[ You Thought That You Were Humbled Years Ago ]
[ Ever Since Then You Just Tried To Go With The Flow ]

[ You Were Never A Leader ]
[ & You Were Never A Defeater ]

[ Someone That Goes Around Making Others Feel Defeated ]
[ That’s Never Needed ]

[ Nobody Needs A Reminder Of A Loss ]
[ That Is Someone That You Would Never Want To Come Across ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1019)▪︎[ Growing Up … 12•5•2021 ]

[ In Life ]
[ @ Least Where There Is Light ]

[ Other People Owe You Nothing ]
[ Especially If You Want Something ]

[ You Have To First Learn ]
[ How To Earn ]

[ @ Your Birth ]
[ You Have No Worth ]

[ Even After Your First Year ]
[ Of Your First Career ]

[ You Probably Have (1) Bowl To Eat From ]
[ After Your Years Of College )
[ You Are Probably Numb ]

[ It Would Be Nice If You Had Someone With Which You Could
      Share Your Life & Bed ]
[ Hopefully Able To Share & Talk About The Monsters That Live
     In Your Head ]

[ Sometimes It Is Okay To Be Going It Alone ]
[ Just Don’t Lose Your Cellphone ]

[ The Growing Up Years ]
[ Is Where You Face Alot Of Your Fears ]
[ Then When You Go Through College ]
[ You Cause & Shed Alot Of Tears ]

[ After College You Start To Fumble & Are Trying To Find Your
     Niche ]
[ Most Careers Don’t Start By Making A Wish ]

[ If You Are Lucky, You Could Start As A Dishwasher @ A Great
     Restaurant With Good Teachers ]
[ Or You Could Go The Seminary Route & Become A Preacher ]

[ A Good Teacher In A Restaurant Is A Patient Chef ]
[ They Would Be Showing You How To Maneuver Around The
    Grill, Right & Left ]

[ Or Work @ The Lowest Level Of A Good Company ]
[ So You Could Learn About Everything That You Hear & See ]

[ If You Are Not Good @ Sports, The Military Could Be Your
     Ticket Out From Your Surroundings ]
[ You Could Live In Different Cities Or Countries ]
[ & See Amazing Things ]

[ Growing Up You Need To Keep Open Your Options ]
[ Then Maybe Later In Life You Could Work With Kids Going
     Through Adoptions ]

[ Try To Keep The Kids From Staying Above Their Doubt ]
[ & Letting Them Know That There Is Always A Way Out ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1016)▪︎[ Words Can’t Say … 12•4•2021 ]

[ You Made Memories When You Went To The Beach ]
[ Now Those Memories Are Out Of Reach ]

[ To Ever Be Equaled Or Matched ]
[ It Was Amazing That The Idea Was Hatched ]

[ For Some Reason The Beach Always Felt Like A Place
     That Was Far To Travel To ]
[ But That Never Felt That Way When She Went With You ]

[ You Both Traveled The Ocean’s Highways Totally Carefree ]
[ There Was Never A Time Schedule Where You Would Be ]

[ You Two Never Had A Plan ]
[ There Were Never Any Demands ]

[ She Taught You How To Love The Ocean Sunsets ]
[ She Knows That You Will Cherish The Time That You Will Get ]

[ With Her, In The Days Ahead ]
[ Maybe You Will Be Able To Come & See Her Instead ]

[ You Will Try Your Hardest To Arrange Rides ]
[ So She Shouldn’t Dare Think That She Could Run & Hide ]

[ As Your Caregiver, She Was So Hard To Try To Replace ]
[ When It Comes To Your Memories & Heart ]
[ She Will Always Have A Place ]

[ She Is Such The Unique Woman To Know ]
[ When She Was Your Caregiver ]
[ She Never Knew The Word (SLOW) ]

[ You Always Enjoyed Whenever You Were Able To Have A Heart
     To Heart Talk ]
[ You Thoroughly Enjoyed Your Long Beach Walks ]

[ You Wish You Could Go For (1) More Beach Walk ]
[ But You Will Settle With A Few More Long Talks ]

[ You Have Learned So Much From Her In Such A Limited Amount
     Of Time ]
[ So Many Times She Had Been The Subject Of A Story
     That Rhymes ]

[ You Have To Come To Terms Of What The Future Will Hold ]
[ & You Do Know There Will Be Days When You Feel Cold ]

[ Not From The Outside ]
[ & You Won’t Want To Remember All Of The Days That You Cried ]

[ You Know For Sure ]
[ There Will Be Many ]
[ Because She Will Not Be Part Of Your Future ]

[ You Have NEVER Had A Stronger & Deeper Love For A Friend
     As You Do For Her ]
[ You Hope These Memories Never Blur ]

[ You Will Always Remember Your Deep Conversations ]
[ When She Talked With You, With No Reservations ]

[ You Began To See A Side Of Her That She Did Not Normally
     Show ]
[ But She Made A Decision ]
[ That It Was A Side Of Her That She Wanted You To Know ]

[ You Love That She Trusted You Enough To See That Side ]
[ You Love That She Would Let You Confide ]

[ It Is Funny That You Can ]
[ Learn More From Her, About Being A Man ]

[ Than Any Man That You Had Ever Come Across ]
[ She WasThe One Woman That Taught You How To Be The Boss ]

[ But To Always & Also Be Fair ]
[ As You Stand There ]

[ As The Man Of The House ]
[ & Demand To Be Treated As An Equal Spouse ]

[ To Say That You Will Miss Her Would Be The Biggest
     Understatement Ever Made ]
[ Oh How You Wish That Your Memories Will Never Fade ]
[ But There Is Not (1) Minute That You Spent With Her That You
     Would Ever Trade! ]

[ Your Love For Her Is Beyond Words ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(680)▪︎[ That Dart … 8•14•2021 ]

[ Sometimes You Feel Like You Have A Huge Hole In Your Heart ]
[ But When You Look Within ]
[ You See That It Was Done By A Dart ]

[ Thrown @ You, By Those That Mean You Harm ]
[ Done By Those That You Tried To Disarm ]

[ You Can Find A Friend In Strange Places ]
[ You Should Never Judge People By The Color Of Their Faces ]

[ But Enemies Can Come In All Shapes & Sizes ]
[ They Will Be Wearing All Kinds Of Different Disguises ]

[ As A Friend, Relative, Teacher Or Coach ]
[ No One Is Above Reproach ]

[ Some People Are Just Fair Weather Friends ]
[ When Things Gets Tough ]
[ That Is Where & When The Friendship Ends ]

[ It Is Funny How Those People Come Back Again When
Things Are Good ]
[ They Just Say That Their Absence Had Been Misunderstood ]

[ They Say That You Have Always Been In Their Thoughts ]
[ Ya, You Believe That Lots ]

[ When Given That Hole Some Thought, That Huge Hole
Turned Small ]
[ That Hole Did Not Turn Out To Be Very Big @ All ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(698)▪︎[ It Is Just An Opportunity … 8•20•2021 ]

[ They Say That When An Opportunity Presents Itself You
     Should Run To It ]
[ But Sometimes That Opportunity Just Doesn’t Fit ]

[ Into Your Life Or Your Plans ]
[ Sometimes Life Gives You Different Demands ]

[ So It Is Not Looking A Gift Horse In The Mouth ]
[ If Your Path Takes You On A Different Route ]

[ People That You Think Are Going To Stay In Your Life,
     Don’t Stay ]
[ Then There Are Unhealthy Relationships That You Really
     Hope, Won’t Last Another Day ]

[ Just Walk Away & Never Look Back ]
[ Hopefully A Friend Will Watch Your Six ]
[ In Case There Is An Attack ]

[ Walk Away, So Another Word ]
[ Will Not Be Said ]
[ Or Heard ]

[ Let Bygones Be Bygones ]
[ Because, Something Went Very Wrong ]

[ Every Bad Night, Turns Into A Brand New Day ]
[ Every Bad Event, Gets Slept Away ]

[ That Is, If You Are Lucky Enough To Be Able To Get Any
     Sleep ]
[ But The Angle Is Steep ]

[ The Chances Of Getting Any Sleep Is Slim To None ]
[ & Trying To Get To Sleep Is Not Very Fun ]

[ Sometimes The Journey Is Long ]
[ You Just Are Not One Of Those Lucky Ones ]
[ That Are Able To Nod Off After They Yawn ]

[ You Remember What That Was Like ]
[ It Was Way Back When Your Mode Of Transportation Was
     A Bike ]

[ You Could Drift Off Once You Laid Down ]
[ With Hope ]
[ That You Would See, Go To & Experience, Different Nouns ]

[ The Next Day Opens You Up, For Different Experiences ]
[ Who Knows, You Might Get The Pleasure Of Meeting (1)
     Or (2) Nigerians ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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