(894)▪︎[ Against The Current … 10•25•2020 ]

[ Bad Things Happen To Good People All The Time ]
[ Sometimes A Young Man Will Be Tragically Struck
Down In His Prime ]

[ Like One Plus One Can Equal Two ]
[ Then They Would Ask You ]
[ ( WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?) ]

[ The Decision Might Only Be Yours ]
[ Do You Feel Like You Are In A Boat ]
[ Going Against The Current, Without The Use Of Any Oars? ]

[ Where Is The Curent Going To Go? ]
[ Life Goes By You Way So Fast ]
[ How Do You Shift It Down To Low? ]

[ What If You Can’t Or It Won’t? ]
[ What If Someone Could Help You ]
[ But They Don’t? ]

[ Now What? ]
[ Isn’t That A Forceful Kick In The Gut? ]

[ Where Can You Go, Who Can You Go See? ]
[ You Can’t Go See That Tall, Weird Uncle ]
[ You Haven’t Seen That Man Since You Were Shorter
Than His Knees ]

[ Would He Even Recognize Who You Look Like, Now? ]
[ If He Could, How? ]

[ Will The Current Move You Quickly To The Edge Of
The Waterfall ]
[ What You Wouldn’t Do Right Now To Be In A Room ]
[ Surrounded By Four Walls ]

[ A Ceiling & A Solid Floor ]
[ From Your Point Of View ]
[ You Don’t Want To Feel Helpless Anymore ]

[ So Step Out Of The Boat & Put Your Feet On Solid
Ground ]
[ When You Look Over Your Shoulder ]
[ Is There Anybody Around? ]

[ Nope! ]
[ Then Go Home ]
[ & Find Some Form Of Hope ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(912)▪︎[ Your Last Chance To … 10•29•2021 ]

[ If You Were Ever Given One Last Chance To … ]
[ What Would You Do? ]

[ Would That Make You Panic? ]
[ So Bad That You Would Have To Go To The Clinic? ]
[ For A Headache? ]
[ Or Upset Stomach? ]

[ Why Wouldn’t You Be Aware ]
[ That You May, Or May Not Be Prepared? ]

[ Jump In Line Or Be The First To Get The Sign-Up Sheet ]
[ Then Buy A Soda ]
[ & Something To Eat ]

[ But Do Not Whine ]
[ If When You Come Back ]
[ You May Not Be The 1st In Line ]

[ But How Do You See ]
[ What That (LAST CHANCE TO …) Would Be? ]

[ To Be A Fool ]
[ To Ask (THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY) Person From High School? ]

[ Out On A Date? ]
[ Why Did You Wait? ]

[ To Interview For Your Dream Job, Finally ]
[ When You Look In To The Future ]
[ Is That What You See? ]

[ How About The Last Chance To Apologize For Something
You Have Done ]
[ The Last Chance To Run? ]

[ Away From Some Problems That Had Enveloped You ]
[ Which May Or May Not Have Been Your Fault ]
[ Or True ]

[ Do You Have The Chance To Sing A Song On A T.V. Show? ]
[ You Had Kept It A Secret ]
[ But Now Everyone Will Know ]

[ Your Last Chance To Show Fidelity To A Loved One ]
[ Then Come To The Realization ]
[ That Life Is Not Filled With Immature Actions & Fun ]

[ It Could Be Your Last Chance To Quit Your Harmful Vices ]
[ When Your Behavior Is Not The Nicest ]

[ It Could Be That There Are Relationships To Mend ]
[ & Reputations To Defend ]

[ What If The Last Chance ]
[ Was To Be The Father & Daughter Dance? ]

[ @ Your Only Daughter’s Wedding Reception ]
[ After Alot Of Negotiations ]
[ & Deep Conversations ]

[ Because She Isn’t Actually Your Daughter, But She Played
The Part ]
[ So She Became Near & Dear To Your Heart ]

[ You Never Want Anything To Become Your Last
Chance To … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(911)▪︎[ Could You? … 10•29•2021 ]

[ To My Beloved Wife ]
[ There Is One Huge Favor That I Want To Ask Of You, Right
@ This Moment, In My Life ]

[ What I Ask Of You, Is That You Out Live Me, For @ Least A Day ]
[ Because Then I Wouldn’t Have To Find A Way ]

[ To Live My Life Without You In It ]
[ Because I Treasure Every Minute ]

[ That We Are Together ]
[ We Have Persevered, Through All Kinds Of Issues & Weather ]

[ Every Couple Has Their Ups & Downs, Here & There ]
[ But When The Problems Raise Their Ugly Heads ]
[ We Help Each Other, Because We Care ]

[ I Don’t Want To Live Without You By My Side ]
[ I Have Never Wanted To Take That, Solo Ride ]

[ We Have Already Gone Through So Many Chapters In
Our Book ]
[ We Have So Many More Chapters Ahead Of Us, If You Want
To Take A Look ]

[ Life In My (60’s) Is Fast Approaching, You See ]
[ Father Time Has Yet To Beat Me & Force Me To Take A Knee ]

[ Sometimes, I Do Almost Feel Beat ]
[ When I Am Standing On My Own (2) Feet ]
[ That Is When You Come Near Me & Offer Me A Seat ]

[ I Don’t Have The Energy That I Had When I Was In My Youth ]
[ But I Am Old Enough & Honest Enough To Tell You
The Truth ]

[ I Have Always Wanted, Needed For Me To Go First ]
[ I Could Never Get Over The Site Of You In A Hearse ]

[ You Adapt Much Better Than I Have Ever Had To ]
[ If You Were To Go First, I Would Not Have A Clue ]
[ In What To Do ]

[ I Try To Not Ask You Of Very Much ]
[ & I Know That This Big Of An Ask, Is Much More Than Asking
You For Lunch ]
[ But I Have A Hunch ]
[ That You Do Not Like Talking About Such & Such ]

[ I Have Never Liked When I Wake In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ & You Are Not To My Right ]

[ That Would Send My Mind Reeling ]
[ Because You Know That I Never Liked That Empty Feeling ]

[ My Insides Would Be So Torn ]
[ If It Was You, That I Would Have To Mourn ]

[ Could You Easily ]
[ Do This Favor, For Me? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1362)▪︎[ Well, Who? … 12•1•2019 ]

[ Who Are You In The Bigger Scheme Of Things? ]
[ Are You The One That Is Attached ]
[ Or Are You The One That Pulls The Strings? ]
[ Are You No Match ]
[ When The Phone Rings? ]

[ The Ring Of The Phone Shouldn’t Cause You To Run &
Hide ]
[ When You Fail To Take The Call ]
[ It Shouldn’t Cause A Downward Slide ]

[ A Ring Of The Phone Should Bring Optimism ]
[ Not Breed Pessimism ]

[ When You Don’t Act Or Speak Politically Correct ]
[ Pockets Of Society Treat You Like A Reject ]

[ & That’s Just Plain Wrong ]
[ But If You Stay Strong ]

[ You Can Show Them What You’re Really Made Of
Deep Down Inside ]
[ Where No One Can Get @ Your Mind ]

[ Your Mind Can Be Fragile Or Solid As A Rock ]
[ Solid When You Run Or Solid As You Walk ]
[ When You Stand To Speak ]
[ You’re Not Standing There To Talk ]

[ You Speak Your Mind & Say What You Want To Say ]
[ It’s Not Like It’s Your Way ]
[ Or The Highway ]

[ You Just Want To Be Around People Who Care ]
[ That Treat You Fair ]
[ Are There Such People Out There? ]
[ Somewhere? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(123)▪︎[ No Sleep, Again! … 2•6•2021 ]

[ Another Restless, In & Out Of Sleep Kind Of Night ]
[ You May As Well ]
[ Sit Up, Grab Your Phone & Write ]

[ So Many Words That Are On Your Mind ]
[ If You Were In Need For An Alcoholic Drink ]
[ It Wouldn’t Be Wine ]

[ You Know That It Sells ]
[ But It Is Not Your Thing ]
[ & You Don’t Even Like The Smells ]

[ It Smells Horrible ]
[ To You ]
[ It Tastes Terrible ]
[ To You, Too ]

[ You Can Not Even Remember The Last Time That You Took A
     Taste ]
[ You Look @ It Like This ]
[ If You Took Even The Shortest Minute Of Time To Try To
      Convince Yourself To Like It, That Would Be A Waste ]

[ You Never Thought That Something That Would Help You
     Escape ]
[ From Your Problems ]
[ Would Be Smashed & Fermented Grapes ]

[ Your Brain Doesn’t Work Like That ]
[ You Don’t Ever Want To Feel Numb ]
[ Under Your Hat ]

[ You Feel That You Are Way Too Fickle ]
[ To Walk Around ]
[ With A Brain That Is Pickled ]
[ You Actually Feel That If You Were Constantly Tripping On
     Level Ground ]
[ It Would Not Tickle ]

[ Bruises On Your Knees ]
[ & Holes In Your Jeans ]
[ So You Figured Out A Long Time Ago ]
[ Alcohol Has Never Fixed Your Needs ]

~ The End ~

[ Auhea kuʻu hoaaloha ]
[ Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e pono ai e lawe i kēia moʻolelo
     i kahi hopena ]

[ Mahalo no ka hoʻoloheʻana i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ]
[ No laila,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka mea ]

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

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(101)▪︎[ Some, Well Maybe Alot, Never Change … 1•30•2021 ]

[ They Say That The Only Thing Better Than Making
     Dollars ]
[ Is Making Change ]
[ The Only Way To Make People Hollar ]
[ Is To Take What They Consider Important Priorities, Then
     Rearrange ]

[ Rearrange The Order ]
[ So It Makes Them Say In A Recorder ]
[ That They Have Nothing But Disorder ]

[ They May Confuse Order With Respect ]
[ They Never Want Changes ]
[ Because That Is Something That Happens That They Would
      Never Expect ]

[ Order Is Something That You Hope Things Will Get In ]
[ Right From When Things Start To Begin ]

[ People Do Not Like It When Others Changes Things ]
[ Especially When They Are As Important As Queens & Kings ]

[ Change Only Happens Over Time & Through Alot Of Words
     Being Said ]
[ So Others Can Feel Secure As Things Sink Into Their Head ]

[ Some Never Change & Remain As Stubborn ]
[ & Unwilling ]
[ As The Day That They Were Born ]

[ Then Things Never Change With Them ]
[ Or ]
[ For Them ]
[ & They Can No Longer Ignore ]
[ That Is Their Biggest Problem ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1416)▪︎[ All The Way To The End … 12•19•2019 ]

[ Well, That Kind Of Does It, Closes A Chapter On A
Very Painful Part Of Your Life ]
[ Does That Mean That The Outlook On The Future Will
Be Bright? ]

[ You Never Thought It Would Go The Way That This
Finally Played Out ]
[ But You Also Didn’t Know What Wills Were All About ]

[ @ One Point In Your Life Barbara Told You That You
In Hers ]
[ You Didn’t Really Question That @ The Time ]
[ But Through This Silence You Were Not All That Sure ]

[ Now You’re Sure & That You Are Not ]
[ It Told You So In A Letter That You Just Got ]

[ It Plainly Stated That She Willed Absolutely Nothing
To You, You Plainly See ]
[ It Was There In Plain English For You To Read ]

[ You Guess She Wound Up Hating You More & More As
The Years Dragged On ]
[ She Probably Thought She Could Stick It In Your
Back ]
[ Even After She’s Gone ]

[ When She Told You To Get Out Of Her Life She Really
Meant It THROUGH The Very End ]
[ She Was So Rigid With Her Words ]
[ You Knew She Wouldn’t Bend ]

[ For People Who Are Mild & Meek ]
[ To Her, Forgiveness Was Done By The Weak ]

[ & She Was Anything But That ]
[ Just Like She Disliked Dogs ]
[ & Loved Her Cats ]

[ Her Cats Could Bring Her Home Dead Rats & She
Would Never Disown Them ]
[ She Never Thought Of Reconciling With Her Only Son,
Down In Salem ]

[ You Truly Wish She Lived Her Last Minutes Regretting
What She Did & Said ]
[ You Hoped She Had A Clear Recollection Of Your Last
Phone Call Running Over & Over In Her Head ]
[ Because Satan Was Waiting For Her @ The Door For
When She Would Finally Be Dead ]

[ Satan Was Waving @ Her Saying (COME HERE, COME
HERE) ]
[ (I KNOW YOU ONLY DRINK WINE, BUT WE’ll FORCE
YOU TO DRINK BEER!) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1434)▪︎[ Fall In Line … 12•27•2019 ]

[ Sometimes There’s Tears Behind Your Closed Eyes ]
[ & There’s Truth Under The Lies ]

[ Figuring Out Which Is Which Can Be Quite The
Exercise ]
[ The Answer Can Uncover Quite The Surprise ]

[ But Do You Turn Out To Be Sheep That Just Follow? ]
[ & Have Thoughts That Are Hollow? ]

[ Do You Get In Line In Pairs Of Two? ]
[ Which Just Affects You & The Ewe ]

[ To The Average Sheep, This Is Bliss ]
[ Not Having To Think About That & This ]

[ Just Fall In Line & March One After The Other ]
[ Where There Is One, There Must Be Another ]

[ & Another One After That ]
[ So Then You Will Know Where To Hang Your Hat ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(903)▪︎[ What Grows In The Earth … 10•26•2021 ]

[ When The Corn Grows Ears & The Potatoes Grow Eyes ]
[ Does That Mean Your Garden Is Telling You Lies? ]

[ Does That Mean That Your Garden Is Lying ]
[ Or Is That Mean That Your Garden Of Vegetables Are
Dieing? ]

[ You Never Want Your Garden Hurt ]
[ You Don’t Want Their Season To Be Curt ]

[ That Would Mean Very Little Produce ]
[ & Then You Could Think (WHAT IS THE USE?) ]

[ It Is Nice To Eat Something Straight Out Of The Earth ]
[ After Planting Everything ]
[ You Could Exclaim (HEY LOOK, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE WORTH) ]

[ It Is Not Like You Have Alot Of Acres Of Crops ]
[ But You Can Eat What You Plant ]
[ So Others Should Give You Your Props ]

[ Growing Something From Nothing ]
[ Sure Seems Like Something ]

[ You Should Be Thankful That You Have Food To Eat ]
[ & A House Where You Could Sit Back ]
[ & Put Up Your Feet ]

[ Each Person Should Have Their Own Individual Things That
They Are Thankful For ]
[ It Could Be (2) Or More ]

[ It Should Not Take A Holiday In November To Be Thankful For
What We’ve Got & Who Is Around ]
[ & Then Have Christmas Coming To Town ]

[ The Holidays Have Lost Their True Meanings Because Of The
Almighty Dollar ]
[ Every Year It Gets Earlier & Earlier To Yank On The Thanksgiving
Holiday By The Collar ]

[ Everything Got Lost ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(904)▪︎[ The Procedure Day … 10•27•2021 ]

[ Just Now After You Got Out Of Bed ]
[ There Are A Hundred Things Swirling Around In Your Head ]

[ You Seem To Be In Such A Big Hurry ]
[ To Get Ready ]
[ For Your Surgery ]

[ Are You Looking Forward To It? ]
[ Even A Little Bit? ]

[ While They Are Scoping ]
[ You Are Really Hoping ]

[ That This Shot Will Work]
[ You Hope That Your Body Won’t Jerk ]

[ When They Will Begin ]
[ & Stick That Long Needle In ]

[ So Right Now You Are In The Waiting Room, Sitting ]
[ So Now, There Is No Quitting ]

[ Or Running Away ]
[ Today ]

[ The Lady That Checked You In Was Really Nice ]
[ If Giving The Choice ]
[ You Would Use Your Voice ]
[ & Go Through Her Line Twice ]

[ To Be Continued … ]

[ Well That Was Quick ]
[ You Went In … You Came Out ]
[ You Did Not Get Sick ]

[ Kunani Was The Nurse ]
[ That Helped You First ]
[ Then After, A Whole Different Nurse ]
[ Gave You A Drink To Help Quench Your Thirst ]

[ Kunani Got Your I.V. On The Very First Try ]
[ When You Told Her That You Were A Hard Stick ]
[ She Asked Me (WHY?) ]

[ You Told Her That You Thought Your Veins Might Roll ]
[ So They Would Try & Try ]
[ Leaving Your Arms & Hand With Not Just (1) Hole ]

[ To Say That Kunani Was Good ]
[ You Would Be A Little Misunderstood ]

[ She Was Gentle & Quick With The Needle That She Pushed
Into Your Hand ]
[ She Was So Quick, You Didn’t Have Time To Yell (DAMN!) ]

[ So Then A Different Nurse Wheeled You Into The Operating
Room ]
[ It Was So Bright & Cold, It Did Not Make You Be Overcome
With (GLOOM & DOOM) ]

[ The Dr. Came & Introduced Herself ]
[ Then You Did Not Remember Anything Else ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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