(1391)▪︎[ Get Up … 12•12•2019 ]

[ What Was I Really Thinking? ]
[ When I Went To The Bar & Started Drinking? ]

[ My Problems Were Weighing Me Down ]
[ & It Made Me Look Like A Sad, Sad Clown ]

[ Down, Down, Down My Thoughts Went ]
[ Some Of My Thoughts Seemed Like ]
[ They Were Satan Sent ]

[ The Longer My Thoughts Went Awry ]
[ Makes It Seem If There Was Any Chance For
Me To Have A Better Day ]
[ Went (BYE- BYE) ]

[ Why, As We Speak ]
[ Do My Hopes & Dreams Look So Bleak? ]
[ It Seems Like It’s Been Over A Week ]
[ Since I Started Looking For The Answers That I Seek ]

[ But The Questions That I Had Answers To Were No
Longer Pertinent ]
[ Because The Answers Did Not Help Some Things To
Become Permanent ]

[ Permanent In The Sense That They Enriched My Life ]
[ Through A Way To Turn On The Light ]
[ That Would Shine Like A Beacon ]
[ Far Into The Night ]

[ Until The Sun Rises ]
[ & Then I Hope That There Will Not Be Any Surprises ]

[ That Affect Me In A Bad Way ]
[ During That Day ]

[ But Then I Can’t Just Sit ]
[ & Throw A Fit ]
[ While I Attempt To Get Over It ]

[ & Move On ]
[ Before My Number Is Up ]
[ & I’m Gone ]

[ Now If That Sounds Wrong ]
[ Teach Me How To Stay Or Be Strong ]

[ Enough ]
[ To Get Rid Of The Fluff ]

[ To Learn To Fight The Good Fight ]
[ & To Make Something That Didn’t Seem Right ]
[ Into Something That Will Remain Tight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(901)▪︎[ Happy Hallowgivings … 10•26•2021 ]

[ The Thunder Flashes Across The Sky ]
[ Then The Rain Leaves Me High & Dry ]

[ Why Does The Sky Leave Me With A Sunburn Everytime
I Hear A Cloud? ]
[ Then The Silence Sounds So Loud ]

[ The Crackling In My Nose ]
[ Sounds Like When My Eyes Feel Thirsty Everytime It Snows ]

[ After Walking (3) Miles, My Hands Really Hurt ]
[ But I Have To Tell Myself That I Still Need To Put (1) Foot
After The Other ]
[ When I Button Up My Shirt ]

[ My Lips Get Tired When I Blink ]
[ Then My Hair Hurts When I Think ]

[ Why Did I Paint (4) Fingers With Eye Liner? ]
[ It Was To Shut Them Down ]
[ & Too Stop Them Being A Winer ]

[ I Try To Have A Dry Eye In My Hand Everyday ]
[ Before I Step Off The Scale To Weigh ]
[ For The Day ]

[ I Have Never Understood Why My Eyes Make A Creaking Noise ]
[ & I Have To Snap My Toes, Before Anyone Hears My Voice ]

[ It Seems Like My Hips Always Crack ]
[ & I Can Never Wake Up If I Was Sitting On My Back ]

[ My Back Will Often Talk ]
[ After I Have Put My Shoulders Through A Lazy Walk ]

[ It Seems Like My Whole Life Is Going Up The Winding
Staircase ]
[ When Every Donut I Have Heard Has Been Baked In Haste ]

[ I Look Forward For My Birthday That Is (3) Weeks Ago ]
[ I Hope Everything Is Worked In By The Fourth Rain Of
The First Summer Snow ]

[ Snow Is Loud When It Comes Into Hearing Distance
Of Land ]
[ During That Time They Are Missing A Drummer In Their Band ]

[ Our SUV Mistakenly Lost The (S) ]
[ So Our Truck Will Remain Nameless ]

[ It Is Very Bad Off Of Gas ]
[ It Is Fun When We Can’t Stand Down & Enjoy Our Past ]

[ What To Do, What To Do ]
[ When You Try To Comb, A Too Small Shoe ]

[ I Guess I Might Donate It To McDonald’s The Next Time
That They Eat Here ]
[ So Ho Ho Ho ]
[ Thank You For Sending Me Some Hallowgivings Cheer! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(882)▪︎[ It Could Jink Anytime … 10•18•2021 ]

[ Your Life Can Jink In A Split Second Of Time ]
[ It Could Give You A Mountain That You Must Climb ]

[ On Your Way Up You Suddenly Get A Case Of Dèjà Vu ]
[ You Feel That You Have Been On This Trail Before ]
[ But You Guess That This Is Something That You Must Do ]

[ Everything Looks Different, But Kind Of The Same ]
[ But Then You See People That You Have Met Before ]
[ But You Don’t Know Remember Their Name ]

[ The Names Were Always On The Tip Of Your Tongue ]
[ You Get Kind Of Frustrated ]
[ Because You Were So Much Better @ Remembering Names
     When You Were Young ]

[ Everything Was Easier In Your Youth ]
[ It Was Just Easier To Stay In Your Groove ]

[ Now The Groove Is Covered Up With Foggy Memories ]
[ On Your Path Back, You Hope To See Alot Of Possibilities ]

[ Even Though You Got Knocked Off Of Your Path Doesn’t
     Mean You Can’t Start Another One ]
[ Even Though Your Climb Back Hasn’t Been All That Fun ]

[ You Find Out That Life Is Not Always Filled With Kicks ‘N
     Giggles ]
[ Sometimes Things Are Not Always What They Seem ]
[ Especially When You Touch Something & It Wiggles ]

[ Sometimes It Is Devastating When You Get Knocked Off
     Your Life’s Path ]
[ Sometimes It Might Be Because Of Something From Your
     Past ]

[ There Is No Reason To Become Distraught ]
[ While Putting Others On The Spot ]

[ You Might Find That Others Have Changed ]
[ Because Of Your Fall ]
[ Your Life Was Not The Only One That Got Rearranged ]

[ Oftentimes You Can Never Go Back To What You Felt
     Was Normal ]
[ You Might Go To A Party Wearing Shorts & A T-Shirt ]
[ But Everyone Else Was Dressed Formal ]

[ There Might Not Be Any Signs Of Normal That You Used
     To See ]
[ Chances Were Slim To None That Is How Things Could Be ]

[ Make The Best Of What Is New ]
[ & Have Good Memories Of What You Knew ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(881)▪︎[ Silence Is Best @ Times … 10•18•2021 ]

[ Someone Once Said (TO BE SILENT IS TO BE ENSLAVED) ]
[ Does That Also Mean (IF YOU ARE SILENT, YOU ARE WELL
     BEHAVED?) ]

[ You Don’t Always Believe That When You Are Silent, You
     Are A Slave ]
[ You Are Not Always Loud When There Is Something You
     Crave ]

[ Sometimes Silence Could Actually Be The Answer To A
     Question Or Situation ]
[ Sometimes It Comes From Major Irritation ]

[ Sometimes Silence Is The Best Thing You Could Hear ]
[ You Never Want An Argument Starting Near ]

[ You Could Get Silence From Anyone ]
[ Depending On The Situation ]
[ Silence Could Say A Ton ]

[ You Could Think That You Are Being Ignored ]
[ It Could Also Mean That The Person That Was Being Silent ]
[ Could Have Bored ]

[ Not Everyone Has Something To Say ]
[ Or Some Could Be Irritating In The Worst Way ]

[ Those People You Really Hope Would Remain Silent ]
[ Or Quiet ]

[ If You Don’t Have Anything Nice, Than Say Nothing @ All ]
[ Maybe, Better Luck On The Next Call ]

[ When Some People Say That They Want To Put Their (2)
     Cents In ]
[ You Want To Give Them Change Back ]
[ Then Ask Them If They Would Like To Try That Again? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(942)▪︎[ Don’t Let Them … 7•13•2019 ]

[ Let ‘Em Laugh ]
[ Let ‘Em Spin ]
[ But Don’t Let Them Cut You In Half ]
[ & Win ]

[ Where Do You Start? ]
[ When Do You Finish? ]
[ Do You Give It Your Heart? ]
[ Or Is That Just A Wish? ]

[ When You Watch What You Say ]
[ & Then Figure Things Out ]
[ You’ll Come To The Day ]
[ When You Figure Out What Life Is All About ]

[ When You Play To Win, Not Lose ]
[ You Make The Conscious Choice ]
[ To Choose ]
[ Of Whether Or Not To Use Your Voice ]
[ Or Drown Your Sorrows In Booze ]

[ Alcohol Is Not The Choice That You Should Make ]
[ There Could Be ]
[ The Chance When You Wake ]
[ Your Head Could Feel Like You’ve Been Through An
Earthquake ]

[ When Your Head Rattles & Rolls ]
[ It’s Your Body That Takes The Toll ]
[ Each & Everytime You Come To ]
[ You Are Less Than Whole ]

[ In Today’s Society ]
[ Much Less Your Own Family ]
[ One Day You’ll Wake & See ]
[ How Things Are No Longer Free ]
[ & How Destructive Your Behavior Can Be ]

[ To Yourself ]
[ & To Everyone Else ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(108)▪︎[ Lock-Up … 1•30•2018 ]

[ As I Lie Back On My Bunk ]
[ I Think Of All The Junk ]
[ That Got Me In To This Funk ]

[ In The First Place ]
[ I Get Up And Look @ Myself In The Mirror ]
[ @ This Old, Tired & Haggard Face ]
[ & It Becomes Perfectly Clear ]
[ What Knocked Me Off Of My Base ]
[ & Sent Me Here ]
[ I Must Have Drank At Least A Half Case ]
[ Of That Really Expensive Beer ]
[ That Is When My Dear ]
[ Sweet Life, Went To Waste ]

[ When I Crashed My Car, Into Another Car ]
[ & Then Into A Tree ]
[ That Left Me With Many Scars ]
[ & A Life That Is No Longer Free ]

[ & The Memories That I Killed My Wife ]
[ & Close Friend Stephen Agee ]
[ How Can I Continue To Go Through Life ]
[ Looking In The Mirror @ Me ]
[ When The Flashbacks Cut Like A Knife ]
[ Through My Waking Pysche ]

[ So Now Here I Am In State Prison ]
[ Standing Behind Line After White Line ]
[ With Shattered Dreams & No Vision ]
[ Hearing Other Inmates Whine ]
[ About The Sentences They Got ]
[ Then I Take One Look @ Mine ]

[ & Know That I Was Sentenced To Rot ]
[ In Here ]
[ & Be Nothing But A Robot ]
[ That Makes It Clear ]
[ That Because Of The Notoriety ]
[ The Judge Made My Fears ]
[ Come True ]
[ & Made It Seem Like It Was His Number One Priority ]
[ For Me To Die In This Hell Hole ]
[ & Keep Me Away From Society ]
[ Because Of What I Stole ]
[ From My Wife’s & Best Friends Families ]

[ So I Hope As I Step Out Of My Cell Door ]
[ The Almighty Man Above ]
[ Will Open His Arms & Show Me Love ]
[ As I Fly Like A Dove ]

[ Telling Everyone I’m Bailing ]
[ As I Leap Off The Railing ]
[ Of The Fifth Floor ]
[ Now They’ll Be No More ]
[ Pictures Of Horror ]

[ Running Through My Head ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1335)▪︎[ It’s Not Always … 11•23•2019 ]

[ Perfection Is Not Always Possible ]
[ But Progress Is ]
[ When Things Look Impossible ]
[ That’s When You Make A Wish ]

[ A Wish That Can Come True ]
[ Maybe Even Some Kind Of An Action That You Knew ]
[ You Could Do ]

[ Be It Make More Money Or Be Patient As You Wait ]
[ Maybe A Wish Could Be ]
[ Walking Clear Across The State ]
[ Then Maybe You Will See ]
[ If You Could Possibly Find Your Lifetime Mate ]

[ Then You Could Settle Down & Have A Child Or Two ]
[ Then You Could Mold Them ]
[ Into ]
[ A Miniature You ]

[ Or Maybe You’d Want ]
[ To Have Them As Complete Opposites ]
[ Instead Of An Identical Robot ]

[ Not Everyone Wants To Raise An Identical Twin ]
[ Unless You Give Birth To The Pair ]
[ Where Would You Begin? ]

[ Would You Always Want To Look In The Mirror
Whenever You Look @ Your Child? ]
[ Would You Want A Copy Of The Wild Side? ]
[ Or The One That Was Most Mild? ]

[ I Would Want My Son ]
[ To Be His Own Person ]

[ Perfection Is Not Attainable ]
[ Even If You Are Really Personable ]
[ Is The Chance To Be Always Available? ]

[ No ]
[ So ]

[ Does That Mean That You Don’t Try? ]
[ Do You Really Want Or Mean To Be That Guy? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1347)▪︎[ I Was The One Rewarded … 11•28•2019 ]

[ I Just Had A Homeless Man Carrying What Seemed To
Be His Sole Possession, A Blanket, Come Up To Me &
Say (EXCUSE ME SIR, I KNOW I’m NOT SUPPOSED
TO ASK, BUT DO YOU HAVE A SPARE DOLLAR? } ]
[ He Looked @ Me Timid Like, Expecting Me To Holler ]

[ I Immediately Thought About How Polite He Was
Being @ The Time ]
[ So I Wanted To Give Him More Than Just A Dollar &
A Dime ]

[ I Pulled A Couple Of Dollars From The Pocket Of My
Shorts ]
[ Then When I Handed Them To Him ]
[ He Seemed All Out Of Sorts ]

[ I Guess, Because This Is How We Met ]
[ He Thought That I Would Get Upset ]

[ As He Was Slowly Walking Away ]
[ I Wondered (DO YOU THINK THAT HE HAD ANYTHING
TO EAT TODAY?) ]

[ I Followed Him Until I Caught Up With Him From
Behind ]
[ I Wanted To Hit REWIND ]
[ Because In My Mind ]

[ I Should Have Given Him More Than I Did ]
[ So When I Pulled A Different Bill Out ]
[ & Into His Hand It Slid ]
[ I Wanted To Shout ]
[ I Feel As Carefree As A Kid ]

[ He Looked @ The $20 Bill In His Hand ]
[ A Beaming Smile Covered His Face ]
[ Then It Went Away ]
[ As He Asked (ARE YOU SURE MAN?) ]

[ I Reassured Him That I Was Sure ]
[ Because My Intentions Were Altruistic & Pure ]

[ As I Walked Away ]
[ I Felt Like I Was The One That Was Rewarded Today ]

[ I Told The Stranger To Have A Meal On Me ]
[ So @ Least He Will Not Be ]
[ Cold & Hungry ]

[ He’s Already Set ]
[ With His Blanket ]

[ As He Walked Away, He Looked @ The Ground & Shook His Head ]
[ & It All Started When He Said ]

[ (EXCUSE ME SIR …) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1355)▪︎[ The Hero … 11•29•2019 ]

[ Heroes Can Come In Many Shapes & Sizes ]
[ One Thing That You’ll Never See ]
[ Is Them Hiding Behind Fake Disguises ]

[ They Stand Up & Stand Tall ]
[ Alot Of What They’ve Done ]
[ Is Lay Down Their Lives To Save Us All ]

[ Be It Running Into A Burning House ]
[ Or Getting In-Between A Person & Their Angry Spouse ]

[ The House May Have The Walls Falling In ]
[ On Itself ]
[ The Other Spouse May Have Sin ]
[ On Their Mind, Directed @ Someone Else ]

[ A Hero Can Come In The Form Of A Paramedic,
Fireman, Policeman Or Soldier ]
[ It’s Not That A Hero Must Be Older ]
[ It’s That They Must Be Bolder ]

[ Soldiers Go To War Often Against A Faceless Enemy ]
[ They Put Their Lives On The Line ]
[ To Protect The Rights For Us In America To Live Free ]

[ They’ll Never Meet Me Today Or Tomorrow ]
[ Because Of What They Do ]
[ They Could Be Confronted With Death Or Sorrow ]

[ But Who Is There For Them During Those Restless
Nights ]
[ When The Wrong Memory ]
[ Could Cause Them Night Sweats & Fright ]

[ We Always Go Home @ The End Of The Day ]
[ & Things Are Alright ]
[ Who Checks On The Heroic To Make Sure Things Are
Okay? ]

[ Heroes Are Born Because That Is Not A Learned
Behavior ]
[ Not Just Anyone Has The Courage To Be A Soldier ]

[ Sometimes Kids Will Point To A Picture & Say (I WANT
TO GROW-UP & BE JUST LIKE HIM) ]
[ That Man’s Name Could Be Hank, Billy Or Jim ]
[ But This Courage Isn’t Taught From A Book ]
[ When Push Comes To Shove, It Comes From Within ]

[ When One Is Asked (HOW DID YOU DO THAT
TODAY?) ]
[ They’ll Probably Just Shrug & Say (I DON’t KNOW,
THINGS JUST HAPPENED THAT WAY) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1321)▪︎[ To People, Or Not To People … 11•16•2019 ]

[ Okay, Okay, Okay ]
[ I Guess I’ll Have To People Today ]

[ Sometimes Having To People Is A Drag ]
[ There Are Days When It’s Not My Bag ]
[ & Then To Get Me Going ]
[ I Have To Play Tag ]

[ It’s Not That I Need To Be Touched To Get Me Going Everytime ]
[ But If I Had My Choice ]
[ I’d Stay @ Home To Write More Rhymes ]

[ Does That Make Me A Bad Person Inside & Out? ]
[ If I Don’t Want To People With You ]
[ Will That Make You Pout? ]

[ Having To People Is Not Just Physical ]
[ The Way I Get Mentally Ready ]
[ Could Be Looked @ As Kind Of Quizzical ]

[ It’s Not Something That I Can See, Taste Or Hear ]
[ Oftentimes When I Look Within ]
[ The Why Isn’t Always Clear ]

[ It’s Kind Of Like Going Dakine ]
[ It’s Not What I Show You Or Say ]
[ But It Is A State Of Mind ]

[ It’s Like Taking A Deep Breath & Gathering All Of The
Energy That I Can Muster ]
[ It Definitely Is Not As Fun As Eating A Pie Full Of Custard ]

[ When I Have To People That Means That I Have To Get
Up & Get Dressed ]
[ & I Don’t Do It To Make Others Impressed ]

[ Sometimes When I Have To People I Just Feel [ HO
HUM ] ]
[ Those Are Also The Times When My Feelings Towards
Others Are Totally Numb ]

[ & Then The Dilemma Of Going Here Or There ]
[ Do I Make The Effort To Care? ]

[ But I’m Glad That When I Have To People I Don’t Have
A Case Of Bed Head ]
[ That’s Because I Smoothly Shave My Head Instead ]

[ So I Don’t Have That Matted Down Look ]
[ Like The Crumpled Up Pages Of An Old Discarded
Book ]

[ Having To People Is Not Always A Bad Thing
Everyday ]
[ Because Most Of The Times I Do Have A Say ]

[ It’s Those Days ]
[ When I Can’t Find The Ways ]

[ To Do What I Want To Do ]

[ So When I Don’t Have To People & I Can Just Sit On
The Couch & Be Lazy ]
[ @ Times The Thought Of Having To Get Up & Get
Dressed To People Can Drive Me Crazy ]

[ Having To People Everyday Could Have It’s Benefits
I Guess ]
[ But If I Was Asked Everyday To Do It ]
[ I Would Have A Really Hard Time Saying (YES) ]

[ I’d Much Rather Stay On The Couch In My
Comfortable Around The House Clothes ]
[ That Idea For Me ]
[ Is Comfort From My Head, Clear Down To My Toes ]

[ There Might Be Days When You Would Want Me To
People With You & My Voice Takes On A More
Defiant Tone ]
[ Those Are The Days When I Want To Spend The Day
On The Couch ]
[ Being @ Home All Alone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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