(822)▪︎[ Where Are You? … 9•28•2021 ]

[ Is There Always A Plateau ]
[ That Others Will Know? ]

[ Some Never Know What Their Stress Level Is ]
[ They Might Say That It Was That ]
[ Or That It Is This ]

[ A Very Smart Man Once Figured Out That Character Is Defined
By The Weakest Moments In Your Life, Not The Strongest ]
[ The Character Defining Moment Is When You Are @ Your
Lowest ]

[ One Thing That You Must Do Is Create Stability ]
[ & Know Your Own Abilities ]

[ If You Do Not Know ]
[ Then How Do You Expect To Grow ]

[ Don’t Settle On Just Being Alive ]
[ Figure Out What To Do That Helps You Thrive ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(810)▪︎[ Are You Content With Your Day? … 9•24•2021 ]

[ Are Your Today’s ]
[ Filled With Promise ]
[ Or Broken Yesterday’s?]

[ You Can Never Go Back & Correct Yesterday’s (OOPS) ]
[ You Can’t Go Play Basketball & Try To Make Those Missed
     Hoops ]

[ You Will Always Miss Those Shots That Weren’t Taken ]
[ Can You Go Back & Correct The Times When You Were
     Mistaken? ]

[ Mistaken I.D. Or Choice ]
[ A Number Or Who Belongs To That Voice ]

[ Your Today’s Should Get Everything For All Of Those
     Tomorrow’s In Your Future ]
[ Learn How To Love & Nurture ]

[ It Feels Good To Pay It Forward Whenever You Get The
     Chance ]
[ Don’t Always Stay Seated In A Chair ]
[ Get Up & Join The Dance ]

[ Get Your Groove On, Every Once In Awhile ]
[ You Don’t Have To Dance Well ]
[ But You Can Show Everyone That You Have Style ]

[ Yesterday Could Be Filled With Answers For Tomorrow’s
     Tests ]
[ Wake Up Every Morning With The Intentions Of Doing Your
     Best ]

[ Sometimes When You Have The Answers The Questions Are
     Different ]
[ Well, So Much For Feeling Confident ]

[ Some People Think That Confidence Is Good ]
[ Sometimes Confidence Can Be Misunderstood ]

[ There Are A Whole Lots Of People Who Can Talk ]
[ There Are Very Few People Can Do The Walk ]

[ They Only Walk In One Direction ]
[ That Would Be Forward ]
[ Unless Someone Had A Better Suggestion ]

[ No Juking One Way Or The Other ]
[ Be Friendly With People That You Meet ]
[ Then Do Not Smother ]

[ Wash Your Dishes & Your Pans ]
[ Look @ Tomorrow & Make Some Plans ]

[ Do Not Let Your Mistakes Rule Your Life ]
[ Get Your Bicycle Out Of The Garage & Go For A Ride ]

[ Then, When The Moon Takes Over The Day, From The Sun ]
[ Try To Be Happy, With What You Have Done ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(830)▪︎[ On The Right Page … 10•1•2021 ]

[ I Have To Say ]
[ (THANK YOU) For Every Day ]
[ That You Pull A Chair Up Next To Me & Say (YES, I WILL STAY!) ]

[ I Grew Up Thinking That People Don’t ]
[ I Grew Up Being Shown That Parents Won’t ]

[ Hell Yes I Carry Alot Of Baggage With Me ]
[ But Now You Know Why ]
[ Now You Can See ]

[ Don & Barbara Were The Judge ]
[ Of Whether They Would Budge ]
[ About Holding A Grudge ]

[ I Can Talk About All Of What Is In My Head ]
[ & You Would Show Me Understanding Instead ]

[ Thank You For Telling Me That My (GOODNIGHT) Does
     Matter ]
[ & You Weren’t Telling Me Just To Make Idle Chatter ]

[ You Are The Definition Of What A True Friend Is ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me Give Me A Minute & I Will Make You
     A List ]

[ You Have Stuck By Me Through The Good & The Bad ]
[ The Happy & Sad ]

[ You Do Not Judge Me By What I Do ]
[ It Means The World To Me That You Love Me, Too ]

[ You May Live Far Apart ]
[ But I Hold Our Friendship, Near & Dear To My Heart ]

[ I Would Love It If You Moved Back Home ]
[ Then We Would Have More Contact With Each Other ]
[ Than Sending Texts On Our Phones ]

[ Real Live Contact Face To Face ]
[ Thank You For Making The Effort To Come To My Place ]

[ I Surely Want The Doctors To Figure Out The Problems
     With Your Health First ]
[ I Don’t Like Knowing That There Are Times That You Hurt ]

[ You Have So Much Going On, But You Do Not Complain
     @ All ]
[ During Those Times That You Do I Wish That You Would Give Me A Call ]

[ You Have Always Been The Wise One Between Us Two ]
[ When It Is Time To Show Respect ]
[ I Want To Give You What You Are Due ]

[ Maybe I Was Never Mature Enough To Write These Stories
     @ A Younger Age ]
[ I Guess In My Book Of My Life ]
[ I Was Yet To Get To This Page ]

~ The End ~

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

(472)▪︎[ Muhammed Ali … 6•5•2021 ]

[ He Said That He Would Float Like A Butterfly ]
[ & Sting Like A Bee ]
[ Your Hands Can’t Hit ]
[ What Your Eyes Can’t See ]

[ He Always Said That He Was The Greatest Of Them All ]
[ When He Hits Someone ]
[ They Always Fall ]

[ Smooth Dancing All Around The Ring ]
[ Nobody Ever Hits So Hard As To Make It Sting ]

[ He Doesn’t Play Fair ]
[ Because His Footwork Is Beyond Compare ]

[ Round One, Round Two ]
[ Not Too Many Other Boxers ]
[ Will Last The Whole Time Through ]

[ Ten Or Fifteen Rounds, It Doesn’t Matter ]
[ Since The First Bell, It Will Be A Battle ]

[ All Through The Pre-Fight Praise ]
[ @ The End It Will Be His Arm That Will Be Raised ]

[ He Was The King Of The Mountain, Times Three ]
[ To Some, He Was The Greatest Boxer That They Would
Ever See ]

[ I Give Him His Props ]
[ Because He Always Walked His Talk ]

[ He Always Said That He Was The Greatest Of All Time ]
[ Yes He Was, While He Was In His Prime ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(1439)▪︎[ The Start Of A Brand New Day … 12•30•2019 ]

[ You Made A Wish Upon A Shining Star When It Was Pitch
     Black Dark, In The Night ]
[ It Was So Dark Outside ]
[ You Were Torn Between Your (FIGHT OR FLIGHT) ]

[ That’s The Frame Of Mind That You Get In When You Feel
     That You Need To Save Your Own Ass ]
[ It Also Is The Kind of Thinking That You Have When You’re Trying
     To Get Away From Your Past ]
[ No One That You Know Likes To Be Passed ]
[ & Then Wind Up Coming In Last ]

[ When The Sun Comes Up, You’re Blinded For A Second Or Two ]
[ Since You’re Not Usually Outside @ This Time ]
[ This Event Was Something New ]

[ You Told Yourself That You Needed To Do This Again ]
[ When It’s A Clear Blue Sky ]
[ With No Rain Or Wind ]

[ You’ve Never Been Fond Of Windy Weather ]
[ It Moves Things All Around ]
[ & That Mixes Things Together ]

[ When You’re Out In Short Sleeves ]
[ Raking Leaves ]

[ Into Piles ]
[ The Wind Comes Along ]
[ & Then Makes A Mess For Miles ]

[ You Guess The Weather Can Put A Crimp In Your Plans For Doing
     Yard Work ]
[ The Wind Is Not One Of Nature’s Perks ]
[ It’s More Like The Kid From Down The Street ]
[ Coming Through & Acting Like A Jerk ]

[ You’ll Take The Calm Weather Of A New Sunny Day ]
[ You Could Only Wish That You Could Start Every Morning
     In That Kind Of Peaceful Way ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(811)▪︎[ How Is Your Team? … 9•24•2021 ]

[ You Made A Wish Upon A Shining Star When It Was Pitch
     Black Dark, In The Night ]
[ It Was So Dark Outside ]
[ You Were Torn Between Your (FIGHT OR FLIGHT) ]

[ That’s The Frame Of Mind That You Get In When You Feel
     That You Need To Save Your Own Ass ]
[ It Is Also The Kind of Thinking That You Have When You’re Trying
     To Get Away From Your Past ]
[ No One That You Know Likes To Be Passed ]
[ & Then Wind Up Coming In Last ]

[ When The Sun Comes Up, You’re Blinded For A Second Or Two ]
[ Since You’re Not Usually Outside @ This Time ]
[ This Event Was Something New ]

[ You Told Yourself That You Needed To Do This Again ]
[ When It’s A Clear Blue Sky ]
[ With No Rain Or Wind ]

[ You’ve Never Been Fond Of Windy Weather ]
[ It Moves Things All Around ]
[ & That Mixes Things Together ]

[ When You’re Out In Short Sleeves ]
[ Raking Leaves ]

[ Into Piles ]
[ The Wind Comes Along ]
[ & Then Makes A Mess For Miles ]

[ You Guess The Weather Can Put A Crimp In Your Plans For Doing
     Yard Work ]
[ The Wind Is Not One Of Nature’s Perks ]
[ It’s More Like The Kid From Down The Street ]
[ Coming Through & Acting Like A Jerk ]

[ You’ll Take The Calm Weather Of A New Sunny Day ]
[ You Could Only Wish That You Could Start Every Morning
     In That Kind Of Peaceful Way ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(803)▪︎[ Baa Baa Little Sheep … 9•22•2021 ]

[ Look @ All Of The Sheep ]
[ Pushing Their Carts Around The Huge Store, Without Making
A Peep ]

[ Every Sheep Going In The Desired Direction ]
[ Don’t Make Eye Contact ]
[ Because That Might Cause A Connection ]

[ Sheep Do Not Go To The Grocery Store To Connect ]
[ Not A Wave To Each Other To Acknowledge That They
Are Alive ]
[ Out Of Respect ]

[ Each Sheep & Their Given Cart Are All From Different
Flocks ]
[ Being On Borrowed Time, On Their Wall Clock’s]

[ Every Sheep Getting In Place ]
[ Every Sheep Has A Blank Stare On Their Face ]

[ Not One Single Sheep Has Smiled ]
[ For A Good Long Awhile ]

[ Some Days ]
[ Sheep Have Traveled From Miles Away ]

[ There Could Be Trouble ]
[ If (2) Sheep Stand Inside Each Other’s (6) Feet Bubble ]

[ Not One Sheep Will Dare Pull Down Their Mask ]
[ & Ask ]
[ (HEY SHEEP, HAVE YOU’ve BEEN VAX’d?) ]

[ Not One Sheep Dares ]
[ To Share ]

[ The Checkers Try To Avoid A Stampede ]
[ By Going @ Only ½ Speed ]

[ Bagging Is Only Accomplished By The Quick & Nimble Ewe’s ]
[ Why Is That? ]
[ That Is Just What Sheep Do ]

[ Even While The Sheep Walk ]
[ The Sheep Never Talk ]
[ So They Never Join A Union & Become A Flock ]

[ The Few Sheep That Walk Around Blindly ]
[ Do Not Act Very Kindly ]

[ To The Sheep That Do Not Act As Efficient ]
[ & Come In & Tries To Be Different ]

[ It Is Not Very Difficult ]
[ To Think That These Monotonous Sheep Act Like They Have
Joined A Cult ]

[ But Surprisingly That Would Be A (NO) ]
[ Maybe Then It Would Not Look Like A Big Shit-Show ]

[ The Order ]
[ Of The Day ]
[ Is To Cause Disorder ]
[ In The Worst Way ]

[ Make Confusing Suggestions Over The Intercom ]
[ Then Watch How Fast That Shakes Up The Calm ]

[ Disorder Everywhere ]
[ Sheep Going There, There & There ]
[ Searching For Their Shepherd ]
[ But They Cannot Find One Anywhere ]

[ Order Resumes & All The Sheep Continue Taking Their Place
In Line ]
[ One Sheep Shows Some Concern ]
[ During The Disorder One Sheep Drank A ½ Bottle Of Wine ]

[ Drunk Sheep Is What All Sheep Dread ]
[ So Then The Intercom Blares (CODE RED! CODE RED!) ]

[ The Lucky Ones Have Paid & Become Human Again As They Go
To Their Cars ]
[ Some Want To Become Sheep Again When They Frequent The
Bars ]

[ Why Do People Act Like Sheep @ Times In A Grocery Store? ]
[ It Just Makes You Want, To Run, Out The Door ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(805)▪︎[ Maybe They Were Not One … 9•23•2021 ]

[ It Is Hard When People Leave ]
[ But When You Look, Were They Ever Here? ]
[ Did They Have To Reach Up Their Sleeve ]
[ To Ever Show Some Cheer? ]

[ Were They Just A Shell Of Their True Self ]
[ When They Were With You ]
[ Were They Wishing They Were Talking With Someone Else? ]

[ No One Gives Their Undivided Attention All Of The Time ]
[ You May Have Thought That They Were Giving You $1’s Worth ]
[ When They Were Only Giving You A Dime ]

[ If Their Eyes Were Going Half Shut ]
[ That May Have Felt Like A Punch In The Gut ]
[ & Their Backhanded Compliments Always Included A
(YES, BUT …) ]

[ They Gladly Accepted A Gift Or Two ]
[ From You ]

[ Even Though It May Have Been Anticipated ]
[ Your Generosity ]
[ Was Never Reciprocated ]
[ In The End ]
[ Maybe They Never Were Your Friend ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(807)▪︎[ Then? … 9•24•2021 ]

[ You Have Noticed That Most People Have A Long History ]
[ Of Sophistry ]

[ ‘Round & ‘Round Their Long Tales Go ]
[ Where Will They Stop? ]
[ Only They Will Know ]

[ Why Do They Even Begin? ]
[ Are Their Goals ]
[ Only To Win ]

[ But ]
[ Only To Win What? ]

[ The Human Race ]
[ Is Not Exactly A Race, On Its Face ]

[ Is It To See Who Dies First? ]
[ Is It To Quench A Thirst? ]

[ Which Is What, You Ask Again ]
[ If You Do, Then? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(806)▪︎[ Where Is Your Home … 9•23•2021 ]

[ Where Is Your Home? ]
[ Do You Know? ]

[ Is It The Place Where You Sit Getting Fat? ]
[ Maybe It Is The Place Where You Hang Your Hat ]

[ A Place Where You Feel @ Ease ]
[ Where You Can Do What You Please ]

[ Can You Run Around The House Without Any Pants? ]
[ @ Least You Do Not Run Around Screaming Weird Chants ]

[ You Do Not Even Know A Single Chant ]
[ So You Can’t ]

[ It Is Nice To Be Able Sit In Your Own House @ Ease &
Feel Okay ]
[ Every Night & Every Day ]

[ The Only Threat To You Is Your Imagination ]
[ @ Times Your Common Sense, Goes On Vacation ]

[ What Comes Into Your Mind ]
[ Things That Are Not The Positive Kind ]

[ What Was That Noise? ]
[ Then Your Mind Has A Choice ]

[ Do You Let Your Mind Run Wild? ]
[ & Have As Much Control Over The Situation ]
[ As Would A Young Child? ]

[ (GROW UP) Is What Your Common Sense Will Say ]
[ Then You Will Let That Thought Fade Away ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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