(048)▪︎[ The Ocean Just Takes … 1•13•2020 ]

[ The Ocean Rarely Relinquishes What It Takes ]
[ Sometimes Widows Are What It Makes ]

[ When You Turn Your Back On The King Tide ]
[ It Will Take Your Feet Out From Under You ]
[ & Then Take You For A Ride ]
[ Whoever Told You That The Ocean Is Harmless ]
[ Looked You Straight In The Eyes & Lied ]

[ Another Victim, Another Day ]
[ Be Naive About The Power Of The Ocean ]
[ & It Could Sweep You Away ]

[ @ Times The Water Is So Calm & Low ]
[ You Say ]
[ Hiding With The Next Wave Is An Undertow ]
[ That Might Be Today ]

[ You Don’t See The Undertow, Until It Grabs You By The Feet ]
[ Before You Know It, You’re Knocked Down On To Your Seat ]
[ Swim Hard Against It ]
[ Before You Give In To Defeat ]

[ Today Two Children Lost Their Lives After Being Taken From
Their Father’s Arms ]
[ Oh The Water Is So Calm & Shallow ]
[ Playing In The Waves Will Bring No Harm ]

[ A Sneaker Wave Came Out Of The Blue ]
[ It Almost Had Three Lives ]
[ But Then Settled On Two ]

[ The Father Was Saved But The Son & Daughter Wasn’t ]
[ In Regular Water The Body’s Would Be Given Back ]
[ But The Ocean Doesn’t ]

[ The Ocean Waves Could Be Called A Thief ]
[ By Stealing Two Children’s Lives ]
[ & Creating A Lifetime Of Grief ]

[ That Some ]
[ Families ]
[ Never Recover From ]
[ The Father Will Probably Forever Be Numb ]

[ Oh, The Water Is Calm ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(171)▪︎[ Whatever Happens … Happens … 2•25•2021 ]

[ You Guessed That People Really Do Come & Go ]
[ In Your Life ]
[ & They May Go Slow ]
[ In The Night ]

[ Or They May Go Fast ]
[ During The Day ]
[ You Guessed Not Everything Lasts ]
[ As You Watch Another Person Drift Away ]

[ All Because Of Something That You Text ]
[ That Sounded Too Complex? ]

[ You Guessed We Both Had Too Thin Of Skin On That
Text Exchange ]
[ Does That Mean Things Need To Change? ]

[ You Really Don’t Know About That One Act ]
[ All You Are Going On, Is How You See Her React ]

[ & That Was Not Good ]
[ Or Were Your Words ]
[ Completely Misunderstood? ]

[ You Think That They Were ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(097)▪︎[ Just An Ordinary Day … 1•29•2021 ]

[ You Are Just Sitting There In The Dark ]
[ With Nothing, But Your Thoughts ]
[ Wondering If Your Life Is In Neutral Or In Park ]

[ You Seem To Be Running Uphill On A Treadmill, Not Getting
Anywhere ]
[ The Main Problem With This, Is That You Have Lost The Desire
To Care ]

[ As You Sit There, You Do Not Hear A Thing ]
[ So You Watch The Phone ]
[ & Hope, That It Would Ring ]

[ Minutes Drag By, Then They Turn Into Hours ]
[ Everytime You Think Things Are Going Well ]
[ It Turns Upside Down & Sours ]

[ Those That You Thought Were Friends Seem To Jump Ship When
The Waters Get Rough ]
[ You Would Always Listen To Their Problems When Their Lives
Got Tough ]

[ But You Never Thought That They Would Turn Their Back ]
[ It Feels Like Whenever You Spoke Up ]
[ Your Face Got Smacked ]

[ You Always Turned The Other Cheek ]
[ But You Never Corrected The Facts, Whenever They Would Speak ]

[ You Never Put Them On The Spot ]
[ Because They Were Wrong Alot ]

[ One Thing That You Have Come To Realize ]
[ In Your 58 Years ]
[ Is That People Come & Go Throughout All Of Our Lives ]

[ Like Two Ships Passing Each Other On A Very Dark Night ]
[ You Are In Their Thoughts ]
[ Until You Are No Longer In Their Sight ]

[ But This All Goes Full Circle As You Sit Here Alone ]
[ The Silence Gives Off Its Own Peculiar Tone ]
[ & It Has Been Shown ]
[ That It Always Sends A Chill Down To Your Bones ]

[ Do You Have To Turn Around & See What You Don’t See ]
[ & Come To Realize This Is How Your Life, Is Going To Be ]
[ You Could Bet After You Slowly Count, From 1 To 3 ]
[ You Could Look Around & It Would Still Be … ]

~ The End ~

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

(1433)▪︎[ It’s Not As It Seems … 12•26•2019 ]

[ He Says He’s Smiling Inside ]
[ But Don’t Let That Fool You ]
[ His Insides Had Died ]
[ In Year Number Two ]

[ How Could He Just Sit & Smile When He’s In So Much Pain? ]
[ There He Is, Going Through The Motions Everyday ]
[ With Nothing To Gain ]

[ Smiling Again & Again ]
[ Is That Committing A Sin? ]
[ Who Loses? ]
[ Who Wins? ]

[ As Good As It Is To Lie ]
[ It Must Have Been Done ]
[ By The Other Guy ]

[ But Why Do They Make A Joke ]
[ About Going Up To That Old Man ]
[ & Giving Him A Poke? ]

[ Poking Another ]
[ Should Not Be A Laughing Matter ]
[ To Someone Else’s Brother ]
[ Your Comments Does Not Bring Any Laughter ]

[ It Is A Bit Unrealistic ]
[ To Say People Are Helping ]
[ When They Are So Antagonistic ]

[ But Where In Life Is The Finish Line? ]
[ Is It Anywhere Close ]
[ To When You Go Dakine? ]

[ So Many People Leave Life As An Unfinished Project ]
[ When They Started Out As Such A Good Prospect ]

[ Some May Have A Mid-Life Crisis & Never Bounce Back ]
[ Is That Because They Are In Hiding ]
[ From A Blind Sided Attack? ]

[ When You Finally Have The Answers In Life ]
[ Someone Changes The Questions ]
[ Given To Them By Their Wife ]

[ The Moral Of This Story ]
[ If You Go Through Life Looking For Glory ]

[ Glory Is What You Make ]
[ When You’re In A Giving Mood ]
[ Instead Of Being In The Mood To Take ]
[ Or Being Rude ]
[ & Nobody Needs A Fake ]
[ Attitude ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(023)▪︎[ The Moon … 1•6•2020 ]

[ Why Does The Moon Seem So Lonely? ]
[ Because Mother Nature Raises The Sun As Hers, Only ]

[ When The Moon Reaches It’s Highest Point ]
[ Everybody Has Vacated Every Joint ]

[ Most People Are Tucked Away In Their Bed ]
[ Some Are Comatose After Taking Their Sleeping Med ]

[ When The Moon Comes Out Most People & Creatures
Are Down For The Night ]
[ It Is Usually So Dark ]
[ The Moon Has To Makes It’s Own Light ]

[ Nobody Stays Up To Watch The Moon Set ]
[ The Moon Never Forgets ]

[ That Everyone Loves The Sun ]
[ When It’s Up ]
[ People Come Out To Have Fun ]

[ During The Times When The Moon Is Full ]
[ & The Nights Activities Are Dull ]

[ The Windless Air ]
[ Has Nothing To Compare ]

[ No Where To Go ]
[ Just Drifting Really Slow ]

[ Across The Sky ]
[ Not To Really Be Seen ]
[ By The Naked Eye ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(024)▪︎[ A Story To Tell … 1•6•2020 ]

[ Everybody Has A Story To Tell ]
[ If You Listen To Enough Of Them ]
[ You Can See How Some People Fell ]

[ Most People Want To Grow Up & Do Great Things ]
[ But Sometimes Expectations Are Attached By Strings ]

[ Strings For Other People To Pull ]
[ Sometimes Those Expectations Makes Some Look
Like Fools ]

[ Some Have The Expectations Of Getting Paid For What
Ordinary People Do ]
[ Then If They Are Not Appeased, They Sue ]

[ Get Money The Easy Way ]
[ Sue Somebody So You Can Have A Big Payday ]

[ Money That’s Not Earned ]
[ Sometimes When You Have Expectations ]
[ You Get Burned ]

[ So What Is Your Story? ]
[ Let’s Hear It ]
[ Are Parts Too Gory? ]
[ To Even Tell Just A Little Bit? ]

[ So How Do You Get The Story Out There? ]
[ If You Don’t Want To Share ]
[ Then I Don’t Have To Care ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(331)▪︎[ Unreliable People Do Not Care … 4•21•2021 ]

[ Can You Say That Some People Are Very Unreliable? ]
[ Not Even Plyable? ]

[ When You Think That You Should Be Able To Count On
     Someone, You Won’t ]
[ When You Think That That They Will Come Through For You …
     They Don’t ]

[ Trust Is A Huge Thing In Every Day Life ]
[ There Are Some People Out There That Just Don’t Think Right ]

[ More So Left Of Center ]
[ When They See An ( EXIT ) Sign ]
[ That Is Where They Enter ]

[ They Are Even Really Slow ]
[ When They See The Sign That Says (DO NOT PASS GO) ]

[ Or Collect 200 Hundred Dollars On That Spin ]
[ They Like To Adjust The Rules Because They Feel That They (NEED)
     To Win ]

[ @ All Cost ]
[ Not Ever Taking Into Consideration That There Had Been
     Friends That They Lost ]

[ They Probably Thought (OH WELL) ]
[ (WE ARE ALL GOING TO HELL) ]

~ The End ~

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

(781)▪︎[ Not Numb Yet … 9•15•2021 ]

[ A ][ 781 ][ NOT NUMB YET … 9•15•2021 ]

[ If You Never Loved A Mirror ]
[ Is It Because The Picture Is Too Clear? ]

[ Blemishes, Wrinkles, Freckles & Age Spots ]
[ You Have Never Looked @ Your Reflection ]
[ With Good Thoughts ]

[ You Come Into This World Naked As Can Be ]
[ & You Can Hardly See ]

[ You Have An Open World In Front Of You ]
[ Without A Single Thought Of What You Will Grow Up To Do ]

[ Baby Steps Is Literally What You Learn To Take ]
[ You Have No Idea About The Mistakes You Will Make ]

[ The Places You’ll Go ]
[ The People Who You Think You Will Know ]

[ You Will Find That Not Every Soul Will Be Good ]
[ Not Everybody Succeeded From Where They Stood ]

[ Some Progress ]
[ Some Regress ]

[ You Learn As Grow ]
[ You Will Learn That It Is Good To Sometimes Go Slow ]

[ Fast Is Not Always The Best ]
[ & Keep Your Secrets Close To Your Vest ]

[ It May Take Awhile To Settle Down ]
[ You’re Not Always Content About Everyone That You Have
Around ]

[ Trust Your Judgement, Trust Your Gut ]
[ The Little Voice Inside Your Head Will Tell You What Is What ]

[ It Is Tough To Put Up With Neglect ]
[ It Is Not A Good Feeling To Be Around Someone That You
Suspect ]

[ That Brings A Dark Cloud Over Your Home ]
[ You Wonder How Long Was This Known? ]

[ You Come Into This World Pure & Clean ]
[ Because Of A Pandemic ]
[ You Have To Get The Vaccines ]

[ Look How Far That You Have Come ]
[ You Have Walked Through The Swamp Of Negativity ]
[ & Aren’t Standing There All Numb ]

[ You Keep Going … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(774)▪︎[ Go Duck’s Football! … 9•13•2021 ]

[ That Was Such A Fantastic Football Game U. Of O. Played, (2)
Days Ago ]
[ When They Traveled Across Country, To Ohio ]

[ To Play Ohio State University In Their Own, Hallowed Back
Yard ]
[ & Boy Did The Ducks Play Them Really Hard ]

[ Everyone Thought That The Buckeye’s Would Drag The
Ducks Through Hell ]
[ But The Buckeye’s Did Not Do That Very Well ]

[ The Ducks Came Out & Scored First ]
[ That Single Touchdown Did Not Quench Their Thirst ]

[ By The End Of The Game, They Would Score (4) More Times ]
[ If You Ask Anyone From That University ]
[ The Ducks Came In & Committed One Of The Worst Crimes ]

[ They Had An Over 20-Something Game Winning Streak ]
[ On Opening Day ]
[ So It Had Been Over (20+) Years Since They Got Beat ]

[ The Last Time These (2) Schools Met, O.S.U. Did Not Play
Very Fair ]
[ & The Ducks Did Not Even Give The Buckeye’s A Scare ]

[ Mariota Won The Heisman, But The Ducks Lost The
Championship Game ]
[ Mariota Really Got Beat Up ]
[ & He Never Played The Same ]

[ Again ]

[ But This Time, The Ducks Went Right @ Them ]
[ They Were Shocked, Because That Became A Big Problem ]

[ The Ducks Scored First, Like The First Game ]
[ That Was The Only Thing That Was The Same ]

[ These Ducks Never Let Up ]
[ & They Kept Kicking O.S.U.’s Butt ]

[ It Wasn’t Luck That Won ]
[ After That First Score ]
[ The Duck’s Showed The National Audience That They Were
Far From Done ]

[ (4) More Scores Would Follow That ]
[ They Did Not Want To Be Treated Like A Back Door Doormat ]

[ Again ]

[ The Ducks Were Whole Heartedly Invited To This Dance ]
[ But They Were Never Given Much Of A Chance ]

[ The Odds Were NEVER On The Ducks Side ]
[ If Anyone Said That They Bet On The Ducks To Win ]
[ They Most Likely Lied ]

[ The Ducks Defense Was Missing Their Two Best Players ]
[ The Ducks Had To Peel Back The Buckeye’s Layers ]

[ On Offense ]
[ & Defense ]

[ & Special Teams ]
[ The Ducks Were Having One Wonderful Dream ]
[ & If You Listen Really Hard You Can Still Hear The Buckeye’s
Screams ]

[ You Love It When Your Ducks Football Team Comes Out &
Plays Strong ]
[ You Love It When The U. Of O.’s Football Team Proves All
Of The So-Called Experts, Wrong ]

[ On Saturday, The Ducks Made Alot Of People, Believers ]
[ The Only O.S.U. Team The Ducks Have To Worry About
Will Be The Upcoming Game With The Oregon State
Universities Beavers ]

[ The Buckeye’s Were Not Beat By Luck ]
[ The Buckeye’s Were Beat By A More Dominant Duck! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1375)▪︎[ What Joy … 12•6•2019 ]

[ What Gives You Joy During The Day? ]
[ When People Will Stop, Sit & Listen To What Your Stories
Have To Say ]

[ It’s Not That You’re Trying To Change Their Mind ]
[ You Just Want Them To Hear A Word That Is Kind ]

[ What Gives You Joy Is To Hear & Be Heard ]
[ You Would Like That, On Every Word ]
[ @ Least It’s Not Like Someone Walking Down The Street
Giving You The Bird ]

[ Joy Is When Your Wife Smiles ]
[ It Can Also Be When You Hear Her Singing From Miles & Miles ]

[ Away ]
[ Today, Or Any Day ]

[ You Find Joy When A Story That You Write ]
[ Is Tight ]
[ & Just Sounds Right ]

[ Joy Does Not Come Upon You Easily ]
[ Sometimes You Feel That You Don’t Have Alot Of Joy To Give ]
[ Because You See ]

[ Joy Cannot Be Earned ]
[ But Sometimes The Quest For Joy Can Get You Burned ]

[ Joy Can Be Got ]
[ & To Some, Joy Can Be Bought ]

[ The Quest For Joy ]
[ Can Oftentimes Lead To A Toy ]

[ Now Giving Joy To A Child ]
[ Is fun, To Put It Mild ]
[ @ Times It Causes Them To Go Wild ]

[ Mentioning Joy & Wild In The Same Sentence Is Crazy ]
[ That Proves That Joy Isn’t Always Lazy ]

[ You Can Be Lazy, & Then Joy Can Be Found ]
[ You Don’t Ever Want It Touching The Ground ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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