(721)▪︎[ There Was A Dream … 8•27•2021 ]

[ Dreams Are Wonderful Things ]
[ Filled With Jokers, Queens & Kings ]

[ One Night You Could Be A Top Notch Card Player ]
[ Then The Next Night You Could Be A Hay Bailer ]

[ Bucking 100lb Bales Of Hay On A Truck ]
[ Learning How To Earn An Honest Buck ]

[ You Could Almost Dream Of Anything ]
[ One Night Of Make Believe ]
[ Has You On The Stage Of AGT ]

[ Up There With A Mike In Hand ]
[ You Could Dance Around ]
[ Or Be Still In Front Of The Mike Stand ]

[ Maybe It Could Have You Dancing With The Jabbo Wakkies ]
[ As You Dance, You Find That You Are The Lead ]

[ Maybe You Dream One Night ]
[ That You Woke Up One Morning & Found That You Could
Write ]

[ Not Little Things Like (MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB) ]
[ But Amazing Stories Where Some People Say (DAMN) ]

[ You Write Another & Then It Is @ Least (2) Every Day ]
[ Before That Day You Never Knew The Way ]

[ Of Expressing Yourself In A Positive Manner ]
[ Now It Is More Than The Friendly Banter ]

[ So Is This Still A Dream? ]
[ You Say (NO) As Things Seem ]

[ You Spend Hours & Hours Of Writing Down Your Thoughts ]
[ They Definitely Do Not Come From Robots ]

[ They Have Feeling, Vision & Depth ]
[ You Even Write Stories That Have Made Others Wept ]
[ Those Are The One’s That You Kept ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1305)▪︎[ Self-Preservation … 12•2•2019 ]

[ You Walk On Egg Shells For Self-Preservation ]
[ Your Stomach Is Empty ]
[ & Your Brain Suffers From Starvation ]

[ It Needs Food For Thought ]
[ Knowledge About Life Can’t Be Bought ]

[ Life Has To Be Experienced ]
[ & Nothing Is Permanent ]
[ Only Different ]

[ You’ve Put Up A Wall To Keep The Bad Out ]
[ Do The Lyers Have The Loudest Shout? ]
[ Then When They Don’t Destroy Everything About You ]
[ They Sit In The Corner & Pout ]

[ But They Want You Looking @ Them While They Do This ]
[ Their Number One Wish ]
[ Is To Find Someone Weaker To Diss ]
[ To Put Down, To Demolish ]

[ They Leave You As A Shell Of What You Used To Be ]
[ They Count The Minutes To When They See ]
[ You ]
[ Taking A Knee ]

[ On The Way To The Ground ]
[ They Pound, Pound, Pound ]
[ & Kick All Of The Support You Have ]
[ So There Is Nowhere But Down ]

[ What Will It Take ]
[ For Them To See Their Own Mistakes? ]
[ But Then They Proudly Protest (THOSE ARE THE
BREAKS) ]

[ A Mistake Here & A Mistake There ]
[ Those Kinds Of People ]
[ Have No Heart & Don’t Care ]
[ If They Had Two ]
[ They Still Wouldn’t Share ]

[ They Would Never Share The Good Times ]
[ Only The Bad ]
[ They’d Only Read The Rhymes ]
[ Where The Results Were Sad ]

[ Why Can’t You Summon Up The Nerve ]
[ & Kick Those People To The Curb ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1368)▪︎[ Man In The Mirror … 12•4•2019 ]

[ When You Look In The Mirror ]
[ Do You Compare What You See ]
[ To Some Of Your Peers? ]

[ How Do You Compare? ]
[ Does It Look Okay ]
[ That You Shave Off Most Of Your Hair? ]

[ Hair Does Not Make The Man ]
[ Just Like You Are Not Defined By What You Can ]

[ Do For Others ]
[ Because The Only Blood Relative You Have In Your Life ]
[ Is Brent, Your Brother ]
[ & The Son That Was Given To You By Your Beautiful Wife ]

[ But Are You Proud Of The Person That Looks Back @ ? ]
[ Right Now You Don’t Find Many Reasons To Be ]
[ You See ]

[ Your Biggest, Most Proud Thing About Yourself Is That You’ve
Been Able To Stay Married For This Long ]
[ You’re Sure Glad That You Waited ]
[ & Not Have Hurried & Settled For Someone Who Would Turn Out
All Wrong ]
[ You Never Would Have Traded ]
[ This Wife With Someone Who Came Along ]

[ Not In A Million Years ]
[ Would You Do Something That Would Cause So Many Tears? ]

[ Exactly Down To The Letter ]
[ Your Wife Really Deserves Someone Better ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1369)▪︎[ Trust Is A Strange Word … 12•5•2019 ]

[ Trust What You Know ]
[ Not What You Feel ]
[ Things Can Move Really Slow ]
[ When You Think You Got A Raw Deal ]

[ Maybe You Forgot, But You’re Still Responsible ]
[ Cueing Your Memory ]
[ Is Not Impossible ]

[ As You Grow, That’s When You Find The Clue ]
[ That Taking Responsibility For Your Own Actions ]
[ Is The Adult Thing To Do ]

[ When You Go From Complying To Responsive ]
[ You Go From (MAYBE’s) To Decisive ]

[ Then You Go From Adaptive & Cooperative ]
[ To Responsible & Reasonable ]

[ There Are Times When You Use Your Voice ]
[ Saying That You Had No Choice ]

[ But You Had A Choice & You Should Know That ]
[ In The Game Of Life ]
[ Everybody Should Get Their Turn Up To Bat ]

[ We All Know That In Life, You Don’t Always Get A Fair Shake ]
[ Opportunities Are As Good As The Ones You Make ]
[ & Chances Are Gauged By The Risks You Take ]

[ During The Growing Up Years, Growth Is The Hardest Thing
To Accomplish ]
[ Avoiding The Potholes Along The Way Can Be A Great Wish ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(183)▪︎[ What Says The Signs? … 3•1•2021 ]

[ One Person Said That If A Man Has Never Discovered Something
     That He Would Die For ]
[ Then, He Isn’t Fit To Live? ]
[ It Is A Shame That He Would Never Open His Own Front Door ]
[ To Give ]

[ To A Stranger, A Friend Or A Family Member ]
[ He Has Not Done Anything Good Enough To Remember ]

[ He Either Dies For Something ]
[ Or Dies For Nothing ]

[ Dying Is Not Always The End Game ]
[ Just Like All Lives Are Not The Same ]

[ Is He Only Good ]
[ When He Is @ Peace With Himself? ]
[ Not When He Is Misunderstood ]
[ By Everyone Else ]

[ Sometimes He Makes His Own Heaven & Hell While He Is Still
     Alive On This Earth ]
[ Because He Has Been Hurting People Since His Birth ]

[ The Heaven He Makes, Is When He Makes Others Happy & Smile ]
[ One Thing About Happiness ]
[ It Is Short Lived & Fragile ]

[ Hate Is Like A Really Heavy Chain & Lock Around His Neck ]
[ Whenever Hate Gets Loose & Unchecked ]

[ It Ages His Face ]
[ & Ruins His Name All Over The Place ]
[ Where He Was Once Accepted ]
[ Now He Is A Disgrace ]

[ Then He Will Figure Out Really Quick That Money Can’t Buy Him
     Love ]
[ He Should Always Try To Soar Like An Eagle ]
[ Instead Of Flying Low Like A Dove ]

[ Money Sometimes Causes People Pain ]
[ Because They Can’t Keep Up With All The People That Have
     Latched Onto People ]
[ That Are Only There For Financial Gain ]

[ Blank Faces With Different Names ]
[ But The ( WANT ) Is Always The Same ]

[ When The Room Is Empty The Silence Can Be Deafening ]
[ It Does Not Look Like Anyone Is Listening ]

[ Then He Feels That Nobody Has Heard ]
[ A Single Word ]

[ Said Or Written ]
[ Making Him Feel Like He Has Been Twice Bitten ]

[ Nobody Hears A Word, Because Nobody Is There ]
[ Everyone Left ]
[ Because They Found That He Did Not Care ]
[ To Share ]

[ Then That Causes Him To Question The Whole Idea About The
     Hereafter ]
[ Because To Reach It ]
[ Some May Need A Really Tall Ladder ]

[ He Will Find That The Ones That He Figured Out Have To Really
     Reach ]
[ Are Those The Loudest One’s Who Preach? ]

[ Maybe He Figures Out That It Is Time To Lay Low ]
[ Because Of The Actions Of Others ]
[ That Is What Others Says Is So ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(736)▪︎[ Don’t Go Extinct … 9•1•2021 ]

[ Today You Actually Thought That Your Mind Was Clogged ]
[ But Then You Noticed That You Didn’t Feel Like You
Were In A Fog ]

[ Sometimes You Think That Your Thoughts Make You Fear ]
[ Then You Don’t Think That They Are Anywhere Near ]

[ Thoughts Come & Go ]
[ Raising Questions That Will Pop Up ]
[ That Have Answers That You Don’t Know ]

[ Is It Really, Important To Know The Answers? ]
[ Do ALL Beautiful Women Make Good Dancers? ]

[ No, Not All The Time ]
[ Watching Some, Definitely Is Not Considered To Be Sublime ]
[ Some Acts Were Not Worth A Dime ]

[ Some Questions, Are Never Answered ]
[ Some Answers, Have Double Standards ]

[ One Way For The Townspeople ]
[ & A Different Way, For The Tribespeople ]

[ Things Like That Are Not Fair ]
[ Sometimes Your Thoughts Float Away On Air ]

[ Thoughts Have Never Been Concrete ]
[ Don’t Get Enamored With Them, Because You Will Never
Meet ]

[ Your Thoughts Can Be Sexual Or Sensual ]
[ Plain Or Unusual ]

[ Thoughts Are Thoughts ]
[ Sometimes That Is All That Sets You Apart From The Robots ]

[ You Have A Brain That Directs You ]
[ A Brain That Drops A Clue ]
[ On What Is The Next Thing That You Should Do ]

[ But Follow Your Instincts ]
[ That Is Why You Are Not Extinct ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(746)▪︎[ Take Your Swing … 9•3•2021 ]

[ In This Huge Universe Where Do You Fit In? ]
[ Do Good Guys Ever Win? ]

[ It Is Usually Second Or Third @ Best ]
[ Life Feels Like One Big Test ]

[ You Don’t Get A Test Run @ It ]
[ You Never Get The Schematics On Where All Of The Pegs
Fit ]

[ You Are On The Ground Floor ]
[ You Never Have An Aerial View ]
[ So You Could See More ]

[ There Is No Such Thing As A Cheat Sheet ]
[ There Is No Guarantee Who You Will Meet ]

[ Around Every Corner You Turn ]
[ Through The Years You Have Learned ]
[ To Not Get Any Hopes High ]
[ Until It’s Your Turn ]

[ Take A Step Forward & Always Swing For The Fences ]
[ Because In Most Instances ]

[ You May Not Get Another Swing ]
[ @ Anything ]

[ Until Your Turn Comes Back Around Again ]
[ But You Don’t Know When ]

[ You Always Need To Make The Best Of Things When You
Get The Chance ]
[ Because Not Everybody Gets Invited To The Dance ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(747)▪︎[ Not My Problem … 9•4•2021 ]

[ You Stand On Your Principles, You Say ]
[ I Say (OKAY) ]
[ (WHAT DO YOU SAY THEY ARE, TODAY?) ]

[ Take A Stand, By All Means ]
[ But You Need To Back Your Play ]
[ After You Stand There & Scream ]

[ Everybody Should Go By Their Own Principles & Way Of
Thinking ]
[ But As You Sit There Screaming ]
[ Do You Need To Get Liquid Courage From Your Drinking? ]

[ Your Voice Might Be Louder Than Mine ]
[ That Does Not Mean That You Will Be @ The Head Of The Line ]
[ When Everybody Seeks To Go Dakine ]

[ Maybe You Are The Loudest, Because You Feel You Have Less To
Prove ]
[ Maybe You Become The Loudest, Because You See That You Have
The Most Opinions To Move ]

[ To Your Point Of View ]
[ Because Loud People Are Nothing New ]

[ If You Don’t Want To Get The Vaccine … That’s Fine ]
[ If You Get The ‘VID 19 ]
[ You Won’t Be A Problem Of Mine ]

[ But Then You Won’t Have To Look @ Your Co-Workers &
Ask ]
[ Because Of Course They Will Wear A Mask ]

[ Around Others They Won’t ]
[ Around Others They Don’t ]

[ But When It Comes To Being Around You ]
[ They Always Find The Need To ]

[ You Could Double Up With Your Own Free Thinkers In The Same
Single Occupancy Hospital Room ]
[ It Is A (2) For (1) Place ]
[ Because If You Get Sick Enough, It Could Also Be Your Tomb ]

[ Go Ahead & Play It Close To The Vest ]
[ But What Will You Do When You Have Trouble With Your Next
Breath ]
[ Not Filling Up Your Chest? ]

[ Get Up On That Soap Box & Preach ]
[ But @ The Same Time ]
[ Why Don’t You Teach ]

[ Do You Want To Make Your Early Reservation Now For A
Beautiful, Sterile Room @ The (SALEM HOSPITAL INN?) ]
[ They Will Only Wheel You Out In A Body Bag ]
[ After They Check You In ]

[ This Is Great How Some People Play Their Own Role ]
[ On The Troubling Issue Of Population Control ]

[ If You Have The Breath & The Way ]
[ You Can Get Up & Talk All Day ]

[ Will You Bring Your Own Ventilator? ]
[ After Your Tenure ]
[ Of Being The Facilitator? ]

[ So Stand Up & Be Proud ]
[ & While You Still Have The Breath ]
[ Be Loud ]

[ Hopefully ]
[ The Next Voice You Will Hear When You Get Wobbly ]
[ Won’t Be ]
[ (911, WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?) ]

[ Good Talks With Your Friends ]
[ To The Very End ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(745)▪︎[ A Shiny Dime … 9•3•2021 ]

[ The Phone Rings, But All That You Hear Is A Dial Tone ]
[ That Makes You Feel So Much More Alone ]

[ No Music Or Voice ]
[ Not Any Type Of Noise ]

[ That Keeps Happening Throughout The Day ]
[ You Are Trying To Find Someplace To Lift Your Spirits ]
[ But You Cannot Find The Way ]

[ You Feel Lost & Your House Seems So Large & Vacant ]
[ Oh How You Wish You Could Get On The Phone ]
[ & Have Someone Come Over In An Instant ]

[ People Have Moved All Around The State ]
[ Maybe You Feel That This Was Fate ]

[ Or Maybe Karma Catching Up To You Because Of Your
Raucous Childhood ]
[ When You Always Thought That You Were Vastly
Misunderstood ]

[ You Tried To Buck Against The System Every Chance You
Got ]
[ Everytime, That You Were Put On The Spot ]

[ So Now You Spend Your Nights Making Wishes On
Falling Stars ]
[ You Have Never Taken A Drink When You Were By Yourself ]
[ & You Do Not Want To Hit The Bars ]

[ The Last Drink You Took Was Over 25 Years Ago ]
[ Alot Of People, Through The Years Had Tried To Entice You ]
[ But The Answer Was Always A Simple (NO) ]

[ Getting Drunk Was Never Your Thing ]
[ In Your World ]
[ Alcohol Was Not Your King ]

[ The Silence Gets Loud @ Night ]
[ Especially When The Darkness Takes Your Sight ]

[ Your Hearing Takes The Place Of Your Eyes ]
[ Your Head Remembers All Of The Lies ]

[ How Do You Replace The Silence With Conversation? ]
[ Whenever You Meet Someone New ]
[ You Have Your Reservations ]

[ Your Guard Is Always Up @ First ]
[ & A Simple Taste Of Water Will Quench Your Thirst ]

[ You Fill Your Days Up By Taking Long Walks ]
[ & Silent Talks ]

[ You Feel That You Can Feel & Hear Your Heartbeat @
The Same Time ]
[ It Was A Good Walk Yesterday, Because You Found A
Shiny Dime ]

[ Oh, To Want So Much ]
[ Then You Receive So Little ]
[ Of The Human Touch ]

[ You Have So Much To Give ]
[ In The Manner Of Which You Live ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(730)▪︎[ Kirsten, You Are The (1) … 8•30•2021 ]

[ To The Best Physical Therapist Who Gave Me Such Good Care ]
[ When I Came To Therapeutic Associates For Repair ]

[ I Did Not Know Who Would Take On This Monumental
     Task ]
[ & I Never Called Ahead To Ask ]

[ The First Time That I Met You Here ]
[ You Were Full Of Cheer ]

[ You Are Tiny, Yet Strong ]
[ Throw Out All Of Those Misconceptions ]
[ Because They Were All Wrong ]

[ You Maneuvered Me Here, Then There ]
[ I Used To Do Rubberband Pull-Downs ]
[ With You Standing On A Chair ]

[ I Was Hoping That I Wouldn’t Pull You Down ]
[ But You Stood Your Ground ]

[ Well We Come To The End Of Another Body Part ]
[ But When You Come Back @ The End Of January ]
[ We Will Make A Brand New Start ]

[ Everything Will Be Brand New ]
[ For You ]
[ Because In October, You Will Have Child (#2) ]

[ You Have Done So Much In What Seems Like So
     Little Time ]
[ I Have No Idea What I Pay This Place ]
[ But YOU Are Worth Every Dime ]

[ Could You Let Me Know In Some Way ]
[ The Result Of Your Big Day? ]

[ Calling My Cell ]
[ To See If I Am Doing Well ]

[ Because I Was Far In-Between Visits ]
[ & You Were Being Inquisitive ]

[ That Is Just The Type Of P.T. That You Are ]
[ In An Agency Full Of P.T.’s ]
[ You Are The Rock Star ]

[ You Have Been Working On Me For Over A Year & Then
     Some ]
[ Through All Of The P.T.’s That I Have Had Prior ]
[ Kirsten, You Are The Number (1) ]

[ Never Forget That, Please ]

[ See You When You Return ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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