(096)▪︎[ Goodbye 2020 … 1•28•2021 ]

[ The Past Year Of 2020 ]
[ Sure Did Teach The World Plenty ]

[ It Taught You To Not Go Around Those That Were Outside
Of Your Inner Circle ]
[ Not To Play With Your Life ]
[ & Stick To Playing Long, Intense Games Of Quirkle ]

[ You Try To Think That You Are Getting Better @ The Game ]
[ If You Are Not ]
[ You Only Have To Say Your Name ]
[ When You Would Look For Someone To Blame ]

[ You Wouldn’t Know, What A Stranger Did ]
[ In Their Spare Time ]
[ Running A Good Chance, Of Getting The ‘VID ]

[ Once You Have Been Infected, What Should You Do? ]
[ Oh How You Wish, You Got The Vaccine, Like You & You ]

[ Was It Too Late? ]
[ Did You Still Need To Wait? ]

[ They Couldn’t Force Your Name, Onto Their Reservation List ]
[ Even Though ]
[ That Was, Your Biggest Wish ]

[ Since 2020 Is No Longer Here ]
[ It Would Help You Immensely ]
[ If You Put That Year ]
[ In Your Rearview Mirror ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(268)▪︎[ My Unicorn … 8•1•2018 ]

[ When She Came Through That Door, Your Heart Skipped
A Beat ]
[ She Looked So Hot From Over There, You Could Actually
Feel The Heat ]

[ You Tried To Make Your Way Through The Crowd ]
[ You Yelled, For Her To Stop ]
[ But The People Around Her, Were Too Loud ]

[ By The Time That You Got To The Door ]
[ She Was Not In The Room, Anymore ]

[ You Looked Out The Window & You Watched Her Go ]
[ You Were Upset With Yourself, For Being Too Slow ]

[ You Asked The Man @ The Door, For Her Name ]
[ He Was Being An Ass & Thought, This Was A Game ]

[ You Had To Find Out Who She Was, So Maybe You Could Track Down, Who Sent That Car ]
[ You Had Seen Her Four Times Prior ]
[ & This Was The Fourth Bar ]

[ You Asked The Guy @ The Other Door, For Any Information ]
[ He Told You There Was No Such Car Confirmation ]

[ He Looked @ You & Said (MAYBE … )
[ (THIS LADY) ]

[ (DOES NOT EXIST) ]
[ (BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD TOO MANY MOHITOS, WITH
A LIME TWIST) ]

[ You Looked @ Him And Politely Said (I KNOW I SAW HER) ]
[ Then You Mumbled To Yourself (I SAW WHAT I SAW & THAT WAS HER
I AM SURE) ]

[ You Have Seen Her Before & So Far As A Name, You Have
Not Written Down A First, Middle Or Last ]
[ When She Decides To Leave, Wow She Leaves Fast ]

[ When You Say You Have Seen Her In Bars, You Mean The One’s For
The Way Upper Rich Class ]
[ No One Quite Looks Like Her, Especially With That Rock Hard Ass ]

[ Just Thinking About All Of This Made You Needing Some
Food ]
[ Food Is One Of The Things That Puts You In A Better Mood ]

[ Give Me Some Time ]

[ Give Me Some Space ]

[ Because I Will Mourn ]
[ Until I Catch Up To ]
[ … My Unicorn ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1207)▪︎[ It Is? … 10•3•2019 ]

[ What It Is, Is What It Will Be ]
[ Can You Hear ]
[ What You Can’t See? ]

[ Can You Taste The Air ]
[ That Swirls Through Your Hair? ]

[ What If You Have A Bald Head? ]
[ Do You Always Follow When You Want To Be Left Alone
Instead? ]

[ Or Only Towards The End Of Your Life ]
[ To Take One’s Heart ]
[ Do You Always Need A Knife? ]

[ For When You Finally See The Light ]
[ Does It Always Has To Be Bright? ]

[ They Say That It Is Always The Darkest Before The
Rising Sun ]
[ Even Before You Wake ]
[ Is Your Day Almost Done? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1187)▪︎[ Soldiers … 9•28•2019 ]

[ There Needs To Be More Sailers & More Soldiers ]
[ Because The Weight Of The World ]
[ Is On Their Broad Shoulders ]

[ The Flyboys, Always Reach For The Sky ]
[ When They’re In Their Fighter Jets ]
[ They Feel So High ]

[ The Ground Soldiers Are In Line Marching Two By Two ]
[ They Go To War ]
[ To Protect Me & You ]

[ The Frogmen Are Soon To Be Treading Water ]
[ When They Get Sent In ]
[ It’s Because The Conflict Got Hotter ]

[ They Send The Marines In When The Going Gets Tough ]
[ Then The Generals ]
[ Wonder If That’s Enough ]

[ Does The Military Have Enough Soldiers To Fall Back On ]
[ When They Go To War ]
[ You Should Consider Them Gone ]

[ They Send These Guys Because, They Are Buffed ]
[ & When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ These Men Are All Made Of The Right Stuff ]

[ They Go In Like King Kong ]
[ & Come Out Like Godzilla ]
[ There’s Something Wrong ]
[ When They Come Home With The Mind Set Of A Killer ]

[ The Military Knows How To Turn It On, But They Don’t Quite
Know How To Turn It Off ]
[ The Problem Is Attempting To Find The Spot ]
[ Where The Mind Is Soft ]

[ That Is Where The Caring Begins ]
[ Unfortunately For Some Soldiers ]
[ War Is Where The Caring Ends ]

[ Every Soldier Goes In Needing To Be Wanted ]
[ Not By The Angry Protesters ]
[ Who Only Yelled & Taunted ]

[ Being A Soldier Is Not What I Want To Be ]
[ When It Comes To Me ]
[ I Already Have PTSD ]

[ PTSD Used To Be For Soldiers That Saw Some Combat ]
[ PTSD Encompasses More Than That ]
[ Military Life Is Not The Only Place Where It’s @ ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1216)▪︎[ What’s The Answer? … 10•7•2019 ]

[ There Are Some Nights ]
[ When You Just Need Some Rest ]
[ That’s When You Turn Off The Lights ]
[ & Listen To Your Own Breath ]

[ Those Nights When You Lay There Listening ]
[ To Your Breathing ]
[ You Try To Keep Yourself ]
[ From Thinking Of Leaving ]

[ The Thoughts Go In & Out Of Your Head ]
[ That Makes For A Sleepless Night ]
[ In Your Bed ]

[ What Are The Pros? ]
[ & What Are The Cons? ]
[ Is The Answer Right Under Your Nose? ]
[ How Will You Know, What’s Right Or What’s Wrong? ]

[ You Tell Yourself To Go With The First Thought That Comes In To
Your Mind ]
[ But Don’t Put Yourself In A Bind ]
[ Or Maybe You Should Go With Your Gut ]
[ & See What You’d Find ]

[ Decisions Should Not Be Made After Nights With No
Sleep ]
[ Would You Throw Away Something ]
[ That On Another Day You Would Really Want To Keep? ]

[ Maybe What Would Be Best ]
[ Is If You Could Write It Out ]
[ So You Could Get It Off Of Your Chest ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(720)▪︎[ What Is The End? … 8•27•2021 ]

[ When Is The End, Not THE END? ]
[ When You Are About Break ]
[ & Can No Longer Bend? ]

[ You Have Bent, Again & Again ]
[ You Have Gone As Far, As Anyone Has Ever Been ]

[ You Get So Tired ]
[ So Much So, You Want To Get Fired ]

[ Fired, From The One Job That You Have ]
[ Because It Seemed Like Someone Was Plotting Your
Life Like You Were On A Graph ]

[ Positive Events ]
[ Or ]
[ Negative Time Spent ]

[ Here, Here & Alot Of Time Spent Over There ]
[ Where People Don’t Share ]
[ They Won’t Care ]

[ You Are, Not Sure, Why They Don’t ]
[ You Are, Fairly Sure, Why They Won’t ]

[ They Don’t, Because No One Tells Them To ]
[ They Won’t, Because No One Shows Them What To Do ]

[ Mindless Sheep, Walking Down The Line ]
[ Not One Of Them, Having An Individual Mind ]

[ Being Herded From One Place To Another ]
[ When They Are There, They Never Think Of The Other ]

[ Place That They Were Just In ]
[ All They Know, Is To Do This Again & Again ]

[ The End, Is Never The End, Because It Is Always @ The Start ]
[ & You Are Only, Playing This Tiny Part ]

[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ It Is Much Bigger Than Anything That You Have Ever Seen ]
[ In Your Dreams ]

[ Much Bigger Than The Land Of The Lost ]
[ But @ A Much Smaller Cost ]

[ Life Is Infinite ]
[ You Are Definite ]

[ Life Keeps Going ]
[ & As You Age ]
[ You Start Slowing ]

[ Slowing Down, To Become Ashes & Dust ]
[ Don’t You Think By Then, Faith Would Be A Must? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(719)▪︎[ Not Your Thing … 8•26•2021 ]

[ How Does One Maneuver Their Way, Through The Masses
Of People Out In Society ]
[ When It Seems Like You Have Nothing In Common With
Anybody? ]

[ You Don’t Care To Know About The Mechanics & Costs Of
Houses Or Cars ]
[ You Have Zero To Talk About, If You Started Hanging Out In
The Local Bars ]

[ You Know Even Less, About Trucks ]
[ Or Shooting @ Ducks ]

[ Excuse Me, What Kind Of Ammunition & Guns Do You Use? ]
[ Would You Ever Call That, Animal Abuse? ]

[ People Don’t See The Problem ]
[ When They Are Shooting @ Them? ]

[ You Guess You Could Cross (DUCK HUNTING) Off Of Your
Bucket List ]
[ By Doing That ]
[ Are You Going To Get A Slap On The Wrist? ]

[ You Have Always Liked One-to-One Conversations Better ]
[ Not Talking About Income Taxes, The Latest (TESLA) Specs
Or The Weather ]

[ You Tend To Stay Silent Because You Have Nothing To Add ]
[ Then That Makes You Look Sad ]

[ Not Sad In A Good Way ]
[ That Is Why You Tend To Walk Away ]
[ Why Should You Just Stand There? ]
[ Why Should You Stay? ]

[ It Is Not That You Sit & Talk, With Yourself ]
[ Or Don’t Want To Talk, With Anyone Else ]

[ People Should Stay With What Works ]
[ So It Hides Their Quirks ]

[ You Would Rather Talk With People (1) @ A Time ]
[ So You Could Ask Them Questions ]
[ & Maybe You Will Read Them A Rhyme ]

[ You Ask Questions, About Them, So They Will Talk ]
[ You Will Never Turn Down A Nice, Simple Walk ]
[ But That Makes Some People Balk ]

[ Some People More Anonymous Being In A Group ]
[ They Fill Much Better As Part Of A Troop ]

[ This Is The Way That Some Are Wired ]
[ & You Are Growing Tired ]

[ The Family Get Together’s Do Not Make You Feel Accepted ]
[ They Never Make You Feel Included ]
[ Only Rejected ]

[ Sometimes It Is Better To Own ]
[ Your Feelings Of Wanting To Be Alone ]

[ & Your Conclusion Is ]
[ Those Family Get Together’s Are A Big Miss ]
[ Sometimes There Is No Such Thing As Family Bliss ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(685)▪︎[ A Good Try … 8•16•2021 ]

[ Have You Ever Run Into An Immovable Object That You
Can’t Go Around? ]
[ There Is Not A Path To Be Found ]

[ Is This Object In Real Life Or Is It Solely In Your Head? ]
[ Is This Just A Problem In Some Of Your Dreams ]
[ That You Have, While Sleeping In Your Bed? ]

[ But It Is Now Consuming Your Thoughts ]
[ & Making You See Spots ]

[ Are The Spots Colorful Or Do They Just Come In Black &
White? ]
[ Do You Go Left? ]
[ Or Do You Go Right? ]
[ Which Way Is Best For Your Sight? ]

[ Okay, Neither ]
[ One Works ]
[ Would Either ]
[ One Have It’s Quirks ]

[ Does This Problem That You See ]
[ Have The Capability ]
[ Of Being Multiplied By (3)? ]

[ Maybe The Problem Could Be Resolved When You Sleep ]
[ Really Deep ]

[ But There Is One Problem With Those Theories ]
[ It Comes With Many Queries ]

[ Can You Ever Get Deep Enough? ]
[ Most Of The Time That Seems To Be Really Tough ]

[ Without Knocking Your Resolve ]
[ This Problem Cannot Be Solved ]

[ It Was A Valiant Try ]
[ From Just An Ordinary Guy ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(226)▪︎[ There Will Come A Day … 3•18•2021 ]

[ I Need To Tell You That The Day Will Come ]
[ When You Are Not Feeling So Numb ]

[ A Memory Wll Bring A Smile To Your Lips Before
     A Tear Drops From Your Eyes ]
[ You Will Never Listen To The Lies ]

[ Your Memories Are What You Made ]
[ You Never Listened To Those Who Forbade ]

[ You Believe What You Believe ]
[ & You Never Let Them Force You To Leave ]

[ Always Believe In You ]
[ Always Do What You Need To Do ]

[ Never Show Interest In Only Yourself ]
[ Always Try To Wear The Smallest Belt ]

[ But When You Out Grow Of One, Don’t Throw That
     One Away ]
[ Don’t Throw It Out Because That Is Not What You
     Currently Weigh ]

[ Because Now You Don’t ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(700)▪︎[ She Now Has A Man … 8•21•2021 ]

[ Dani & Roosevelt, Makes Such The Cute Couple ]
[ They Mesh So Well, It Makes Me Chuckle ]

[ Dani Has (FINALLY), Found Her Man ]
[ He Is The Peanut Butter, To Her Jam ]

[ Whenever Roosevelt Is Near, She Gets Weak In The Knees ]
[ Whatever Decision He Makes ]
[ She Agrees ]

[ The Smile On Her Face Tells Me That She Has So Much
     To Say ]
[ All About This One Man That Has Been Nicknamed (TREY) ]

[ Not The Kind That You Serve Food On ]
[ Dani’s Trepidation That She Had About The (C) Word ]
[ Is Now, Long Gone ]

[ Until Roosevelt Came Along, There Had Never Been A Man That
     Dani Would Trust With Her Heart ]
[ Now She Does Not Like The Hours & Minutes When They Need
     To Be Apart ]

[ I Had Never Heard A Man Call My Friend (BABY) ]
[ If I Would Have Asked Dani If This Would Have Happened (9)
     Months Ago ]
[ She Would Not Even Give Me A (MAYBE) ]

[ Sometimes I Rub My Eyes To Convince Myself That This
     Was Happening, Before My Very Eyes ]
[ When They Exclaim Sweet Nothings ]
[ Neither One Is Telling The Other One (LIES) ]

[ Roosevelt Seems Like A Good Man With Strong Convictions ]
[ From What I See, He Is Now Dani’s New Addiction ]

[ Dani Has Never Been Seen Here With A Man On Her Arm ]
[ Besides Me ]
[ She Trusts That This Man Was Not Going To Cause Her
     Any Harm ]

[ I Told Dani In The The Past ]
[ That Our Friendship Would Last ]

[ Dani Has Had My Back On Many Occasions ]
[ By Giving Me Much Needed Information ]
[ Followed With Explainations ]

[ Dani Has Always Marched To Her Own Beat ]
[ But Now She Figured Out That Roosevelt Makes Her Feel
     Complete ]

[ Everytime That They Are Kissing ]
[ Dani Has Finally Found Out What She Had Been Missing ]

[ Dani Has Always Looked Head-On @ Her Fears ]
[ (NOW) She Has Figured Out How Nicole & I Have Lasted
     Over (25) Years ]

[ Does She Still Make That (THROWING-UP) Sound ]
[ I Am Not So Sure It Would Be The Same, Since Roosevelt Has
     Been Coming Around ]

[ When You Call Him (TREY) It Is Not Because There Are Only (3)
     Good Qualities About Him ]
[ He Is Also A Bright Light ]
[ That Never Goes Dim ]

[ Roosevelt Has Never Needed To Whisper A Single Day Of
     His Life ]
[ I Guess Dani Knows, If He Hangs To The Left Or To
     His Right ]

[ I Count Three Words That I Can Describe Him When He Is
    Here, They Are (RESPECTFUL), (QUIET) & (HUMBLE) ]
[ He Seems Like A Really Soft Spoken Man, Who Does Not
     Mumble ]

[ Roosevelt Seems Like A Very Special Find ]
[ Dani Loves When Roosevelt Walks In Front Her ]
[ So She Can Stare @ His Behind ]

[ Roosevelt & Dani Are Always Welcomed In My House ]
[ I Am Sure That Goes Double From My Spouse ]

[ You Two Are So Good Together ]
[ Now Dani Has Found Her Missing Feather ]

[ I Am Going To End This Rhyme ]
[ By Saying … Damn Dani, It’s About TIME! ]

[ I Am Glad To Have You Here, Roosevelt ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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