(1413)▪︎ [ Day & Time … 12•18•19 ]

[ Today Is Yesterday’s Tomorrow ]
[ Does Tomorrow Have Any Time That Today Can
     Barrow? ]

[ A Barrowed Minute There ]
[ A Spent Minute Here ]
[ Does Tomorrow Have Any Time That It Could Spare? ]

[ But How Do You Barrow Time From A Day That
     Has Not Started? ]
[ When Days Become Yesterday ]
[ Do We Call Them The Dearly Departed? ]

[ If Tomorrow I Plan On Writing A Rhyme ]
[ But Today I’m Thinking About It ]
[ Am I On Barrowed Time? ]

[ If I Am By Chance Wasting Today ]
[ Do I Search Out Tomorrow, Or Who I Can Pay? ]

[ How Exactly Does Someone Get Paid For Your
     Time By Someone Else? ]
[ Did They Have Some Extra Time Sitting Idle On A
     Closet Shelf? ]

[ I Know That Spent Time Could Go Either Way ]
[ You Can Use That Time During The Night ]
[ Or During The Day ]
[ But Do You Have To Put Up A Fight ]
[ To Spend It Your Way? ]

[ Today Has A Tomorrow & A Yesterday ]
[ Do You Ever Wish You Could Be In A Vortex ]
[ Where Time Would Just Sit Still & Stay? ]

[ Time Standing Still Is Not Always A Good Thing ]
[ You Never Know What Kinds Of Problems Extra
     Time Can Bring ]

[ What If You Were Having A Bad Time When You
     Got Caught Up With Time Standing Still?
[ Would You Have Time To Get Ill? ]
[ Maybe You’d Get Saved When Jack Followed Jill ]

[ & Followed The Yellow-Brick-Road Past The
     Gingerbread House ]
[ This Would Have Worked Out Okay ]
[ If Only Jill Was Jack’s Spouse ]

[ Time Drags By When You’re Trying To Watch Water Boil ]
[ Does It Remain Slow When Pouring Oil? ]

[ So Today Would Be Tomorrow’s Day Before ]
[ What Day Or Time, Will It Be If You Counted Back By Four? ]
[ Would It Be Like Walking Through Three Tunnels
     Until You Got To The Main Door? ]

[ When Time Flies By ]
[ You Barely Have Time To Say, Hello ]
[ But When You Turn Around, To Say ( GOODBYE ) ]

[ You’ll Find That Chasing Time Is One Heck-Of-A Ride ]
[ Is That What Is Meant By Having Time On Your Side? ]
[ One Thing That You Should Find ]
[ & That Is Time Has Never Lied ]

[ Be It Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Or Somewhere
     In The Past ]
[ Time Really Doesn’t Stand Still ]
[ So Make Some Memories That Last ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1416)▪︎[ All The Way To The End … 12•19•19 ]

[ Well, That Kind Of Does It, Closes A Chapter On A Very
Painful Part Of Your Life ]
[ Does That Mean That The Outlook On The Future
Look Bright? ]

[ You Never Thought It Would Go The Way That This Finally
Played Out ]
[ But You Also Didn’t Know What Wills Were All About ]

[ @ One Point In Your Life Barbara Told You That
Were In Hers ]
[ You Didn’t Really Question That @ The Time ]
[ But Through This Silence You Were Not All That Sure ]

[ Now You’re Sure & You Are Not ]
[ It Told You So In A Letter That You Just Got ]

[ It Plainly Stated That She Willed Absolutely Nothing To You ]
[ It Was There In Plain English So You Did Not
Need A Clue ]

[ You Guess She Wound Up Hating You More & More As The Years
Dragged On ]
[ She Probably Thought She Could Stick It In
Your Back ]
[ Even After She’s Gone ]

[ When She Told You To Get Out Of Her Life She Really Meant
It THROUGH The Very End ]
[ She Was So Rigid With Her Words ]
[ I Knew She Wouldn’t Bend ]

[ For People Who Are Mild & Meek ]
[ To Her, Forgiveness Was Done By The Weak ]

[ & She Was Anything But That ]
[ Just Like She Disliked Dogs ]
[ & Loved Her Cats ]

[ Her Cats Could Bring Her Home Dead Rats & She Would Never
Disown Them ]
[ She Never Thought Of Reconciling With Her Only Son Down In Salem ]

[ You Truly Wish She Lived Her Last Minutes Regretting What She
Did & Said ]
[ You
Hope She Had A Clear Recollection Of Your Last Phone Call
Running Over & Over In Her Head ]
[ Because Satan Was Waiting For Her @ The Door For When She Would
Finally Be Dead ]

[ Satan Was Waving @ Her Saying ( COME HERE, COME HERE ) ]
[ ( I KNOW YOU ONLY DRINK WINE, BUT WE’ll FORCE YOU TO
DRINK BEER! ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1423)▪︎[ Understanding … 12•23•19 ]

[ There Seems To Be Times When We Need To Talk ]
[ But The Chances To To Do That Never Come ]
[ Whenever You Threaten That You’re Going To Walk ]

[ Those Are The Times When We Should Be The Most Understanding ]
[ But We’re Not ]
[ When We Get So Demanding ]
[ Our Temper Goes From Cold To Hot ]

[ When Things Get So Confusing ]
[ & Complicated ]
[ The Way We’re Using ]
[ Each Other ]
[ Seems To Be Duplicated ]

[ How Do We Stop? ]
[ Without Letting The Ball Drop? ]

[ Quite Often We Let Our Pride Get In The Way ]
[ That’s When We Look Behind Us ]
[ On What Happened The Other Day ]

[ What Keeps Kicking Our Ass ]
[ Is That We Can’t Get Away From Our Past ]
[ & Just When We Think We Got A Pass ]
[ The Good Feelings & Times Don’t Last ]

[ Just When We Know What To Say ]
[ We Lose Our Way ]

[ Do We Talk Or Write? ]
[ Do Our Talks Need To Lead To Another Fight? ]
[ How Come We’ve Become So Weak? ]
[ When We Don’t Remember Wrong From Right? ]

[ Have We Poisoned Our Minds ]
[ So Far ]
[ That We Only Have Thoughts That Are Kind ]
[ When We’re Drinking In A Bar? ]

[ Alcohol Fueled Courage & Soft Heart ]
[ Often Doesn’t Discourage ]
[ Someone To Play The Brave Part ]

[ But Sometimes, Many Times, Alcohol Leads To Violence ]
[ Whenever You Put Your Hands On A Loved One ]
[ That Leads To Withdrawals & Silence ]

[ So How Do You Get This Turned Around & Not So Upside
Down? ]
[ That’s When You Get Right Side Up ]
[ & Pick Yourself Up Off Of The Ground ]

[ So That’s When You Go All In ]
[ & Look @ Each Other Again & Again ]
[ & Agree On When To Begin ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1424)▪︎[ Who? … 12•23•19 ]

[ Do You Know How To See The Clue ]
[ To Be The Best Of … You? ]

[ Not The Person Who People Think That You Should ]
[ Because You Don’t Think That You Would ]
[ Even If You Thought That You Could ]

[ Does Anyone ]
[ Actually Become ]
[ Who, In Their Own Mind, Is Number One? ]

[ It Would Always Take Alot ]
[ Of Thought ]
[ To Come To Terms With What You’ve Actually Got ]

[ Do Things Become Controversial ]
[ Or Conventional ]
[ When You Think That You’ve Reached Your Potential? ]

[ When Reaching One’s Potential, It Sure Can Be A Mystery ]
[ Sometimes Getting There ]
[ Is Pure Misery ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1430)▪︎[ Better Each Day … 12•25•19 ]

[ Why Do You Take A Chance & Write Out Your Thoughts? ]
[ Why Do You Attempt To Distinguish Yourself @ Being Different Than A Bunch Of Robots? ]

[ Do Robots Always Have A Story To Tell? ]
[ Sometimes You Just Want To Let Loose & Yell ]

[ Do You Have More Feelings Than A Robot Does? ]
[ If It’s There, It’s There ]
[ If It Were, It Was ]

[ How Do You Differenciate Yourself From Others? ]
[ In Another Life ]
[ Do You Have More Sisters & Brothers? ]
[ You Don’t Want Another Useless, Throwaway Mother ]

[ More Brothers You Want, But More Sisters You Don’t ]
[ If It’s In A Fantasy Land That’s A Maybe ]
[ But In Real Life You Won’t ]

[ The Two Females You Grew Up With Were/Are/Made Horrible
Sisters ]
[ They Left Your Life ]
[ Acting Like Tornado Twisters ]

[ They Wreck Havoc With Everything They Touch ]
[ Their Hatred Towards You Was A Little Bit Too Much ]

[ For You To Be Around ]
[ It Seems That If They Had Their Way ]
[ They’d Knock You To The Ground ]

[ But Like Always, You Will Get Up EVERY SINGLE Time ]
[ & You Would Collect Your Wits ]
[ & Write Out Another Rhyme ]

[ You Would Never Let The Venom They Spewed Ruin The Rest Of Your Life ]
[ You Have Great In-Laws ]
[ & A Great Child & Wife ]

[ As You Grow Older ]
[ You Want To Grow Better ]
[ Not Colder ]

[ With Your Writings, There Is Always Room For Improvement ]
[ You Just Don’t Want To Grow Stagnant ]
[ Smarter, Yes ]
[ Not Dormant Or Ignorant ]

[ & Use This God-Given Gift As Long As You Possibly Can ]
[ Then Turn Out To Be A Positive, Kind Man ]

[ & Not Another ]
[ Other ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(338)▪︎[ End A Good Day … 4•24•2021 ]

[ Nobody Pushed You Into Re-Inventing The Wheel ]
[ They Just Wanted You To Get A Good Deal ]

[ In Love, Life Or Play ]
[ If You Would Have Or Get Good Luck In Any Way ]

[ Is There Anyone Around To Help? ]
[ Maybe You Can Entertain Yourself ]
[ By Reading Some Hilarious Reviews Of Businesses On Yelp ]

[ & You Could Consider It To Be A Good Night ]
[ To Not Say Anything That Would Lead To A Fight ]

[ Sometimes It Seems ]
[ That Whatever The Last Things That You Talk About Has An
     Uncanny Way Of Getting Into Your Dreams ]

[ Make Your Partner The Last Person You See & ( I LOVE YOU )
     The Last Thing You Say ]
[ So You Will Have Positive Dreams ]
[ That Will Help Guide You Into The Next Day ]

~ The End ~

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

(656)▪︎[ A Simple Man … 8•6•2021 ]

[ When It Comes Down To The Basics You Are A Simple Man
     @ Heart ]
[ Every Morning When You Wake ]
[ You Find It Harder & Harder To Get Off To A Good Start ]

[ Yes, You Are Very Much Alive ]
[ But Every Minute ]
[ You Are Searching For More Drive ]
[ You Don’t Quit ]
[ But You No Longer Thrive ]

[ It Is Good To Dive In Head First ]
[ But What Satisfies Your Thirst? ]

[ You Do Not Get Any Validation From Those That You
     Personally Know ]
[ Whenever You Asked Someone If They Would Like To Read Your
     Stories On Your Blog ]
[ They Would Politely Say ( I DO NOT THINK SO ) ]

[ So Now, You Do Not Stop To Ask ]
[ You Take Rejection Well, While You Hide It Behind Your Mask ]

[ Words & Stories Flow Out Of Your Stylus Tip ]
[ You Try To Keep Busy, So Your Mind Doesn’t Slip ]

[ You Challenge Yourself All Through The Day With Games
     On Your Phone ]
[ Your I.Q. Has Never Been Known ]

[ You Have Never Wanted Or Needed To Be Tested ]
[ You Have Never Wanted To Be Big Chested ]

[ So Your Writing Is In The Driver’s Seat ]
[ Writing A Good Story Feels Like A Treat ]

[ Not For The Reader, But For The Writer ]
[ You Are Trying To Show Everyone That You Are A Fighter ]

[ Back You Into A Corner & You Will Fight ]
[ If Someone Ignores You ]
[ You Politely Say ( GOODNIGHT ) ]

[ Start Out New The Next Day ]
[ Hoping That You Can Connect In A Different Way ]

[ You Try Your Hardest Not To Overly Judge ]
[ You Try Your Hardest Not To Create A Grudge ]

[ You Rarely Carry Any Cash ]
[ & You Have Never Been About The Flash ]

[ You Try To Get Away From The Stress ]
[ By Staying Away From What You Think Might Be A Mess ]

[ Sometimes You Are Unable To See Into The Future ]
[ & Then Stand There Unsure ]

[ Unsure Of Which Way To Go ]
[ Unsure Of What You Don’t Know ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(657)▪︎[ Getting Away … 8•6•2021 ]

[ Once The Fog Was Lifted Before Your Very Eyes ]
[ You Saw That All That She Was Telling You Was Nothing
But A Bunch Of Lies ]

[ Lying About Everything That She Had Said ]
[ Just To Put Doubt In Your Head ]

[ That Was Her Main Priority ]
[ Was To Make Your Mind, Starting To Think So Negatively ]

[ To Throw You Off Track ]
[ So You Would Not See ]
[ The Knife That Was Headed For Your Back ]

[ By Someone You Trusted ]
[ It Was The One Person That You Busted ]

[ So Why Did You Let Him Back In? ]
[ You Knew That The Situation Could Never Be A Win-Win ]

[ So Why? ]
[ All That He Does Is Lie ]

[ The Only Way That He Would Tell You The Truth ]
[ It Would Only Be If He Was Placed In A Lie Detector Booth ]

[ Somehow, Somewhere That Would Tell You That He Was Lying ]
[ Somehow, Where He Could Not Be Denying ]

[ What He Says ]
[ Or What He Does ]

[ So How Do You Get The Knife Out His Hand? ]
[ You Could Say It As A Demand ]

[ But You Know That Would Not Work ]
[ You Just Don’t Want Anyone To Get Hurt ]

[ So How Will You Deal With The Fog? ]
[ Stay Closer To Your Dog? ]

[ She Is Very Trustworthy & Wise ]
[ & She Is The Perfect Size ]

[ But The One Who Makes You Foggy ]
[ & Groggy ]

[ You Are Sure ]
[ That Your Life Will Thrive ]
[ Once … You Get Away From Her ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(626)▪︎[ You Try … 7•27•2021 ]

[ Your Head Feels Like A Pressurized Pot, Ready To Blow ]
[ When That Will Happen, Nobody Knows ]

[ The Pressure Keeps Building & Building As The Hours
     Tick By ]
[ You Don’t Know The When ]
[ & You Have Never Understood The Why ]

[ It Just Started To Build One Morning Once You Opened
     Your Eyes ]
[ When It Was So Hot In The Morning, You Could Have Deep
     Fried Some Fries ]

[ It Just Feels Like A Pot Ready To Boil Over ]
[ Making You Sweat So Much ]
[ Your Shirt Starts To Give Off An Odor ]

[ Now You Are Becoming Self-Conscious, Of Yourself ]
[ You Do Not Want To Make The Area Around You Unbareable
     For Someone Else ]

[ But What Can Settle Your Boiling Head? ]
[ Why Can’t You Think Some Good Thoughts Instead? ]

[ You Try & Try ]
[ Until It Makes, You Cry ]

[ You Begin To Have An Overwhelming Thirst ]
[ You Need Something To Stop The Hurt ]
[ Before Your Head Bursts ]

[ Eventually You Are Able To Lay Your Head Down On Your
     Soft Pillow ]
[ & Turn The Pressure Down To Low ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(648)▪︎[ Life For A Man, Is A Waiting Game … 8•3•2021 ]

[ Sometimes A Good Marriage Is One Big Waiting Game ]
[ Not One Single Person Is To Blame ]

[ You Hear This So Many Times ( PLEASE WAIT ) ]
[ ( NO, YOU HAVE TO WAIT ) ]
[ ( WHY CAN’t YOU WAIT? ) ]
[ ( YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT ) ]

[ Lines That You Will Hear ]
[ Oh One More ]
[ ( PLEASE WAIT HERE ) ]

[ You Wait For Your Wife, To Get Ready ]
[ You Waited For Her, When You Went Steady ]

[ You Can Wait For The Bathroom For Hours ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter If You Are A Super Hero ]
[ You Can’t Move Her Out Of The Bathroom By Using Your
Super Powers ]

[ Even After Standing There For Awhile ]
[ You Are Still Expected To Stand There & Smile ]

[ Then You Might Be Expected To Hold Her Purse &/Or Coat ]
[ Even If That Makes You Want To Choke ]

[ This Annoying Task Is What Is Expected ]
[ If Given This Task ]
[ Never Look Dejected ]
[ When Asked ]
[ That Is Not Like You Are Being Disrespected ]

[ It Is A Sign Of Trust ]
[ Because Having Faith In You, Would Be A Must ]

[ If You Do Not Like Being Pulled By Your Earlobe ]
[ You Better Have The Patience Of Job ]

[ You Also Must Learn How To Wait Without Making A
Sound ]
[ & Never Let Anything That You Are Holding Touch The
Ground ]

[ A Really Nice Branded Purse Can Be $300 Or More ]
[ That Would Be A Good Deal If You Can Get One That Low
Priced In The Store ]

[ Waiting Is Just A Responsibility Of Being A Man ]
[ You Must Wait For Your Wife, Fiance, Or Girlfriend Whenever
You Can ]

[ Part Of Being A Man Is Learning How To Wait ]
[ & When They Ask ]
[ Never Hesitate ]

[ That Would Not Be A Sign Of Respect ]
[ You’re The Man ]
[ Waiting Is Something That You Come To Expect ]

[ Being Called A Gentleman Is Earned ]
[ You Wouldn’t Like To Be In A Big Group & Be The One That
Gets Burned ]

[ Women Would Find It Cute ]
[ If Some Guy Thought That He Was One, Right Out The
Chute ]

[ You Think That A Very Strong Woman Would Put Him In
His Place ]
[ When They Would Be Face To Face ]

[ Being Called A Gentleman Is A Privilege, Not A Right ]
[ After Waiting Awhile, Never Start A Fight ]

[ If Not Waiting Is What You Always Choose ]
[ It Will Be The Female Partner That You Will Continue To Lose ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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