(649)▪︎[ The Curse Of Being @ The Top … 8•3•2021 ]

[ Sometimes It Is Extremely Hard To Be Ranked @ The Top ]
[ When You Are Ranked That High ]
[ Everybody Wants You To Drop ]

[ Down Is The Only Direction That Your Ranking Can Go ]
[ Everytime That You Compete, You Have To Put On The Best
Show ]

[ You Are Really Only Competing With Yourself ]
[ It Is Just Like Looking In The Mirror ]
[ You Don’t See Anyone Else ]

[ The Pressure, The Pressure ]
[ Is Sure ]
[ To Try To Make You Feel Unsure ]

[ You Don’t Ever Get Support, From The Others ]
[ They Want To Beat You So Bad, It Will Affect Your Brothers ]

[ The Only Support Might Come From Your Mother Or Father ]
[ Most Of The Time, Your Siblings Never Bother ]

[ They Actually, Might Root For You To Fail ]
[ It Was Right When You Became A Teenager ]
[ When All Types Of Support From Your Siblings, Set Sail ]

[ A Kind Word ]
[ Is Never Heard ]

[ Coming From A Siblings Mouth Again ]
[ Usually Siblings, Do Not Want You To Win ]

[ The Other Teams Or Contestants ]
[ Are Always Playing To Make The Game A Statement ]

[ There Is No More Up When You Are @ The Top ]
[ Everyone That You Play ]
[ Wants To Make Your Dreams Pop ]

[ Down Is The Only Direction That Your Team Can Go ]
[ Since You Are The Best ]
[ That Is One Thing You Should Know ]

[ Being The Best, Can Be A Curse ]
[ You Don’t Want To Just Be Asleep When You Get That
One Way Ride In A Hearse ]

[ When Being Number (1), You Cannot Go Any Higher ]
[ If You Start Out The Season Being The Best ]
[ You Start Out The Season Being Thrown In The Fire ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(644)▪︎[ You Never Know … 8•1•2021 ]

[ Life Sure Has Its Ups & Downs ]
[ Filled With Some Nice People & A Few Clowns ]

[ You Never Know What You Are Getting ]
[ Some People You Want To Invest Some Time In ]
[ & Others Prove To Be So Unsettling ]

[ Just Like Opening Up A Book ]
[ You Can’t Always Judge One By It’s Cover ]
[ Until You Open It Up, To Take A Look ]

[ Before The ‘VID, Some People Really Did Hide Behind Masks ]
[ Some Do Not Like Being Asked ]
[ To Do Some Simple Tasks ]

[ But Now, People Really Do Have To Wear A Mask ]
[ & If They Do Not ]
[ That Means That They Would Probably Say Something Rude
Back ]
[ If You Were To Ask ]

[ Yes, Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates, As Forrest Gump Would
Say ]
[ People Sure Can Be Dependable Or Difficult ]
[ Depending On The Day ]

[ Some People Absolutely Hate The Beginning Of The Week ]
[ Unless They Have Had Their Share Of Coffee ]
[ You Don’t Want To Go Around Them & Expect Them To
Speak ]

[ Or As Non-Challantly That Someone Would Cough ]
[ Just Say The Wrong Thing ]
[ & They Will Bite Your Head Off ]

[ Those Types Of People Are Always On Edge ]
[ They Are The Ones That Would Surely Push You Out On
A Ledge ]

[ Some People You Can Judge The Book By Its Cover @ Times ]
[ Have You Ever Seen The Mugshots Of Some Of The Many
People, Who Commit Crimes ]

[ The Eyes Can Give Away Most ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Look As Lively As Burnt Toast ]

[ Some Of My Closest Friends Growing Up Gave Off The Worst
First Impressions ]
[ Later In Our Friendship Is When I Gave Them A Confession ]

[ Of What I First Thought ]
[ I Am Really Glad That I Did Not Make My Decision On That
Spot ]

[ Good Memories Of Those In My Past ]
[ I Would Like To Meet New People ]
[ That Will Help Me Make New Memories That Will Last ]

[ Around Any Corner There Could Be Someone Amazing To Meet ]
[ Down The Block ]
[ Or Over Two Streets ]

[ I Will Keep My Eyes & Ears Open ]
[ I I Will Wait For That Moment ]

[ To Meet & Make A New Friend … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(501)▪︎[ When You Fall Behind … 6•18•2021 ]

[ If You Were To Go Your Own Way, Which Way Would
     That Be? ]
[ Would You Need A Barrel Of Money? ]
[ Or Would It All Be Free? ]

[ Free Of Problems Or Mistakes? ]
[ Don’t Forget To Stop @ Jack ‘n the Box For Their Thick
     Chocolate Milkshakes ]

[ Would You Travel By Car Or Train? ]
[ Über, Bus Or Airplane? ]

[ Nothing Good In Life Is Ever Free For Any Period Of Time
     Though ]
[ As You Go ]
[ This Will Be One Of The Most Important Things That You
     Will Come To Know ]

[ When You Are Out In The World You Might Come In Contact
     With Many Different Cultures ]
[ There Are A More Good People To Meet ]
[ Than Predators & Vultures ]

[ Nice People You Can Walk Around ]
[ Vultures & Predators Try To Grind You Into The Ground ]

[ Would You Need To Tell Someone To Their Face ]
[ That They Would Need To Hurry Up Their Pace? ]

[ So They Won’t Whine ]
[ When They Fall Way Back Behind ]
[ In The Lunch Line? ]

[ Some People You Can’t Help ]
[ Those People Try To Drag You Down ]
[ By Grabbing Onto Your Belt ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(505)▪︎[ Things Were Good … 6•19•2021 ]

[ Have You Ever Had Something On Your Mind That You Can’t
     Get Away From? ]
[ Something That Bothers You So Much It Makes Your
     Brain Numb? ]

[ What Is That Thought That Is Gnawing @ Your Brain ]
[ When You Try To Close Your Eyes ]
[ The Silence Is As Loud As A Passenger Train ]

[ Can You Smell What You Can’t Always See? ]
[ Can You Hear As Well As A Bumble Bee? ]

[ You Go To The Ocean To See The Scenery ]
[ Than You Come Back To The Country To Check Out The
     Greenery ]
[ When You Come Back To The City ]
[ You Come Back To Get Some Coffee @ The Beanery ]

[ Than, In A Way ]
[ You Call It A Day ]

[ & Say That Things Were Good ]
[ When Nothing Was Misunderstood ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(520)▪︎[ A Happy Marriage … 6•26•2021 ]

[ Being ½ Of A Successful Marriage Partnership, Has Been The
     Hardest Job, You Have Ever Had ]
[ Though Alot More Rewarding, Than Your Failed Attempt @
     Being A Dad ]

[ You Can’t Make Somebody, Love You ]
[ No Matter How Hard You Try ]
[ & No Matter, What You Do ]

[ In A Marriage, You Get What You Give ]
[ It All Depends, On How You Want To Live ]

[ Peace & Harmony Are Two Important Ingredients, To Work
     For ]
[ If You Don’t Have That, For The Majority Of The Time ]
[ Someone, Would Be Headed For The Door ]

[ One Thing, That People Say ]
[ Is That You Don’t Want To Be Mad @ Each Other @ The End Of
     The Day ]

[ That Is Nearly Impossible To Happen ]
[ Once Something Is Said … ]
[ Then … ]

[ An Argument Is Hard To Stop ]
[ A Subject That You Are Talking About, Is Hard To Drop ]

[ Being Understanding & Having Patience Are A Must ]
[ (2) Very Important Tasks, Is To Give & Have Trust ]

[ ( HELLO ) Turns To Like, Then Turns To Love ]
[ A Committment Is Made, That Is As Tight As A Glove ]

[ Through The Years, Each Other Goes Through Changes, But
     They Always Need To Adjust As They Come ]
[ Never, You Say Never, Call Your Spouse Dumb ]

[ It Is Imperative ]
[ That In Stressful Times, You Need To Get Creative ]

[ Understand That Each Of You Comes With Emotional
     Baggage & Faults ]
[ Always Give, From The Heart ]
[ & Show More Emotions Than A Robot ]

[ Celebrate Milestones & Never Forget Birthdays Or The
     Anniversary Of Your Wedding Day ]
[ Stick Together Through The Good & The Bad ]
[ & … Stay ]

[ You Are 25 Years In ]
[ & You Would Do All Of This All Over Again & Again ]

[ But You Would Also Change A Few Events That Blocked
     Your Path ]
[ You Would Have Done Better In Your Classes While In
     College ]
[ Especially In Math ]

[ Maybe You Would Have Called Out Of Work, The Night Of
     The Life-Changing Riot ]
[ & Stayed Home Where There Was Peace & Quiet ]

[ You Would Change How You Raised Your Son ]
[ The Way He Is Now ]
[ You Never Liked How It Was All Done ]

[ Other Than That One Major Thing ]
[ You Sure Picked The Right Woman To Give Your Ring ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(525)▪︎[ Do Things Differently … 6•28•2021 ]

[ Whenever You Felt Like Taking A Walk ]
[ Around The Block ]

[ You Liked To Think Alot ]
[ & @ Times, You Liked To Be Deep In Thought ]

[ Sometimes Your Thoughts Would Travel ]
[ Sometimes Your Ideas Would Unravel ]

[ Not Every Thought Could Be Strong ]
[ Not Every Thought Was Wrong ]

[ There Were Times ]
[ When Your Thoughts Turned Into Rhymes ]

[ The Rhymes That Did Flow ]
[ Were The Times When Things Went Slow ]

[ But Were They Accurate? ]
[ Were They Exact? ]

[ Some Drifted ]
[ Those Were The One’s That Shifted ]

[ A Shift In Thought, In Words, In Topic ]
[ One Day You Were In The Woods ]
[ The Next Day You Had Been In The Tropics ]

[ Not A Barrier In Sight ]
[ No One Telling You ( THAT’s WRONG ) ]
[ ( THAT’s RIGHT ) ]

[ You Made Your Decisions On Your Own ]
[ No One There, Who Gave You A Negative Tone ]
[ Yes, That’s You ]
[ All Alone ]

[ That Is How You Like It Now ]
[ There Is Not A Single Reason To Ask How ]

[ There Is No Reason To Speak ]
[ There Is Not A Reason To Seek ]

[ Anybody Or Anything Out ]
[ No Reason To Pout ]

[ Things Are Turning Out Good ]
[ There Is Not A Thing That Was Misunderstood ]

[ That Is How Things Should Be ]
[ These Are The Things That You See ]

[ Do You Ever Do Things Different? ]
[ Do You Ever Get Stopped By A Deterrent? ]

[ Naw … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(502)▪︎[ Times … 6•18•2021 ]

[ To Those Who Say ( TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS ) Are
     All Wrong ]
[ Those Word’s Are From The One’s Who Think That They Are
     Really Strong ]

[ Strong Muscles & Strong Will ]
[ They Would Be The Types That Would Help Jack ‘n Jill ]
[ Bring That Heavy Bucket Of Water ]
[ Up That Steep, Snowy Hill ]

[ How Would Time Heal A Wound That Never Closes ]
[ That Would Be As Easy ]
[ As Getting Water Out Of Some Kinked Up Hoses ]

[ Maybe A Little Here Or A Little There ]
[ Fully Healing Is Extremely Rare ]

[ The Passing Of Time Is Like Putting A Band-Aid On It So It
     Could Heal Up ]
[ That Never Works ]
[ Because These Wounds Are Much Bigger Than A Plain Old
     Cut ]

[ Time Is Not An Ointment That One Can Apply To A Wound ]
[ Sometimes Time Brings In More Gloom & Doom ]

[ Each & Everyday Is A Reminder Of The Day When You Got
     Hurt ]
[ Time Reminds You Of The Day When & Where You Got Kicked
     Into The Dirt ]

[ They Sure Did Kick Dirt In Your Eyes ]
[ When You Were Down ]
[ Then Told A Bunch Lies ]
[ To The Crowd ]

[ Not One Accusation That They Made While Interrogating
     You ]
[ Was True ]

[ Those Old Women Had Nothing ]
[ So They Brought In A Guy Who Really Thought HE Was
     Something ]

[ In Situations Like That, Time Does Not Heal ]
[ Time Actually Steals ]
[ Away From You, While You Are Trying To Learn What’s Real ]

[ Again ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(521)▪︎[ It Cost Everything … 6•26•2021 ]

[ If You Were Asked ( WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN
     YOU GROW UP? ) What Would You Say? ]
[ Would It Be The Type Of Job That Drives You Or Would
     It Be The Pay? ]

[ Money Does Drive Some People’s Lives @ Times ]
[ Everyday They Only Push To Earn More Dimes ]

[ Grabbing All Of The Money Possible ]
[ Taking The Time To Stop To Smell The Flowers ]
[ Becomes Nearly Impossible ]

[ Some People Do Not Grow-Up By Choice ]
[ Some Lucky Few Have A Natural Singing Voice ]

[ Some Never Want To Grow Up ]
[ They Spend Their Nights Going From Club To Club ]

[ Some People Never Grow Up, But Have No Problem
     Mooching Off Of Their Parents ]
[ To Pay Their Bills & Rent ]

[ Those Are The One’s That Have No Drive Or Aspirations ]
[ Not One Person Is Their Inspiration ]

[ Those Would Be The Future Homeless Transients That
     Are Going To Be Sleeping On The Cities Park Benches
     With Only A Blanket To Their Name ]
[ They Always Treated Life As A Game ]

[ & The Cost? ]
[ Was Really High ]
[ Everything They Owned, They Lost ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(500)▪︎[ What To Bring To The Table … 6•17•2021 ]

[ There Comes A Time In Your Life When You Have To Pull Up
     Your Big-Boy Pants ]
[ There Will Be A Time & A Reason ]
[ It Would Not Be By Chance ]

[ Either ]
[ Nope, Neither ]

[ There Was A Time When You Had To Stop Acting & Being A Child ]
[ There Was A Time During Your Twenties ]
[ When You Had To Stop Going Out To The Clubs Getting Drunk
     & Acting Wild ]

[ It Is Not Like You Have Stopped Living ]
[ You Will Find That What Is Fun ]
[ Is When You Are Able To Bring People Together & Enjoy Gift
     Giving ]

[ Giving Is The Best Thing ]
[ The Worst Feeling ]
[ Is When You Catch Someone Stealing ]

[ You Hope To See People As They Really Are ]
[ You Don’t Get Impressed When They Drive Up In An Expensive
     Car ]

[ It Would Be Nice If People Would Take Each Other @ Their
     Word ]
[ Sometimes It Is A Nice Thought That Later In Life You Would Be
     Able To Travel The World ]

[ Trust In & From Others Is A Very Important Thing ]
[ When People Are Trusting That Is A Wonderful Quality
     To Bring ]

[ To The Table When You Meet Someone New ]
[ The Most Important Trait To Come With ]
[ Is The Ability To Just Be You ]

[ Not Someone Older ]
[ Not Someone With Bigger Shoulders ]

[ The Biggest Gift ]
[ Is When You Can Give All Of Yourself ]
[ Without Causing A Rift ]

[ Things Are Good ]
[ When You Are Understood ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(498)▪︎[ The Binds That Bond … 6•17•2021 ]

[ Are You Proud Of Yourself When You Look @ Yourself
In The Mirror @ Night ]
[ Do You Accept What You See? ]
[ Or Are You Angry @ The Sight? ]

[ Sometimes You Do Not Like The Reflection ]
[ But You Have Come To Find ]
[ That You Are Pretty Good When It Comes To Deflection ]

[ Why Don’t You Like What You See? ]
[ Sometimes You Are An Animated Show ]
[ & I Can Eat Popcorn, While I Watch Everything Up Close
For Free ]

[ Clearly Two Shows Are Never The Same ]
[ If They Were ]
[ I Would Know That She Was Playing A Game ]

[ Games Do Have Their Time & Place ]
[ Sometimes When You Do Play Games ]
[ I Will Tell You To Stop, Right To Your Face ]

[ I Do Not Have A Problem Standing Up To You ]
[ That Is Nothing New ]

[ We Have That Kind Of Relationship ]
[ Because We Have That Honest & Open Friendship ]

[ That Is The Bond ]
[ That Is What Keeps Us Going On ]

[ There Is Nothing Wrong ]
[ With Not Always Being Strong ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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