(342)▪︎[ That One Is The Best To Give & Get … 4•25•2021 ]

[ The Whole Premise Around The Word ( EMPATHY ) Is To Show
     That You Know How It Is To Be There ]
[ While @ The Same Time You Show That You Care ]

[ Empathy ]
[ Is A Whole Different Animal Than Sympathy ]

[ It Could Mean Different Things To Different People In Your
     Life ]
[ It Can Even Be Different Between A Husband & His Wife ]

[ Unless One Of Them Is A Jerk ]
[ The Successful Couples Learn To Make It Work ]

[ Different Experiences, Brought Them Together ]
[ If People Meet In Oregon ]
[ It Wasn’t, Because Of The Weather ]

[ Then You Have Pity ]
[ That Emotion Oftentimes Makes Others Feel Shitty ]

[ If You Were Really Trying To Get Something Off Of Your
     Chest ]
[ & An Emotion You Might Seek From Others ]
[ Getting Empathy, Would Be The Best ]

[ Some People Have No Idea What Empathy Is ]
[ That Has Never Been On Their Emotional List ]

[ But You Bet ]
[ Those That Don’t Give ]
[ Don’t Get ]

[ & The Universe Is Whole Again ]

~ The End ~

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

(339)▪︎[ Empathetic … 4•24•2021 ]

[ You Know How Those People In The House Felt When Someone
     Broke Into Their Home ]
[ Footprints In The Hallway ]
[ Left By People That Were Unknown ]

[ They Were Not Invited By Anyone In Their House ]
[ You Even Asked Your Kids, The Dog & Your Spouse ]

[ You Feel Violated ]
[ In A Place Where You Used To Feel Validated ]

[ You Look @ The Locks On Your Back & Front Doors ]
[ You Wonder If You Should Get Two More? ]

[ If You Don’t, Will They Come Back Again Sometime In The
     Night? ]
[ So You Can’t Take Your Sleeping Meds ]
[ In Case You Will Need To Fight ]

[ So Many Bad Thoughts Are Going Through Your Head ]
[ Even If You’re Tired ]
[ You Would Not Be Able To Lay Down On Your Bed ]

[ Now You Will Find That This Will Be One Of The Hardest
     Parts ]
[ You Have To Look For What Is Missing ]
[ Will A ( SOMETHING ) Be So Sentimental It Will Break Your
     Heart? ]

[ Was There Just One, Or Two Or Three? ]
[ You Want To Send Them To Prison ]
[ & It Eats @ Your Gut Knowing That They Are Out There Just
     Running Around Free ]

[ What Are They Going To Do With What They Just Stole? ]
[ You Have To Know That They Scoped Out Your House
     Before ]
[ What Were They After, What Was Their Goal? ]

[ It Would Literally Cause You To Shout ]
[ Repetitively ]
[ If You Tried To Figure Out ]
[ What The Burglary Was Supposed To Be About ]

[ Not To Sound Mean ]
[ But It Was All About The Ammount Of Belongings That Was
     Seen ]

[ Holler, Holler ]
[ It Was About The Almight Dollar ]

[ Now You Are Not Misunderstood ]
[ When You Loudly Tell Them ]
[ When It Comes To Residential Burglaries, Sometimes Knowing
     Is Not Good ]

[ Sometimes The People That Are There For Protecting ]
[ Are Worthless @ Detecting ]

[ Some Can’t Tell Their Ass From A Hole In The Ground ]
[ They Never Called Back Saying ( GUESS WHAT I FOUND? ) ]

[ Well You Pointed Them In A Specific Direction ]
[ You Wanted To Hear That Those Thieves ]
[ Would Now Be Spending Sometime In Adult Corrections ]

[ But That Wish Was To No Avail ]
[ Those Detectives Could Only Fail ]

[ That Is The One Thing That Those Salem Detectives Were
     Good @ ]
[ That ]
[ & Eating Donuts, To Make Them Fat ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(337)▪︎[ To My Friend … 4•23•2021 ]

[ Goodnight To My Friend That Lives Many Many Miles Away ]
[ I Wish That There Will Be A Day ]

[ When We Can Say ( HELLO ) Face To Face ]
[ @ Our Designated Meeting Place ]

[ We Will Be Able To Look Into Each Other’s Eyes ]
[ As We Eat Our Burgers & Fries ]

[ I Think Since The First Time Me Met ]
[ I Am Very Predictable With What I Get ]

[ It Really Doesn’t Matter What I Eat ]
[ But It Definitely Has To Be A Sandwich With Actual Meat ]

[ I Would Have To Pinch Myself Because You Would
     Actually Be In Front Of Me ]
[ You Have Stayed With Me Through The Very Worst Of
     Times ]
[ & I See ]
[ A Good Friend Is What You Will Always Be ]

[ You Were Never Able ]
[ To Turn Your Back On Me Through The Many Years
     When I Was Unstable ]

[ Our Friendship Continues To Last ]
[ & I Love The Memories Of The Past ]

[ When You Moved Away That Would Have Been The Easiest Time
     When You Could Have Walked ]
[ Away ]
[ & Never Talked ]
[ To Me On Another Day ]

[ But You Wouldn’t ]

~ The End ~

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

(336)▪︎[ The Lonely Man … 4•23•2021 ]

[ Woe Is The Heart Of The Lonely Man ]
[ Walking Through Life Doing The Best That He Can ]

[ He Tries To Put A Smile On The Face Of Someone
      Every Single Day ]
[ Each Time Is Different ]
[ & So Is The Way ]

[ Maybe Giving A Much Softer, Kinder Word ]
[ Than The Stranger Has Ever Heard ]

[ In A Long Long Time ]
[ Maybe A Positive Word In A Short Poetic Rhyme ]

[ The Lonely Man’s Sole Intention On This Earth ]
[ Is To Show & Tell Others About Their Worth ]

[ Some May Need A Pick-Me-Up Or A Compliment Or
     Two ]
[ Maybe Some Positive Reinforcement About What They
     Do ]

[ A Moment In Time That They Will Remember ]
[ A Date In Time Between Now & December ]

[ It Does Not Cost The Lonely Man One Single Cent ]
[ To Show A Stranger That They Only Have The Best
     Intent ]

[ & Show Their Best ]
[ Interest ]

[ Does The Lonely Man Ask For Anything In Return? ]
[ Has The Lonely Man Taught The Stranger A Single
     Thing To Learn? ]

[ Maybe To Never Judge Another ]
[ Like Others ]
[ Are Prone To Judge A Book By Its Cover ]

[ The Tattered Pages May Look ]
[ Like It May Be An Old Throw Away Book ]

[ But Not By Looks Or The Reading Of A Single Page ]
[ Can A Book Tell The Invaluable Content ]
[ Or The Approximate Age ]

[ Of What May Be The True Intentions That Lie Deep
     Down @ The Heart ]
[ If There Was A Finish Line ]
[ When Was The Start? ]

[ A Kind Word From A Stranger May Be Just That ]
[ It Deserves A Thoughtful Thank You ]
[ A Tip Of The Hat ]

[ & Then With A Blink That Lonely Man Is Gone ]
[ Because It Was Past The Time For Him To Move On ]

~ The End ~

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

(326)▪︎[ Here’s To My Rock … 4•19•2021 ]

[ You Were Once Told ]
[ That If You Mess With The Woman, You Mess With The Rock ]
[ Through The Many Years As You Are Getting Old ]

[ The Woman Is The Center Of The Family Because She Is The
     Mother ]
[ If It Wasn’t For Them ]
[ You Would Not Have A Sister Or Brother ]

[ Women Can Be As Consistent As The Tick-Toc ]
[ Of A Grandfather’s Clock ]

[ You Look @ Your Wife & You Look In Awe ]
[ There Have Been Many Times Through Your Marriage ]
[ When You Deserved A Smack In The Jaw ]

[ Women Hold The Family Together ]
[ No Matter The Weather ]

[ Women Are The Rock Because They Don’t Crumble Under The
     Pressure ]
[ That Others Could Measure ]

[ You Went Through About 12 Hellish Years ]
[ Your Actions Caused Many Tears ]

[ You Were Not Your Best Self ]
[ But Your Wife Stood By You ]
[ & Did Not Go & Seek Out The Attention & Love From Someone
     Else ]

[ She Held The Family Together, Because You Could Not ]
[ She Never Put You On The Spot ]

[ Or Ever Threw You Under The Much Deserved Bus ]
[ It Was Never About You Or Her ]
[ She Made Everything About Us ]

[ She Held Steady With A Baby & A Husband That Was
     Very Mentally Sick ]
[ But She Was & Is Your Rock & Never Quit ]

[ Your Wife ]
[ Of 25 Years ]
[ Saved & Changed Your Life ]

[ You Will Figure Out How ]
[ You Can Be HER Rock Now ]

[ Thank You Mrs. DeVoe ]
[ You May Have Slowed ]
[ Through My 57 Years ]
[ But I Thank You For Not Saying ( NO ) ]

~ The End ~

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

(609)▪︎[ We Are All Just People … 7•24•2021 ]

[ When It Comes Down To The Base Of All Things, Kindness
Matters ]
[ Just Like A Compliment Flatters ]

[ Both Matter In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ Real Honest Love Is Never Bound By Strings ]

[ Giving Should Come From The Heart ]
[ Words Should Never Be Used To Tear Someone Apart ]

[ Sometimes It Is Hard To Be Seeing ]
[ Someone You Are @ Odds With As A Simple Human Being ]

[ Someone With A Father & A Mother ]
[ A Sister Or A Brother ]

[ Everybody Needs To Put Their Guns Down ]
[ A Bullet Doesn’t Care Who Or What It Found ]

[ It Cannot Be Put Back In The Gun ]
[ A Bullet Is One Thing, That A Person Cannot Out Run ]

[ It Is Not Searching Out A Name ]
[ A Gun Should Never Be Used In The Playing Of A Game ]

[ Words Can Cause Scars That Can Last A Lifetime ]
[ Said In Anger Or A Hurtful Rhyme ]

[ We Are Only On This Earth To Live The Best Life That We
Possibly Can ]
[ Be That A Woman Or A Man ]

[ When You Find Someone In Need, See What You Can Do ]
[ You Never Can Predict When That Person In Need Might
Be You ]

[ There Is Not Much That Separates You From The Next ]
[ Anybody’s Life Can Change By A Simple Text ]

[ A Group Of Words Coming Across The Screen ]
[ Everybody Having A Different Interpretation Of What The
Words Might Mean ]

[ Do Not Ever, Have A Fear ]
[ To Be Nice, To Those That Are Near ]

[ It Won’t Mean That You Are Weak & Feeble ]
[ It Means That We Are Simply People ]

[ Here Today & Then Gone Tomorrow ]
[ Time Is That One Special Commodity That We Cannot Borrow ]

[ Say Something Nice To The Person To Your Right ]
[ Be @ Peace With Your World ]
[ Every Time You Turn In For The Night ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(608)▪︎[ Don’t Let Life Fly By … 7•23•2021 ]

[ I Swear That Everytime That I Look Into Your Eyes ]
[ Time Doesn’t Stop ]
[ Time Flies ]

[ I Do Not Always Know ]
[ Where I Should Go ]

[ Do I Stay & See What The Future Holds? ]
[ Or Do I Walk Away & Forever Regret The Choice That I
Chose ]
[ Do I Open Up My Heart ]
[ Or Do I Keep It Closed? ]

[ Either Way, I See A World Of Hurt ]
[ Because Every Night, My Nightmares Makes Me Sweat
Through My Shirts ]

[ I Lay Awake Worried About What Is Out There, Beyond The
Dark ]
[ Wondering If @ My Age I Have Left My Mark ]

[ How Many More Years Do I Have Down The Line? ]
[ Am I Proud Of All Of The Accomplishments That I Can Say
That Are Mine? ]

[ Have I Affected A Life Or Three? ]
[ Can I Actually Say That I Feel Like I Live My Life Totally
Free ]

[ Have I Left My Footprint In The Sand? ]
[ Do I Live Free Of Any Demands? ]

[ Is My Eyesight 20/20? ]
[ Have I Been Able To Give Away Plenty? ]

[ What Is Out There For Me To Touch ]
[ Will My Future Cost Too Much? ]

[ I Never Envisioned My Life To Be Lived On Easy Street ]
[ I Wonder Who Is Out There In My Future That I Am Still
Destined To Meet? ]

[ A Close Friend That Is Near That I Want To Hold & Keep ]
[ I Am Finding Out That Good Living Isn’t Going To Come
Easy Or Cheap ]

[ I Envision That It Would Be Good For Me If I Tightened
My Inner Circle Soon ]
[ I Need To Stop Shooting For The Moon ]

[ Good Friends Are Not Met Very Frequently ]
[ A Good Friend Is Not Even Made Yearly ]

[ To Get A Friend You Must Be A Friend First ]
[ To Need A Glass Of Water ]
[ You Must Need A Thirst ]

[ Treat Others Like You Would Want To Be Treated ]
[ Don’t Go Through Life, Already Feeling Defeated ]

[ I Shall End This Rhyme ]
[ By Saying That I Don’t Want To Be The Type Of Guy ]
[ That Won’t Take The Time ]
[ To Never Ask ( WHY? ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(607)▪︎[ How Did He Get Involved … 7•23•2021 ]

[ His Sweater Vest Was Gone ]
[ Because It Would Not Be Needed, While He Was Moving On ]

[ Shackled @ The Legs & Hands ]
[ Staring Straight Ahead, So He Could Listen, For More
Commands ]

[ He Wasn’t Moving An Inch ]
[ His Locked Eyes, Never Flinched ]

[ His Mind Was Going A Mile A Minute ]
[ He Could Never Figure Out How, He Got Dragged In To It ]

[ But Now, How Was He Going To Get Himself Out Of This
Problem? ]
[ This Should Not Have Involved Him ]
[ This Was All, On Them ]

[ So Now He Had Doubt ]
[ That He Would Ever Get Back Out ]

[ He Got In This Mess ]
[ All Because He Said ( YES ) ]

[ He Should Have Known ]
[ That He Should Been Shown ]

[ What They Really Wanted Him To Do ]
[ He Thought All That Was Needed Was To Drive Those Two ]
[ & Then He Would Be Through ]

[ But The Police Were Watching Them, The Whole Time ]
[ That They Took, To Commit The Crime ]

[ He Thought That It Was A Quick, In ‘n Out Job ]
[ He Did Not Know, That They Went Inside That 7-11 Store,
To Rob ]

[ But Now, The Two Guys He Thought That He Trusted ]
[ Were With Him, When They Got Busted ]

[ How Come ]
[ He Could Be So Dumb? ]
[ The Amount Of Times He Thinks Back To That Event ]
[ Makes His Brain Go Numb ]

[ Then The Judge Called Out His Name ]
[ He Was Asked ( HOW MUCH ARE YOU TO BLAME? ) ]

[ He Said That All He Did Was Say ( YES, TO GIVING THOSE
TWO GUYS A RIDE ) ]
[ He Was Telling The Truth, He Never Lied ]

[ & Then A Judge That He Didn’t Know ]
[ Said ( I BELIEVE YOU … SO ) ]
[ ( YOU MAY GO ) ]

[ He Didn’t Want To Linger ]
[ Even Though He Wanted To Stand There & Give Those Two
Guys The Finger ]

[ For Getting Him Involved ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(375)▪︎[ Men Might Also … 5•8•2021 ]

[ Is There Such A Thing As ( MALE MENOPAUSE )? ]
[ Or Do Men Constantly ]
[ & Consistently ]
[ Are Moody Every Month Just Because? ]

[ Women Have The Hormone, Estrogen, Flowing Throughout Their
     Bodies Everyday ]
[ Men Have The Hormone,, Testosterone, Flowing Through Their
     Bodies In Kind Of The Same Way ]

[ It Is Quite Possible That Men Rant & Rave ]
[ Every 27 Days ]
[ Because Their Hormones Misbehave ]

[ Hormones Are A Powerful Thing ]
[ Changes In Moods Is What It Can Bring ]

[ Women Can Get Frustrated ]
[ Because Men Have Never Mensturated ]

[ I Guess That Is Where It Is Quite Different ]
[ & More Infrequent ]

[ I Wonder If There Was Ever A Study Done ]
[ About Why Sometimes During The Month Are Absolutely
     Not Very Fun ]

[ Would Men Be Believed? ]
[ Would Most Men Be Relieved? ]

[ Does Relief ]
[ Equate With Belief? ]

[ Some Say ( YAY! ) ]
[ When Others Say ( NAY ) ]
[ To Those You’d Want To Say ( HEY ) ]

[ This Could Explain The Fight ]
[ Why Sweat So Much On Some Nights ]

[ It Could Be Understood ]
[ Why The Moods Are Not Always That Good ]

[ A Study Could Give Alot Answers ]
[ But It Won’t Fortell Any Future Cancers ]

~ The End ~

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

(369)▪︎[ She Never Pretends … 5•5•2021 ]

[ She Doesn’t Let People In Because Of Events In Her Past ]
[ She Could Possibly Crack The Door ]
[ Then Let You Peek Inside Really Fast ]

[ You Will See ]
[ That You Have To Give A Non-Verbal Oath To Secrecy ]

[ She Is As Complex As She Is Tall ]
[ She Never Wants The Spotlight Shone In Her Direction ]
[ Because She Would Rather Blend Into The Wall ]

[ As Pretty As She Is, You Would Never Look Past Her ]
[ Her Intentions Are Always Pure ]
[ Most Of The Time ]
[ Her Confidence Is Always Sure ]

[ But If You Look Really Close You Can See Tiny Cracks
     In Her Armored Shield ]
[ She Only Looks For Long Term Relationships ]
[ She Doesn’t Ever Play The Field ]

[ Her Personality Is As Big As The Whole Outdoors ]
[ She Oozes Honesty Out Of All Of Her Pores ]

[ She Is 71″ Of Intelligence, Attitude & Beauty ]
[ She Is All Woman ]
[ So Please Do Not Ever Call Her ( A CUTIE ) ]

[ Any Woman, Part Of Nature Or A Flower Can Have Beauty
     Of Some Sort ]
[ Many People Can Score Two Points On A Basketball
     Court ]

[ It Takes The Whole Package To Be Called ( BEAUTIFUL ) ]
[ It Takes Having Alot Of Something To Say That You
     Have Plentiful ]

[ But She Is A Beautiful Woman As You Can See ]
[ She Is A Whole Level Above Of Just Being Called A Beauty ]

[ It Is Really Hard For Her To Trust ]
[ If She Ever Let’s You Near Her, It Is A Must ]

[ It Is Not Like She Puts You Through A Test ]
[ But She Surely Must Be @ Your Best ]

[ Because She Will Always Give You Hers ]
[ That Is On Thing That You Could Be Assured ]

[ Will She Be A Life Long Friend? ]
[ One Thing She Does Not Do Is Pretend ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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