(531)▪︎[ What A Great Physical Therapist … 7•1•2021 ]

[ Kirsten, What Can I Say, That Hasn’t Already Been Said ]
[ Your Physical Therapy Sessions ]
[ Work So Much Better, Than Any Med ]

[ That Can Ever Be Prescribed ]
[ What You Do For Me Just Cannot Be Described ]

[ You Have Told Me To Refrain ]
[ From Concentrating On The Pain ]

[ Well Let Me Tell You Something About My Life ]
[ I Don’t Have Much Going On ]
[ Besides A Few Friends, The Pain & My Wife ]

[ I Have NEVER Had A Physical Therapist Call To Check Up
     On Me ]
[ @ Home ]
[ No Other Physical Therapist Ever Wanted To See ]
[ What They Didn’t Know ]

[ How Things Were Going Since Our Last Time? ]
[ No One Ever Wanted To Drop A Dime ]
[ & None Of Those In My Past ]
[ Deserves A Story For Them That Rhymes ]

[ Whenever Someone Brings Up P.T. I Give Them A Small Clue ]
[ About Where To Go ]
[ I Try To Send Business Towards You ]
[ That Is One Bit Of Information I Feel That They Should Know ]

[ I Tried To Tell Your Boss Today When He Was Leaving &
     We Were Waiting For The Elevator ]
[ He Seemed Annoyed ]
[ He Acted Like I Was Such The Bother ]

[ But I Said What I Wanted To Say ]
[ He Seemed Very Bothered In The Worst Way ]

[ Everything You Have Me Do On My Own ]
[ @ Home ]

[ I Have Never Tried Before ]
[ I Know That You Are Trying To Make It Easier For Me To
     Be Able To Walk ]
[ Without Collapsing To The Floor ]

[ You Pull My Right Leg To Go Over There ]
[ & You Do It With So Much Care ]

[ I Like How You Explain Things To Whomever Is Your
     Shadow ]
[ I Think You Make It So Easy To Get To Know ]

[ You Would Be Such The Greatest Instructor ]
[ Or Teacher ]

[ A Good Instructor/ Coach Never Instructs Their Students
     To Do Something That They Themselves Would Not Do ]
[ They Would Learn Things That They Would Do, Too ]

[ Now You Have Another Child On The Way ]
[ I Know You & Your Husband Are Excited About That Day ]

[ Your Son Will Have A New Sister Or Brother ]
[ I Hope They Grow Up To Be The Best In Their Job ]
[ Like Their Mother ]

[ I Am Still Amazed About How Strong You Are ]
[ When I Think About All Of The Wonderful People
     In Your Agency ]
[ I Will Always Say That You Are The Brightest Star ]

[ If Ever There Was A Contest To Say Who Is The Best
      & I Had A Vote ]
[ I Would Put Your Name In Capital Letters ]
[ Because Kirsten, You Are The G.O.A.T. ]

[ I Thank YOU For Being YOU! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(527)▪︎[ Friendship … 6•28•2021 ]

[ Friendship Is Not Something That Can Be Explained ]
[ It Is A Subject Where People Have Complained ]

[ This Is Not A Subject That Was Taught In School ]
[ But If You Did Not Learn This, You Look Like The Fool ]

[ Friendship Lines Are Sometimes Set By Race ]
[ Sometimes It Really Does, Go By The Color Of Your Face ]

[ That Is Sad, But True ]
[ This May Or May Not, Affect Someone That Looks Like
     You ]

[ Looks Can Affect Everything ]
[ But Sometimes Looks Does Not Mean A Single Thing ]

[ Friendship Is Often Drawn Down Monetary Lines ]
[ Sometimes It Matters To Others If Your Piggy Bank Is
     Full Of Pennies Or Dimes ]

[ Some People Can Be Total Bitches ]
[ If You Are Not One Of The Richest ]

[ Friendship Should Be Based On The Person, Not What
     Is In Their Wallet ]
[ Or The Coins In Someone’s Pocket ]

[ If You Do Not Know How To Be A Friend, How Can They
     Get One? ]
[ If You Are Not Fun ]
[ Would That Make Someone Run? ]

[ To You, Or Away From You? ]
[ If You Knew ]
[ What Would You Do? ]

[ Some Follow & Some Lead ]
[ Some Step Up, In Times Of Need ]

[ When Those That Follow ]
[ Try To Speak ]
[ Do Their Words Come Out Sounding Hollow? ]
[ Or Weak? ]

[ Is It Possible To Teach Someone That Has No Soul ]
[ How To Step Into A Leadership Role? ]

[ @ Times, That Is An Impossible Task ]
[ @ Times, Some People Are Well Hidden Behind Their ‘VID 19 Mask ]

[ School Teaches People Many Things ]
[ How To Read, How To Play The Trumpet ]
[ & How To Group People Together That Sings ]

[ But It Won’t Teach You How To Make A Friend, Though ]
[ Those Kinds Of Life’s Lessons ]
[ You Have To, Grow ]
[ To Know ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(528)▪︎[ The Sunshine … 6•28•2021 ]

[ The Air Is Stifling When I Go Ouside ]
[ When The Weatherman Predicted This ]
[ I Thought That He Lied ]

[ This Situation ]
[ Reminds Me Of Our Last Las Vegas Vacation ]

[ It Was Well Over 110° During The Hottest Times Of The
     Day ]
[ One Time I Heard 113° ]
[ So I Went ( WHAT DID YOU SAY? ) ]

[ Opening The Door Of Our Car Felt Like I Opened
     An Oven Door ]
[ Then, When She Turned On The Air Conditioner ]
[ There Was More ]

[ Hot Air Blown Into My Eyes & Nose ]
[ I Think I Like The Winter ]
[ When I Almost Froze ]

[ If I Had To Choose, I Would Go With The Cold ]
[ Instead Of The Heat ]
[ Even Though It Makes My Joints Feel Old ]

[ This Type Of Heat Stops Everything ]
[ Because No One Wants To Do Anything ]

[ Normally Heat Brings Out The Sun Bathers Headed
     For The Beach ]
[ But This Kind Of Heat, Makes Everybody Feel Weak ]

[ Weak In The Knees & Weak In The Whole Body ]
[ But Nothing Beats The Look Of A String Bikini On
     A Female Hottie ]

[ Heat Warms Up The Food But Becomes An Inconvenience
     When It Goes Too High ]
[ & No Matter How Much Water I Drink ]
[ My Mouth Still Feels Extremely Dry ]

[ The Sunshine Is Always Good To See ]
[ The Sunshine Is Always Good To Feel ]
[ Especially When The Sunshine Can Be ]
[ Real ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(207)▪︎[ Where Are You … 3•2•2020 ]

[ The Questions Are ( WHERE AM I GOING? ) ]
[ ( WHERE HAVE I BEEN? ) ]
[ I Think My Mind Is Slowing ]
[ But I Don’t Know Since When ]

[ Has The Memory Gone Foggy? ]
[ While During The Day I’m Groggy? ]

[ I Shake My Head Hard, Side To Side ]
[ But That Does Nothing ]
[ To Keep My Eyes, Open Wide ]

[ I Scan My Surroundings To See What I Can See ]
[ Oh, Is Father Time ]
[ Trying To Catch Up To Me? ]

[ I Don’t Have The Grey Hair ]
[ Or, Bent Over Back ]
[ I’m Really Glad That I Haven’t Had The Scare ]
[ Of A Stroke Or Heart Attack ]

[ Maybe I Should Have Talked About Things, Years Ago ]
[ With People That Know ]

[ What’s Going On ]
[ Because, C’mon ]
[ Do You Really Know Why The Good Old Days Are Gone? ]
[ Long … Gone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(206)▪︎[ Where’s The Roll? … 3•2•2020 ]

[ What Kind Of Message Do I Want To Come From This? ]
[ What Am I Looking For When I Look Within? ]
[ Do I Want A Simple Kiss? ]
[ Or Do I Want To Commit Some Sin? ]

[ Sin Of The Flesh ]
[ Or Sin Of The Mind? ]
[ Do I Want Something Fresh? ]
[ That Helps Me Unwind? ]

[ Maybe I Want To Get Away From All Of That & Go In A
Completely Different Direction ]
[ That Requires A Whole Different Sense Of Dedication ]

[ What’s The Mind-Set? ]
[ What Am I Looking To Get? ]

[ Adulation? ]
[ Communication ]
[ That Leads To Validation? ]

[ But I Don’t Need Validation To Feel Whole ]
[ Would I Have To Take A Poll ]
[ To Figure Out My Role? ]

[ Out In Society? ]
[ Would Sobriety ]
[ Get Me To My Knees? ]

[ So I Can Pick Myself Up Off Of The Floor ]
[ A Door? ]
[ What’s That For? ]

[ Do I Go Through It ]
[ To Get Away From Some Things ]
[ That Just Doesn’t Fit? ]
[ Bit By Bit ]
[ The Different Turns & Curves That Life Really Brings ]

[ Things That Are So Complex ]
[ That Have Me Looking Very Perplexed ]

[ I’ll Figure Out & Find My Role ]
[ Will It Be Good For My Soul? ]

[ & Then … Go About My Business ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(189)▪︎[ You’re Still Here … 2•26•2020 ]

[ Damn! ]
[ Man ]
[ We Had Made So Many Plans ]

[ Now I Have None! ]
[ Where’s The Fun? ]

[ It’s Gone! ]
[ You’ve Moved On ]

[ There Goes The Wheelchair Races That We Had Planned When
We Got Old ]
[ Now A Chunk Of My Heart Has Gone Cold ]

[ Who Am I Going To Give A Hard Time When They Vote For
Trump & Pence? ]
[ C’mon, Don’t Leave Me In Suspense! ]
[ Because That Vote Just Doesn’t Make A Bit Of Sense! ]

[ So I See By Her Shirt That You Have Politically Infected
Your Daughter ]
[ Oh, It’s Always The Youngest Who Pays For The Sins Of
The Father ]

[ What About Our Hours Long Talks? ]
[ What About Our Hours Long Walks ]

[ You Were My Brother! ]
[ You Are My Brother! ]
[ You Will ALWAYS Be My Brother! ]

[ Even Though You Are No Longer On This Earth ]
[ You Have Not ]
[ Will Not ]
[ Ever Lose Your Worth ]

[ We Have Not Seen Each Other In Years ]
[ & It Was A Long Time Ago Since We Were Conversing ]
[ But Your Voice Is Still In My Ears ]

[ I Miss You So Much, Little Bro! ]
[ Why Did You Have To Go? ]
[ Nobody Can Answer That ]
[ So I Will Never Know ]

[ We Were Coming Out To See You In A Week Or Two ]
[ Oh, If I Would Have Known ]
[ I Would Have Come To See You ]

[ Earlier ]

[ I Will Always Miss You ]
[ I’m Always Thinking Of You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(156)[ Could Be A Sad Day … 2•18•2020 ]

[ Today Could Be A Really Sad Day, If I Let It ]
[ The Thoughts In My Head Have Not Taken A Grip ]
[ Actually My Thoughts Have Been Completely Split ]

[ Which Way Do I Go, What Am I Expected To Do ]
[ Why Should I Ask You? ]

[ What Kind Of Experience Do You Have In These
Kinds Of Things? ]
[ I’d Like To See ]
[ What Your Experience Brings ]

[ When Someone Brings Me Their Story ]
[ As They Are Telling Me About P.T.S.D. ]
[ I Get A Little Wary ]
[ Do You Really Have The Disorder ]
[ Or A Really Harmful Memory? ]

[ Okay, You Experienced, Saw Or Heard Something That
Made It A Bad Event ]
[ So, Now Does Your Mind Get Bent? ]
[ When You Start To Relive How It All Went? ]

[ Or You Just Remember It Well ]
[ You’re Not Reliving The Sight, Sounds Or Smells ]

[ Is It Hard To Get Some Sleep? ]
[ & It’s Next To Impossible To Get Some That’s Very Deep ]

[ I Can’t Let What Has Happened The Last Couple Of Days Get Me
Down ]
[ Send Me Crawling On The Ground ]
[ I’ll Get Up On Own ]
[ To Keep My World Going Around ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(541)▪︎[ Happy Birthday … 7•4•2021 ]

[ Just Because You Are Out Of Sight ]
[ Doesn’t Mean That You Are Out Of My Mind ]
[ It Is A Fight ]
[ Of The Hardest Kind ]

[ Hard, Because Oftentimes Memories Can Fade ]
[ There Is Not Always A Frame Of Reference ]
[ When Those Memories Were Made ]

[ It Is Not Like It Is A Fade To Black ]
[ Like I Have Ever Turned My Back ]

[ Quite To The Contrary My Friend ]
[ Because I Don’t See An End ]

[ Our Friendship Was Sealed Many Years Ago ]
[ How Do I Know ]
[ This? ]
[ It Is Because That Is How I Said It To Be So ]

[ We Used To Talk For Hours ]
[ When It Was Sunny In The Sky ]
[ & Through The Dark Sky & Thunder Showers ]

[ But Now … ]
[ How? ]

[ You Have Project On Top Of Project ]
[ & Then Work ]
[ How Would We Ever Have Time To Connect? ]

[ I Am Always Just Sitting Here ]
[ Ready To Talk ]
[ Or Just Lend An Ear ]

[ I Am Not Just One Of Those Ordinary Guys ]
[ That You Deal With Everyday ]
[ Because When I Listen To Your Eyes ]
[ You Always Have An Ice Cold Mt. Dew On Its Way ]

[ It Is So Uncanny ]
[ That There Has Never Been Another Dani ]

[ I Find It Extremely Hard ]
[ To Tone Down How I Really Feel About You ]
[ To Saying ( WITH DEEPEST REGARDS ) ]

[ You Know By Choice ]
[ That In Your Book ]
[ I Am Not Qualified To Raise My Voice ]

[ so I will just say, much love & respect ]
[ this is the softest Whisper I can get! 🤫🤫🤫 ]
[ through text ]

[ Happy Birthday To My Good Friend … Dani ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(542)▪︎[ Can You Write About It? … 7•4•2021 ]

[ How Can You Write About Love If You Can’t Write About
Overcoming Loss? ]
[ There Is Never A Day That You Get Over Love Lost With Just
An Over-The-Shoulder Toss ]

[ Whenever You Write, You Have To Write From The Heart ]
[ Then You Can’t Worry About Some Jerk ]
[ Tearing Your Written Word Apart ]

[ When You Step Into A Relationship You Must Be
Fearless ]
[ When You Write About Love You Can’t Be Any Less ]

[ You Must Stay True To Who You Are ]
[ You Can’t Think That Love Will Be Sugary & Sweet ]
[ As A Candy Bar ]

[ If You Are Filled With Alot Of Emotion ]
[ Than Be Emotional ]
[ Then Show Your Devotion ]

[ Never Let ]
[ Yourself To Fall, For A False Propet ]

[ When It Goes For Money & Lovin’ ]
[ They Are A Dime A Dozen ]

[ You Have Found That To Grow ]
[ You Have To Accept The Things That You Do Not Know ]

[ Nobody Knows Everything ]
[ & Until You Dip Your Toe In The Water ]
[ You Won’t Learn A Thing ]

[ You Will Never Earn ]
[ Someone’s Love & Respect ]
[ Until You Learn ]
[ What You Should Not Always Expect ]

[ You Should Not Expect Anything ]
[ & Everybody Has Something Unique & Different To Bring ]

[ To The Big Party ]
[ Some Come In Eating Light ]
[ Others Come In, Eating Hearty ]

[ It Was Always The Hearty Eater That You Would Pick ]
[ Not Because They Would Eat Until They Got Sick ]

[ They Have Always Been More Natural ]
[ Sometimes They Are Also More Factual ]

[ You Won’t Understand Loss Until You Lose Someone ]
[ Or They Leave Because They Figured Out That They Were Done ]

[ Then You Have To Deal With Being Alone ]
[ Silence Has It’s Own ]
[ Uncomfortable Tone ]

[ There Is An Annoying Hush ]
[ But Nobody Was Around, To Tell You To ( SHUSH ) ]

[ You Settle Into Going To Bed With Nobody Sleeping To
Your Right ]
[ You Really Don’t Like The Sight ]
[ But, Now This Is Your Plight ]

[ Is This Something You Would Be Comfortable Writing
About? ]
[ If You Have Doubt ]

[ Then Don’t ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(540)▪︎[ Lies … 7•3•2021 ]

[ When I Wake-Up & Open Up My Tired Eyes ]
[ I Will Wonder How Many Times People Will Try To Get By Me
By Telling Their Many Lies ]

[ Why Do So Many People Have An Allergy With The Truth? ]
[ They Would Even Try To Tell You That There Are No Peanuts
In A Candy Bar Called ( BABY RUTH ) ]

[ Some People Just Lie & Lie Some More ]
[ They Would Even Lie About The Color Of A Door ]

[ That Is Until The Truth Comes Out ]
[ Then They Will Be Asked ( WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? ) ]

[ Why? ]
[ Do People Lie? ]

[ Is It Just To One Up Another? ]
[ While Growing Up To Being An Adult ]
[ Do Most People Lie To Their Father Or Mother? ]

[ How Far Does That Get You In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things? ]

[ Not Very Far I Guess ]
[ You Don’t Always Have To Say ( YES ) ]
[ That Is The Quickest Way To Getting Yourself In A Mess ]

[ Some People Lie To Get False Bravado ]
[ Then How Far Does That Go? ]

[ Not Very Far ]
[ That Would Be Like Having ( LIQUID COURAGE ) In A Bar ]

[ Lies Can Catch Up To You Really Fast ]
[ You Need To Have A Good Memory Of What You Said Last ]

[ But Most Don’t ]
[ Will People Stick Around? ]
[ Most Won’t ]

[ Then You Are Back To Being Alone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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