(338)▪︎[ Good Times … 4•4•2020 ]

[ Life Is So Short, Make It Sweet ]
[ When Things Are Good ]
[ It Can’t Be Beat ]

[ So Let’s Put This In Drive ]
[ Instead Of Keeping It In Park ]
[ To See If This Is Worth Bringing It Into The Light ]
[ Out Of The Dark ]

[ What Needs To Be Done ]
[ To Make This All Work? ]
[ Let’s Make Life Fun ]
[ So Nobody Gets Hurt ]

[ I’ll See Things Your Way ]
[ If You Could Also Consider Mine ]
[ Let’s Make Every Day ]
[ Fulfilling & Kind ]

[ I Remember Sitting On Your Sofa Laughing & Talking
Into The Wee Hours ]
[ The Sun Would Come Up ]
[ & We Would Listen To The Rain & Watch The Showers ]

[ That Doesn’t Seem To End ]
[ We Know We Need To Get Up & Start The Day ]
[ But We Just Don’t Want To Know When ]

[ I Just Decide To Get Up To Leave ]
[ But You Catch Me @ The Door ]
[ Then Say ( DON’t GO, PLEASE ) ]

[ I Go Back To Sit On The Couch, Next To You ]
[ I Peer Into Your Eyes ]
[ & Look For A Clue ]

[ I Can’t Help But Say ( WOW! ) ]
[ & That Makes You Blush & Smile ]
[ Then You Ask ( OKAY, WHAT NOW? ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(352)[ Not Good Company … 4•8•2020 ]

[ You Don’t Really Think That You Can Be Around Anyone Right Now ]
[ What You Want To Say ]
[ Probably Would Not Be Allowed ]

[ That Kind Of Counseling Sure Does Bring Up Alot Of Hurt ]
[ While Sitting There ]
[ You Were Sweating Through Your Two Shirts ]

[ Why Should He Respect You When She Shows That She Doesn’t ]
[ Through All These Years Where She Didn’t ]
[ He Sure Wasn’t ]

[ He Has Been Given So Many Opportunities To Say That He Does ]
[ Was He Ever Planning To? ]
[ Because He Acts Like He Never Was ]

[ She Has Been Given Every Opportunity To Believe
What She Can See ]
[ She Hasn’t In The Past ]
[ Because She Questions Your Honesty ]

[ & Questions You, Even Though You’ve Never
Given Her Any Cause ]
[ If You Had Anything To Say Then ]
[ You Are Now @ A Loss ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(353)▪︎[ Wow … What? … 4•8•2020 ]

[ I Felt Like I Just Had A Near Death Experience ]
[ When It Came To Almost Having A Heart Attack Or Not ]
[ I Couldn’t Tell The Difference ]
[ When Put On The Spot ]

[ Could That Have Been ]
[ The End? ]

[ I Really Found That I Wasn’t Ready Yet ]
[ So I Lost A Bet ]
[ With Myself ]
[ Because My Feet Were Not Set ]

[ Neither Was My Heart ]
[ I Didn’t Want It To Explode ]
[ Apart ]

[ Did We Ward It Off @ The Pass? ]
[ Because Panic ]
[ Was Kicking My Ass ]

[ I Got The Scare Of My Life ]
[ I Was Saved By My Wife ]

[ She Really Kept A Calm Head ]
[ & Gave Me A Calming Med ]

[ Her 911 Training Really Paid Off ]
[ Her Thoughts Never Got Lost ]

[ I Think I Found Out Something Tonight ]
[ & That Is … ]
[ I’m Not Ready To Extinguish The Pilot Light ]

[ Was This A Wake-Up Call For Me? ]
[ Could This Really Be? ]
[ We Shall See ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(361)▪︎[ You … 4•10•2020 ]

[ I Love You More Than Life Itself ]
[ Not Her Or Him ]
[ Or Anyone Else ]

[ Every Second, Of Every Hour, Of Every Day ]
[ I Listen To Every Word That You Say ]
[ & I Love The Way That You Love Me In Your
Own Unique Way ]

[ Love & Marriage Does Not Come With An Instruction Booklet ]
[ There Was No One To Get Answers To The Questions When
We Met ]
[ There’s No ( GO ) After Someone Says ( READY, SET ) ]

[ After Adjusting To Our Married Name ]
[ I Saw That Nothing Was Ever Going To Be The Same ]

[ From Day One To 25 Years ]
[ There’s Been Good & Bad Times ]
[ & Many Cheers & Tears ]

[ As I’ve Grown Older ]
[ I’ve Seen ]
[ You Always Gave Me Your Shoulder ]

[ To Cry & Lean On ]
[ I Am Glad That Your Magic Touch Is Not Gone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(290)▪︎[ Not Again … 3•21•2020 ]

[ Oh Brother, Where Did You Go? ]
[ What Happened? ]
[ Only You & God Know ]

[ Why Can’t I Get You Out Of My Head ]
[ @ Night I Need A Potent Sleeping Med ]

[ To Turn My Waking Hours To Sleep ]
[ But It’s Never Too Deep ]

[ So Many Memories Of You Are Always Pleasant ]
[ You Were My Anti-Depressant ]

[ I Would Laugh So Much During Your Calls ]
[ It Would Shake The Walls ]

[ What Am I Supposed To Do Now ]
[ I Want To Laugh Out Loud Again ]
[ But I Don’t Know How ]

[ They Say ( LAUGH OUT LOUD & THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH
YOU ) ]
[ Tell Me How, Send Me A Clue ]

[ I Need To Treasure Those Around Me More ]
[ I Need To Be More @ Ease ]
[ To Open The Door ]

[ I Love Calling Las Vegas To Talk To My Niece ]
[ It Gives My Mind A Little Peace ]

[ Because When I Talk To My Brothers Daughter ]
[ Sanoe Reminds Me So Much Of Her Father ]

[ She Too, Makes Me Laugh ]
[ For The Time That We Talk ]
[ It Cuts My Grief In Half ]

[ I Know I Talk About My Brother Alot ]
[ I Just Can’t Get My Thoughts To Stop ]

[ Have You Ever Been Able To Stop The Thoughts That Come
Into Your Mind? ]
[ How Do You Rewind? ]
[ What Do I Need To Do To Remind? ]

[ Myself To Remember? ]
[ What If The Calendar Says It’s Already December? ]

[ Oh, Wait ]
[ I’m Too Late ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(305)▪︎[ Thank You Lynn … 3•25•2020 ]

[ I Conversed On FB With A Dear ]
[ Friend ]
[ From Yesteryear ]

[ The Memories Of Her Smile ]
[ Lifted My Mood ]
[ For Awhile ]

[ Then She Put Up A Picture ]
[ Of Her ]

[ With Her Hair Rearranged ]
[ Her Looks Weren’t Aged ]
[ Or Changed ]

[ It Took Me Back To When The Impression Was Made ]
[ Way Back In The First Grade ]

[ Back Then I Was One Shy ]
[ Little Pudgy Guy ]

[ Nobody Knew My Past ]
[ & She Never Asked ]

[ You See, I Had Just Moved There From Being In A Very
Physically Abusive Foster Home ]
[ My New Parents Were The Only People That Had Known ]

[ I Was Just Getting Used To My New Name ]
[ But My New Friend Treated Me Just The Same ]

[ As She Did Everybody Else ]
[ That Helped This Lost New Kid On The Block ]
[ To Just Be Himself ]

[ My New Friend Accepted Me For Me ]
[ If You’d Never Been One ]
[ You Don’t Know How Hard Being The New Kid Can Be ]

[ I Went From Living On A Big Farm To Living On A City Block ]
[ So I Kind Of Had Some Culture Shock ]
[ & I Found It Extremely Hard To Open Up & Talk ]

[ But My New Friend Never Made Fun ]
[ I Learned To Play & Run ]
[ Not Just Running From Someone ]

[ Physical Abuse Can Cause Internal Screams ]
[ @ My New Families Home The Nightmares Stopped ]
[ & Were Replaced With What Kinds Of Things That Makes Kids
Dreams ]

[ @ School Every Single Day ]
[ My New Friend Always Said ( HELLO ) To Me ]
[ In The Nicest & Most Accepting Way ]

[ My Friend & I Stayed Close Clear Through Graduation Of
High School ]
[ I Loved Standing Back From My Friend & Watch The Other Guys
Acting Like Fools ]
[ Other Guys Tried To Act So Cool ]

[ All Being So Sure ]
[ They Were Somehow, In Some Small Way ]
[ Impressing Her ]

[ She Never Got Arrogant Or Let Her Stunning Beauty Go To
Her Head ]
[ She Stayed Extremely Modest & Grounded Instead ]

[ So Just On A Whim I Went On Her FB Tonight To Make A
Comment ]
[ I Paid Her A Compliment ]
[ That I Truly Meant ]

[ She Paid Back The Compliment Back By Saying She Considers
Me A Close Friend Through All Of These Years ]
[ She’s Always Been Head & Shoulders Above All Of Her Peers ]

[ Thank You Lynn For Always Being The Cherry On The Top ]
[ You’ve Been A Good Friend Down To The Last Drop ]

[ Thank You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(295)▪︎[ 911 … 3•22•2020 ]

[ 911 Was A Horrible, Terrorist Event That Happened ]
[ America’s Sense Of Security ]
[ Sure Was Dampened ]

[ Is It Still Safe To Fly? ]
[ Is There A Suspicious Looking Guy ]
[ Sitting By ]

[ You? ]
[ Or Sitting In Row 22? ]

[ What Do You Look For ]
[ Are They Blocking The Exit Door ]

[ What If You Are Working On Floor 125 Of A High Rise ]
[ Do You Constantly Look Outside ]
[ For The Next Flying Surprise? ]

[ What Can You Do? ]
[ What If There’s More Than Two? ]

[ You Can’t Stand Up & Yell ( EXCUSE … ) ]
[ ( ME! ) ]
[ ( I WANT TO ACCUSE … ) ]
[ ( HIM! ) ]

[ But Of What? ]
[ So You Keep Your Mouth Shut ]

[ So You Keep Your Opinion To Yourself ]
[ & Then Wait For Someone Else ]

[ To Steal The Moment ]
[ & Make A Comment ]

[ What If You Are In The Building & You See Something Strange? ]
[ Would Others Think That You Are Deranged ]

[ & Mentally Ill? ]
[ Then You Think That You Were Glad That You Wrote Your Will ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(506)▪︎[ A Waiting Game … 6•19•2021 ]

[ Everything Began To Be Extreme Except For The
     Apologies ]
[ The Abuse Had Leveled Up So High ]
[ It Brings Her To Her Knees ]

[ No One Saw The Abuse Coming ]
[ The Screaming Has Become Mind Numbing ]

[ If There Ever Was A Comedic Meme ]
[ Death & Violence Would Be The Theme ]

[ Nobody Could Foresee The Wheels Coming Off Of
     The Bus ]
[ Nobody Noticed When An ( ASK ) Became A Must ]

[ Each Day Was Another Destructive Day In Paradise ]
[ Where Nothing Is Planned ]
[ & Nothing Was Concise ]

[ But She Was A Planner ]
[ From Alabama ]

[ Roll Tide, Would Be What She Ended The Day Saying ]
[ When She Went To That University ]
[ She Was Always The One Paying ]

[ Now What Is She Supposed To Do Within This Abusive
     Relationship ]
[ If She Ever Asked For A Divorce ]
[ Her Parents Would Flip ]

[ The Only Way Or Reason ]
[ This Will Work ]
[ Has To Happen During Deer Season ]

[ Then She Will … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(508)▪︎[ Your Thoughts … 6•21•2021 ]

[ The Thoughts Keep Rolling Around In Your Mind ]
[ If They Stopped ]
[ Do You Know What You’ll Find? ]

[ Will There Be Thinking Errors Pinned To All Of The Walls? ]
[ Will There Be A Big Ole Stack Of Messages ]
[ From Your Missed Calls? ]

[ Why Did You Miss Such A Large Amount? ]
[ If You Started In The Morning ]
[ Would There’ll Be Too Many To Count? ]

[ What Else Is Floating Out There ]
[ There Might Be A Picture Or Two ]
[ When You Had A Full Head Of Hair ]

[ You Know That There Will Be @ Least A Hundred Thoughts
     Out There That Do Not Make Sense ]
[ There Will @ Least Be A Few About Wondering If The Grass
     Was Greener ]
[ On The Other Side Of The Fence ]

[ Did You Ever Climb Over & Give That Side A Taste? ]
[ You Did Know That Once You Came Back Over ]
[ You Would Have Problems Up To Your Waist? ]

[ Sometimes Thoughts Can Be Hard To Hang Onto ]
[ Those Are The Thoughts That Can Get Away From You ]

[ Thoughts Are Like Clouds ]
[ That Means That Every Thought Is Allowed ]

[ There Is No Such Thing As A Filter For The Thoughts
     Coming In ]
[ It Is How Or If You Act On Them ]
[ When An Action Sometimes Becomes A Sin ]

[ The Filter Is On The Side Where You Choose To Put Your
     Voice To One ]
[ Sometimes The Thought Can Sound Fun ]
[ Sometimes The Thought Can Make People Run ]

[ A Whole Lot Of Thoughts Should Be Kept To Yourself ]
[ Those Are The One’s That You Shouldn’t Share With
     Anyone Else ]

[ Thoughts Come In & Most Of Them Will Quickly Leave ]
[ There Are Some Thoughts That You Don’t Want To Believe ]

[ Believe It Or Not ]
[ Those Are The Thoughts ]
[ That You’ve Got ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(509)▪︎[ Mahalo, Ash … 6•21•2021 ]

[ My Friend, Ash, Has As Big A Heart, Like The Whole Outdoors ]
[ If She Were A Food Treat, She Would Be A Big Piece Of S’mors ]

[ Melted Chocolate & Marshmellow Combined ]
[ Ash Is Considered A Good, Close Friend Of Mine ]

[ She Has That Hard Graham Cracker Crust ]
[ Wearing Kid Gloves, When With Ash, Is A Must ]

[ It Takes Alot To Get Ash To Lower Her Wall Just A
     Little Bit ]
[ Because Ash Has Seen & Been Through So Much Shit ]

[ But She Perseveres Everytime, Everyday ]
[ She Wears That Big Smile ]
[ & She Stays Positive In So Many Ways ]

[ She Never Comes In Our House Being Overpowering ]
[ She Is Even Polite, When She Is Monitor’s His Showering ]

[ Asha Does Her Job Proud ]
[ She Is Full Of Fun ]
[ But She Is Never Too Loud ]

[ She Has Her Own Strong Opinions, But They Are Never
     Forced ]
[ On Others ]
[ & She Gives It Freely Without Being Coerced ]

[ Sometimes She Shows A Sweet Tooth, But That Is Not Too
     Often ]
[ But Mention Pie In A Conversation Just Once ]
[ & She Will Have One In The Oven ]

[ Cake Just Doesn’t Float ]
[ Her Boat ]

[ Give Her A Cupcake & Watch With Anticipation ]
[ But Put Sprinkles On Top ]
[ Then Watch Her Apprehension ]

[ There Is Nothing To Dislike Or Argue About ]
[ Once She Got Comfortable In Our House ]
[ She Removed All Doubt ]

[ About Her Qualifications & How Well She Would Do
     With Our Challenging, Troubled Child ]
[ One Thing That I Would Not Call Her Personality & Strengths ]
[ & That Would Be Mild ]

[ She Has The Right Tone ]
[ & We Love Her Strong Backbone ]

[ Good, Consistent Upbringing Is What She Gives The Credit
     For This ]
[ Meeting Her Three Years Ago Would Have Been @ The Top
     This Parents Wish List ]

[ So I Bring This Story To An End ]
[ By Saying]
[ I Am So Glad That I Can Proudly Call Asha Hakeem A Good
     Friend ]

[ Hey Ash, Here Is Something New ]
[ Pew, Pew, Pew ]

[ Mahalo, Ash ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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