(490)▪︎[ I Am Just Hoping … 6•14•2021 ]

[ Why Did Things Have To Come To This? ]
[ In Life, This Was Not @ The Top Of My Wish List ]

[ We Were Rolling Along So Well ]
[ But Now Our Relationship Is Now Just A Shell ]

[ Of What It Used To Be ]
[ Am I The Only One Who Can See ]

[ How Things Have Now Become? ]
[ Feeling So Numb ]
[ Because We Keep Arguing About Things That Are So Dumb ]

[ No, I Am Not Calling You That ]
[ See That Is What I Mean ]
[ I Am Just Stating A Fact ]
[ & Then I Am Seen ]
[ As Coming @ You With A Baseball Bat ]

[ Ready To Take A Swing ]
[ This Is Not What I Bring ]

[ To The Table ]
[ This Is Like Trying To Compare Dish To Cable ]

[ Both Have Their Good Points ]
[ & Both Cost Alot Of Coins ]

[ I Am Not Making A Demand ]
[ But We Need To Get Back To The Issues @ Hand ]

[ It Has Become Crystal Clear ]
[ That We Need To Figure Out Where We Are Going To Go
From Here ]

[ Do We Go Forward, Or Stay Put ]
[ Do We Open Mouth & Then Insert Foot? ]

[ Putting A Foot In The Mouth Kind Of Shuts Everything
Down ]
[ Look Around ]
[ Who Looks Like The Clown? ]

[ Believe Me, It Is Not Any Fun ]
[ To Look Like One ]

[ Where Do We Go From Here Was The Question Raised ]
[ Will The Answer Make Me Feel Afraid? ]
[ Or Praised? ]

[ I Am Not Trying To Be A Dick ]
[ But Sometime In The Next Few Days ]
[ We Need To Pick ]

[ Go Forward Or Throw In The Towel ]
[ Will The Word Have Three Letters? ]
[ Or Will It Be Two Letters Ending With A Vowel? ]

[ I Hope … I Hope … The Answer Won’t Be No! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(487)▪︎[ Where Did It All Go? … 6•12•2021 ]

[ I Should Have Summoned Up The Powers ]
[ To Give You All My Hours ]

[ Time Slips By Way Too Fast ]
[ & Memories Oftentimes Do Not Last ]

[ Sometimes Gravity ]
[ Keeps Ahold Of Me ]

[ Just When I Want To Float ]
[ I Turn To Grab My Coat ]

[ But Gravity Is Like An Ankle Weight ]
[ Holding Me Down In A Frozen State ]

[ I Always Needed You Be My Side ]
[ I Liked To Walk With You ]
[ Smiling, With Alot Of Pride ]

[ Sometimes Things Were Hot With Us ]
[ Then They Weren’t ]
[ & I Have No Idea When The Wheels Came Off The Bus ]

[ I Used To Think Our Bond Was Strong ]
[ Which One Of The Past Years Was To Blame ]
[ For When Everything Went Wrong? ]

[ All Of My Future Plans Went Up In Smoke ]
[ All Of Our Pinkie Deals Are Now Forever Broke ]

[ ( HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? ) Is What I Yell ]
[ All Of My Dreams Have Gone To Hell ]

[ When We Were Together, I Felt That I Was Living The Dream ]
[ Now I Feel Like I Am In A Paddleless Canoe ]
[ Trying To Travel Upstream ]

[ Who Would Have Thought That Everything Would Have
Been Swept Down The Drain ]
[ With The Next Big Rain ]

[ Dreams Come ]
[ & Dreams Go ]
[ I Feel So Dumb ]
[ With The Things That I Now Know ]

[ Will This Affect Me In My Next Relationship ]
[ Well Maybe Next Time, I Won’t Want To Be Connected @ The Hip ]

[ Maybe Give Her Alot More Room ]
[ Before I Start Picturing Myself As Her Groom ]

[ Whoever Said That Time Heals All Wounds Was Not Always
Right ]
[ Sometimes After The Darkness Comes ]
[ It Is Hard To See The Light ]

[ Maybe I Will Have Better Luck Next Time ]
[ Unless You Can Only Find Luck In Stories That Rhyme ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(384)▪︎[ Death & Taxes … 4•17•2020 ]

[ Life Can Be So Fleeting ]
[ For Those Left Behind ]
[ So Defeating ]

[ Death & Taxes Are The Only Sure Things In Life They
Say ]
[ & When Your Time Is Up ]
[ There Will Not Be Another Day ]

[ Tik-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ Goes The Life Expectancy Clock ]

[ Just Like A Heart Attack ]
[ There’s No Going Back ]

[ You Can’t Expand The Given 24 Hours ]
[ No One Can Do That ]
[ No One Has Any Of Those Powers ]

[ You Can’t Avoid Taxes Or Death ]
[ You Can Hasten The Journey ]
[ By Shooting & Smoking Meth ]

[ There’s No Way In Hell That Will Happen To Me ]
[ I’m Just Trying To Be Who I Think I Should Be ]

[ But Who Or What Is That? ]
[ I Just Want To Take A Good Swing ]
[ When It’s My Turn, Up To Bat ]

[ See The Ball, Take A Step Toward Your Goal & Swing ]
[ Give It All That You Can Bring ]

[ Just Try, Try, Try ]
[ Don’t Settle On Just Getting By ]

[ But If You Get The Feeling That You Are Going To The Ground ]
[ Don’t Reach Out ]
[ To Pull Others Down ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(396)▪︎[ Be Careful Of … 4•21•2020 ]

[ Sometimes People Will Hate You Just Because You Are
Being Real? ]
[ Maybe They Can’t Accept How The Truth Can Feel ]

[ Is It How You Play Your Part? ]
[ & The Truth Hurts Their Heart? ]

[ You Can Never Please Everyone ]
[ But Do Not Hurt Anyone Just For Fun ]

[ Just Go About Your Day ]
[ In The Only Way ]

[ That Pleases You ]
[ & Gives Your Friends & Loved Ones Their Due ]

[ Figure Out What Makes YOU Click ]
[ & Don’t Just Listen To The Clock Tik ]

[ Tok ]
[ As Time Walks ]

[ Right By ]
[ Without Saying { HI } ]
[ Or { GOODBYE } ]

[ & Then Before You Know It ]
[ Another Day Is Gone ]
[ While You Just Sit ]
[ Without Moving On ]

[ While You You Are Saying The Truth Can You Handle It
Yourself? ]
[ Will It Affect Your Health? ]

[ Sometimes The Truth Can Hurt ]
[ It Can Also Be How It’s Presented ]
[ That Could Blow Up Your Skirt ]

[ If The Truth Is Presented In A Friendly Tone ]
[ That In Itself Can Prevent ]
[ Your Skirt From Being Blown ]

[ Beware Of How You Give It ]
[ Or You May Not Like ]
[ How You Get It ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(382)▪︎[ Belief Or Faith Based? … 4•17•2020 ]

[ Faith Is Believing In Something You Just Can’t See ]
[ It Is Also A Belief ]
[ In What You Could Be ]

[ Does It Seem ]
[ Like One Big Dream? ]

[ Faith Is A Hope For Something In The Future To Happen ]
[ If It Comes True ]
[ Do You Wonder ( WHERE HAS THIS BEEN? ) ]

[ Do You Really Want To Pin Down An Exact Time? ]
[ If You Saw The Need ]
[ Would That Make It Sublime ]

[ Faith Is Having Confidence In Something In Your Mind ]
[ It’s Having Confidence ]
[ Of The Best Kind ]

[ Is It The Future That Made The Past The Present From The Past? ]
[ How Do You Make Ideas From Yesterday Last? ]

[ When You Have An Idea You Must Have Faith In Your Thoughts ]
[ You Can’t Think So Hard ]
[ Or You Will Begin To See Spots ]

[ Ideas About The Future Can Send Them Sky ]
[ High ]
[ Just Make Sure That You Are Not Telling Yourself Any Lies ]

[ Once You Bring Your Ideas Back Down To Earth ]
[ Put Them Into Action ]
[ To Show Their Worth ]
[ & Prove That You Are More Than A Fraction ]
[ Better Since Birth ]

[ So Try To See What You Can Hear ]
[ But Don’t Always Believe In All The Words ]
[ That Goes In Your Ears ]

[ Believe What You Have Faith In ]
[ & Have Faith In What You Believe ]
[ That’s When Your Mind Begins ]
[ To Get Any Kind Of Relief ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(378)▪︎[ Take An Inch, Then … 4•16•2020 ]

[ Let’s Take One Little Moment @ A Time ]
[ When Someone Offers To Give You Three Nickels ]
[ Don’t Ask For Three Dimes ]

[ Just Like When Someone Offers You An Inch ]
[ Don’t Take A Mile ]
[ Would It Take A Pinch ]
[ On The Cheek, To Make You Smile? ]

[ When Your Spouse Looks You In The Eyes ]
[ Do They Seem Vacant ]
[ Or Are They Bright & Wise? ]

[ You Always Want To Put Your Best Foot Forward ]
[ You Do Need To Know ]
[ Though ]
[ Where You’re Heading Toward ]

[ It’s Not Like You Need To Always Walk Towards The Bright ]
[ Lights ]
[ Sometimes You Just Might ]

[ Go Into The Tunnell That’s Dark ]
[ & Stand There & Park ]

[ Look Over Your Shoulder @ The Light ]
[ Then Lay Down & Say Goodnight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(375)▪︎[ What We Do … 4•15•2020 ]

[ What We Do Now ]
[ Will Greatly Affect Our Tomorrow ]
[ We Don’t Want To Somehow ]
[ Turn The Next Day Into Sorrow ]

[ As We In Someway ]
[ Try To Protect Our Wealth ]
[ Throughout The Day ]
[ We Need To Take Care Of Our Health ]

[ Sorrow Can Come In Many Forms ]
[ & Be So Disruptive ]
[ It Can Change Our Norms ]

[ Is It A Constructive Way, Given Only To Help? ]
[ Is It Like Getting Positive Marks, On The
Next Entry OnYelp? ]

[ But Remarks Can Be Positive ]
[ Or Negative ]

[ I’ve Given Both ]
[ I’m Sure There Were Some People ]
[ Who Hated What I Wrote ]
[ So When They Can Complain ]
[ I’d Say ( WHAT EVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(453)▪︎[ All Bad? … 5•4•2020 ]

[ The Sun Now Sets ]
[ On A Day That Seemed To Be Filled With Unrest ]

[ What Happened When I Woke Up? ]
[ If I Would Had Known How The Day Was Going To End ]
[ I Would Had Just Wanted To Lie There With My Eyes Shut! ]

[ The Day Started Out Good, But Went Downhill From There ]
[ If My Head Was Not Already Bald ]
[ I Would Had Pulled Out Every Single Hair ]

[ It Seemed To Be One Thing After Another ]
[ If I Chose One Thing Of Two ]
[ I Would Find That I Should Had Picked The Other ]

[ & Another Thing That I Didn’t Know ]
[ Was, All Through That Day ]
[ I Was One Step Too Slow ]

[ Even @ The Start ]
[ My Horse Was Behind The Cart ]

[ The Cart Should Not Be In Front, Of Course ]
[ The Cart Should Be Pulled By The Horse ]

[ So I Had Everything Upside Down ]
[ Whenever I Took A Step Forward ]
[ I’d Find Myself On The Ground ]

[ How Could This Be? ]
[ Who Tripped Me? ]

[ Oh, I Did This To Myself? ]
[ This Was Not Done By Someone Else? ]

[ So That Was The Kind Of Day That I Had ]
[ Instead Of A Good Morning ]
[ The Whole Day Was Bad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(452)▪︎[ Not Okay To Mourn … 5•4•2020 ]

[ Is It A Waste Of Time To Mourn? ]
[ Does It Continue To Bring Up The Reasons ]
[ That Has Your Heart Torn? ]

[ Over & Over You Have It Bouncing Around In Your Head ]
[ Would You Rather Feel The Pain ]
[ In Your Heart Instead? ]

[ Nobody Wants To Think About What That Pain You Have Is
All About ]
[ What If You Are Wrong? ]
[ & That Causes Doubt ]

[ If You Shout ]
[ It Out ]

[ Does Anybody Actually Hear A Single Word? ]
[ If They Did ]
[ What Have They Heard? ]

[ Will They Say? ]
[ Today? ]
[ Okay ]
[ But In What Way? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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