[° 245)▪︎[ Can You See Them … 3•9•2020 ]

[ Can You See My Scars? ]
[ Inside My Head, They Are As Big As Cars ]

[ The Ones That Cannot Be Seen ]
[ Are From People Who Were Nasty & Mean ]

[ Those Kinds Of People Attack ]
[ From Behind ]
[ & Stab You In The Back ]
[ & They Don’t Do It By The Light Of Day ]
[ They Do It @ Night When It’s Black ]
[ Outside ]

[ The Scars Can Be As Small As A Paper Cut ]
[ But It Causes A Gap ]
[ That Is Hard To Keep Shut ]

[ The Unseen Scars Are The Deepest & Hurt The Most ]
[ Sometimes They Feel Like They’ve Been Stabbed By A Post ]

[ Then You’ll Never Get Back The Trust That Was Lost ]
[ You’ll Never Come To A Final Cost ]

[ But As You Are Attempting To Recoup Your Loss ]
[ Your Pain Will Always ]
[ Let You Know, Who’s The Boss ]

[ But When The Pain Is Below The Surface ]
[ You Can Never Figure Out How, Or Why ]
[ & What Is The Purpose ]

[ The Purpose Is To Cause More Pain ]
[ Scars Want To Remind You Again & Again ]

[ That It’s Not Going To Be Very Kind ]
[ To Keep Pain On Your Mind ]
[ @ Least That Is What You Find ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(237)▪︎[ Who Is Left? … 3•7•2020 ]

[ Can You Live Your Life With Your Own Failures? ]
[ Would It Be Easy Being On A Ship Living With A Group Of
Sailors? ]

[ What If Half Of The Problems That You’ve Had While You’ve
Been Alive ]
[ Was Wiped Away? ]
[ Would You Then Thrive? ]

[ Or Would You Continue To Dog Paddle In The Deep-End Of
The Lake? ]
[ You Just Do Not Know What It Would Take ]

[ To Reach The Side & Climb Out ]
[ Surviving Is Your Greatest Doubt ]

[ If There Are Always Those That Have To Remember What Was ]
[ There Will Be Those That Will Never Reach For What Can Be ]
[ Because ]
[ They Don’t Want To See ]
[ What Faith Does ]

[ They Will Resist ]
[ As The Faithful Persist ]

[ Who Will Win? ]
[ & ]
[ Who Will Lose ]
[ When It’s Your Choice ]
[ Who Will Begin ]
[ To Choose? ]
[ By Using Their Voice? ]
[ While Not Turning To Booze ]

[ Living Is The Hardest Part Of Life ]
[ Having The Energy To Keeping The Light ]
[ On Strong ]
[ Throughout The Night ]

[ Keeping Safe, The Ones That You Love ]
[ Handling Them Gently ]
[ Like You Would A Dove ]

[ Then Not Putting Up A Fight ]
[ & Letting Them Know What Is Best ]
[ When They Want To Take Flight ]
[ From The Family Nest ]
[ Then You’ll Know To Keep In Sight ]
[ The Love You Have For The Rest ]

[ That Are Left ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(217)▪︎[ Why Don’t You Know? … 3•4•2020 ]

[ I Cry & You Don’t Know When I’m Hurt ]
[ Then My Tears Fall On My Shirt ]

[ What Do You Do? ]
[ All I Get Is A Cold Feeling ]
[ & A Blank Look From You ]

[ Where’s The Love? ]
[ What Are You Thinking Of? ]

[ When You See Me Standing There Looking Like A Mess ]
[ I Have To Confess ]
[ I Feel Totally Undressed ]
[ & That Makes Me Stressed ]

[ Why Do You Not Know How To Comfort Me ]
[ It’s Just Like The Day I Scraped My Knee ]

[ Where Were You? ]
[ I Had No Clue ]

[ Whatsoever ]
[ I Thought You Would Never ]

[ Turn Your Back ]
[ What’s Up With That? ]

[ I Remember Things Like This ]
[ To Me It’s A Total Diss ]
[ When I’m Away From You This Is One Feeling That I Do Not Miss ]

[ Where’s The Respect? ]
[ I Know, I Know, What Should I Expect ]

[ I Expect More ]
[ I Didn’t Expect You To Take My Emotions ]
[ & Sweep The Floor ]

[ Would You Then Take My Heart & Wipe The Windows? ]
[ Who Would Know? ]
[ What Would That Show? ]

[ That Would Show That You Will Always Be The Dominant
One ]
[ Are We THAT Done? ]

[ & That Makes Me Sad ]
[ Dad ]

[ So, Let Me Make This So Crystal Clear ]
[ I Am So Glad That You Are Not Up Here ]

[ & I So Much Care ]
[ That You Wound Up Down There ]
[ So, Here’s To Burnt Hair! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(213)▪︎[ Don’t Turn Back … 3•4•2020 ]

[ Go Away Little Girls ]
[ With Your Head Full Of Curls ]

[ Stop Being The Kind ]
[ That Tries To Mess With All Of The Mens Minds ]

[ They Are Not Going To Get Very Far ]
[ With Their Head Up In The Stars ]
[ Driving Their Fast Car ]
[ While Stopping In @ All Of The Young Crowd Bars ]

[ Looking In The Dark For Mr. Wright ]
[ But They Find That He’s Nowhere In Sight ]
[ Then Someone Makes The Room All Bright ]
[ By Turning On The Light ]

[ That Just Shines A Light On The Bad ]
[ & What Makes Them So Mad ]
[ Is That The Couples Look Oh So Sad ]

[ Do The Women See No Reason To Take Flight ]
[ Because All They Do Is Fight ]
[ With Who They Thought Was The Guy That’s Right ]

[ They Have No Clue ]
[ About What They Should Do ]

[ They Look For Any Recent Text ]
[ About What To Do Next ]

[ Who Will Take Or See Their Side ]
[ On Everything ]
[ When They Hide ]
[ The Gold Wedding Rings ]
[ When Others Hear That They Lied ]
[ About These Things ]

[ They May Turn Their Backs & Walk ]
[ & Let It Be Known ]
[ That They Will Never Again Be Asked To Sit Down & Talk ]

[ About The Circumstances ]
[ That Had Them Taking Chances ]
[ Going To Those Wild, Loud Dances ]

[ That They Normally Would Not Have Thought Of ]
[ If They Weren’t In The Wrong Places ]
[ Looking For Love ]
[ In A Group Of Strange Faces ]

[ What Were They Exploring? ]
[ Leaving Friends Worrying ]

[ Back Home ]
[ Where They Are Known ]
[ But If They Would Only Pick Up The Phone ]

[ They Would Stop In Their Tracks ]
[ & Come Back ]

[ Where They Started ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(208)▪︎[ Whispers … 3•3•2020 ]

[ In The Dead Of Night I Hear Your Voice In My Ear ]
[ I Hear You Just Like If You Were Here ]
[ It’s Not Warbled ]
[ It Sounds Perfectly Clear ]

[ You Simply Ask ( WHAT’s GOING ON? ) Simple & Plain ]
[ I Want To Shut Out The Noise & Make Yours The Main ]

[ Sound ]
[ Around ]

[ I Told My Care Giver, ( I SO MISS YOUR CALLS ]
[ The Silence Drives Me Up My Four Walls ]

[ I Can’t Say I Miss You Physically Because We Only Saw
Each Other For That One Week 22 Years Ago ]
[ I Miss What I Know ]

[ & That Was Your Voice ]
[ Because It Wasn’t Just Noise! ]

[ It Was The Lifeline Between The Two Of Us ]
[ That’s How Things Was ]

[ Now I Can’t Stop Writing About You ]
[ I Miss You So Much, Times Two ]

[ I Miss You! ]
[ I Miss You! ]

[ Where Did The Time Go, How Was It Spent? ]
[ I Truly Miss You, Brother Brent ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(534)▪︎[ The Footprint … 6•30•2021 ]

[ Who Can Can Catch Lightning In A Bottle? ]
[ Is That The Daredevil Who Is Quick With The Throttle? ]

[ Driving Through Town As Fast As He Can ]
[ When You Think Of Him ]
[ You Could Say That He’s A Man’s Man ]

[ Is He The Only One That Can Leave A Footprint In The Dust? ]
[ Is Being A Daredevil A Must? ]

[ No, It’s Not, Is What You Say ]
[ You Try To Leave Your Foot Print Every Day ]

[ In The Sand, Clay, Mud Or Dirt ]
[ You Would Even Give A Man In Need, Your Own Shirt ]

[ Off Of Your Back ]
[ If You Really Think About It ]
[ That Was Just One Shirt Out Of A Big Stack ]

[ One Way That You Could Leave Your Footprint Is By What
     You Can Give ]
[ You Also Can Leave An Impression By How You Live ]

[ Do You Walk, Take A Bus Or Ride The Train? ]
[ Or Do You Stay In The House & Refrain ]

[ & Play Games? ]
[ With People With Various Last Names? ]

[ If You Had One Wish, What Would It Be? ]
[ Would You Wish That One Wish ]
[ Would Turn Into Three? ]

[ & So On & So On Until Everybody Will Have One ]
[ Letting Everyone To Have Some Fun ]

[ One Of Their Own ]
[ Maybe Some Would Wish For A Million Dollars ]
[ While Some Would Just Want An Ice Cream Cone ]

[ Leaving Your Handprint On This Earth ]
[ Does Not Prove Your Worth ]

[ Now Leaving Memories In Lots Of Different People’s
     Mind ]
[ Is The Best Kind ]

[ Of Footprint ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(519)▪︎[ Who Is There? … 6•25•2021 ]

[ As I Sit Here Trying To Pull On My White Socks ]
[ I Here The Tic-Tok ]
[ Of My Wall Clock’s]

[ They Are The Only Sounds That I Can Hear ]
[ & That, Right There]
[ Just Illuminates My Fear ]

[ I Don’t Expect To Hear Another Sound ]
[ Because There Is Not Another Soul Around ]

[ @ This Time ]
[ That I Am Sucking On This Lime ]

[ That, In Itself, Makes My Sucker ]
[ Pucker ]

[ Would This Have The Same Affect On You? ]
[ If Not ]
[ What Would It Do? ]
[ If So ]
[ Would You Even Have The Remotest Clue? ]

[ Would It Burn All Of The Way Down? ]
[ Would It Burn The Whole Time That You, Would Be In Town? ]
[ Would Those Answers Force Me To Use A Different Noun ]

[ Or Two ]
[ Hmmm, Am I Picking Up On A Totally Obscure Social Cue? ]

[ I Don’t Know About This ]
[ Let Me Look On My List ]

[ Should I Care ]
[ If It Is Not There? ]

[ Well That Makes Me Feel Like I Need To Go ]
[ So, If You Say So ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(514)▪︎[ You Need To Choose … 6•24•2021 ]

[ Sometimes In Life You Get What You Want But Not What
     You Need ]
[ Why Do You Always Follow? ]
[ When You Really Want To Lead? ]

[ You Have More Talent In Your Little Finger ]
[ Than Most People Have In Their Whole Existence ]
[ You Don’t Want To Step Out ]
[ So, You Just Stand Back & Linger ]

[ Just Wanting To Blend Into The Crowd ]
[ Letting Your Thoughts Drift Into The Clouds ]

[ Thoughts That Could Be The Keys To The Universe ]
[ But You Never Want To Transverse ]
[ On Over ]
[ Just To Converse ]

[ Even For Awhile ]
[ Because That Was Never Your Style ]

[ When Are You Going To Find Your Niche? ]
[ That Should Be Your Number (1) Wish ]

[ But You Would Rather Walk A Mile ]
[ Than To Come Forward & Show Your Guile ]

[ To Be Able To Get Out Of The Muddle You Were In ]
[ Then You Would Have To Show The Puddle That You
     Fell In & When ]

[ Others Would Tell You To Sit Down & Think ]
[ & Slow Down The Drink ]

[ A Shot Here & A Straight Shot Of Tequila There ]
[ Sometimes You Get So Drunk ]
[ You Give Off The Feeling That You Don’t Really Care ]

[ That Is Not A Good Look On You ]
[ & It Looks Like You Have A Mirror With Some Residue ]

[ Of Some Sort Of Powdery Substance That Looks White ]
[ Making People Wonder If You Are Doing Things That Aren’t
     Right? ]

[ You Do Know That Snorting Meth ]
[ Only Leads To Death ]

[ If You Don’t, You Should ]
[ If You Did, You Would ]
[ If You Are, You Could ]

[ Know About That ]
[ Care About That ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(513)▪︎[ Life … 6•23•2021 ]

[ What Makes The World Go ‘Round For You These Days? ]
[ Is It Being Able To Touch Others In Different Ways? ]

[ Are You The Friend & Protector, So Others Can Feel Safe? ]
[ From Assaults, Robberies & Rape? ]

[ Are You The Rock? ]
[ Because You Have A Good Shoulder To Lean On Around
     The Clock? ]

[ Who Listens To You When You Need To Talk? ]
[ Do You Have To Go Outside & Write ( S.O.S. ) In Chalk? ]

[ To Get Someone’s Attention? ]
[ Is That The Only Way That You Are Able To Get Some
     Affection? ]

[ What Is Your Calling In Life? ]
[ What Do You See As Your Guiding Light? ]
[ Who Was The Person That Taught You Wrong From Right? ]

[ You Cannot Sit Back & Expect The World To Come @ You ]
[ Sometimes You Get As Much As You Do ]
[ Not As Much As You Think That You Are Due ]

[ There Is A Big Problem ]
[ When Some Sit Back & Think That The World Should Go To
     Them ]

[ The World Does Not Owe You A Dime ]
[ & You Cannot Ever Stock Up On Time ]

[ One Continuum In Life Is That Time Never Stops ]
[ & Everybody Drops ]

[ It Is Just A Matter Of When ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(160)▪︎[ The Little Old Lady … 2•22•2021 ]

[ One Day Old Mother Hubbard ]
[ Went & Opened Her Cupbourds ]

[ Only To Find It Completely Bare ]
[ Of Socks ]
[ Or Underwear ]
[ Since She Had No Food, That Is What She Tried To
     Put In There ]

[ Because Of The Shortages Of Food ]
[ @ The Supermarket ]
[ It Always Put Her In An Extremely Bad Mood ]

[ Food Has Become Scarce, Especially Of Her Favorite
     Vegetables ]
[ Only The Earliest Shoppers Were Able ]

[ To Get What They Wanted ]
[ Then Would Come Outside Towards The Line To Get In ]
[ & Be Happy & Walk Away After They Taunted ]

[ Every Person In Line ]
[ Messing With Everyone’s Mind ]

[ So The Old Lady Went To Her Neighbor, Scooby-Doo ]
[ When He Opened The Door, She Said ( HI, I AM YOUR
     NEIGHBOR, THE ONE WHO LIVES IN THE SHOE ) ]

[ Scooby-Doo Said ( YES I KNOW WHO YOU ARE ) ]
[ ( YOU ARE THE LADY WHO OWNS THAT BEAUTIFUL
     CAR ) ]

[ She Said, ( YES, DID YOU KNOW? ) ]
[ ( THAT IT IS A ’65 GTO? ) ]

[ After Making Some Small Talk ]
[ Then Getting The Food That She Came There For ]
[ She Set Out For Walk ]
[ Back To Her Front Door ]

[ Then Fred & Barney Drove By Really Fast ]
[ She Thought ( THEY ARE SUCH THE CUTE COUPLE ) ]
[ She Was Glad That Fred Could Get Over Barney’s
     Abusive Past ]
[ & Many Years Ago She Was Skeptical That Their
     Marriage Would Ever Last ]

[ She Was Glad That They Got Away From Those Cheating ]
[ & Thieving ]

[ Wives ]
[ Once Those Two Became Neighbors ]
[ They Started To Ruin Fred & Barney’s Lives ]

[ & Pebbles Used To Be Such The Cute & Well Behaved
     Child ]
[ But Once Wilma Got Custody Of Her In The Divorce ]
[ She Started Doing Drugs & Running Around Being Wild ]

[ But Bam Bam Turned Out To Be A Very Upstanding
    Guy ]
[ He’s The Kind Of Man That Would Never Steal Or Lie ]

[ Then On Her Way Home ]
[ She Walked By Several Neighbors That She Did Not Know ]

[ One Of Them Seemed Lazy ]
[ One Of Them Looked Shady ]
[ & The Other One Acted All Out Crazy ]

[ When The Old Lady Got Back To Her Shoe, She Put Her
     Groceries On The Bare Shelves ]
[ If & When She Replaces Her Underwear & Socks ]
[ She Would Put Them Somewhere Else ]

[ It Was Amazing What Scooby-Doo Put In A Bag For Her ]
[ Once She Gets Her SSI Disability Check ]
[ She Will Make Him A Dinner, That’s For Sure ]

[ When She Held Her Full Cupboards Open, She Was Amazed @ The
     Sight ]
[ She Thought That She Would Cook A Good Meal For Scooby-
     Doo Tomorrow Night ]

[ But Then She Heard Someone Banging On The Front Door ]
[ & She Wondered Who Could That Be ]
[ So She Grabbed Her Mossburg Double Barreled Shotgun &
     Walked Across The Floor ]
[ To Look Through The Peephole To See ]

[ It Was A Very Drunk Easter Bunny That Was Kicking The Door
     With His Big Feet ]
[ He Was Drunk & He Had The Wrong House ]
[ Since He Lived Around The Corner On A Different Street ]

[ But She Still Invited Him For A Good Meal ]
[ & When She Was Cooking ]
[ She Dumped A Whole Bottle Of Poison On The Veal ]

[ She Sat Down To Wait ]
[ As He Ate ]

[ The Poison Finally Worked & He Slumped Over Dead On His
     Seat ]
[ I Guess He Needed To Be Aware Of What He Would Eat ]

[ The Old Lady Remembered That The Easter Bunny Never Paid Back
     A Single One Of His Loans ]
[ When The Bills Came Due 3 Months Ago ]
[ She Almost Lost Everything She Owned ]

[ So She Has Always Gone By The Saying That ( REVENGE IS
     BETTER WHEN SERVED COLD ) ]
[ When She Looked Down @ The Dead Bunny ]
[ She Quietly Said ( YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD ) ]
[ ( TO ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU’re TOLD! ) ]

[ So When The Old Lady Had The Help Of Her 3 Eldest
    Children ]
[ It Was No Problem ]
[ To Drag Him ]
[ Into The Back Yard By The Huge Garden ]

[ Then They All Got Their Shovels To Dig A Fourth Grave ]
[ All Of The Money Their Mother Gives Them, They Like To Save ]

[ Once A Month The Old Lady Takes Them To The Store To Buy
     New Toys ]
[ She Loved To Hear Their Laughter & Joy ]

[ Since This Is The Fourth Grave It Was Not All That Hard ]
[ & There Is Room For Plenty More Since They Have A Big Back
     Yard ]

[ The Other Graves Belong To The Three Little Grown-Up Pigs ]
[ She Found Out Their Marijuana Growing Operation Was Getting
     Really Big ]

[ & They Told The Little Old Lady That They Didn’t Care ]
[ To Share ]

[ So She Invited The Whole Troop ]
[ Over For Dinner ]
[ & She Served Them Each, A Big Bowl Of Poisoned Tomato
     Soup ]
    
[ The Biggest Little Pig Was The One That Dropped  Last ]
[ The Other Two Went Really Fast ]

[ When The FBI Goes Looking For The Fourth Missing Man In A
     Month ]
[ Nobody Talks To Them ]
[ So It Makes Things Tough ]

[ All They Know Is That Four Men Have Gone Missing In This
     Close Knit Neighborhood ]
[ & The Chances Of Solving The Cases Does Not Look Very
     Good ]

[ 4 Down, But There Is Still One More Chump ]
[ That She Wants To Add ]
[ An Eyesore Of A House Across The Street Hides An Extremely
     Horrible Man Called Donald Trump ]
[ & What Really Doesn’t Sound Too Bad ]
[ Is If She Could Pull Off The Ultimate Bonus ]
[ By Adding Every Single Person That Calls Him Dad ]

[ But Then Will She Stop? ]
[ Making Men In The Neighborhood Drop? ]

[ That Still Remains To Be Seen ]
[ Because The Choices Are Getting Pretty Lean ]

[ But The Neighbors Never Think That It Is A Big Loss ]
[ When Men Disappear ]
[ After Picking That Sweet Old Lady To Cross ]

[ She Is The Protector Of Them All ]
[ Because When Or If Something Goes Wrong ]
[ All They Have To Do Is Give That Sweet Old Lady A Call ]

[ & Just Like The Old Lady Is Good @ Bowling ]
[ A Simple Call To Her Gets The Ball Rolling ]

[ When The Little Old Lady Moved In More Than (40) Years
     Ago ]
[ She Wanted All Her Neighbors To Know ]

[ Nobody Messes With Her Or Her Friends ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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