(495)▪︎[ The Way To Live … 5•19•2020 ]

[ Strength & Honor Is What They Say ]
[ Is The One Way ]
[ That You Should Live Your Life ]
[ Each & Every Day ]

[ When You Lay Your Head Down On Your Pillow @ Night ]
[ Can You Tell Your Conscience ]
[ That You Tried With All Of Your Might ]
[ To Do What You Thought ]
[ Was Right? ]

[ Those Nights You Will Have Good Dreams ]
[ Unlike The Nightmares ]
[ That Make You Let Out Endless Screams ]

[ Dreams, Where The Sky Is Always Blue ]
[ & Your Wishes Show Through ]
[ For You ]

[ Dreams, Where There Are No Words That Harm ]
[ Where The Women Are Beautiful ]
[ & All The Men Have Charm ]

[ Where Chivalry Isn’t Dead ]
[ But Oftentimes A Chivalrous Act ]
[ Can Be Misread ]

[ When A Man Moves In Front Of A Woman To Open
A Door ]
[ His Intentions Are Good ]
[ & It Means Nothing More ]

[ No Good Intention Ever Dies ]
[ If It’s Not Based ]
[ On Deceit & Lies ]

[ But When It’s Time To Wake ]
[ There Is A Last Breath ]
[ That You Take ]

[ You Realize Those Were Not Dreams You Had ]
[ It Was The Afterlife That Was Taking You ]
[ Away From All That Was Bad ]

[ Even Though You Were Not Given The Chance ]
[ To Take Your Wife ]
[ Out For That Last Dance ]

[ She Knows You Are Now In A Better Place ]
[ You Hope That She Will Never ]
[ Ever ]
[ Forget Your Face ]

[ & She Knows That You Will Always Wait ]
[ For Her ]
[ To Join You @ A Later Date ]
[ Only Then, You Will Give Her A Tour ]
[ Of What’s Behind That Pearly Gate ]

~ The End ~

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

(487)▪︎[ When Confusion Comes … 5•17•2020 ]

[ Oftentimes When Confusion Sets In ]
[ I Ask Myself ]
[ ( WHEN DID THIS BEGIN? ) ]

[ Who, What, Where Am I Confused About ]
[ I’ll Think That I Have Answer ]
[ Then I Have Doubt ]
[ & That Spreads Like Cancer ]

[ Being Unsure ]
[ Is Not The Cure ]

[ Having Confidence ]
[ Can Make A Huge Difference ]
[ But Surely Not ]
[ Arrogance ]

[ When It Comes To Arrogance, Thy Name
Is Always I ]
[ Why Not, Or Why? ]
[ I Just Don’t Want To Be ]
[ That Type Of Guy ]

[ One Time, Arrogance Almost Got Me Into Trouble
That Was Way Over My Head ]
[ I Wasn’t Thinking Smart ]
[ So I Acted Dumb Instead ]

[ That Was Many, Many, Many Years In The Past ]
[ Things Around Me ]
[ Could Have Burned Up Really Fast ]

[ But I Came Through It & Shut My Head Down ]
[ I Didn’t Want To Be That Kind Of Clown ]
[ That Would Have Caused Alot Of People ]
[ To Frown ]

[ Now Confusing Problems Are Broken Down Into The
Most Basic Parts ]
[ Then When I Look @ It ]
[ I Can Tell Where & When It Starts ]

[ But Now I Can Tell You My Friend ]
[ This Is Where, When & How ]
[ This Story Will End ]

~ The End ~

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

(484)▪︎[ Man On The Inside … 5•16•2020 ]

[ Is The Man On The Inside ]
[ The One Who Almost Died ]
[ With His Eyes Open Wide? ]

[ All Bloodshot ]
[ From Thinking Through All Of His ]
[ Incoming Thoughts ]

[ What Should He Do, When They Come Into His Mind? ]
[ Does He Handle The Negative Ones ]
[ Differently, Than The Positive Kind? ]

[ His Mind Is So Complex ]
[ Because His Memory Is Like A Large Rolodex ]

[ When The Thought Comes In ]
[ & The Memory Turns On ]
[ That’s When The Rolling Of The Cards Begin ]

[ One After The Other ]
[ Does He Remind Him Of His Brother? ]
[ What About Her ]
[ & His Mother? ]

[ But The Memory That Comes Into His Head ]
[ Is That Those Two People ]
[ Have Long Been Dead ]

[ If Not, Than Who? ]
[ Each Card Brings Back A Memory ]
[ A Face, A Name ]
[ That’s What They Do ]
[ But In His Eyes ]
[ Most Of Them Looks The Same ]
[ Too ]

[ One By One ]
[ He Doesn’t Remember, He Just Can’t Tell ]
[ He Does Know When He’s Done ]
[ It’s When He Comes Upon The One That Rings A Bell ]

[ & Then The Next Day It Starts All Over Again ]
[ Then ]

[ This Time It Is A Familiar Face ]
[ In An Unfamiliar Place ]

~ The End ~

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

(193)▪︎[ Why The Need To Fake? … 3•6•2021 ]

[ People Do Not Fake Depression, They Fake That
     They Are Okay ]
[ You Need To See For Yourself ]
[ Instead Of Only Listening To What They Say ]

[ Nobody Wants To Hear Bad News ]
[ After They Ask All Of Their Fake ( HOW ARE YOU’s? ) ]

[ People Tend To Walk Away After They Have Heard ]
[ A Negative Word ]

[ Most Of The Time They Gloss Over What They Hear ]
[ Then You Want To Ask ( DO YOU EVER PAY ATTENTION
     TO WHAT I SAY WHEN YOU ARE HERE? ) ]

[ It Is Much Easier To Disregard A Text ]
[ They Just Read The One That Is Next ]

[ Then They Can Hit ( DELETE ) ]
[ That Is An Easier Way To Get Rid Of You Than When
     You Are Standing There, Feet To Feet ]

[ Why Must People Fake Their Emotions Day In & Day Out ]

~ The End ~

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

(627)▪︎[ Thank You, Len Bias … 7•14•2020 ]

[ There Once Was This Young Man Who Was Exceptional
@ Basketball ]
[ But In 1986 ]
[ Len Bias Became MY Wake-Up Call ]

[ The Night That He Went #2 In The NBA Draft He Failed To
Use His Brain ]
[ Because He Went To A Party With Some Friends ]
[ & Smoked Some Crack Cocaine ]

[ He Found That His Body Had A Sensitivity To That Illegal
Substance ]
[ & It Proved To Be The Difference ]

[ Between Good & Bad Health ]
[ Life & Death ]
[ Poverty & Wealth ]

[ His Heart Stopped & Then Exploded ]
[ When The Paramedics Arrived ]
[ He Had Already Coded ]

[ Flat Lined, On The Floor ]
[ They Put Him On A Gurney ]
[ & Wheeled Him Out The Door ]

[ Nobody Waved ]
[ As They Took Him To His Grave ]

[ I Read The Article About This In The Sports Illustrated
That I Got That Week ]
[ I Could Not Speak ]
[ & My Legs Got Wobbly & Weak ]

[ Before This I Had Tried Cocaine 4 Times Maybe 5 ]
[ After I Read That Article ]
[ I Felt Lucky To Still Be Alive! ]

[ If A Finely Tuned Athelete’s Heart Could Do That ]
[ How Did Mine Not Stop? ]
[ When It Is Covered With Fat? ]

[ I Did Not Even Have To Think Too Hard About It ]
[ I Never Wanted To Get ]
[ To Where It Became A Deadly Habit ]

[ Enough Was Enough ]
[ I Never Ever Again Snorted That Stuff ]

~ The End ~

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

(625)▪︎[ Blindfolded … 7•14•2020 ]

[ Can You Ever Walk Through Life Wearing A Blindfold
Covering Your Eyes? ]
[ Do You Think Leaving Your Head In The Sand ]
[ Is All That Wise? ]

[ Where Does That Get You? ]
[ Where Will That Lead ]
[ What Will You Do ]
[ When You Are In Need? ]

[ Will Your Head Constantly Hit The Wall That You Don’t See? ]
[ Will The Shock Buckle Your Knees? ]

[ Get Back Up & Laugh It Off ]
[ Count Your Steps ]
[ So You Know When To Stop ]

[ When People Close Their Eyes As They Trudge Through Their
Life ]
[ They Never See The Guy Behind Them ]
[ That Is Holding A Knife ]

[ How Can They Watch The People That They Have
Sworn To Protect ]
[ Will Those People Expect ]
[ Your Respect? ]

[ Life Is No Fun ]
[ When That Is Not Done ]
[ All That Is Left To Do, Is Run, Run, Run ]

~ The End ~

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

(182)▪︎[ Wherever My Thoughts Take Me … 3•1•2021 ]

[ My Mind Is So Full Of Thoughts ]
[ I Hope That Since The Year 2017 ]
[ I Have Written Down More Than I’ve Forgot ]

[ Words Come @ Me Really Fast ]
[ & I Have To Make A Rhyme That Makes Sense ]
[ Before It Has Passed ]

[ This Word Will Rhyme With That One ]
[ But Then I Need To Make More That Rhyme ]
[ Before The Story Is Even Close To Being Done ]

[ Will This Be Funny, Serious Or One That Makes
     The Reader Think ]
[ Sometimes They May Miss The Meaning If They
     Stop & Blink ]

[ What Will The Title Be? ]
[ That Is Always A Wait & See ]

[ I Will Tend To Read My Story All The Way Through ]
[ Because The Act Of Giving The Story A Title ]
[ Is The Last Thing I Tend To Do ]

[ I Have No Idea Which Way The Words Will Go ]
[ I Can’t Change The Direction Though ]

[ It Is Like A Fast Moving Train ]
[ & Thoughts Quickly Turnover In My Brain ]

[ Some Thoughts Flow Than Abruptly Stop ]
[ Just Like That ]
[ The Whole Idea Pops ]

[ Like A Helium Balloon ]
[ In An Empty Room ]

[ & Then It Is Gone ]
[ I Never Cry About The Loss ]
[ Because I Just Move On ]

[ To The Next ]
[ & Sometimes I Will Share Them In A Text ]

[ Once I See The Door ]
[ & The Rhyme Hits The Floor ]
[ I Cannot Write Anymore ]

~ The End ~

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

(221)▪︎[ Things Change … 3•16•2021 ]

[ Whenever Charlie Brown Comes Home He Puts
     Scooby-Doo In His Dog House ]
[ Because Scooby-Doo Is Not Liked By Charlie’s
     Spouse ]

[ Veronica Used To Like Dogs ]
[ But That Was In Years Past When She Used To
    Walk Around In Dansko’s Clogs ]

[ Times Change ]
[ & Then ]
[ The Questions & Answers Get Rearranged ]

[ Little Red Ran Away With The Big Mama Bear ]
[ Because Out Of The 3 Bears ]
[ Mama Seemed To Be The Only To Show Little Red
     That She Cared ]

[ Making Little Bear Cry ]
[ & Leaving Pappa Bear High & Dry ]

[ Brair Rabbit Doesn’t Dig Up Her Food Anymore ]
[ Now She Puts Her Vegetables On The Shelves
    That Are On The Inside Of The Refrigerator Door ]

[ The Tasmanian Devil Got Arrested For Driving Drunk ]
[ Someone Teased Him About How He Should Had
     Walked Home, Instead ]
[ & They Were Answered With A ( YA THUNK? ) ]

[ As The World Turns ]
[ & Everybody’s Stomach Churns ]

[ Causing Everyone To Lose Sleep ]

~ The End ~

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

(214)▪︎[ Not Really … 3•15•2021 ]

[ Onward & Upward You Go ]
[ Where You Will Land ]
[ You Will Never Know ]

[ Things Are Several Mysteries All Rolled Into One ]
[ Some Takes Some Work ]
[ & Some Tune Out All Of The Fun ]

[ But Never Let Someone Ruin Your Life That Is Standing
     Over There ]
[ That Is Where People Stand ]
[ When They Don’t Really Care ]

[ About Themselves Or You ]
[ They Are Reckless ]
[ & Dangerous ]
[ In What They Do ]

[ They Are Dangerous Because They Frequently Drive ]
[ While They Drink ]
[ They No Longer Feel Alive ]
[ When They Feel Numb When They Try To Think ]

[ One Person, Two Or Three Or Four ]
[ They Never Care Anymore ]

[ Who Dies ]
[ Or Who Thrives ]

[ Because They Became Dead Inside Many Years Ago ]
[ When Others Are Hoping For Sunshine ]
[ They Are Wanting It To Snow ]

[ & They Will Never Give You An Umbrella Or Render
     Àid ]
[ When They Stand Right Next To You & Rain On Your
     Parade ]

[ Or You Hit A Wall ]
[ On The Way To The Hospital ]

[ & You Can’t See ]
[ Your Way To The Room ]
[ For Your Much Needed Neck Surgery ]

[ Where & When They Will Commence In Cutting Open
     Your Spine ]
[ You Will Not Whine ]
[ Because This Is Not Costing You A Dime ]

[ A Dime Is Quite Alot & Is A Big Deal ]
[ Especially If You Have No Idea ]
[ Where Or When You Will Be Getting Your Next Meal ]

[ So Time After Time ]
[ You Fill Your Days ]
[ Writing Rhyme After Rhyme ]

[ Some Make Sense ]
[ & Some Keep People Riding The Fence ]

[ On What The Story Really Means ]
[ Sometimes ]
[ Most Times ]
[ It Is Not What It Seems ]

~ The End ~

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

(211)▪︎[ Whatever Happened? … 3•14•2021 ]

[ I Hate That My Memory Has Become So Hazy ]
[ Sometimes I Feel That My Brain Has Become Really Lazy ]

[ It Seems That The Things That I Should Remember,
     I Don’t ]
[ When I Really Want To Remember Something, I Won’t ]

[ Is It The Downside Of Aging? ]
[ Could It Be The Consequences From All Of Those
     Years Where I Was Raging? ]

[ Raging Out Of Control? ]
[ But Wait ]
[ I Was Never Abusing Alcohol ]

[ So My Brain Is Not Pickled ]
[ Just Like I Am Never Affected By Being Tickled ]

[ I Can Control That Really Well ]
[ I May Be Laughing Hysterically Inside ]
[ But No One Would Ever Be Able To Tell ]

[ I Have No Idea Why I Have Been Able To Do This Now ]
[ I Really Don’t Know How ]

[ But I Do Not Understand Why My Memory Is
     Faltering ]
[ Is My Brain Altering ]

[ Going Through Normal Life Changes? ]
[ So I Will Remember Less? ]

[ Will My Memory Stop? ]
[ Before I Drop? ]

~ The End ~

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