(1434)▪︎[ Fall In Line … 12•27•2019 ]

[ Sometimes There’s Tears Behind Your Closed Eyes ]
[ & There’s Truth Under The Lies ]

[ Figuring Out Which Is Which Can Be Quite The
Exercise ]
[ The Answer Can Uncover Quite The Surprise ]

[ But Do You Turn Out To Be Sheep That Just Follow? ]
[ & Have Thoughts That Are Hollow? ]

[ Do You Get In Line In Pairs Of Two? ]
[ Which Just Affects You & The Ewe ]

[ To The Average Sheep, This Is Bliss ]
[ Not Having To Think About That & This ]

[ Just Fall In Line & March One After The Other ]
[ Where There Is One, There Must Be Another ]

[ & Another One After That ]
[ So Then You Will Know Where To Hang Your Hat ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1391)▪︎[ Get Up … 12•12•2019 ]

[ What Was I Really Thinking? ]
[ When I Went To The Bar & Started Drinking? ]

[ My Problems Were Weighing Me Down ]
[ & It Made Me Look Like A Sad, Sad Clown ]

[ Down, Down, Down My Thoughts Went ]
[ Some Of My Thoughts Seemed Like ]
[ They Were Satan Sent ]

[ The Longer My Thoughts Went Awry ]
[ Makes It Seem If There Was Any Chance For
Me To Have A Better Day ]
[ Went (BYE- BYE) ]

[ Why, As We Speak ]
[ Do My Hopes & Dreams Look So Bleak? ]
[ It Seems Like It’s Been Over A Week ]
[ Since I Started Looking For The Answers That I Seek ]

[ But The Questions That I Had Answers To Were No
Longer Pertinent ]
[ Because The Answers Did Not Help Some Things To
Become Permanent ]

[ Permanent In The Sense That They Enriched My Life ]
[ Through A Way To Turn On The Light ]
[ That Would Shine Like A Beacon ]
[ Far Into The Night ]

[ Until The Sun Rises ]
[ & Then I Hope That There Will Not Be Any Surprises ]

[ That Affect Me In A Bad Way ]
[ During That Day ]

[ But Then I Can’t Just Sit ]
[ & Throw A Fit ]
[ While I Attempt To Get Over It ]

[ & Move On ]
[ Before My Number Is Up ]
[ & I’m Gone ]

[ Now If That Sounds Wrong ]
[ Teach Me How To Stay Or Be Strong ]

[ Enough ]
[ To Get Rid Of The Fluff ]

[ To Learn To Fight The Good Fight ]
[ & To Make Something That Didn’t Seem Right ]
[ Into Something That Will Remain Tight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1335)▪︎[ It’s Not Always … 11•23•2019 ]

[ Perfection Is Not Always Possible ]
[ But Progress Is ]
[ When Things Look Impossible ]
[ That’s When You Make A Wish ]

[ A Wish That Can Come True ]
[ Maybe Even Some Kind Of An Action That You Knew ]
[ You Could Do ]

[ Be It Make More Money Or Be Patient As You Wait ]
[ Maybe A Wish Could Be ]
[ Walking Clear Across The State ]
[ Then Maybe You Will See ]
[ If You Could Possibly Find Your Lifetime Mate ]

[ Then You Could Settle Down & Have A Child Or Two ]
[ Then You Could Mold Them ]
[ Into ]
[ A Miniature You ]

[ Or Maybe You’d Want ]
[ To Have Them As Complete Opposites ]
[ Instead Of An Identical Robot ]

[ Not Everyone Wants To Raise An Identical Twin ]
[ Unless You Give Birth To The Pair ]
[ Where Would You Begin? ]

[ Would You Always Want To Look In The Mirror
Whenever You Look @ Your Child? ]
[ Would You Want A Copy Of The Wild Side? ]
[ Or The One That Was Most Mild? ]

[ I Would Want My Son ]
[ To Be His Own Person ]

[ Perfection Is Not Attainable ]
[ Even If You Are Really Personable ]
[ Is The Chance To Be Always Available? ]

[ No ]
[ So ]

[ Does That Mean That You Don’t Try? ]
[ Do You Really Want Or Mean To Be That Guy? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1347)▪︎[ I Was The One Rewarded … 11•28•2019 ]

[ I Just Had A Homeless Man Carrying What Seemed To
Be His Sole Possession, A Blanket, Come Up To Me &
Say (EXCUSE ME SIR, I KNOW I’m NOT SUPPOSED
TO ASK, BUT DO YOU HAVE A SPARE DOLLAR? } ]
[ He Looked @ Me Timid Like, Expecting Me To Holler ]

[ I Immediately Thought About How Polite He Was
Being @ The Time ]
[ So I Wanted To Give Him More Than Just A Dollar &
A Dime ]

[ I Pulled A Couple Of Dollars From The Pocket Of My
Shorts ]
[ Then When I Handed Them To Him ]
[ He Seemed All Out Of Sorts ]

[ I Guess, Because This Is How We Met ]
[ He Thought That I Would Get Upset ]

[ As He Was Slowly Walking Away ]
[ I Wondered (DO YOU THINK THAT HE HAD ANYTHING
TO EAT TODAY?) ]

[ I Followed Him Until I Caught Up With Him From
Behind ]
[ I Wanted To Hit REWIND ]
[ Because In My Mind ]

[ I Should Have Given Him More Than I Did ]
[ So When I Pulled A Different Bill Out ]
[ & Into His Hand It Slid ]
[ I Wanted To Shout ]
[ I Feel As Carefree As A Kid ]

[ He Looked @ The $20 Bill In His Hand ]
[ A Beaming Smile Covered His Face ]
[ Then It Went Away ]
[ As He Asked (ARE YOU SURE MAN?) ]

[ I Reassured Him That I Was Sure ]
[ Because My Intentions Were Altruistic & Pure ]

[ As I Walked Away ]
[ I Felt Like I Was The One That Was Rewarded Today ]

[ I Told The Stranger To Have A Meal On Me ]
[ So @ Least He Will Not Be ]
[ Cold & Hungry ]

[ He’s Already Set ]
[ With His Blanket ]

[ As He Walked Away, He Looked @ The Ground & Shook His Head ]
[ & It All Started When He Said ]

[ (EXCUSE ME SIR …) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1355)▪︎[ The Hero … 11•29•2019 ]

[ Heroes Can Come In Many Shapes & Sizes ]
[ One Thing That You’ll Never See ]
[ Is Them Hiding Behind Fake Disguises ]

[ They Stand Up & Stand Tall ]
[ Alot Of What They’ve Done ]
[ Is Lay Down Their Lives To Save Us All ]

[ Be It Running Into A Burning House ]
[ Or Getting In-Between A Person & Their Angry Spouse ]

[ The House May Have The Walls Falling In ]
[ On Itself ]
[ The Other Spouse May Have Sin ]
[ On Their Mind, Directed @ Someone Else ]

[ A Hero Can Come In The Form Of A Paramedic,
Fireman, Policeman Or Soldier ]
[ It’s Not That A Hero Must Be Older ]
[ It’s That They Must Be Bolder ]

[ Soldiers Go To War Often Against A Faceless Enemy ]
[ They Put Their Lives On The Line ]
[ To Protect The Rights For Us In America To Live Free ]

[ They’ll Never Meet Me Today Or Tomorrow ]
[ Because Of What They Do ]
[ They Could Be Confronted With Death Or Sorrow ]

[ But Who Is There For Them During Those Restless
Nights ]
[ When The Wrong Memory ]
[ Could Cause Them Night Sweats & Fright ]

[ We Always Go Home @ The End Of The Day ]
[ & Things Are Alright ]
[ Who Checks On The Heroic To Make Sure Things Are
Okay? ]

[ Heroes Are Born Because That Is Not A Learned
Behavior ]
[ Not Just Anyone Has The Courage To Be A Soldier ]

[ Sometimes Kids Will Point To A Picture & Say (I WANT
TO GROW-UP & BE JUST LIKE HIM) ]
[ That Man’s Name Could Be Hank, Billy Or Jim ]
[ But This Courage Isn’t Taught From A Book ]
[ When Push Comes To Shove, It Comes From Within ]

[ When One Is Asked (HOW DID YOU DO THAT
TODAY?) ]
[ They’ll Probably Just Shrug & Say (I DON’t KNOW,
THINGS JUST HAPPENED THAT WAY) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1321)▪︎[ To People, Or Not To People … 11•16•2019 ]

[ Okay, Okay, Okay ]
[ I Guess I’ll Have To People Today ]

[ Sometimes Having To People Is A Drag ]
[ There Are Days When It’s Not My Bag ]
[ & Then To Get Me Going ]
[ I Have To Play Tag ]

[ It’s Not That I Need To Be Touched To Get Me Going Everytime ]
[ But If I Had My Choice ]
[ I’d Stay @ Home To Write More Rhymes ]

[ Does That Make Me A Bad Person Inside & Out? ]
[ If I Don’t Want To People With You ]
[ Will That Make You Pout? ]

[ Having To People Is Not Just Physical ]
[ The Way I Get Mentally Ready ]
[ Could Be Looked @ As Kind Of Quizzical ]

[ It’s Not Something That I Can See, Taste Or Hear ]
[ Oftentimes When I Look Within ]
[ The Why Isn’t Always Clear ]

[ It’s Kind Of Like Going Dakine ]
[ It’s Not What I Show You Or Say ]
[ But It Is A State Of Mind ]

[ It’s Like Taking A Deep Breath & Gathering All Of The
Energy That I Can Muster ]
[ It Definitely Is Not As Fun As Eating A Pie Full Of Custard ]

[ When I Have To People That Means That I Have To Get
Up & Get Dressed ]
[ & I Don’t Do It To Make Others Impressed ]

[ Sometimes When I Have To People I Just Feel [ HO
HUM ] ]
[ Those Are Also The Times When My Feelings Towards
Others Are Totally Numb ]

[ & Then The Dilemma Of Going Here Or There ]
[ Do I Make The Effort To Care? ]

[ But I’m Glad That When I Have To People I Don’t Have
A Case Of Bed Head ]
[ That’s Because I Smoothly Shave My Head Instead ]

[ So I Don’t Have That Matted Down Look ]
[ Like The Crumpled Up Pages Of An Old Discarded
Book ]

[ Having To People Is Not Always A Bad Thing
Everyday ]
[ Because Most Of The Times I Do Have A Say ]

[ It’s Those Days ]
[ When I Can’t Find The Ways ]

[ To Do What I Want To Do ]

[ So When I Don’t Have To People & I Can Just Sit On
The Couch & Be Lazy ]
[ @ Times The Thought Of Having To Get Up & Get
Dressed To People Can Drive Me Crazy ]

[ Having To People Everyday Could Have It’s Benefits
I Guess ]
[ But If I Was Asked Everyday To Do It ]
[ I Would Have A Really Hard Time Saying (YES) ]

[ I’d Much Rather Stay On The Couch In My
Comfortable Around The House Clothes ]
[ That Idea For Me ]
[ Is Comfort From My Head, Clear Down To My Toes ]

[ There Might Be Days When You Would Want Me To
People With You & My Voice Takes On A More
Defiant Tone ]
[ Those Are The Days When I Want To Spend The Day
On The Couch ]
[ Being @ Home All Alone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1323)▪︎[ Does It Matter? … 11•16•2019 ]

[ The Music Was Soothing ]
[ But After Two Hours Of Snoozing ]

[ The Little, But Loud, Voice In My Head ]
[ Was Trying To Convince Me To Get Out Of Bed ]

[ The Voice Was Asking (DOES IT MATTER WHERE YOU
ARE?) ]
[ (OR WHO’s WITH YOU?) ]
[ When You Are Riding In Your Car ]

[ Why Does Any Of This Matter In The Bigger Scheme
Of Things? ]
[ Is Luck One Of The Most Important Things That Life
Brings? ]

[ But Good Luck Is Not The Only Kind Of Luck Out
There ]
[ There’s More Bad, Than Good For You To Share ]

[ Through The Years ]
[ It Has Become Perfectly Clear ]
[ That I Have The Luck Of A Cracked Mirror ]

[ But They Say That The Numbers Of Bad Years End
@ Seven ]
[ Mine Seems To Start Over Again @ Eleven ]

[ Actually My Bad Luck Is On A Constant Bad Luck
Loop ]
[ It’s Never Just Been One Bad Event ]
[ My Bad Events Comes In Groups ]

[ My Kind Of Luck Is Like Finding A Shiny Penny That
Has The Heads Up ]
[ When I Bend Over To Pick It Up I’d Get Cut ]

[ It Would Be My Kind Of Luck That While Attempting
To Pick-Up Something That Symbolizes A Good
Luck Charm ]
[ The Object Itself Would Do Me Harm ]

[ What Could Happen Next? ]
[ Getting A (DEAR JOHN LETTER) Through A Text? ]

[ I Could Find A Field Of Four Leaf Clovers ]
[ & Go & Pick One ]
[ I Would Turn It Over ]
[ & Then Feel Numb ]
[ As I Run For Cover ]
[ I Feel Dumb ]
[ Because When I Look Down @ My Hand ]
[ I See That It Is The Color Of A Ripe Plum ]

[ This Goes To Show My Opinion On Luck For Me Is
Correct ]
[ Some Find The Impersonal Way ]
[ Impossible For Me To Connect ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1327)▪︎[ A Story To Tell … 11•19•2019 ]

[ I’ve Found That Through The Years That Everyone Has
A Story That They Don’t Like To Read Out Loud ]
[ Some Are Too Shy To Talk ]
[ Others Just Don’t Want To Address It To A Crowd ]

[ To Some It’s Too Personal To Say ]
[ Others Don’t Want To Talk About It That Day ]

[ Some Stories Are Tragic ]
[ Others Are Full Of Alot Of Magic ]

[ Not All Stories Are Full Of Heartbreak & Sadness ]
[ Some Are Full Of Happiness ]
[ Not Madness ]

[ Not Everyone Has The Patience To Listen With Open
Ears ]
[ Very Few Takes To Heart, Everything That They Hear ]

[ People Need To Use A Clear & Resounding Voice ]
[ To Get Their Point Across ]
[ Because If Given The Choice ]
[ Most People Will Claim That They Are Lost ]

[ Lost On The Path Of Life ]
[ Lost Because They’ve Lost Sight ]
[ Of Their Personal Guilding Light ]

[ The Light That Beams Bright In Telling You Which Way
To Go ]
[ The One That You See In The Night ]
[ The One That Constantly Glows ]

[ Bright Like A Constant Beam ]
[ So Bright It Seems ]
[ Like You’re In A Dream ]

[ State ]
[ But Knowing That You’re Fully Awake ]

[ How Do You Honestly Listen To Someone Who Is
Pouring Out Their Soul To You? ]
[ Do You Listen @ Full Attention? ]
[ Or Show Disdain & Ridicule? ]
[ To The Point It Makes Them Feel Blue? ]

[ How Would You Like The Tables To Be Turned? ]
[ & You Would Be The One Feeling Burned? ]

[ That Probably Wouldn’t Feel Like A Ball ]
[ Short Or Tall ]
[ That Couldn’t Feel Good @ All ]

[ So The Next Time You Don’t Want To Listen When Someone Has
A Story To Tell ]
[ Listen For The Sound Of That Little Bell ]

[ In Your Head ]
[ & Wonder How They Would Treat You ]
[ If You Were Telling Your Story Instead ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1310)▪︎[ What Are You Looking For? … 11•11•2019 ]

[ Is It Where You Are? ]
[ Or Who You’re With ]
[ When You’re Sitting In A Bar? ]

[ Is It What You Drink? ]
[ Or What You Turn Down ]
[ That Makes You Think? ]

[ Will You Take A Drink From Him, But Not That One? ]
[ Because He Acts Really Dumb ]
[ & He Looks Like Alot Of Fun? ]

[ How Can You See The Heart Of The Man When You Can’t
Even See Their Chest? ]
[ How Can You Decipher The Good From The Bad? ]
[ & Then Pick Out What You Think Is The Best? ]

[ Do You Watch For Social Cues? ]
[ Is It Safe Walking Around ]
[ Looking For Clues? ]

[ What If You Miss Them Or Forget? ]
[ Will You Then Be Ready To Get What You Can Get? ]
[ Will Things Remain Set? ]
[ Just Like The Day When You First Met ]

[ But Things Are Not Always As They Seem ]
[ Sometimes It’s So Chaotic ]
[ It Can Make You Scream ]

[ Those Are The Times When You Cinch Up Your Belt ]
[ & Take A Deep Breath ]
[ You’ll Find That You Won’t Melt ]
[ Like Some Of The Rest ]

[ Follow The Good ]
[ & Kick The Bad To The Curb ]
[ When You Accidentally Veer Off Into The Hood ]
[ You Won’t Be So Perturbed ]

[ Just Turn Around & Go Out The Same Way That You Came In ]
[ No Muss ]
[ No Fuss ]
[ Everybody Wins ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1311)▪︎[ Hope May Not Be … 11•12•2019 ]

[ Sometimes Hope Is A Terrible Thing To Give ]
[ When Someone Is So Depressed ]
[ They Don’t Want To Be Forced To Live ]

[ Living Is The Last Thing That Is On Their Mind ]
[ If Only They Had The Power To Rewind ]

[ The Quest For Hope ]
[ Can Be Washed Away As Fast ]
[ As Water Washes Away Soap ]

[ They Could Tell You To (SHUT THE FRONT DOOR) ]
[ Because They Don’t Want To Hear Anymore ]
[ Then What Are You Saying That For ]

[ For Recognition? ]
[ For Validation? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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