(716)▪︎[ What Is Your Point? … 8•21•2020 ]

[ Sometimes It Doesn’t Matter Where You Come From ]
[ It Matters What You Are Made Of ]
[ & The Only Thing In Life That Does Not Make You
Feel Numb ]
[ Is When Someone Special Shows You Lots Of Love ]
[ Sometimes It Doesn’t Matter What Is In Your Past ]
[ But It Does Matter How Fast ]
[ You Are Creating Good Memories That Will Last ]

[ Your Past Experiences Has Molded You Into Who &
What You Are Today ]
[ It Doesn’t Always Matter What You Say ]
[ But It Does Matter How You Show Things In Your Own
Special Way ]
[ Shock People When They Think That When You Should Turn
Left You Turn Right ]
[ You May Not Have Got Your Point Across With What Said ]
[ It Is What You Write ]
[ That Gets Your Point Stuck Into Their Head ]
~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(720)▪︎[ What Storm? … 8•23•2020 ]

[ Inside Every One Of Us Is A Storm Waiting To Rage ]
[ Are You The Rain, The Thunder, The Lightning ]
[ Or The Next Ice Age? ]

[ When There Are Storms @ The Beach ]
[ The Waves Crash So Hard & So Loud ]
[ You Cannot Hear Yourself Speak ]

[ Some People Have A Fascination With Storms ]
[ That Is Just Slightly Out Of Other Peoples Norms ]

[ Is It The Driving, Blinding Rain ]
[ That Floods The Outside Drains ]
[ That Drive Those People Insane? ]

[ Is The Flash Of The Lightning Or The Thunderous Boom ]
[ That Makes People Hide ]
[ Or Run Into The Inside Rooms? ]

[ The Weather Guy ]
[ Tells No Lies ]
[ When He Predicts That The Lightning @ Night ]
[ Will Light Up The Sky’s ]

[ Others Like The Calm & The Warmth That The Sun Brings ]
[ That Seems To Be When All Of The Birds Sing ]
[ It Also Has You Wonder ]
[ What Opportunities A New Day Will Bring ]

[ The Opportunities Would Be Endless ]
[ & If You Tried ]
[ It Would Knock You Senseless ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(722)▪︎[ Stopping Life … 8•24•2020 ]

[ How Do You Stop Life From Getting The Best Of You? ]
[ Do You Just Lie Down ]
[ & Let Life Do What It Has Got To Do? ]

[ It Would Be Easier Than Putting Up A Fight ]
[ With Something That Is Not In Your Sight ]

[ Every Single Time That You Got Knocked Down ]
[ You Have To Rise ]
[ & Stand Up High On The Ground ]

[ Because Life Throws You So

Many Punches ]
[ A Queasy Feeling ]
[ Has Ruined Many Lunches ]

[ Through The Days, Weeks & Years ]
[ Life Causes The Shedding Of Many Tears ]
[ During Your Life, You Constantly Try To Face Your Worst Fears ]

[ The Best Part Is That Your Eyes Are Now Open Wide ]
[ You Can Hold Your Head High ]
[ Knowing That You Never Did Run & Hide ]

[ So How Do You Survive? ]
[ How Do You Grow & Thrive? ]
[ How Do You Show Your Friends & Loved Ones That
You Are Very Much Alive ]
[ Fight The Good Fight Is What You Need To Do Now ] [ But Don’t Be Impatient ] [ To Try To Figure Out How ]
[ It Might Be Some Time Before The Answers Come By ] [ Beware Of People That Always Lie ]
[ Don’t Be Too Quick To Demand For The Answer To (WHY?) ]
[ Search The World Over & Find The Ones That Really Care ]
[ Find The Ones That Has Always Been There ]
[ Then You Realize That Those Are The Ones With Which You Share ]
[ Your New Life With The Ones That You Love ]
[ Show Everyone How You Have Risen Above ]
[ The Turmoil ]
[ & Reward Those Who Have Remained Loyal ]
[ There May Be Only A Few ]
[ Maybe More Than Two ]

[ The Number Does Not What Matters ]
[ You Want To Line Up The Doubts ]
[ & Watch Them Shatter ]

[ Keep Moving Along ]
[ Show Those Who Thought That You Were Never Strong ]
[ The Best Part Of This Part ]
[ Is That You Prove Them All Wrong ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(700)▪︎[ What? … 8•15•2020 ]

[ Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days When Nothing
Made Sense? ]
[ & When You Go Into The Backyard ]
[ You Notice That There Are Two Tents? ]

[ Then You Felt Like Such A Goof ]
[ When You Stumbled Off Of The Roof ]
[ & Broke Your Last Tooth? ]

[ What Do You Do Now With A Crooked Smile? ]
[ When All You Want To Do ]
[ Is Run In The Long River Of Denial ]

[ Walk Then Run Until You Reach The Dry Land ]
[ Is Living A Want? ]
[ Or A Demand? ]

[ Grass Clippings In The Dishwasher, Shampoo In The
Sink ]
[ How Your Journey Has Come To This Point ]
[ Has You Ice Skating On The Roller Rink ]

[ Where Do You Dough From Here? ]
[ As You Cough Up Another Tear ]
[ Your Steak Does Not Taste Quite Right ]
[ When You Sneeze In Your Beer ]

[ When The Sun Rises In The West ]
[ Does It It Help You Grow Hair On Your Chest? ]
[ Or Do You Go To The Grocery Store Looking For Ice Cream
That Is Good, Better, Best? ]
[ After You Run Home Backwards ]
[ Then You Can Rest ]

[ When You Turn On The Light, Does That Help You Sleep? ]
[ Or Do You Stand In The Shallow End Of The Pool ]
[ & Only Splash Around When The Water Is Deep? ]

[ Life Is Really Confusing When You Open Your Ears ]
[ When You Fall Out Of Bed In The Afternoon ]
[ Do You See The Thunderous Cheers? ]

[ A Snake On The Floor Beats A Bird In The Hand ]
[ Will Anyone Feel It ]
[ When You Give That Command? ]

[ Nothing Makes Cents As Long As Your Knee ]
[ Life Is Really Confusing When Your Eyes Yell @ Me ]

[ Ice Cream, Ice Cream Is Always Cold On The Brain ]
[ Sometimes When You Eat It So Fast ]
[ It Feels Like You Are Swimming On A Train ]

[ Around & Around The Eyeballs Go ]
[ When Will The Stop Light Turn Yellow ]
[ You Will Never Know ]

[ Life Gets So Confusing When You Have To Say The
Alphabet Backwards In Numerical Order ]
[ Anybody Up For Burger King ]
[ As You Run For The Border? ]

[ A Taco From Baskin Robbins Sure Sounds Good Right
Now ]
[ But Since You Don’t Have A Car To Walk With ]
[ You Really Won’t Figure Out How ]

[ You Can Pick Up The Order That You Sent In Long
Before Yesterday ]
[ You Have Been Meaning To Get It ]
[ Since The 31st Of May ]

[ Life Sure Does Get Confusing The Younger You Get ]
[ You Are Sure Glad That You Have Known Me ]
[ Ever Since We Met ]

[ Make Sure You Don’t Break When You Only Mean To
Bend ]
[ So Now There Is No Need To Start Over ]
[ Once You’ve Started @ The End ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1046)▪︎[ Totally Mislead … 12•12•2020 ]

[ In Today’s World, Life For Some, Is Filled With So Much Sorrow ]
[ Some Are Wondering About Today ]
[ & Then Dreading Tomorrow ]

[ Some Have Lost Everything ]
[ When They Go Home ]
[ They Cannot Find Anything ]

[ Their Belongings Are Just Gone ]
[ & The Massive Fires Keep Moving On ]

[ Destroying Everything In It’s Path ]
[ This Was The Utmost Worst Of Mother Nature’s
Wrath ]

[ That Has Ever Been Done ]
[ When Mother Nature Is Wielding A Loaded Gun ]

[ Get In Their Cars & Drive Fast ]
[ But Stay In Control ]
[ Everything Is Now In The Past ]

[ It Is Sad That Some Memories Will Eventually Fade ]
[ Through Time ]
[ Making Room For The New One’s Made ]

[ The Fires Just Came Out Of Nowhere ]
[ All @ The Same Time ]
[ There Was No One Out There ]
[ That Knew That The Elements Were Prime ]

[ For Fire ]
[ Causing Disasters From Downed Wires ]

[ & From Unusually Bad Lightning Storms ]
[ That Was Way Out Of The Norm ]

[ The Top Authorities Thought That COVID-19 Wasn’t
Going To Be That Bad ]
[ & When You See People Without Masks ]
[ That Can Make You Mad ]

[ Then The Fires Came ]
[ & Now, Nothing Will Ever Be The Same ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(709)▪︎[ Youthful Years … 8•19•2020 ]

[ Does Youth Always End With A Heart Ache? ]
[ Why Must Relationships During That Time ]
[ End With A Heart Break? ]

[ But Then Again, A Few Survive ]
[ Through The Years ]
[ & Some Live Their Lives ]
[ Crying Many Tears ]

[ Why Is It That Most Don’t Make It? ]
[ Is It That They Are Unable To Wade Through A Little Bit ]
[ Of Shit ]

[ But When Some Grow Old ]
[ They Don’t Turn Cold ]
[ & Just Fold ]

[ Carrying On A Long Relationship Is Definitely Not A
Piece Of Chocolate Cake ]
[ There Will Be Plenty Of Mistakes ]
[ That You’ll Make ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(713)▪︎[ The Sword … 8•20•2020 ]

[ Sometimes Life Seems To Be A Double Edged Sword ]
[ There Seems To Be Times ]
[ When It Gets Hard To Remember What You Are Walking
Towards ]

[ One Little Slip & You Could Fall Off Of Your Path ]
[ One Day You Could Wake Up ]
[ & Find That You No Longer Can Do Simple Math ]

[ Does 2+2 Still Add Up To Four In Your Head? ]
[ You Are Pleasantly Surprised That You Are Not Always
Cloudy ]
[ Because Of Your Huge List Of Meds ]

[ You Take This Med Because Of That ]
[ You Take Another Med For This ]
[ There Has To Be One For The Pain In Your Back ]
[ On That Long List ]

[ If There Is Not One, There Should ]
[ If You Had A Prescription For One, You Could ]
[ If You Had One To Take, You Would ]

[ The Double Edged Sword Part Comes Into Play When
Something Happens That Is Seen As Being Bittersweet ]
[ On One Hand Something May Fit In Your Life Nice & Neat ]
[ But On The Other Side You Could Feel Like You Had Just Been Knocked
Off Of Your Feet ]
[ & The Good Feelings That You Were Just Having Now Has To
Take A Backseat ]

[ If A Really Good Friend Gave You News That Was Hard To Take ]
[ Would The News Make ]
[ You Shake? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(687)▪︎[ What You Have Been Dealt … 8•11•2020 ]

[ Sometimes You Just Have To Live With The Cards That You
Have Been Dealt ]
[ Because Time After Time ]
[ You Have Been Left With Welt After Welt ]

[ From All Of The Punches That Have Been Thrown ]
[ & Now Because Of All The Lies That Are Now Brightly Shown ]
[ This All Gets In Your Way ]
[ Because So Many Opportunities Have Been Blown ]

[ It All Starts To Weigh You Down ]
[ Turns A Smile Into A Frown ]
[ Turns The Green Leaves Brown ]

[ All Because Of What? ]
[ The Compliments That End With … But? ]
[ You Would Had Rather That They Were Never Said ]
[ Because They Cut ]

[ Sentences That Are Left Hanging ]
[ Conflicts That Are Not Changing ]

[ Sometimes You Feel That None Of This Matters ]
[ & The Window Showing Your Dreams ]
[ Completely Shatters ]

[ Sending Shards Of Glass Everywhere ]
[ But Nobody Cares ]
[ Everyone Just Stands There ]
[ & Stares ]

[ But You Stand Up & Do Your Best ]
[ To Wipe The Glass Off Of Your Head ]
[ & Chest ]

[ & Just Leave Without Saying A Word ]
[ Then Thinking ]
[ The Silence Was The Loudest Sound That You Had Ever
Heard ]
[ & Then @ The Last Moment ]
[ You Turn Around & Give Them The Bird ]

[ & Walk Away Laughing & Laughing ]

[ Because You Can See ]
[ That You Are Walking Away Totally Free ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(732)▪︎[ The Rising Water … 8•29•2020 ]

[ How Do You Keep Your Head Above The Rising
Water? ]
[ When The Air Around You Keeps Getting Hotter? ]

[ You Want To Dip Your Head Under To Feel Cool ]
[ But The Water Seems To Be Getting So High ]
[ You Have To Stand Up On Your Tallest Stool ]

[ If You Hold Your Breath, You Think You’ll Be Fine ]
[ Life On One Side, Death On The Other ]
[ They Are Just Separated Down The Middle By A Thin Line ]

[ If You Lean To The Right Will You Have Regret ]
[ But When You Look Around ]
[ You Don’t See That Anyone Is Left ]

[ Right Or Wrong ]
[ Having Blind Faith In Others ]
[ Proved That The Bond Was Not Strong ]

[ Two Or Three Have Stayed ]
[ They Never Strayed ]

[ & That Is All That You Have To Say ]
[ About Any Of This ]
[ Right Now On This Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(901)▪︎[ I Am Sad … 10•26•2020 ]

[ Right Now My Mood Is On A Downward Slide ]
[ My Best Friend Might Be Saying Goodbye ]

[ Her Prioities Has Completely Shifted ]
[ Thoughts & Worries Are Now A Huge Weight On
Her Mind ]
[ & I Can’t Help Her Lift Them ]

[ She Has To Go Back To Her Original Home ]
[ Her Leaving Day Is Not Known ]

[ It Hurts That Small Corner Of My Heart ]
[ That She Has Touched ]
[ My Level Of Sadness Is Off Of The Chart ]

[ I Need To Find The Courage ]
[ To Continue To Encourage ]
[ & Not To Be Selfish ]
[ & Say Things That Might Discourage ]

[ Family Is Everything To Her Family ]
[ That Is One Thing That I Could Always See ]

[ The Thoughts Sure Do Hurt ]
[ I Sweat Through My Shirts ]

[ I Admire Her Total Commitment ]
[ To Her Mom ]
[ & That Has Put Her In This Predicament ]

[ But She Does Not See It That Way ]
[ @ Least That Is How She Said These Things To Me
Today ]

[ I Have My Fears ]
[ That We Will Completely Lose Touch ]
[ & That Made Me Have Tears ]

[ I Have To Stand Tall ]
[ Against The Wall ]

[ & Put My Hands On My Hips ]
[ Make Sure That My Support For Her ]
[ Doesn’t Slip ]
[ & No Matter How Much These Thoughts Hurt ]
[ Continue To Bite Hard On My Lip ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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