(691)▪︎[ What Is It To You? … 8•12•2020 ]

[ What Does A Comfortable Life Consist Of? ]
[ Money, Expensive Toys, Fast Cars? ]
[ Or Familial Love? ]

[ I’ll Take Love Over Anything Else ]
[ That Is Just My Thinking ]
[ For Myself ]

[ Some Say That Money Can Buy Happiness ]
[ & Some Say Money Can Create A Mess ]

[ If You Are Able To Afford The Best ]
[ Are You Able To Get Any Rest? ]
[ Money Can Never Take Away That Pain In Your Chest ]

[ Money Can’t Buy Happiness For Your Heart ]
[ Money Can’t Play That Part ]

[ But What Do I Know I’ve Never Had Money, So I Wouldn’t Know
That Side ]
[ If I Ever Said That I Would Not Like Some Money ]
[ I Lied ]

[ Enough Money To Pay My Bills ]
[ Would Be Nice ]
[ Would I Go On Vacations For Exciting Thrills? ]
[ Uh … I Would Have To Think About That Idea Twice ]

[ To Some, I Don’t Have Alot ]
[ But If You Put Me On The Spot ]
[ I’d Say That I Am Really Happy With What I’ve Got ]

[ I Have A Loving Wife That Has Stood By Me For
Almost 25 Years ]
[ I Have A Great Son Who Keeps Up With His Peers ]
[ I’m Not Drunk From Drinking Whiskey & Beers ]

[ I Do Believe Anyone Can Cry ]
[ If You Think Differently ]
[ Why? ]

[ The Fear Of Where Society Is Going ]
[ Why Isn’t This Virus Slowing? ]

[ Society Is Filled With So Much Hate Nowadays ]
[ We’ve Lost The Human Touch ]
[ in So Many Ways ]

[ A Comfortable Life Never Saw This Coming ]
[ The Way That Our Leaders Are Constantly Mumbling &
Grumbling ]
[ Makes This All Mind Numbing ]

[ Everything Is Upside Down ]
[ The Politicians Are Not Leading ]
[ Because Washington Is A Circus Full Of Clowns ]

[ In America’s Biggest Crisis They Don’t Feel The Need ]
[ To Lead ]
[ Or Give More Money For Families To Feed ]

[ Their Own ]
[ Or Pay On Their Loans ]
[ For Their Homes ]

[ That Totally Changes What A Comfortable Life Looks
Like ]
[ Now It Is An Inflation Hike ]
[ & A Virus Spike ]

[ Life Has Changed ]
[ Priorities Need To Be Rearranged ]

[ But Don’t Come Closer Than Six Feet ]
[ Until This Virus Can Be Beat ]

[ Please Be Careful Everyone ]
[ Getting Sick Is Not Fun ]
[ & The Dying Is Not Done ]

[ So I’ll Grab My Family & Stay Home ]
[ Because On The Other Side Of That Door ]
[ Is The Unknown ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(692)▪︎[ Society Is … ? … 8•13•2020 ]

[ Whicky, Whicky, Whacky ]
[ Everything Is So Tacky ]

[ Society Is Going To Hell In A Hand Basket ]
[ They Are Disregarding A Regular Caskett ]

[ People Are Shooting Each Other In The Streets ]
[ When A Family Has No Money ]
[ Nobody Eats ]

[ The Rich Politicians Are Trying To Decide Our Fate ]
[ They Have Never Gone To Bed Starving ]
[ Because That Day They Never Ate ]

[ These Fat Cats Gets Their Food Served To Them On
Silver Platters ]
[ They Look @ All The Peasants ]
[ & Don’t Know What Really Matters ]

[ It Has Always Been Right There ]
[ That Sly Smile ]
[ That Tells You That They Really Don’t Care ]

[ They Got Elected By Making Promises Part Of Their Platform ]
[ They Never Follow Through ]
[ Because That Is The Norm ]

[ Once They Are Elected, They Are Financially Set For Life ]
[ That Definitely Is Appreciated ]
[ By Their Spoiled Children & Trophy Wife ]

[ It Must Be Nice ]
[ To Not Live Off The Menu ]
[ Of Water & Boiled Rice ]

[ They Have Never Been Without ]
[ So When It Comes To Need ]
[ They Have No Clue What They Are Talking About ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(917)▪︎[ Can’t, Nope! … 11•1•2020 ]

[ You Let Me Lean On You ]
[ So Why Can’t You Lean On Me? ]
[ Or Is This One Of Those (DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO?) ]

[ If You See Me As Just A Client ]
[ Not Also As A Friend ]
[ Is Staying Quiet? ]
[ What You’d Recommend? ]

[ I Know That You Don’t Choose To Use Me As A
Buffer ]
[ For Your Problems ]
[ But I Absolutely Hate Standing On The Side Watching
You Suffer ]
[ Through Them ]

[ I Am Not Good @ Watching Things Like This ]
[ As Far As Fun Things To Do In My Life ]
[ This DOES NOT Even Make The List! ]

[ It Is Hard Sitting Back Doing Nothing ]
[ My Natural Instincts Is To @ Least Say SOMETHING! ]

[ But If You Want, I Can Play Dumb ]
[ Some ]
[ I’ll Just Sit Here & Hum ]

[ Some Stupid Song ]
[ About Feeling Wrong ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(894)▪︎[ Against The Current … 10•25•2020 ]

[ Bad Things Happen To Good People All The Time ]
[ Sometimes A Young Man Will Be Tragically Struck
Down In His Prime ]

[ Like One Plus One Can Equal Two ]
[ Then They Would Ask You ]
[ ( WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?) ]

[ The Decision Might Only Be Yours ]
[ Do You Feel Like You Are In A Boat ]
[ Going Against The Current, Without The Use Of Any Oars? ]

[ Where Is The Curent Going To Go? ]
[ Life Goes By You Way So Fast ]
[ How Do You Shift It Down To Low? ]

[ What If You Can’t Or It Won’t? ]
[ What If Someone Could Help You ]
[ But They Don’t? ]

[ Now What? ]
[ Isn’t That A Forceful Kick In The Gut? ]

[ Where Can You Go, Who Can You Go See? ]
[ You Can’t Go See That Tall, Weird Uncle ]
[ You Haven’t Seen That Man Since You Were Shorter
Than His Knees ]

[ Would He Even Recognize Who You Look Like, Now? ]
[ If He Could, How? ]

[ Will The Current Move You Quickly To The Edge Of
The Waterfall ]
[ What You Wouldn’t Do Right Now To Be In A Room ]
[ Surrounded By Four Walls ]

[ A Ceiling & A Solid Floor ]
[ From Your Point Of View ]
[ You Don’t Want To Feel Helpless Anymore ]

[ So Step Out Of The Boat & Put Your Feet On Solid
Ground ]
[ When You Look Over Your Shoulder ]
[ Is There Anybody Around? ]

[ Nope! ]
[ Then Go Home ]
[ & Find Some Form Of Hope ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(819)▪︎[ So, So Sad … 9•25•2020 ]

[ Sad, So So Sad What The Fires Have Done ]
[ Some People Were Unable To Pack Anything Of Value ]
[ Because They Only Had Enough Time To Run ]

[ Where Can They Go? ]
[ Where Can They Stay? ]
[ It Is Impossible To Really Know ]
[ Information That They Have Needed Like Yesterday ]

[ Nature Doing This, Is Terrible ]
[ Criminals Coming In ]
[ Is Horrible ]

[ How Many Of Satan’s Spawn ]
[ Have The Blackest Of Souls ]
[ To Go Out To The Burned Areas Between Dusk & Dawn ]

[ & Steal The Valuables That Were Not Burned In The
Devastating Fires? ]
[ When Or If They Are Caught ]
[ They Turn Into The Biggest Liars ]

[ Who Would Break Into The Cars & Trunks & Take Someone’s
Sole Possession? ]
[ Adding On To The Whole Devastation ]

[ How Can They Explain What Is In The Trunk Of Their Cars? ]
[ How Many Transactions Will Happen ]
[ In The Backrooms Of Some Of The Shady Bars? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(005)▪︎[ What’s Possible … 1•2•2020 ]

[ @ Times You See What’s Possible ]
[ Instead Of What’s Already Here ]
[ When Things Look Attainable ]
[ You Look For Ways To Make The Vision Clear ]

[ Some People Make Things Happen ]
[ Others Look To Dampen ]

[ The Bright Days Of Their Peers ]
[ & They’ve Been Doing That For Years ]

[ They Just Want To Rain On People’s Parades ]
[ They Do This Under The Disguise That They Are Playing
An Innocent Game Of Charades ]

[ Just Never Turn Your Back ]
[ & Watch Out For A Stab ]

[ For It Will Inevitably Come ]
[ Some People Around You Have No Heart ]
[ & Their Emotions Are Cold & Numb ]

[ Sometimes In Life You Have To Play The Game ]
[ It Might Be Different In Name ]
[ But Their Objective Is The Same ]

[ Disrupt The Calm ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(005)▪︎[ What’s Possible … 1•2•2020 ]

(022)▪︎[ Somewhere … 1•6•2020 ]

[ Someone Once Said (THAT TRUE FOCUS LIES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
RAGE & SERENITY) ]
[ Does That Mean That Most Of Our Lives Are Spent Fighting Off Insanity? ]
[ & Vanity? ]

[ Are More People Living Their Life Bordering On Being Vain? ]
[ Or From Going Insane? ]

[ Why Fight It? ]
[ Why Not See Delight In It While You’re Down In The Pits? ]

[ & When It All Hits The Fan ]
[ Collect All Of Your Wits & Do What You Can ]

[ What One Person Considers Serenity Others May Not ]
[ It Just May ]
[ Put Them In That Spot ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(040)▪︎[ A Square Peg … 1•10•2020 ]

[ You Are A Square Peg, Surrounded By Round Holes ]
[ When You & Your Friends Look Around ]
[ You Start Questioning Your Roles ]

[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ What Will The Future Bring? ]

[ More Round Holes Where You Don’t Fit? ]
[ You Can’t Even Get In There A Little Bit ]

[ Can You Put In @ Least A Leg ]
[ Are There Legs On A Peg? ]

[ What Happened To All Of The Holes That Were Square ]
[ This Whole Thing Caught You Unaware ]
[ Should You Ask? ]
[ Do You Dare? ]
[ What If You Do That Task? ]
[ & Nobody Cared? ]

[ Would The Feeling Last ]
[ Would It Help You Get Passed Your Past? ]
[ Okay, If It Does ]
[ How Fast? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(042)▪︎[ The Crown … 1•11•2020 ]

[ Sometimes Life Gets Hard ]
[ & Things Happen That Didn’t Originally Seem Like They
     Were In The Cards ]

[ The Ice Doesn’t Melt ]
[ When You Have To Deal With The Cards That You’ve Been Dealt ]

[ So Always Keep In Mind ]
[ That You Will Be Able To Keep Things In Line ]

[ Uneasy Is The Head That Wears The Crown ]
[ But Just Don’t Take It Off ]
[ & Put It Down ]

[ For Be Fearful That The Power Will No Longer Be ]
[ There For You To Call Upon ]
[ Because If You Don’t See ]
[ Or Watch Out ]
[ The Magical Feelings Will Be Gone ]

[ Where Would They Go? ]
[ Maybe You Should Find Somebody Who Would
     Know ]

[ That Would Be Nice ]
[ I Hope They Have Ice ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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