(421)▪︎[ My Dog … 4•27•2020 ]

[ My Dog Is So Protective Of Me ]
[ Sometimes She ]
[ See’s Something That I Can’t See ]
[ & Oftentimes ]
[ I Have No Idea What That Can Be ]

[ Am I Going To Have A Long Flashback? ]
[ Is She Warning Me About A Possible Attack? ]
[ Maybe She Senses That I Might Need A Snack ]

[ Whatever It Is, She Can Be Persistent ]
[ When It Comes To My Safety ]
[ She Is Consistent ]

[ Sometimes She Senses Something Before I Know ]
[ I Guess Because Human Brains Are So Slow ]

[ Whatever It Is, She Can Read My Chart ]
[ That’s One Of The Many Reasons She Always Has ]
[ A Big Place In My Heart ]
[ & She Has Been There ]
[ From The Very Start ]

[ I Was The First Of Us Three To Find Her ]
[ When I Did ]
[ I Knew That She Was The One, For Sure! ]
[ Our House Felt Empty ]
[ & She Would Be Our Cure! ]

[ But Then An Unknown Voice Came Out Of The Blue ]
[ { ONE OF HER BROTHERS WOULD BE BEST FOR YOU } ]
[ What To Do, What To Do? ]

[ But In The End ]
[ We Figured Out What Dog & What To Spend ]

[ That’s When Freckles, The Female One ]
[ Became My Dog ]
[ & It’s Been Fun … ]

[ Ever Since! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(410)▪︎[ In My Head … 4•24•2020 ]

[ Sometimes There Are whole Days Where I Want To Climb
Up In ]
[ My Head ]
[ Where The Guys Always Win ]

[ Then I Know, In Some Small Way ]
[ I Will, @ Least Partially, Have A Good Day ]

[ Because, In My Mind ]
[ All Of The People That I Meet & Greet ]
[ Will Be Nice & Kind ]

[ I Can Walk ]
[ With Him Or Her ]
[ & Have A Good Talk ]

[ But Then I Eventually Have To Come Back To Reality ]
[ & Deal With Society ]

[ I Have To Deal With Self-Involved Hardy ]
[ Pity Parties ]

[ COVID-19 Is Real & In Some Parts Of The Country Is
Really Kicking Their Butts ]
[ I Don’t Think That There Is A Soul ]
[ Still Staring @ The T.V. Asking { COVID, WHAT? } ]

[ So Self-Isolate & Batten Down The Hatches ]
[ Where Are The Spare Batteries? ]
[ & Who Hid The Matches? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(381)▪︎[ It Was Her … 4•16•2020 ]

[ Mourning The Inevitable, Seems Like a Waste Of Time ]
[ That’s Like Taking A Pair Of Old Tennis Shoes ]
[ & Trying To Make Them Shine ]

[ How Much Time & Effort Do You Put In? ]
[ If You Don’t Know When It Ends ]
[ How Do You Know Where To Begin ]

[ Quite A Conundrum That You Stepped Into ]
[ Does It Make You Blue? ]
[ Do You Know What To Do? ]

[ Then You Feel Like You Stepped Into Quicksand ]
[ If You Can ]
[ Can You Stand? ]

[ When You Struggle, You Sink ]
[ When You Relax ]
[ You Stay On Top, So You Can Blink ]

[ When You Try To Relax, You Have Cognitive Dissonance ]
[ Your Body Wants To Struggle ]
[ & You Don’t Have Any Confidence ]

[ Get Up & Get Out ]
[ Your Mind Tries To Shout ]

[ Will Anyone Miss You? ]
[ Will Anyone Come To Help You? ]
[ Will Anyone Save You? ]

[ Do You Deserve To Be Saved? ]
[ If You Get Out Will You Behave? ]

[ Now You See Someone On The Horizon ]
[ Do They Have A Phone ]
[ & Their Service Is Through Verizon? ]

[ You Try To Shout, But You Can’t Make A Sound ]
[ You Struggle & Start Sinking Down ]
[ Then Your Hand Feels A Rope ]
[ & You Are Pulled Out To Dry Ground ]

[ & You Feel Through Happenstance ]
[ You’ve Been Given A Second Chance ]

[ @ Life ]
[ When You Look Up To See Who Was There ]
[ You See Your Wife ]

[ Then You Are Startled Awake & It Seems ]
[ You Were Having One Of Your Bad Dreams ]

[ Then You Look @ Your Wife & You Know Something You Should
Give ]
[ You Give Her This Look ]
[ That Tells Her She’s The Reason You Live ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(385)▪︎[ Who Doesn’t Get Picked? … 4•18•2020 ]

[ Everyone Needs A Laugh Every Day ]
[ If There Was Such A Way ]

[ To Get Each & Everyone To Laugh ]
[ It Would Cut The Violence In Half ]

[ It Would Be About Time ]
[ That Someone Would Come Up With A Remedy For Violent Crime ]

[ But Who Would Poke ]
[ Everyone ]
[ In Their Side With A Joke? ]

[ I Think People Would Draw ]
[ Straws ]

[ To See Who Would Get The Honor Of It ]
[ But Those Who Don’t Get Picked ]
[ Might Throw A Fit ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(384)▪︎[ Death & Taxes … 4•17•2020 ]

[ Life Can Be So Fleeting ]
[ For Those Left Behind ]
[ So Defeating ]

[ Death & Taxes Are The Only Sure Things In Life They
Say ]
[ & When Your Time Is Up ]
[ There Will Not Be Another Day ]

[ Tik-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ Goes The Life Expectancy Clock ]

[ Just Like A Heart Attack ]
[ There’s No Going Back ]

[ You Can’t Expand The Given 24 Hours ]
[ No One Can Do That ]
[ No One Has Any Of Those Powers ]

[ You Can’t Avoid Taxes Or Death ]
[ You Can Hasten The Journey ]
[ By Shooting & Smoking Meth ]

[ There’s No Way In Hell That Will Happen To Me ]
[ I’m Just Trying To Be Who I Think I Should Be ]

[ But Who Or What Is That? ]
[ I Just Want To Take A Good Swing ]
[ When It’s My Turn, Up To Bat ]

[ See The Ball, Take A Step Toward Your Goal & Swing ]
[ Give It All That You Can Bring ]

[ Just Try, Try, Try ]
[ Don’t Settle On Just Getting By ]

[ But If You Get The Feeling That You Are Going To The Ground ]
[ Don’t Reach Out ]
[ To Pull Others Down ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(396)▪︎[ Be Careful Of … 4•21•2020 ]

[ Sometimes People Will Hate You Just Because You Are
Being Real? ]
[ Maybe They Can’t Accept How The Truth Can Feel ]

[ Is It How You Play Your Part? ]
[ & The Truth Hurts Their Heart? ]

[ You Can Never Please Everyone ]
[ But Do Not Hurt Anyone Just For Fun ]

[ Just Go About Your Day ]
[ In The Only Way ]

[ That Pleases You ]
[ & Gives Your Friends & Loved Ones Their Due ]

[ Figure Out What Makes YOU Click ]
[ & Don’t Just Listen To The Clock Tik ]

[ Tok ]
[ As Time Walks ]

[ Right By ]
[ Without Saying { HI } ]
[ Or { GOODBYE } ]

[ & Then Before You Know It ]
[ Another Day Is Gone ]
[ While You Just Sit ]
[ Without Moving On ]

[ While You You Are Saying The Truth Can You Handle It
Yourself? ]
[ Will It Affect Your Health? ]

[ Sometimes The Truth Can Hurt ]
[ It Can Also Be How It’s Presented ]
[ That Could Blow Up Your Skirt ]

[ If The Truth Is Presented In A Friendly Tone ]
[ That In Itself Can Prevent ]
[ Your Skirt From Being Blown ]

[ Beware Of How You Give It ]
[ Or You May Not Like ]
[ How You Get It ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(382)▪︎[ Belief Or Faith Based? … 4•17•2020 ]

[ Faith Is Believing In Something You Just Can’t See ]
[ It Is Also A Belief ]
[ In What You Could Be ]

[ Does It Seem ]
[ Like One Big Dream? ]

[ Faith Is A Hope For Something In The Future To Happen ]
[ If It Comes True ]
[ Do You Wonder ( WHERE HAS THIS BEEN? ) ]

[ Do You Really Want To Pin Down An Exact Time? ]
[ If You Saw The Need ]
[ Would That Make It Sublime ]

[ Faith Is Having Confidence In Something In Your Mind ]
[ It’s Having Confidence ]
[ Of The Best Kind ]

[ Is It The Future That Made The Past The Present From The Past? ]
[ How Do You Make Ideas From Yesterday Last? ]

[ When You Have An Idea You Must Have Faith In Your Thoughts ]
[ You Can’t Think So Hard ]
[ Or You Will Begin To See Spots ]

[ Ideas About The Future Can Send Them Sky ]
[ High ]
[ Just Make Sure That You Are Not Telling Yourself Any Lies ]

[ Once You Bring Your Ideas Back Down To Earth ]
[ Put Them Into Action ]
[ To Show Their Worth ]
[ & Prove That You Are More Than A Fraction ]
[ Better Since Birth ]

[ So Try To See What You Can Hear ]
[ But Don’t Always Believe In All The Words ]
[ That Goes In Your Ears ]

[ Believe What You Have Faith In ]
[ & Have Faith In What You Believe ]
[ That’s When Your Mind Begins ]
[ To Get Any Kind Of Relief ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(378)▪︎[ Take An Inch, Then … 4•16•2020 ]

[ Let’s Take One Little Moment @ A Time ]
[ When Someone Offers To Give You Three Nickels ]
[ Don’t Ask For Three Dimes ]

[ Just Like When Someone Offers You An Inch ]
[ Don’t Take A Mile ]
[ Would It Take A Pinch ]
[ On The Cheek, To Make You Smile? ]

[ When Your Spouse Looks You In The Eyes ]
[ Do They Seem Vacant ]
[ Or Are They Bright & Wise? ]

[ You Always Want To Put Your Best Foot Forward ]
[ You Do Need To Know ]
[ Though ]
[ Where You’re Heading Toward ]

[ It’s Not Like You Need To Always Walk Towards The Bright ]
[ Lights ]
[ Sometimes You Just Might ]

[ Go Into The Tunnell That’s Dark ]
[ & Stand There & Park ]

[ Look Over Your Shoulder @ The Light ]
[ Then Lay Down & Say Goodnight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(375)▪︎[ What We Do … 4•15•2020 ]

[ What We Do Now ]
[ Will Greatly Affect Our Tomorrow ]
[ We Don’t Want To Somehow ]
[ Turn The Next Day Into Sorrow ]

[ As We In Someway ]
[ Try To Protect Our Wealth ]
[ Throughout The Day ]
[ We Need To Take Care Of Our Health ]

[ Sorrow Can Come In Many Forms ]
[ & Be So Disruptive ]
[ It Can Change Our Norms ]

[ Is It A Constructive Way, Given Only To Help? ]
[ Is It Like Getting Positive Marks, On The
Next Entry OnYelp? ]

[ But Remarks Can Be Positive ]
[ Or Negative ]

[ I’ve Given Both ]
[ I’m Sure There Were Some People ]
[ Who Hated What I Wrote ]
[ So When They Can Complain ]
[ I’d Say ( WHAT EVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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