(540)▪︎[ Empathy? Really? … 6•4•2020 ]

[ Empathy Can Be A Weird Thing ]
[ Experience About The Situation ]
[ Is All You Need To Bring ]

[ To The Table ]
[ If You Are Able ]

[ If You Can’t, Then Don’t Try ]
[ Because You Don’t Want To Lie ]
[ To The Girl Or Guy ]

[ If You Lie About Your Situation, It Just Makes The
Situation Worse ]
[ & When That Happens ]
[ Your Help, Turns Into Their Curse ]

[ It Then Becomes Clear ]
[ Of What You Now Have Here ]
[ You Have The Many Years ]
[ Of Bad Luck, As If You Cracked A Mirror ]

[ 7 Short Years Would Be A Blessing ]
[ As Years Fly By ]
[ They Find That They Are Seriously Still Stressing ]

[ Then That Messes With Their Head ]
[ & Then It Looks Like ]
[ You Should Have Given Them Sympathy Instead ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(499)▪︎[ The Last, Past … 12•4•2020 ]

[ The Past ]
[ Is What You Want To Leave Behind ]
[ But If You Think About What You Thought About Last ]
[ You Have To Think With Your Re-Mind ]

[ Remind Yourself Of What You Last Did ]
[ From Maybe Yesterday ]
[ But Not As Far Back As When You Were Being
A Kid ]

[ Memories Can Be Good, Or Bad ]
[ They Take You Back To When You Were Happy ]
[ Or Sad ]

[ Not All Memories Are About Good Times ]
[ Just Like ]
[ I Am Not Always Happy About All Of The Finished Rhymes ]

[ Time & Time Again, It Just Didn’t Sound Right ]
[ & When It Is Put In The Morning Light ]
[ I’m Not Always Happy With What I Write ]

[ I Am Not 100% Satisfied Everytime ]
[ Because I’ll Start Out Good ]
[ When I Begin A Rhyme ]

[ & Then It’s The Thought That I Lose ]
[ Sometimes It Is Because Of The Words ]
[ That I Choose ]

[ Most Of The Time Nothing Went Wrong ]
[ Because Of The Words That I Chose ]
[ The Thought Was Never Gone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(499)▪︎[ Rewind Or Remind … 5•21•2020 ]

(494)▪︎[ Are You Unique? … 5•19•2020 ]

[ Your Life Will Not Be Done In Awhile ]
[ If You Want To Do It With Style ]

[ When Doing It In Style You Have To Put Your Best
Foot Forward ]
[ But Not Always Looking For A Reward ]

[ The Reward Is Not Always Given To The One That
Finishes First ]
[ They Are Usually The One With The Biggest Thirst ]
[ Of Not Wanting To Do The Worst ]

[ If Coming In Second Is Your Plan ]
[ Do You Just Stand ]
[ & Make Demands ]
[ Of The Man ]
[ That Just Ran? ]

[ That Is Not Always The Best Thing To Do ]
[ Especially If The One That Was Running ]
[ Was Not You ]

[ Then How Do You Take Command Of Your Life? ]
[ Is It Just With A Flick Of A Switch ]
[ That Turns On A Light ]

[ Or Do You Have To Trudge ]
[ Through Mud ]
[ Just To Be Judged ]
[ A Stud? ]

[ A Stud By What Standards Or Critique? ]
[ To See ]
[ If You Are Or Are Not Unique ]

[ If You Are … That Is Great ]
[ If You Are Not … Then Wait ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(461)▪︎[ The Nurses Of Salem Health … 5•6•2020 ]

[ They Say That Doctors Cure ]
[ & Nurses Care ]
[ What Is For Sure ]
[ Is That The Nurses Are Always There ]

[ They Stand By Your Side As Long As They Can ]
[ They Will Wipe Away Your Tears ]
[ & Hold Your Hand ]

[ The Nurses Are The Ones That Write The Story ]
[ While It’s The Doctors ]
[ That Rush In To Grab The Glory ]

[ The Nurses Do What The Doctors Don’t ]
[ The Nurses Complete The Tasks ]
[ That The Doctors Won’t ]

[ I Spent 11 Days In The Hospital Earlier In My Life ]
[ It Was A Nurse ]
[ Who Reached Out & Held The Hand Of My Wife ]

[ To Calm Her Fears ]
[ It Was What That Nurse Said ]
[ That Stopped Her Tears ]

[ When I Was Admitted, No One Knew What To Think ]
[ The Answer Wasn’t Found ]
[ In A Single Blink ]

[ 11 Days Felt More Like Over Two Weeks ]
[ During That Time ]
[ I Walked Through A lot Of Valleys & Climbed A lot Of
Peaks ]

[ I Remember That On The Second Day The Doctor Tried To
Discharge Me ]
[ My Wife Asked A Nurse How Can This Be? ]

[ They Knew I Didn’t Suffer With Cancer ]
[ But They Also Knew ]
[ They Did Not Have The Answers ]

[ The Nurses Checked On Me Around The Clock ]
[ Everyday They Urged Me ]
[ To Get Up & Walk ]
[ Oftentimes The Nurses Were The Only Ones Who Would Stop
In & Talk ]

[ The Times When I Was Stressing ]
[ Conversing With The Nurses ]
[ Was A Blessing ]

[ Nurses Deal With People @ Their Very Worst ]
[ & In Pain ]
[ They Show That A Bag Of Gold Is What They Are Worth ]
[ Again & Again ]

[ My Hat Goes Off To All Nurses, Especially Those Who Nursed
Me Back To Good Health ]
[ You All Should Be Extremely Proud Of Yourselves ]

[ Everyday … Every Single Day ]
[ You Are Definitely Underpaid ]

[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ I Shout ]
[ Without A Doubt ]

[ To Each & EVERY One Of You! ]
[ THANK YOU For What You Unselfishly Do ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(456)▪︎[ Make Up My Mind … 5•5•2020 ]

[ What To Get, What To Get? ]
[ Is My Decision Set? ]

[ I Did My Research & Made My Path ]
[ I Did Multiple Comparisons ]
[ & I Did My Math ]

[ I Found That Things Cost Alot Of Dollars & Cents ]
[ Before I Compared Them Side By Side ]
[ I Was Definitely Riding The Fence ]

[ By No Means Am I Done ]
[ & I Have Not Really Settled On One ]

[ So It Might Be Better If I Took ]
[ Another Look ]
[ Or Looked It Up In An On-Line Book ]

[ Actually I’m Kind Of Leaning Towards The Versa 2 ]
[ If You Read What Saw ]
[ I Think That Would Be The Thing That You Would Do ]
[ Too ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(448)▪︎[ Ha Ha Ha .. 5•3•2020 ]

[ As The Sun Rises To Make The Morning Light ]
[ I Peer Outside ]
[ To Find That The Sun Is So Bright ]

[ Just Two Hours Ago It Was Really Dark ]
[ This Time Of Night ]
[ It Would Not Be Wise To Walk Alone In The Park ]

[ Sometimes There Are People There With Intentions That Are
Not All Too Nice ]
[ In The Park Downtown ]
[ I Think That Has Happened More Than Twice ]

[ What Is There To Do ]
[ When A Man Has His Sights On Someone ]
[ Will They Have A Clue ]

[ That Person Is Screwed ]
[ Because That Person Had Such A Bad Attitude ]
[ & His Goal Is To Be Rude ]

[ But The Useless Salem Cops Stop Him, Just To Let The Guy Go ]
[ When It Comes To The Salem P.D. ]
[ It Is Always Based On Who You Know ]

[ Even If The Detectives Were Given Good Evidence ]
[ They Would Probably Go To ]
[ The Wrong Residence ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(975)▪︎[ Well, Do You? … 11•22•2020 ]

[ Do You Have The Drive ]
[ To Strive ]
[ For Doing The Best While You Are Alive? ]

[ Or Do You Throw A Fit? ]
[ Then Sit ]
[ While You Quit ]
[ Not Wanting To Deal With Anymore Of It? ]

[ It, Being Life ]
[ Then Not Listen To Your Husband Or Wife ]

[ Then Turn Off The Daylight ]
[ Then, While Looking Into The Night ]
[ You Lose Sight ]
[ Of The Right ]
[ Fight ]

[ Selling Your Soul ]
[ To Attempt To Figure Out Your Whole ]
[ Role ]

[ & Then Learn What You Need To Bring ]
[ To Take Your Place ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things ]

[ Do You Know ]
[ Whether To Go ]
[ Fast Or Slow? ]
[ If Someone Says ( NO! ) ]

[ Will You Find The Need ]
[ To Read ]
[ The Instructions To Complete The Deed ]
[ That Makes You Succeed? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1273)▪︎[ Which Direction? … 10•28•2019 ]

[ When You Go Outside During The Night ]
[ Don’t Look Down @ The Ground ]
[ Look Out Over The Lights ]

[ Not The Lights Coming From The Cars ]
[ Look @ The Lights Coming From The Stars ]

[ The Stars That Are Way Up High ]
[ When You Live In The Country ]
[ The Stars Seem To Cover The Sky ]

[ You Can Be Short Or Tall ]
[ When You Look Up @ The Sky You Feel So Small ]

[ You Can Stand In A Field Of Flowers ]
[ & Feel Weak ]
[ From The Loss Of Your Powers ]
[ & That Took Minutes Not Hours ]

[ Where Do You Go From This Point Of Your Life? ]
[ Do You Have To Walk Towards The Light? ]

[ From All That I Know ]
[ You Don’t Have To Go ]
[ & When You Say [ NO ] ]

[ That Frees You Up For Other Things ]
[ Like Going Overseas To Meet Some Actual Queens & Kings ]

[ Leaving The Country Is Not Always The Best ]
[ The Stress ]
[ Can Press ]
[ On Your Chest ]

[ Can You Forge Ahead Not Really Knowing To Go Which Direction ]
[ When You Make A Decision ]
[ Can You Make Any Corrections? ]

[ Or Can You Get By ]
[ Making Decisions On The Fly? ]

[ What If You Are Wrong? ]
[ & Then Find Out Your Window Is Gone? ]

[ Maybe The Best Thing To Do Would Be To Look Within? ]
[ You Might Find The Strength To Once Again, Begin ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(618)▪︎[ Closed Mind … 7•9•2020 ]

[ So That Is How Things Look To You ]
[ & It Does Not Matter What I Say Or Do? ]
[ That Has Always Been Your Point Of View ]

[ Everytime That He Is Over There He Has Your Ear ]
[ & During All Of This Time ]
[ My Voice Stays Here ]

[ But You Don’t Care ]
[ To Give Me The Same Amount Of Time To Clear The Air ]

[ You Hear Only One Side Of The Story & You Are Satisfied ]
[ & You Don’t Care If You Were Told A Handful Of Lies ]

[ You Are Hooking Your Cart To The Wrong Horse ]
[ He Is Your Grandson ]
[ So You Say (OF COURSE!) ]
[ Well When Things Are Said & Done ]
[ You Really Need To Look @ The Source ]

[ His Way Of Doing Things Is To Conquer & Divide ]
[ Then He Makes You See Only His Side ]

[ I’m 57 Years Old & I’ll Put My Reputation Against His Any Day ]
[ I’ll Always Come Out On Top ]
[ In Every Way ]

[ & I Do Not Need To Stand Up & Plead My Case ]
[ You Have Such A Closed Mind About All Of This ]
[ The Effort & Time Would Just Be A Waste ]

[ I Hold My Head Up High During My Life ]
[ What Have You Heard From Him Or My Wife ]

[ I Am So Very Sure ]
[ That When It Comes To Me ]
[ You Have Not Been Painted A Really Good Picture ]
[ But That Does Not Hold Much Weight You See ]
[ Because It Has Not Been Signed With MY Signature ]

[ You Are Only Judging Me Through What You Hear, Not Actually
From What You See ]
[ You Have Never Heard The Complete Story ]
[ Completely ]

[ If You Don’t Want To Hear IT ]
[ Than I Do Not Care To Hear Any Of Your Bullshit ]

[ You Can Judge Me All That You Want Wendy ]
[ But Keep Your Remarks To Yourself ]
[ Because I’ve Already Heard Too Many ]

[ This May All Sound Rude Or Crude ]
[ It Is All Because The Remarks & Judgements ]
[ Has Changed My Attitude ]
[ About You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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