(998)▪︎[ Thoughts … 11•30•2020 ]

[ My Thoughts Continue To Swirl ]
[ Some Just Hang Like A Gerry Curl ]

[ Old Fashioned & Out Of Date ]
[ Some Just Sit Still & Gain Some Weight ]

[ Some Are Bright ]
[ & Used That Day ]
[ Some Sound Just Right ]
[ & Are Used Right Away ]

[ But Day In & Day Out ]
[ Am I Still Writing Good Enough Stories ]
[ To Shout ]
[ About? ]

[ What I Write It’s The Only Draft ]
[ I’ve Pushed Away From The Lonely Island ]
[ & Sent Adrift On My One Man Raft ]

[ My Thoughts Are Like The Current & Could Take Me Any
Which Way ]
[ Will It Take Me A Week? ]
[ Or Will I Be Done On The Very First Day? ]

[ I Wish I Had The Great Skill & Power ]
[ To Be Able To Write A Really Good Story ]
[ In Under An Hour ]

[ Practice Makes Perfect Is One Thing That People Have
Said To Me ]
[ Hmmm … Could That Be? ]
[ Whenever I Start A Story I Will Have To See ]

[ (PLEASE BE PATIENT) Is What I Say To Everyone ]
[ Because When It Stops Being Fun ]
[ I Tend To Run ]
[ While Saying ( I AM DONE! ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(967)▪︎[ It Is All A … ? … 11•19•2020 ]

[ Around Every Corner I Hit A Brick Wall ]
[ Sometimes I Don’t Even Have The Energy
To Take A Call ]

[ A Call From Whom Is The Big Mystery ]
[ It Will Be A Total Guess ]
[ If You Look @ My History ]

[ Everybody Says (I’ll NEVER LEAVE) But They Do ]
[ Now My Best Friend Might Be Leaving Too ]

[ I Know That I Should Have Expected It From
The Start ]
[ & Now We Will Be Apart ]

[ She Wants To Move Back, So She Should ]
[ With Nothing To Tie Her To Oregon, She Could ]
[ If I Wish She Wouldn’t ]
[ She Still Would ]

[ I Don’t Want Her Heart Break When She Has To Come
Back To This State ]
[ Maybe When She Moves Back To Texas ]
[ She Will Find Someone Great ]

[ Texas Has The Type Of Men That She Has Always
Been Looking For ]
[ Afterall, She Is A Texas Girl, Right Down To Her Core ]

[ My Heart Is Breaking & My Head Hurts ]
[ My Thoughts Feel Like They Are Being Dragged
Through The Dirt ]

[ I Talk, But Nobody Hears ]
[ Then I Squint My Eyes ]
[ As My Glare Throws Spears ]

[ Does Anyone EVER Hear Me? ]
[ Is The Sound Of My Voice ]
[ Like The Hum Of A Bumble Bee ]

[ A Sound That Annoys? ]
[ A Sound To Avoid? ]

[ It Sure Seems Like That! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(973)▪︎[ How Do You? … 11•21•2020 ]

[ Do You Survive? ]
[ Revive? ]
[ Or Have You Finally Arrived? ]

[ Can You Jot Down All That Makes You Smile ]
[ Or All That caused You To Frown ]
[ For Awhile? ]

[ Can You Talk To A Coach For A Minute Or Two? ]
[ When You Can Talk About Nothing But You? ]

[ If You Lose Too Fast ]
[ Will The Loss Last? ]

[ Do You Know Your Role? ]
[ In Your Quest To Reach Your Goal? ]

[ What Do You Want To Accomplish For The Rest
Of The Year? ]
[ Are You Foggy ]
[ Are You Clear? ]
[ Do You Feel Foggy ]
[ When Confronted By A Fear? ]

[ But Do You Feel Trapped? ]
[ When The Topic Is About (THE APP?) ]

[ You Must Be Active ]
[ Or Proactive ]
[ Stay Away From Always Being Reactive ]

[ Is Your Goal Star Worthy? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(957)▪︎[ Hang In There … 11•15•2020 ]

[ Okay! ]
[ What Can I Write Or Say? ]
[ To Help You Get Through What You Went
Through Last Night ]
[ & What Continues Today? ]

[ Big M, This Is What I’ll Share ]
[ Because I Care ]
[ & To Let You Know ]
[ That Were So Many Times That I’ve Been
There ]

[ We Both Have Walked In Many & Different
Shoes ]
[ So We Both Have Our Different Views ]
[ We Find Our Own Clues ]
[ By Reading The Social Cues ]

[ You May Never Know ]
[ How The Next Day Will Go ]

[ But I Bet ]
[ I Have Never Liked, Worried, Cared About & Respected ]
[ Another Person That I Have Never Met ]
[ … Yet! ]

[ I Have Written So Many Stories About Having You
In My Life ]
[ That The Only People That I Have Written More Of ]
[ Is Maria & My Wife ]

[ Because You Two Are The Kind ]
[ Of People ]
[ That Are So Frequently On My Mind ]

[ From The Very First Time That She Told Me
About The Man Who Caught Her Eye ]
[ & Stole Her Heart ]
[ I Immediately Told Her (OH I’ve GOT TO MEET
THIS GUY!) ]
[ Just Ask Her ]
[ Because That Is NOT A Lie ]

[ I Tell This To Very Few ]
[ But I Will Say This To You ]
[ Because I Need To ]

[ We Are All Not Done With Each Other Here ]
[ Is That Perfectly Clear? ]

[ Now I Know That I’m Not In The Circle Of People
That You Really Care About ]
[ But That Doesn’t Make Me Sit In The Corner & Pout ]

[ I’ll Still Write Stories That Will Encourage ]
[ During This Time Where You Feel Discouraged ]

[ Never Give Up Your Power ]
[ To See What Comes Up Next ]
[ Minute Or Hour ]

[ I Will Never Say Any ( EVERYTHING HAPPENS
FOR A REASON ) Crap ]
[ I Have Never Heard That In A Rap ]

[ This Is All Up To You, Big M ]
[ Keep Your Head Held High ]
[ & Don’t Dip Your Chin ]

[ & I’ll Just Sit Here ]
[ If You Ever Need An Ear ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(930)▪︎[ Be The One … 11•6•2020 ]

[ Every Single Day, Celebrate Life ]
[ Enjoy The Light ]

[ Sleep When It’s Dark ]
[ Keep Your Drive Going ]
[ Don’t Let Your Mind Stay In Park ]

[ You Can Yield When You Need To ]
[ But Then Go Back To Do What You ]
[ Want & Need To Do ]

[ Always Move Onward ]
[ Always Upward ]
[ Going Forward ]

[ Should Be Your Only Direction ]
[ Thank Those That Are Kind Enough ]
[ To Help You Make The Appropriate Corrections ]
[ That Seems Tough ]

[ Learn Who Is A Good Influence In Your Life & Who Is Not ]
[ Then Hug, Cherish, Respect, Honor & Love ]
[ Those Few That You’ve Got ]

[ Don’t Spend Another Minute Of Your Time For Those
That You Kicked To The Curb ]
[ Spend Time With The Positive Ones Who Deserve The Time
& Effort ]
[ That Would Help You Make A Better Verb ]

[ Sleep & Rest As Hard As You Play ]
[ Think About The Positive Things That Happened During
The Day ]
[ Then Try To Figure Out A Way ]
[ To Keep The Negative Thoughts @ Bey ]

[ Build On What Has Been Good ]
[ When Common Sense Says You Should ]
[ & Build It In Stone ]
[ Not Wood ]

[ Build A Base That Is Rock Solid Not Hollow ]
[ Be A Voice Of Reason ]
[ Be The Type Of Person That Others Want To Emulate
& Follow ]

[ Don’t Be The Follower ]
[ Take The Lead ]
[ & Be The Caller ]

[ Look Low Then Look High ]
[ Be That Type Of Girl Or Guy ]

[ That People Want To Look Up To ]
[ Be One Of The Very Few ]
[ That Gives Their Word ]
[ & Then Comes Through ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(918)▪︎[ Today’s News … 11•1•2020 ]

[ So Many People In Today’s News ]
[ Push & Push ]
[ Their Own Personal Views ]

[ They Say That I Must Like Them Because Of That & This ]
[ & My Only Reply To That Is ( YOU WISH! ) ]
[ Their Name & Personal Cause Is Not On My List ]

[ I Only Like Someone Because I Want To ]
[ So That May Never Be You, You Or You ]
[ & I Am Sure You Know ]
[ That Is Not Something New ]

[ My Views Are Made By Me ]
[ & Only Matters To Me ]
[ & Is Only Shared By Me ]

[ Let Me Get My Opinion About You On My Own ]
[ So Now That I See That Is Going To Be Your Tone ]
[ There Is The Door ]
[ Then Leave Me Alone! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(251)▪︎[ Once Upon A Time … 3•10•2020 ]

[ Once Upon A Time, In A Land Far Far Away ]
[ There Was This Boy Who Wanted To Runaway Just For
That Day ]

[ But Then He Sat & Thought (THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
NO REASONS) ]
[ (WHY I SHOULDN’T STAY AWAY FOR MANY SEASON’s?) ]

[ It’s Been Made Perfectly Clear ]
[ That Only His Dog Wants Him Here ]

[ Those Thoughts Used To Tug @ His Heart ]
[ But He’s Getting Used To Getting Hit By Darts ]

[ Now He Doesn’t Feel The Pinch ]
[ & It Only Goes In Less Than An Inch ]
[ The Main Thing That He Is Proud Of ]
[ Is ]
[ That He Doesn’t Flinch ]

[ That Used To Really Get To Him Before ]
[ Because It Made The Others ]
[ Laugh So Hard, It Had Them Laughing Until They Fell
To The Floor ]

[ (SO BE IT I GUESS) Is What He Thought ]
[ He’s Not ]
[ Going To Argue About What He’s Got ]

[ He Wasn’t Raised To Be A Fool ]
[ He Knows That Some Things In Life Can Be Used As A Tool ]
[ Those Are The Things & Examples That You Treat Like
A Jewel ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(681)▪︎[ Wait For Later In Your Life … 8•9•2020 ]

[ Be A Tomorrow Person & Don’t Settle On What You Are
Doing Now ]
[ Celebrate Your Accomplishments Later ]
[ & Then Say ( WOW! ) ]
[ But Don’t Be A Hater ]
[ & Need To Know How ]

[ Accomplishments Are Great When You Can Reminisce About
The Years That Have Gone By ]
[ Talk About Them ]
[ Brag About Them ]
[ Just Don’t Lie ]

[ It Is Good To Share ]
[ With People Who Care ]
[ But Never With A Person Who Does Not Believe That You
Were There ]

[ You Know You Were, So You Should Never Have To
Prove You Were ]
[ Your Intentions Are Pure ]
[ That Showed That You Were Sure ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(680)▪︎[ Get Up … Get Up! … 8•8•2020 ]

[ Sometimes It May Seem Like Life Is Beating You Down ]
[ Then When You Look Up ]
[ The View You Have Is That Of Looking Up From The Ground ]

[ How Did You Get There? ]
[ Laying On The Ground Looking Up Into The Air? ]

[ You Dust Yourself Off, Then Wipe Off Your Hands ]
[ Then You Look To The Sky ]
[ & Say Thank You For Another Chance ]

[ The Chance To Screw Up Again? ]
[ Then You Realize ]
[ That Screwing Up Is Not A Sin ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(679)▪︎[ What Side? … 8•7•2020 ]

[ Okay … You Need To Look @ Things From MY Side ]
[ Does That Get You To Open Your Eyes Really Wide? ]

[ You Seem To Think That Yours Is The Only Side To See ]
[ That Is Not True ]
[ For Me ]

[ You Say I Don’t See Your Side Only When I Don’t Agree
With You ]
[ We Are Two Totally Different People ]
[ Who Has Two ]
[ Totally Different Points Of View ]

[ From What You Have Grown Up Doing & Experiencing
Makes Us Who We Are ]
[ There Are Many Nights ]
[ When I Know I’m Not The Brightest Or Shiniest Star ]

[ I Try To Always Understand What You Are Talking About ]
[ But Sometimes I Don’t ]
[ Those Are The Times When We Needed To Talk It Out ]
[ But Those Times I Won’t ]
[ Be Filled With Doubt ]

[ When I Don’t Think That You Don’t See Mine ]
[ & Since I Don’t Scream & Shout ]
[ You Think That Is Fine ]

[ & We Don’t Discuss Those Points Anymore ]
[ You Don’t Seem To Mind ]
[ That My Concerns Are Left On The Floor ]

[ I Don’t Think You Care ]
[ & That’s Not Fair ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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