(411)▪︎[ Where Will It Go? … 4•24•2020 ]

[ Are We @ The Beginning Of The End? ]
[ Or @ The End Of The Beginning? ]
[ It Is Anyone’s Guess Which Way This Virus Will
Bend ]

[ Will People Continue To Be Ill? ]
[ Will This Virus Continue To Kill? ]

[ What Should People Start Expecting? ]
[ But Has Society ]
[ Proved That It’s Worth Protecting? ]

[ Who Knows? ]
[ Who Is The One That Gives The Say So’s? ]

[ I Definitely Would Not Like The Visability ]
[ Of Having That Responsibility ]

[ Who Wants To Take That Responsibility On? ]
[ One Day You Are Here ]
[ The Next Day You’re Gone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[408 ][ Don’t Be Hurtful … Ya Right … 4•23•2020 ]

[ Dr. Seuss Once Said (BE WHO YOU ARE & SAY WHAT YOU FEEL … ) ]
[ Some People Might Ask (SO … WHAT’s THE BIG DEAL?) ]
[ To Me That Says, To Just Be Real ]

[ Alot Of People Don’t Like Those Kinds Of People Because Of
The Words That They Might Say ]
[ Some Don’t Like The Truth To Be Told To Them Right Now ]
[ Or Any Day ]
[ But The Truth Shouldn’t Be Said In A Hurtful Way ]

[ In A Constructive Way, Yes ]
[ But A Hurtful Way Only Causes A Mess ]

[ There Are Some Lines That People Should Never Cross ]
[ Especially If The Goal ]
[ Was To Show Your Partner Who’s The Boss ]

[ Sometimes It Could Get Lonely @ The Top ]
[ (OH LOOK, A FRIEND!) You Might Say ]
[ But Then You See That It Was Just A Prop ]
[ That Was Put There By The Person That You Hurt Yesterday ]

[ You Can Still Be Real & Go By The Saying (IF YOU DON’t HAVE
SOMETHING NICE TO SAY, THEN DON’t SAY ANYTHING @ ALL) ]
[ Why Must People Be So Negative To People That Call? ]

[ They Took The Time To Call You Back ]
[ & Then What Do You Do The Whole Time? ]
[ But Go On The Attack ]

[ Being Honest & Being Hurtful Should Not Be Confused With Each
Other ]
[ Would You Say Those Words To Your Mother Or Brother? ]

[ Well You Might To A Sibling But Not To A Parent ]
[ That Could Be Disrespectful ]
[ & They May Not Know What You Meant ]

[ Or Meant What You Said ]
[ Just Don’t Let It Clog Up Your Head ]
[ @ Least This Is What I Take ]
[ From What I’ve Read ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[401][ Are You Ever Ready? … 4•22•2020 ]

[ Who Is Ever Ready For Change? ]
[ That Feels Like You Have To Take Stock In Your Life ]
[ & Then Rearrange ]

[ Rearrange For A New Idea? ]
[ Is That Like Looking For New Furniture ]
[ & Going To Akea? ]

[ Maybe You Can Search Their Catalog ]
[ If They Are Not Backlogged ]

[ But Do You Get To Test An Idea Like You Can Test Out
Furniture? ]
[ Then You Can Come Up With Your Own Nomenclature ]

[ Where Does The Idea Go? ]
[ In The Upper Part Of The Brain? ]
[ Or Down Low? ]

[ Not Down Low With The Other Meaning ]
[ That Definition Can Be Demeaning ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ 374 ]▪︎[ Stay Apart … 4•15•2020 ]

[ They Say It’s Best That We Stay Apart A Little Bit ]
[ But Do You Do Laps Around Your Living Room? ]
[ Stand, Lay Down Or Sit? ]

[ How Do You Keep Yourself Going? ]
[ When The Ideas Are Slowing? ]

[ How Are Things Going To Fit? ]
[ When You Feel That You Lost Your Wit? ]

[ & Your Good Sense ]
[ Has Lost Its Suspense ]
[ & Is Now Behind That Locked Fence ]

[ Can You Open That Lock ]
[ Before Your Watch ]
[ Says It’s 2 O’clock? ]

[ What Happens ]
[ Then? ]
[ When? ]

[ I Guess There’s Nothing ]
[ That Can Be Done ]
[ So That Makes Something ]
[ To Run From ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ 383 ]▪︎[ Sorry … 4•17•2020 ]

[ I’m Sorry, Mom & Dad ]
[ About The News ]
[ That Made You, Sad ]

[ I Have To Make This So Clear ]
[ That You Can Always Shed A Tear ]
[ From There To Here ]

[ Good Friends Will Always See ]
[ That Friendship ]
[ Is The Way That Things Will Forever Be ]

[ You Will Never Be Far Apart ]
[ Because He Is Forever ]
[ In Your Memories & Heart ]

[ Surround Your Friend With The Love & Care ]
[ That She Needs ]
[ & Be Able To Share ]
[ Your Necklace Of Beads ]

[ Maybe I Didn’t Get That One Correct ]
[ Well, Since I’m Not Catholic ]
[ What Did You Expect? ]

[ Today & Tommorow ]
[ Will Be Filled With Sadness & Sorrow ]

[ I Believe Your Faith Does Say ]
[ That Now He’ll Walk With God ]
[ For Forever & A Day ]

[ It’s Hard To Realize That You Can’t Get Any Hugs From Any
Other Family Members ]
[ I Hope We Can Give You One In September Or November ]

[ I’m Sure Glad That It Wasn’t Either One Of You ]
[ Life Would Never Be The Same ]
[ If We Couldn’t Show How Much We Love You Two ]

[ I’m Going To Make This The End ]
[ I Send My Empathy To You Both ]
[ Because Of The Passing Of Your Close Friend ]

[ Much Love From Us To You, Mom & Dad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[092]▪︎[ From Bad To Worse … 1•30•2020 ]

[ Every Day, You Have The Choice Of Whether To
Laugh Or Cry @ Night ]
[ The Choice Makes All Of The Difference ]
[ When It Comes To Facing The Morning Light ]

[ One May Make You Tired & One Could Put Your
Mind @ Rest ]
[ Depending On The Circumstances ]
[ Sometimes It Would Be Hard To Figure Out Which
Emotion Would Be The Best ]

[ Sometimes Circumstances In Your Life Are Completely
Out Of Your Control ]
[ & There Are Incidents That Occur That Can
Hurt You ]
[ Like It Puts A Hole ]
[ In Your Soul ]

[ Those Are The Ones That You Do Not Want To
Remember ]
[ But Sometimes An Incident That Happens In Early
January ]
[ Can Still Be Fresh In Your Mind Through The 31st
Of The Next December ]

[ @ Times Your Heart May Forgive But Your Mind
Will Not Let ]
[ Your Memory To Ever Forget ]
[ Those Are The Times ]
[ When You Wonder What That Saying That Combines
The Two Ever Meant ]

[ When Your Soul Hurts ]
[ Your Mind Will Search ]

[ For Something To Help You Heal ]
[ Anything That Even Remotely Seems Real ]
[ Then, Something Good To Make You Feel ]

[ Whole Again ]
[ But You Can Never Control When ]
[ That Will Ever Begin ]

[ When You Feel Knocked Down ]
[ Don’t Have A Meltdown ]
[ While On The Ground ]

[ Up Is The Only Direction To Go ]
[ Even If You Have To Take It Slow ]
[ Just Know ]

[ That You Must Always Get Back Up ]
[ Don’t Breakup ]
[ Burnup ]
[ Or Give Up ]
[ No, Stand Up ]

[ After You Fall ]
[ Then Give It Your All ]
[ Before You Make The Call ]

[ To Call It A Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[112]▪︎[ Sorry We Met … 2•6•2020 ]

[ Why Is Taking The Road Less Traveled, The Hardest Between The Two? ]
[ Why Does That Bother You? ]

[ How Is One Harder Than The Other ]
[ How Hard Is It Going To Be ]
[ To Go Through Life Without A Father &/Or Mother? ]

[ Barbara & Don ]
[ Are Gone ]
[ & Now You Don’t Need To Continue To Feel Like
You’ve Been Being Played Like A Pawn ]

[ In Their Little Game ]
[ That Involved Two Different People ]
[ But Their Intentions Were The Same ]

[ But You Are Doing Just Fine ]
[ You’ve Done Okay ]
[ Without Their Love & Affection For A Very Long Time ]

[ You Never Did Find Out What Got Into Don’s Head ]
[ & You Never Will ]
[ Because Don Held His Grudge Until He Was Dead ]

[ & Wouldn’t You Know ]
[ He Didn’t Tell A Soul ]

[ Barbara, On The Other Hand ]
[ Is The One Who Verbally Tossed You Off Of Her
Land ]
[ Because It Was Not A Request That You Leave Her Life ]
[ It Was More Like A Demand ]

[ She Made Her Points Plain & Simple ]
[ She Did It With Such Ease ]
[ It Was Like She Was Popping A Pimple ]

[ But You Do Confess ]
[ That You Did Leave ]
[ Without Causing A Scene ]
[ Or Making A Mess ]

[ You Hope They Are Together In Hell ]
[ Right In The Middle Of A Large, Loud, Obnoxious Rave ]
[ Because, Well ]
[ They Took Their Hatred & Grudge, To Their Grave ]

[ You Hope Towards The End Of Their Life Of Anger They Were
Lonely & Deep In Thought ]
[ You Hope They Reminisced About What They’ve Got ]

[ Oh, Excuse Me, It’s What They HAD ]
[ Because When They Adopted Robin & You ]
[ They Were Supposed To Step Into The Role Of A Loving
Mom & Dad ]

[ That Never Happened, You Would Have To Say ]
[ Not Tomorrow Or Even The Next Day ]
[ There Will Be No How, Or No Way ]

[ Will You Show That Emotion When It Comes To Them ]
[ Just Having That Thought, Causes Your Throat To Fill
Up With Phlegm ]

[ That’s Not Really A Good Feeling ]
[ So When Your Time Is Up ]
[ You Will Be Laying Back, Staring @ The Ceiling ]

[ When It Comes To Those Two, You’ll Bet ]
[ The Only Regret ]
[ That You’ll Have ]
[ Is That You Even Met! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[114]▪︎[ How Does One Deal? … 2•6•2020 ]

[ How Does Someone Deal With The Loneliness? ]
[ A Bit Of The Onliness ]

[ Do You Push Aside ]
[ Your Pride ]
[ So Your Emotions Are Not Taken On An Up & Down Ride ]

[ Are You Checked On? ]
[ Maybe Twice ]
[ Does It Feel Wrong ]
[ It Didn’t Feel Nice ]

[ But They All Gathered & Made Themselves A Team ]
[ That Sounds So Special ]
[ Kind Of Like A Dream ]

[ Oh Everybody Came Together In Harmony ]
[ You Almost Expected Some Kind Of Home Made Melody ]

[ They Each Could All Have Their Own Part ]
[ & Express The Happy Feelings That Come From The Heart ]

[ Now They’re Having A Laugh A Minute ]
[ You Just Guess That Your Heart Isn’t In It ]

[ They’re Right, You Could Have Come In There @ Any Time ]
[ You Feel It’s Much More Important To Write Another Rhyme ]

[ Do You Join In Or Stand Back? ]
[ Feeling Wanted Is What This Lacks ]

[ You Just Have Too Thin ]
[ Of Skin ]
[ Where’s The Vodka ]
[ Where’s The Gin? ]
[ Oh, There’s The Tequila ]
[ Let The Drinking Begin! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ Before The Day Is Done … 12•10•2020 ]

[59][ Paris, France … 1•16•2020 ]

[ When I Was Sittin’ In The Park In Paris France ]
[ The Music In My Head ]
[ Made Me Want To Stand Up & Dance ]
[ But Instead ]
[ I Got Cold Feet & Didn’t Want To Take A Chance ]

[ A Chance Of Embarrassing Myself ]
[ @ The Time ]
[ I Couldn’t Think Of Anything Else ]

[ Dance Without Music Playing Out Loud ]
[ What If I Looked So Silly ]
[ I Drew A Crowd? ]

[ Oh How Embarrassing That Could Be ]
[ For Me ]
[ I’d Probably Shrink To Knees ]
[ & Crawl To The Sea ]

[ Then I’d Want To Be Unrecognizable ]
[ Not Desirable ]

[ I Would Have Really Liked To Have Gathered Up All Of
My Hodge Podge ]
[ & Taken The First Amtrak Train Out Of Dodge ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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