(097)▪︎[ Just An Ordinary Day … 1•29•2021 ]

[ You Are Just Sitting There In The Dark ]
[ With Nothing, But Your Thoughts ]
[ Wondering If Your Life Is In Neutral Or In Park ]

[ You Seem To Be Running Uphill On A Treadmill, Not Getting
Anywhere ]
[ The Main Problem With This, Is That You Have Lost The Desire
To Care ]

[ As You Sit There, You Do Not Hear A Thing ]
[ So You Watch The Phone ]
[ & Hope, That It Would Ring ]

[ Minutes Drag By, Then They Turn Into Hours ]
[ Everytime You Think Things Are Going Well ]
[ It Turns Upside Down & Sours ]

[ Those That You Thought Were Friends Seem To Jump Ship When
The Waters Get Rough ]
[ You Would Always Listen To Their Problems When Their Lives
Got Tough ]

[ But You Never Thought That They Would Turn Their Back ]
[ It Feels Like Whenever You Spoke Up ]
[ Your Face Got Smacked ]

[ You Always Turned The Other Cheek ]
[ But You Never Corrected The Facts, Whenever They Would Speak ]

[ You Never Put Them On The Spot ]
[ Because They Were Wrong Alot ]

[ One Thing That You Have Come To Realize ]
[ In Your 58 Years ]
[ Is That People Come & Go Throughout All Of Our Lives ]

[ Like Two Ships Passing Each Other On A Very Dark Night ]
[ You Are In Their Thoughts ]
[ Until You Are No Longer In Their Sight ]

[ But This All Goes Full Circle As You Sit Here Alone ]
[ The Silence Gives Off Its Own Peculiar Tone ]
[ & It Has Been Shown ]
[ That It Always Sends A Chill Down To Your Bones ]

[ Do You Have To Turn Around & See What You Don’t See ]
[ & Come To Realize This Is How Your Life, Is Going To Be ]
[ You Could Bet After You Slowly Count, From 1 To 3 ]
[ You Could Look Around & It Would Still Be … ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(331)▪︎[ Unreliable People Do Not Care … 4•21•2021 ]

[ Can You Say That Some People Are Very Unreliable? ]
[ Not Even Plyable? ]

[ When You Think That You Should Be Able To Count On
     Someone, You Won’t ]
[ When You Think That That They Will Come Through For You …
     They Don’t ]

[ Trust Is A Huge Thing In Every Day Life ]
[ There Are Some People Out There That Just Don’t Think Right ]

[ More So Left Of Center ]
[ When They See An ( EXIT ) Sign ]
[ That Is Where They Enter ]

[ They Are Even Really Slow ]
[ When They See The Sign That Says (DO NOT PASS GO) ]

[ Or Collect 200 Hundred Dollars On That Spin ]
[ They Like To Adjust The Rules Because They Feel That They (NEED)
     To Win ]

[ @ All Cost ]
[ Not Ever Taking Into Consideration That There Had Been
     Friends That They Lost ]

[ They Probably Thought (OH WELL) ]
[ (WE ARE ALL GOING TO HELL) ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(781)▪︎[ Not Numb Yet … 9•15•2021 ]

[ A ][ 781 ][ NOT NUMB YET … 9•15•2021 ]

[ If You Never Loved A Mirror ]
[ Is It Because The Picture Is Too Clear? ]

[ Blemishes, Wrinkles, Freckles & Age Spots ]
[ You Have Never Looked @ Your Reflection ]
[ With Good Thoughts ]

[ You Come Into This World Naked As Can Be ]
[ & You Can Hardly See ]

[ You Have An Open World In Front Of You ]
[ Without A Single Thought Of What You Will Grow Up To Do ]

[ Baby Steps Is Literally What You Learn To Take ]
[ You Have No Idea About The Mistakes You Will Make ]

[ The Places You’ll Go ]
[ The People Who You Think You Will Know ]

[ You Will Find That Not Every Soul Will Be Good ]
[ Not Everybody Succeeded From Where They Stood ]

[ Some Progress ]
[ Some Regress ]

[ You Learn As Grow ]
[ You Will Learn That It Is Good To Sometimes Go Slow ]

[ Fast Is Not Always The Best ]
[ & Keep Your Secrets Close To Your Vest ]

[ It May Take Awhile To Settle Down ]
[ You’re Not Always Content About Everyone That You Have
Around ]

[ Trust Your Judgement, Trust Your Gut ]
[ The Little Voice Inside Your Head Will Tell You What Is What ]

[ It Is Tough To Put Up With Neglect ]
[ It Is Not A Good Feeling To Be Around Someone That You
Suspect ]

[ That Brings A Dark Cloud Over Your Home ]
[ You Wonder How Long Was This Known? ]

[ You Come Into This World Pure & Clean ]
[ Because Of A Pandemic ]
[ You Have To Get The Vaccines ]

[ Look How Far That You Have Come ]
[ You Have Walked Through The Swamp Of Negativity ]
[ & Aren’t Standing There All Numb ]

[ You Keep Going … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(774)▪︎[ Go Duck’s Football! … 9•13•2021 ]

[ That Was Such A Fantastic Football Game U. Of O. Played, (2)
Days Ago ]
[ When They Traveled Across Country, To Ohio ]

[ To Play Ohio State University In Their Own, Hallowed Back
Yard ]
[ & Boy Did The Ducks Play Them Really Hard ]

[ Everyone Thought That The Buckeye’s Would Drag The
Ducks Through Hell ]
[ But The Buckeye’s Did Not Do That Very Well ]

[ The Ducks Came Out & Scored First ]
[ That Single Touchdown Did Not Quench Their Thirst ]

[ By The End Of The Game, They Would Score (4) More Times ]
[ If You Ask Anyone From That University ]
[ The Ducks Came In & Committed One Of The Worst Crimes ]

[ They Had An Over 20-Something Game Winning Streak ]
[ On Opening Day ]
[ So It Had Been Over (20+) Years Since They Got Beat ]

[ The Last Time These (2) Schools Met, O.S.U. Did Not Play
Very Fair ]
[ & The Ducks Did Not Even Give The Buckeye’s A Scare ]

[ Mariota Won The Heisman, But The Ducks Lost The
Championship Game ]
[ Mariota Really Got Beat Up ]
[ & He Never Played The Same ]

[ Again ]

[ But This Time, The Ducks Went Right @ Them ]
[ They Were Shocked, Because That Became A Big Problem ]

[ The Ducks Scored First, Like The First Game ]
[ That Was The Only Thing That Was The Same ]

[ These Ducks Never Let Up ]
[ & They Kept Kicking O.S.U.’s Butt ]

[ It Wasn’t Luck That Won ]
[ After That First Score ]
[ The Duck’s Showed The National Audience That They Were
Far From Done ]

[ (4) More Scores Would Follow That ]
[ They Did Not Want To Be Treated Like A Back Door Doormat ]

[ Again ]

[ The Ducks Were Whole Heartedly Invited To This Dance ]
[ But They Were Never Given Much Of A Chance ]

[ The Odds Were NEVER On The Ducks Side ]
[ If Anyone Said That They Bet On The Ducks To Win ]
[ They Most Likely Lied ]

[ The Ducks Defense Was Missing Their Two Best Players ]
[ The Ducks Had To Peel Back The Buckeye’s Layers ]

[ On Offense ]
[ & Defense ]

[ & Special Teams ]
[ The Ducks Were Having One Wonderful Dream ]
[ & If You Listen Really Hard You Can Still Hear The Buckeye’s
Screams ]

[ You Love It When Your Ducks Football Team Comes Out &
Plays Strong ]
[ You Love It When The U. Of O.’s Football Team Proves All
Of The So-Called Experts, Wrong ]

[ On Saturday, The Ducks Made Alot Of People, Believers ]
[ The Only O.S.U. Team The Ducks Have To Worry About
Will Be The Upcoming Game With The Oregon State
Universities Beavers ]

[ The Buckeye’s Were Not Beat By Luck ]
[ The Buckeye’s Were Beat By A More Dominant Duck! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(768)▪︎[ Sometimes The Words Flow … 9•10•2021 ]

[ Sometimes, Words Just Flows, Down The Chute ]
[ Do You Want To Write, Or Say Them? ]
[ Or Just Sit There, With Your Dial, Set On Mute? ]

[ If You Choose To Not Write, What Good Are Your
Thoughts? ]
[ It Is Like You Are Looking @ A Pure White Canvas ]
[ & You Want To Change It To Polka-Dots ]

[ You Don’t Write, To Make Waves ]
[ But Sometimes, You Have To Tell Your Stylus To Behave ]

[ You Don’t Always Write, What’s On Your Mind ]
[ You Have Learned From Past Mistakes ]
[ That You Can Apologize All Day For Something, But You
Can Never, Hit The Button That Will Rewind ]

[ Of Something, That Was Written Or Said ]
[ Once The Words Are Out There ]
[ They Will Stick, In Someone’s Head ]

[ Life Just Doesn’t Give Out Do-Overs Every Once In Awhile ]
[ Mother Nature Can Do Some Strange Things ]
[ But Giving Do-Overs Are Not Her Style ]

[ Would The Responsibility Fall On Mother Nature Or
Father Time? ]
[ Would One Do Something ]
[ While The Other Would Act Like A Mime ]

[ So You Try To Watch What You Write ]
[ Because You Would Never Want To Start A Fight ]

[ You Are Just Never The Controversial Type So You Would
Do Everything To Avoid One ]
[ If There Ever Was A Situation, When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ You Would Back Away & Say (I’m DONE) ]

[ So You Avoid All Fights @ All Costs ]
[ You Would Be Man Enough, To Admit That You Lost ]

[ So You Watch What You Write & Say ]
[ Making A Stranger Angry ]
[ Is Not How You Want To End The Day ]

[ Words & Gestures Are How People Communicate ]
[ Sometimes You Really Want Something To Say Or Write ]
[ You Have The Patience To Wait ]

[ Sometimes The Thoughts Just Drop ]
[ Then That Is When You Stop ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(769)▪︎[ Lies, Nothing But Lies… 9•11•2021 ]

[ If Someone Tells You That The Sun Sets In The West ]
[ Should You Get A Second Opinion? ]
[ Would That Be What’s Best? ]

[ Sometimes It Is Not Always The Truth ]
[ Lying Is Not Always Reserved For The Youth ]

[ Lying Crosses All Borders & Races ]
[ It Is As Common ]
[ As Having Boots & Shoes With Laces ]

[ Not Everyone Around Would Be Considered A Cool Breeze ]
[ When You Come Around Some People ]
[ You Automatically Freeze ]

[ Because You Have Felt That They Have A Cold Heart ]
[ Those Types Of People Are The Ones That You Want To Stay
     Far Apart ]

[ From ]
[ Or You Will Become ]
[ Numb ]

[ Numb Because Of All Of Their Lies ]
[ There Are So Many ]
[ They Become Like Flies ]

[ Flying Around A Pile Of Rotten Food ]
[ But Then Part Of Their Explanation ]
[ Is Because They Really Feel That They Were Misunderstood ]

[ But Facts ]
[ Are Facts ]
[ You Always Watch On Who Reacts ]

[ When A Liar Is Exposed ]
[ They Will Be How They Have Always Posed ]

[ Wham!! ]
[ They Try To Look Like A Mild, Little Lamb ]

[ But Even In A Crowd ]
[ They Want To Be The Center Of Attention ]
[ While They Are Being Extremely Loud ]

[ You Know That The Sun Sets In The West, But The Person
     Will Lie @ The Drop Of A Hat ]
[ But Then You Ask Yourself (WHY WOULD THEY LIE ABOUT
     THAT?) ]

[ Some People Will Lie About (EVERYTHING & … ]
[ ANYTHING!) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(764)▪︎[ A Man On Your Mind … 9•10•2021 ]

[ A Man That You Never Met, Had To Die, To Wake You Up? ]
[ An Illegal Act, Happened To Interrupt ]

[ Your Life ]
[ & Shine A Light ]

[ On The Message That Drugs Do Kill ]
[ When You Read The Article ]
[ It Told You That It Does It @ Will ]

[ It Will Do That ]
[ It Will Do This ]
[ Reading That Article, Made You Feel That You Could Have
Been Hit By A Baseball Bat ]

[ Could Have, But Wasn’t ]
[ Drugs Kill Sometimes ]
[ But Sometimes, Doesn’t ]

[ You Played Russian Roulette ]
[ It Was A Half Loaded Gun ]
[ & Yet ]

[ You Walked Away Undaunted ]
[ Not Yet Hooked ]
[ The Drug Was Not Yet Craved Or Seriously Wanted ]

[ That Finely Tuned Athlete Should Have Stopped ]
[ Then He Tried The Drug ]
[ & He Just Dropped ]

[ You Tried It (4) Or (5) Times ]
[ It Made You Feel Euphoric ]
[ After Snorting Those Lines ]

[ Why Did His Friend Expose Him To The Drug? ]
[ He Was Supposedly A Friend ]
[ He Didn’t Force Him, Like A Thug ]

[ Being Drafted (#2) In The Draft By Boston ]
[ His Agent Would Have Asked For A Ton ]
[ Earning A Good Living Playing A Game That He Grew Up
Playing For Fun ]

[ Now There Will Not Be Anymore Dribbling A Ball Or
Shooting Jump Shots ]
[ Now His Name Is Just An Aterthought ]

[ Now His Name Is Followed By A (COULD HAVE … )
[ Or (SHOULD HAVE … ) ]
[ & (WOULD HAVE … ) ]

[ His Death Really Had An Affect On Your Future ]
[ It Showed That You Have Also Been That Immature ]

[ You Have Never Done ANY Drugs Since That Article ]
[ Not Smoked Or Even Snorted One Little Particle ]

[ You Keep That Specific Sports Illustrated Magazine On
Your Bookcase ]
[ You Keep That Message Right In Front Of Your Face ]

[ Drugs Are Bad ]
[ Death Is Sad ]

[ Staying Alive … Makes Everyone Happy ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(765)▪︎[ A Cowboy’s Game? Really? … 9•10•2021 ]

[ Today, You Did An Amazing Thing, When Watching A Football
     Game ]
[ You Actually Rooted For A Team, With A Different Name ]

[ Because, You See ]
[ The Cowboys Have Always Been Your Steelers Arch Enemy ]

[ Yes, THOSE ‘Boys ]
[ Yes, This Was Football ]
[ No, Not Toys ]

[ It Is Solely Because Of This Woman, Whom You Call, Your Best
     Friend ]
[ Tonight You Proved To Her ]
[ That You Would Do Anything For Her, Until The Very End ]

[ She Is A Die Hard Dallas Cowboy’s Fan ]
[ & You Are A Pittsburgh Steelers Man ]

[ They Have Battled It Out (3) Times In The Super Bowl ]
[ Beating The Cowboys Was Always The Goal ]

[ But Today You Had To Swim Against Your Stream ]
[ You Pinched Yourself (2) Times To Make Sure This Was Not
     A Backwards Dream ]

[ You Actually Rooted For Them To Win ]
[ All Because Of Your Best Friend ]

[ Don’t Ever Call You A Liar ]
[ When You Say That If You Were Asked ]
[ For Her, You Would Walk Through A Blazing Fire ]

[ You See, This Lady Completely Altered Your Life ]
[ She Told You How To Be Better Father ]
[ & She Helped You, Be A Better Husband To Your Wife ]

[ But Root For The Cowboys To Win, Was A Doozy ]
[ Wish ]
[ When You Rooted For Them To Score, That Made You Quite
     Woozy ]

[ You Actually Got Tongue Tide ]
[ When The Game Started & You Told Yourself What You
     Needed To Do ]
[ You Knew It Was Going To Be A Bumpy Ride ]

[ But It Did Make Sense ]
[ When It Came To Rooting For Tom Brady’s Team ]
[ You Were Never On His Side Of The Fence ]

[ When You Now See That Cowboys Star You Ask ]
[ (I HAVE TO ROOT FOR THAT?) ]
[ Oh Yes, You Were Told ]
[ & You Have To Root For A Quarterback ]
[ Named (DAK) ]

[ You Tell Yourself That This Won’t Be All That Bad ]
[ Their Roster Does Not Make You Feel Sad ]

[ But You Would Walk (10) Miles ]
[ To See One Of Cavarona’s Smiles ]

[ The Love You Have For Your Best Friend Runs Deep ]
[ You Hope That After A Day Rooting For Her ‘Boys ]
[ Doesn’t Keep You From Getting A Good Night’s Sleep ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(766)▪︎[ Stop To Smell The … ? … 9•10•2021 ]

[ Are You That (1) Sheep That Always Gets Lost? ]
[ @ The Highest Cost? ]

[ Are You The One That Is Always So Sick ]
[ & Plays Russian Roulette ]
[ With A Semiautomatic? ]

[ Instead Of Involving ]
[ A Gun That Keeps Revolving? ]

[ What Is It About That Game ]
[ That Is Never The Same? ]
[ Who Wins? ]
[ Then, Who Is To Blame? ]

[ The Lost Sheep Does Not Follow ]
[ A Single Soul ]
[ He Is Not Defined, By Any Social Role ]
[ Or Was Counted, In Any Census Poll ]

[ The Lost Sheep Keeps Meeting People Who Are So Shallow ]
[ He Feels The Words That He Hears, Sound Hollow ]

[ Nobody Has Any Depth To Their Words ]
[ Especially After Everything That Has Occurred ]

[ There Seems To Be So Many Clowns Walking The Street ]
[ So Many Wrong People That He Has To Meet ]

[ In His Lifetime ]
[ Before He Can Meet The Lemon ]
[ That Goes With His Lime ]
[ He Wants To Meet, Someone ]
[ Who Makes The Nights, Sublime ]

[ Not Any Of These (YES PEOPLE) That He Sees On The
Sidewalks ]
[ Who Wants To Have These Monotonous Talks ]

[ They Want To Have (BRUNCH) ]
[ Instead Of Having An Ordinary Lunch ]

[ Whatever Is In Style ]
[ … For Awhile ]

[ The Lost Sheep Has No Shelter ]
[ He Gets Tired Of Reading About Manson’s Dream Of Helter
Skelter ]

[ He Was Whackier Than The Lost Sheep Was Lonely ]
[ If Only ]

[ Someone Was Always On The Other End Of The Phone ]
[ When He Only Hears The Dial Tone ]
[ It Makes Him Feel More Alone ]

[ He Could Run Back & Join The Flock ]
[ & Then Aimlessly Walk ]

[ From Field To Field ]
[ Not Even Trying To Yield ]

[ To Stop & Smell The Flowers ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(723)▪︎[ It’s All In Your Head … 8•29•2021 ]

[ Pain Really Is The Guy That Rules The Roost ]
[ Everytime That He Shows Up For The Party ]
[ You Need An Adrenaline Boost ]

[ Pain Bulldizes Right Over Happiness Or Feeling Glad ]
[ When He Leaves ]
[ Everything Is Sad ]

[ Travel Travels Or Shows Up Carrying A Full Suitcase ]
[ It Will Camp Out ]
[ In Your Toes, Or In Your Face ]

[ It Packs A Wall-Up Or It Can Be A Little Nagging Bitch ]
[ It Can Even Come In The Form Of An Itch ]

[ Sometimes Pain Can Put You On Your Seat ]
[ It Can Hit Your Back So Fast & Hard ]
[ It Can Knock You Off Your Feet ]

[ When It Comes On Really Fast ]
[ The Feeling Can Last & Last ]

[ It Can Give You A Bloody Nose ]
[ It Can Be In Your Feet & Your Toes ]

[ Oftentimes There Will Be, No Blood In Site ]
[ That Does Not Mean That It Is Not There To Fight ]

[ Pain Can Make You Feel Beat ]
[ It Can Even Affect When, Or What, You Want To Eat ]

[ It Does Not Matter Your Weight Or Height ]
[ Pain Can Also Ruin Your Night ]

[ In The Large Ring ]
[ Of Feelings ]
[ Pain Has Always Been King ]

[ Deep, Throbbing Or Sharp ]
[ Pain Is Not So Quiet That You Could Hear A Harp ]

[ Pain Can Travel From Your Back Clear Down Your Leg ]
[ To Get It To Stop Where It Starts ]
[ You Can’t Even Beg ]
[ So It Won’t Affect Any Other Parts ]

[ Pain Always Goes Wherever It Wants ]
[ Scars Are Not What Pain Flaunts ]

[ But Sometimes Scars, Is What Pain Sometimes Leaves ]
[ Some Cannot Be Covered With Pants ]
[ Or A Shirt That Has Long Sleeves ]

[ Scars Can Be Left On The Head Or Face ]
[ Pain Can Go All Over The Place ]

[ Some Pain Is In Your Head ]
[ Some Diagnosis’s Have Been Totally Misread ]

[ But Then Something That One Of Your Doctors Said
     That Made You Take Everything You Think Of Pain ]
[ But He Also Explained ]

[ (ALL PAIN IS IN YOUR HEAD) ]
[ He Said ]

[ There Is A Part Of Your Brain That Registers Pain Some
     Where On Your Body ]
[ & This Goes For Everybody ]

[ There Are Dr’s. That Make You Feel That It Is (ALL IN YOUR
     HEAD) Meaning They Cannot Find Anything Wrong ]
[ & His Office Or The Hospital Is (NOT) Where You Belong ]

[ Basically Saying (YOU’re FAKING IT) Right Then ]
[ He Wasn’t There When … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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