(719)▪︎[ Not Your Thing … 8•26•2021 ]

[ How Does One Maneuver Their Way, Through The Masses
Of People Out In Society ]
[ When It Seems Like You Have Nothing In Common With
Anybody? ]

[ You Don’t Care To Know About The Mechanics & Costs Of
Houses Or Cars ]
[ You Have Zero To Talk About, If You Started Hanging Out In
The Local Bars ]

[ You Know Even Less, About Trucks ]
[ Or Shooting @ Ducks ]

[ Excuse Me, What Kind Of Ammunition & Guns Do You Use? ]
[ Would You Ever Call That, Animal Abuse? ]

[ People Don’t See The Problem ]
[ When They Are Shooting @ Them? ]

[ You Guess You Could Cross (DUCK HUNTING) Off Of Your
Bucket List ]
[ By Doing That ]
[ Are You Going To Get A Slap On The Wrist? ]

[ You Have Always Liked One-to-One Conversations Better ]
[ Not Talking About Income Taxes, The Latest (TESLA) Specs
Or The Weather ]

[ You Tend To Stay Silent Because You Have Nothing To Add ]
[ Then That Makes You Look Sad ]

[ Not Sad In A Good Way ]
[ That Is Why You Tend To Walk Away ]
[ Why Should You Just Stand There? ]
[ Why Should You Stay? ]

[ It Is Not That You Sit & Talk, With Yourself ]
[ Or Don’t Want To Talk, With Anyone Else ]

[ People Should Stay With What Works ]
[ So It Hides Their Quirks ]

[ You Would Rather Talk With People (1) @ A Time ]
[ So You Could Ask Them Questions ]
[ & Maybe You Will Read Them A Rhyme ]

[ You Ask Questions, About Them, So They Will Talk ]
[ You Will Never Turn Down A Nice, Simple Walk ]
[ But That Makes Some People Balk ]

[ Some People More Anonymous Being In A Group ]
[ They Fill Much Better As Part Of A Troop ]

[ This Is The Way That Some Are Wired ]
[ & You Are Growing Tired ]

[ The Family Get Together’s Do Not Make You Feel Accepted ]
[ They Never Make You Feel Included ]
[ Only Rejected ]

[ Sometimes It Is Better To Own ]
[ Your Feelings Of Wanting To Be Alone ]

[ & Your Conclusion Is ]
[ Those Family Get Together’s Are A Big Miss ]
[ Sometimes There Is No Such Thing As Family Bliss ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(685)▪︎[ A Good Try … 8•16•2021 ]

[ Have You Ever Run Into An Immovable Object That You
Can’t Go Around? ]
[ There Is Not A Path To Be Found ]

[ Is This Object In Real Life Or Is It Solely In Your Head? ]
[ Is This Just A Problem In Some Of Your Dreams ]
[ That You Have, While Sleeping In Your Bed? ]

[ But It Is Now Consuming Your Thoughts ]
[ & Making You See Spots ]

[ Are The Spots Colorful Or Do They Just Come In Black &
White? ]
[ Do You Go Left? ]
[ Or Do You Go Right? ]
[ Which Way Is Best For Your Sight? ]

[ Okay, Neither ]
[ One Works ]
[ Would Either ]
[ One Have It’s Quirks ]

[ Does This Problem That You See ]
[ Have The Capability ]
[ Of Being Multiplied By (3)? ]

[ Maybe The Problem Could Be Resolved When You Sleep ]
[ Really Deep ]

[ But There Is One Problem With Those Theories ]
[ It Comes With Many Queries ]

[ Can You Ever Get Deep Enough? ]
[ Most Of The Time That Seems To Be Really Tough ]

[ Without Knocking Your Resolve ]
[ This Problem Cannot Be Solved ]

[ It Was A Valiant Try ]
[ From Just An Ordinary Guy ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(226)▪︎[ There Will Come A Day … 3•18•2021 ]

[ I Need To Tell You That The Day Will Come ]
[ When You Are Not Feeling So Numb ]

[ A Memory Wll Bring A Smile To Your Lips Before
     A Tear Drops From Your Eyes ]
[ You Will Never Listen To The Lies ]

[ Your Memories Are What You Made ]
[ You Never Listened To Those Who Forbade ]

[ You Believe What You Believe ]
[ & You Never Let Them Force You To Leave ]

[ Always Believe In You ]
[ Always Do What You Need To Do ]

[ Never Show Interest In Only Yourself ]
[ Always Try To Wear The Smallest Belt ]

[ But When You Out Grow Of One, Don’t Throw That
     One Away ]
[ Don’t Throw It Out Because That Is Not What You
     Currently Weigh ]

[ Because Now You Don’t ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(700)▪︎[ She Now Has A Man … 8•21•2021 ]

[ Dani & Roosevelt, Makes Such The Cute Couple ]
[ They Mesh So Well, It Makes Me Chuckle ]

[ Dani Has (FINALLY), Found Her Man ]
[ He Is The Peanut Butter, To Her Jam ]

[ Whenever Roosevelt Is Near, She Gets Weak In The Knees ]
[ Whatever Decision He Makes ]
[ She Agrees ]

[ The Smile On Her Face Tells Me That She Has So Much
     To Say ]
[ All About This One Man That Has Been Nicknamed (TREY) ]

[ Not The Kind That You Serve Food On ]
[ Dani’s Trepidation That She Had About The (C) Word ]
[ Is Now, Long Gone ]

[ Until Roosevelt Came Along, There Had Never Been A Man That
     Dani Would Trust With Her Heart ]
[ Now She Does Not Like The Hours & Minutes When They Need
     To Be Apart ]

[ I Had Never Heard A Man Call My Friend (BABY) ]
[ If I Would Have Asked Dani If This Would Have Happened (9)
     Months Ago ]
[ She Would Not Even Give Me A (MAYBE) ]

[ Sometimes I Rub My Eyes To Convince Myself That This
     Was Happening, Before My Very Eyes ]
[ When They Exclaim Sweet Nothings ]
[ Neither One Is Telling The Other One (LIES) ]

[ Roosevelt Seems Like A Good Man With Strong Convictions ]
[ From What I See, He Is Now Dani’s New Addiction ]

[ Dani Has Never Been Seen Here With A Man On Her Arm ]
[ Besides Me ]
[ She Trusts That This Man Was Not Going To Cause Her
     Any Harm ]

[ I Told Dani In The The Past ]
[ That Our Friendship Would Last ]

[ Dani Has Had My Back On Many Occasions ]
[ By Giving Me Much Needed Information ]
[ Followed With Explainations ]

[ Dani Has Always Marched To Her Own Beat ]
[ But Now She Figured Out That Roosevelt Makes Her Feel
     Complete ]

[ Everytime That They Are Kissing ]
[ Dani Has Finally Found Out What She Had Been Missing ]

[ Dani Has Always Looked Head-On @ Her Fears ]
[ (NOW) She Has Figured Out How Nicole & I Have Lasted
     Over (25) Years ]

[ Does She Still Make That (THROWING-UP) Sound ]
[ I Am Not So Sure It Would Be The Same, Since Roosevelt Has
     Been Coming Around ]

[ When You Call Him (TREY) It Is Not Because There Are Only (3)
     Good Qualities About Him ]
[ He Is Also A Bright Light ]
[ That Never Goes Dim ]

[ Roosevelt Has Never Needed To Whisper A Single Day Of
     His Life ]
[ I Guess Dani Knows, If He Hangs To The Left Or To
     His Right ]

[ I Count Three Words That I Can Describe Him When He Is
    Here, They Are (RESPECTFUL), (QUIET) & (HUMBLE) ]
[ He Seems Like A Really Soft Spoken Man, Who Does Not
     Mumble ]

[ Roosevelt Seems Like A Very Special Find ]
[ Dani Loves When Roosevelt Walks In Front Her ]
[ So She Can Stare @ His Behind ]

[ Roosevelt & Dani Are Always Welcomed In My House ]
[ I Am Sure That Goes Double From My Spouse ]

[ You Two Are So Good Together ]
[ Now Dani Has Found Her Missing Feather ]

[ I Am Going To End This Rhyme ]
[ By Saying … Damn Dani, It’s About TIME! ]

[ I Am Glad To Have You Here, Roosevelt ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(699)▪︎[ The Soldier Comes Through … 8•21•2021 ]

[ A Man Once Said That (WAR IS NOT WON BY SENTIMENT,
     IT IS WON BY SOLDIERS) ]
[ Would That Be The Thinking Of Our Elders? ]

[ Through All Of Our Wars Soldiers Died Horrible Deaths
     On The Fields Of Battle ]
[ Through It All ]
[ It Seemed Like Most Of The Soldiers Were Not Rattled ]

[ A Steady Hand When They Were Firing Their Guns ]
[ The Brave Soldier Rarely Runs ]

[ They Were There For Battle, Only ]
[ Most Of The Soldiers That Died ]
[ Died Cold & Lonely ]

[ Most Never Saw It Coming ]
[ The Numbers Were Mind Numbing ]

[ There Is No One More Loyal Person Than A Soldier Defending The
     Only Country That They Have Ever Loved ]
[ That Is The Place Where They Have Not Felt Snubbed ]

[ Trying To Defend Our Flag ]
[ So We Won’t Live In A Country Where People Who Speak
     Their Minds Are Bound & Gagged ]

[ The Flag Is A Symbol Of Peace ]
[ Where People Try To Own A Home ]
[ Not Have To Get One On A Lease ]

[ On A Lease, They Eventually Have To Give It Back ]
[ Then When They Get The Option To Buy It ]
[ It Is The Money That They Lack ]

[ When The Lease Is Up They Must Lease Another One ]
[ They Will Find Out That Constantly Moving Is Not
     Very Fun ]

[ The Soldier ]
[ As They Grow Older ]

[ Feels Like Others Are So Ungrateful ]
[ & They Also Become Increasingly Forgetful ]

[ Forgetful Of The Sacrifice & Risk That They Made & Took ]
[ The Only Evidence Of The Soldiers Actions ]
[ Are Now Discussed When People Read About Them In
     History Books ]

[ The Soldier Is Our First & Last Line Of Defense ]
[ So When It Comes To Studying History ]
[ The Word (SOLDIER) Should Be In The First & Last Sentence ]

[ Weapons Do Not Fight The War, The Soldiers Do ]
[ Give The Veterans, What They Are Due ]

[ It Is Believed, That There Has Been (580,135) Soldiers Who Have
     Died Serving Our Country ]
[ That Is Quite A Few Who Has Died, So We Could Walk Around
    Being Free ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(618)▪︎[ That Would Be A Nope … 7•25•2021 ]

[ Right Now Pain ]
[ Is Putting Up Roadblocks In My Brain ]

[ When I Want To Juke To The Right ]
[ My Brain Puts Up A Fight ]

[ When I Am Thinking That I Am In The Clear ]
[ Up Comes A Mirror ]

[ Reflecting What I Do Not Want To See ]
[ Because I Want To Think Free ]

[ Without Obstacles ]
[ Reaching Out It’s Tentacles ]

[ Like An Octopus On Crack ]
[ Always Looking Back ]
[ To Focus On What Is On Track ]

[ Blocking The Road ]
[ & Making Me Feel Old ]

[ Pain Shooting Down My Right Leg ]
[ Making Me Beg ]

[ For It All To Go Away ]
[ Maybe For A Minute, An Hour ]
[ Or A Full Day ]

[ Just Give Me Some Hope ]
[ Not Always A ( NOPE )

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(622)▪︎[ Go Get It … 7•26•2021 ]

[ Unhappy Says You ]
[ As You Search For That One Clue ]

[ That Will Make You Feel Complete ]
[ Since You Are Not On Twitter ]
[ You Know That It Cannot Be A Tweet ]

[ What Are You Looking For? ]
[ Will It Be On The Other Side Of The Door? ]

[ Maybe It Is Down The Path That Winds Through The Woods ]
[ Leading You, To More Shoulds ]
[ Or Is It More Coulds ]

[ Maybe This Is Something That Tells You To Get More Out
Of The Life That You Have Been Given ]
[ Showing You The Path Where You Need To Start Livin’ ]

[ Start Living Your Best Life By Saying ( YES PLEASE ) ]
[ To A Life That Has Been Filled With Cheese ]

[ Earlier In Your Life You Lived To Lift ]
[ Now That You Have Been Given This Gift ]

[ That Is What You Should Center Your Life Around ]
[ Not Beat It Into The Ground ]

[ You Should Experiment ]
[ See What You Can Get ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(708)▪︎[ Walk Towards What You Know … 8•23•2021 ]

[ It Doesn’t Take All Day To Recognize Sunshine ]
[ So I Always Wanted To Make Yours, Mine ]

[ You Have Been Lost ]
[ & You Have Been Found ]
[ You Cannot Believe The Cost ]
[ Since You Last Came Around ]

[ For A Start ]
[ It May Cost You Your Heart ]

[ You Found That The Starter ]
[ Was Much Harder ]

[ Because Of The Welt ]
[ That You Felt ]
[ From The Belt ]

[ Around Your Waist ]
[ But It Was Just A Taste ]

[ Of What Was To Come ]
[ Or Become ]
[ Numb ]

[ When It Gets To The Brain ]
[ It Starts The Rain ]
[ That Starts To Make You Go Nearly Insane ]

[ Because Of The Dark Cloud ]
[ That Hovers Over Your Head ]
[ Making The Silence So Loud ]
[ You Wish That You Were Dead ]

[ But Then A Woman Came Into Your Life ]
[ That Soon Became Your Wife ]

[ While You Were Seeing ]
[ The Sunshine Coming In ]
[ It Started Changing You, As A Human Being ]

[ Knowing That Neither Comments Or Stones ]
[ Will Ever Break Your Bones ]

[ Other People’s Comments Used To Break You Down ]
[ & Grind Your Heart Into The Ground ]

[ But You Try To Think About What Is Right ]
[ & Follow The Beacon Of Light ]
[ Then That Puts A Stop To The Fight ]

[ Because Words Can Hurt ]
[ & Make You Feel Like Dirt ]

[ They Can Leave A Deep Scar ]
[ & They Are All Yours ]
[ Not Ours ]

[ A Scar Is So Individual ]
[ So It Is NOT Divideable ]

[ That Is When You Look Back @ That Beacon Of Light That Found
You Many Years Ago ]
[ Walk Towards The One That You Know ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(612)▪︎[ Are We All So Different? … 7•25•2021 ]

[ Are We All So Different From One Person To The Next? ]
[ Would We All Have Different Interpretations When Reading
     The Same Text? ]

[ We All Are Where We Are, By Taking Different Roads ]
[ We All Stress In Different Ways Under Different Loads ]

[ Your Eyes ]
[ Are Totally Different, When Compared To Different Guys ]

[ Personal Views Are As Different As Each One Of Our
     Fingerprints ]
[ Others Might Excell On Taking Tests ]
[ But You Don’t, Even When Given Hints ]

[ Test Anxiety Is A Real Disorder For Some ]
[ If You Are Unable To Excell On Tests, That Doesn’t Mean That
     You Are Dumb ]

[ When Someone Asks You To Look @ Things Through Their Eyes,
     It Is An Impossible Task ]
[ You Are Always Amazed That Some People Still Ask ]

[ We All Could See The Same Thing On The Nightly News ]
[ Then We Each Would Have Our Own Individual Points Of
     Views ]

[ You Did Not Get To This Same Date In The Exact Same Way As
     Another Guy ]
[ You Did Not Even Stop To Say ( HI ) ]
[ Because You Wanted To Just Walk On By ]
[ Would He Tell You A Lie? ]
[ If He Was Forced To Tell You Why ]

[ The One Thing That Is So Different From One To Another ]
[ It Is The Mind ]
[ It Can Be Different Even Between Twin Brothers ]

[ But Studies Do Say That Twins Are More Of The Same Than
     They Are Different ]
[ Sometimes It Also Depends On The Time Spent ]

[ Together Or Apart ]
[ Sometimes Distance Can Tug @ The Heart ]

[ As Much As We Are Different, We Are Kind Of The Same ]
[ We Have Nature To Blame ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(611)▪︎[ Getting & Hoping For Good Luck … 7•24•2021 ]

[ Is Good Luck Given Or Made? ]
[ If You Don’t Have It ]
[ Can You Find Something To Be Given For A Trade? ]

[ Can You Trade An Ex-Wife For A Day Of Luck? ]
[ If You Can’t & She Finds Out ]
[ You Better Duck ]

[ If & When ]
[ She Ever Sees You Again ]

[ Will Finding A Four Leaf Clover @ The End Of A Rainbow
     Bring You A Pot Of Gold? ]
[ That Will Pay Off All Of Your Everyday Bills ]
[ While You Enjoy Growing Old ]

[ You Have The Luck Of (10) Cracked Mirrors ]
[ Destined To Have Bad Luck For @ Least The Next (70) Years ]

[ You Have Never Had Good Luck Spilling Out Of Your
     Back Pocket ]
[ If You Were To Look @ The List Of Daily Events ]
[ Having Amazing Good Luck Has Never Been Written On
     Any Docket ]

[ Or Pulled In By A Fishing Net ]
[ It Has Never Been Sewn Into The Inside Of Your Favorite Jacket ]

[ Everybody Knows ]
[ That Good Luck Comes & Goes ]

[ Bad Luck Or No Luck Are The Usual Ones That Stick Around ]
[ Whenever You Are Hoping For Good Luck ]
[ That Is The Kind Of Luck That Can’t Be Found ]

[ In Acting It Is Always Bad Luck To Wish Someone Good
     Luck In Some Ways ]
[ If You Don’t Say ( BREAK A LEG ) You Might Not Be Talked
     To For Many Days ]

[ Good Luck Cannot ]
[ Be Bought ]
[ Or Taught ]
[ Sometimes If Luck Is Going Good ]
[ You Need To Be Thankful For The Luck That You’ve Got ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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