(542)▪︎[ Can You Write About It? … 7•4•2021 ]

[ How Can You Write About Love If You Can’t Write About
Overcoming Loss? ]
[ There Is Never A Day That You Get Over Love Lost With Just
An Over-The-Shoulder Toss ]

[ Whenever You Write, You Have To Write From The Heart ]
[ Then You Can’t Worry About Some Jerk ]
[ Tearing Your Written Word Apart ]

[ When You Step Into A Relationship You Must Be
Fearless ]
[ When You Write About Love You Can’t Be Any Less ]

[ You Must Stay True To Who You Are ]
[ You Can’t Think That Love Will Be Sugary & Sweet ]
[ As A Candy Bar ]

[ If You Are Filled With Alot Of Emotion ]
[ Than Be Emotional ]
[ Then Show Your Devotion ]

[ Never Let ]
[ Yourself To Fall, For A False Propet ]

[ When It Goes For Money & Lovin’ ]
[ They Are A Dime A Dozen ]

[ You Have Found That To Grow ]
[ You Have To Accept The Things That You Do Not Know ]

[ Nobody Knows Everything ]
[ & Until You Dip Your Toe In The Water ]
[ You Won’t Learn A Thing ]

[ You Will Never Earn ]
[ Someone’s Love & Respect ]
[ Until You Learn ]
[ What You Should Not Always Expect ]

[ You Should Not Expect Anything ]
[ & Everybody Has Something Unique & Different To Bring ]

[ To The Big Party ]
[ Some Come In Eating Light ]
[ Others Come In, Eating Hearty ]

[ It Was Always The Hearty Eater That You Would Pick ]
[ Not Because They Would Eat Until They Got Sick ]

[ They Have Always Been More Natural ]
[ Sometimes They Are Also More Factual ]

[ You Won’t Understand Loss Until You Lose Someone ]
[ Or They Leave Because They Figured Out That They Were Done ]

[ Then You Have To Deal With Being Alone ]
[ Silence Has It’s Own ]
[ Uncomfortable Tone ]

[ There Is An Annoying Hush ]
[ But Nobody Was Around, To Tell You To ( SHUSH ) ]

[ You Settle Into Going To Bed With Nobody Sleeping To
Your Right ]
[ You Really Don’t Like The Sight ]
[ But, Now This Is Your Plight ]

[ Is This Something You Would Be Comfortable Writing
About? ]
[ If You Have Doubt ]

[ Then Don’t ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(540)▪︎[ Lies … 7•3•2021 ]

[ When I Wake-Up & Open Up My Tired Eyes ]
[ I Will Wonder How Many Times People Will Try To Get By Me
By Telling Their Many Lies ]

[ Why Do So Many People Have An Allergy With The Truth? ]
[ They Would Even Try To Tell You That There Are No Peanuts
In A Candy Bar Called ( BABY RUTH ) ]

[ Some People Just Lie & Lie Some More ]
[ They Would Even Lie About The Color Of A Door ]

[ That Is Until The Truth Comes Out ]
[ Then They Will Be Asked ( WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? ) ]

[ Why? ]
[ Do People Lie? ]

[ Is It Just To One Up Another? ]
[ While Growing Up To Being An Adult ]
[ Do Most People Lie To Their Father Or Mother? ]

[ How Far Does That Get You In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things? ]

[ Not Very Far I Guess ]
[ You Don’t Always Have To Say ( YES ) ]
[ That Is The Quickest Way To Getting Yourself In A Mess ]

[ Some People Lie To Get False Bravado ]
[ Then How Far Does That Go? ]

[ Not Very Far ]
[ That Would Be Like Having ( LIQUID COURAGE ) In A Bar ]

[ Lies Can Catch Up To You Really Fast ]
[ You Need To Have A Good Memory Of What You Said Last ]

[ But Most Don’t ]
[ Will People Stick Around? ]
[ Most Won’t ]

[ Then You Are Back To Being Alone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(539)▪︎[ To You, My Wife … 7•3•2021 ]

[ Well The Year Was 1994 ]
[ I Was In A Tumultuous Relationship ]
[ So I Decided That I Didn’t Want Anymore ]

[ I Moved To A New City For A Fresh Start ]
[ To Lick My Wounds ]
[ & Try My Hardest To Mend My Bruised Heart ]

[ Then This Nice Fellow Employee That I Worked With
Came Up To Me & Asked Me Out For Her Good Friend ]
[ I Smiled & Told Her That I Was Flattered ]
[ But I Said ( NO ) & Told Her It Was Because My Heart
Was On The Mend ]

[ Then I Met This Girl In The Breakroom For Employees
One Day ]
[ I Guess I Only Had A Few Words To Say ]

[ That Chance Meeting Completely Changed The Trajectory
Of My Life ]
[ That Chance Meeting Was With My Future Wife ]

[ It Took Me A Few Months To Realize Who She Was Going
To Turn Into ]
[ Because Throughout The Years I Had Unsuccessful
Relationships With Quite A Few ]

[ I Finally Found The Cinderella That Would Fit Into My
Slipper Of Glass ]
[ My Heart Was Telling Me That This Relationship Will Last ]
[ & She Is Nothing Like Any Of Those Women In My Past ]

[ If Women Have Dreams Of A Knight In Shining Armor, What
Do Men Have To Dream Of? ]
[ How About A Beautiful, Caring, Understanding Princess
That Is Full Of Love ]

[ That Lady That I Met In The Break Room By Chance ]
[ Is The Only Woman Who Makes My Heart Dance ]

[ She Has A Beautiful Soul ]
[ & She Is The Reason That I Feel Whole ]

[ We Have Been Through Our Ups & Downs ]
[ & Through The Last 27 Years We Have Covered Alot Of
Ground ]
[ But From What I’ve Found ]

[ My Only Role ]
[ In Life ]
[ Is To Try To Be The Best Husband To Nicole ]
[ My Wife ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(536)▪︎[ Live Your Life … 7•2•2021 ]

[ It Is Okay, Today ]
[ To Not Be Okay ]

[ It Is Okay To Be A Little Lost ]
[ It Is Okay To Be A Dreamer ]
[ No Matter The Cost ]

[ There Are Days When You Feel A Little Off ]
[ It Is Okay To Take A Sick Day Even Though You Don’t
Have A Cough ]

[ Even Though You Are A Man ]
[ It Is Okay If You Search For The Sun Because You Want
To Get A Tan ]

[ Days Can Feel A Little Foggy ]
[ Because There Are Nights When You Don’t Sleep ]
[ Making Your Mornings A Little Groggy ]

[ It Is Okay To Be 58 & Still Wear Only Shorts ]
[ It Is An Achievement That Your Record Is Clean ]
[ Because You Have Been Able To Stay Out Of The Criminal
Courts ]

[ You Try To Find Humor, In The Hardest Situations ]
[ You Try To Help Others, When They Have Complications ]

[ You See That Laughter Is Always In Style ]
[ You Have Found That A Compliment To A Complete
Stranger, Makes Them Smile ]

[ Because They Are So Unexpected, Coming From A Stranger
Such As You ]
[ Until You Say The Last Word ]
[ They Have No Clue ]

[ It Is Okay That It Makes You Smile When That Is What You
Are Able To Do For Others ]
[ Maybe Doing That, Helps You Get Over The Pain That You Have
Because Of The Death Of Your Brother ]

[ You Have Found That Complimenting Someone Else ]
[ Helps Yourself ]

[ It Is Okay To Warm Your Own Heart ]
[ By Trying To Warm Another Person’s ]
[ Heart, An Art ]

[ Give ]
[ Don’t Take ]
[ Live ]
[ By Never Being Fake ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(534)▪︎[ The Footprint … 6•30•2021 ]

[ Who Can Can Catch Lightning In A Bottle? ]
[ Is That The Daredevil Who Is Quick With The Throttle? ]

[ Driving Through Town As Fast As He Can ]
[ When You Think Of Him ]
[ You Could Say That He’s A Man’s Man ]

[ Is He The Only One That Can Leave A Footprint In The Dust? ]
[ Is Being A Daredevil A Must? ]

[ No, It’s Not, Is What You Say ]
[ You Try To Leave Your Foot Print Every Day ]

[ In The Sand, Clay, Mud Or Dirt ]
[ You Would Even Give A Man In Need, Your Own Shirt ]

[ Off Of Your Back ]
[ If You Really Think About It ]
[ That Was Just One Shirt Out Of A Big Stack ]

[ One Way That You Could Leave Your Footprint Is By What
You Can Give ]
[ You Also Can Leave An Impression By How You Live ]

[ Do You Walk, Take A Bus Or Ride The Train? ]
[ Or Do You Stay In The House & Refrain ]

[ & Play Games? ]
[ With People With Various Last Names? ]

[ If You Had One Wish, What Would It Be? ]
[ Would You Wish That One Wish ]
[ Would Turn Into Three? ]

[ & So On & So On Until Everybody Will Have One ]
[ Letting Everyone To Have Some Fun ]

[ One Of Their Own ]
[ Maybe Some Would Wish For A Million Dollars ]
[ While Some Would Just Want An Ice Cream Cone ]

[ Leaving Your Handprint On This Earth ]
[ Does Not Prove Your Worth ]

[ Now Leaving Memories In Lots Of Different People’s
Mind ]
[ Is The Best Kind ]

[ Of Footprint ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(519)▪︎[ Who Is There? … 6•25•2021 ]

[ As I Sit Here Trying To Pull On My White Socks ]
[ I Here The Tic-Tok ]
[ Of My Wall Clock’s]

[ They Are The Only Sounds That I Can Hear ]
[ & That, Right There]
[ Just Illuminates My Fear ]

[ I Don’t Expect To Hear Another Sound ]
[ Because There Is Not Another Soul Around ]

[ @ This Time ]
[ That I Am Sucking On This Lime ]

[ That, In Itself, Makes My Sucker ]
[ Pucker ]

[ Would This Have The Same Affect On You? ]
[ If Not ]
[ What Would It Do? ]
[ If So ]
[ Would You Even Have The Remotest Clue? ]

[ Would It Burn All Of The Way Down? ]
[ Would It Burn The Whole Time That You, Would Be In Town? ]
[ Would Those Answers Force Me To Use A Different Noun ]

[ Or Two ]
[ Hmmm, Am I Picking Up On A Totally Obscure Social Cue? ]

[ I Don’t Know About This ]
[ Let Me Look On My List ]

[ Should I Care ]
[ If It Is Not There? ]

[ Well That Makes Me Feel Like I Need To Go ]
[ So, If You Say So ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(514)▪︎[ You Need To Choose … 6•24•2021 ]

[ Sometimes In Life You Get What You Want But Not What
     You Need ]
[ Why Do You Always Follow? ]
[ When You Really Want To Lead? ]

[ You Have More Talent In Your Little Finger ]
[ Than Most People Have In Their Whole Existence ]
[ You Don’t Want To Step Out ]
[ So, You Just Stand Back & Linger ]

[ Just Wanting To Blend Into The Crowd ]
[ Letting Your Thoughts Drift Into The Clouds ]

[ Thoughts That Could Be The Keys To The Universe ]
[ But You Never Want To Transverse ]
[ On Over ]
[ Just To Converse ]

[ Even For Awhile ]
[ Because That Was Never Your Style ]

[ When Are You Going To Find Your Niche? ]
[ That Should Be Your Number (1) Wish ]

[ But You Would Rather Walk A Mile ]
[ Than To Come Forward & Show Your Guile ]

[ To Be Able To Get Out Of The Muddle You Were In ]
[ Then You Would Have To Show The Puddle That You
     Fell In & When ]

[ Others Would Tell You To Sit Down & Think ]
[ & Slow Down The Drink ]

[ A Shot Here & A Straight Shot Of Tequila There ]
[ Sometimes You Get So Drunk ]
[ You Give Off The Feeling That You Don’t Really Care ]

[ That Is Not A Good Look On You ]
[ & It Looks Like You Have A Mirror With Some Residue ]

[ Of Some Sort Of Powdery Substance That Looks White ]
[ Making People Wonder If You Are Doing Things That Aren’t
     Right? ]

[ You Do Know That Snorting Meth ]
[ Only Leads To Death ]

[ If You Don’t, You Should ]
[ If You Did, You Would ]
[ If You Are, You Could ]

[ Know About That ]
[ Care About That ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(513)▪︎[ Life … 6•23•2021 ]

[ What Makes The World Go ‘Round For You These Days? ]
[ Is It Being Able To Touch Others In Different Ways? ]

[ Are You The Friend & Protector, So Others Can Feel Safe? ]
[ From Assaults, Robberies & Rape? ]

[ Are You The Rock? ]
[ Because You Have A Good Shoulder To Lean On Around
     The Clock? ]

[ Who Listens To You When You Need To Talk? ]
[ Do You Have To Go Outside & Write ( S.O.S. ) In Chalk? ]

[ To Get Someone’s Attention? ]
[ Is That The Only Way That You Are Able To Get Some
     Affection? ]

[ What Is Your Calling In Life? ]
[ What Do You See As Your Guiding Light? ]
[ Who Was The Person That Taught You Wrong From Right? ]

[ You Cannot Sit Back & Expect The World To Come @ You ]
[ Sometimes You Get As Much As You Do ]
[ Not As Much As You Think That You Are Due ]

[ There Is A Big Problem ]
[ When Some Sit Back & Think That The World Should Go To
     Them ]

[ The World Does Not Owe You A Dime ]
[ & You Cannot Ever Stock Up On Time ]

[ One Continuum In Life Is That Time Never Stops ]
[ & Everybody Drops ]

[ It Is Just A Matter Of When ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(160)▪︎[ The Little Old Lady … 2•22•2021 ]

[ One Day Old Mother Hubbard ]
[ Went & Opened Her Cupbourds ]

[ Only To Find It Completely Bare ]
[ Of Socks ]
[ Or Underwear ]
[ Since She Had No Food, That Is What She Tried To
     Put In There ]

[ Because Of The Shortages Of Food ]
[ @ The Supermarket ]
[ It Always Put Her In An Extremely Bad Mood ]

[ Food Has Become Scarce, Especially Of Her Favorite
     Vegetables ]
[ Only The Earliest Shoppers Were Able ]

[ To Get What They Wanted ]
[ Then Would Come Outside Towards The Line To Get In ]
[ & Be Happy & Walk Away After They Taunted ]

[ Every Person In Line ]
[ Messing With Everyone’s Mind ]

[ So The Old Lady Went To Her Neighbor, Scooby-Doo ]
[ When He Opened The Door, She Said ( HI, I AM YOUR
     NEIGHBOR, THE ONE WHO LIVES IN THE SHOE ) ]

[ Scooby-Doo Said ( YES I KNOW WHO YOU ARE ) ]
[ ( YOU ARE THE LADY WHO OWNS THAT BEAUTIFUL
     CAR ) ]

[ She Said, ( YES, DID YOU KNOW? ) ]
[ ( THAT IT IS A ’65 GTO? ) ]

[ After Making Some Small Talk ]
[ Then Getting The Food That She Came There For ]
[ She Set Out For Walk ]
[ Back To Her Front Door ]

[ Then Fred & Barney Drove By Really Fast ]
[ She Thought ( THEY ARE SUCH THE CUTE COUPLE ) ]
[ She Was Glad That Fred Could Get Over Barney’s
     Abusive Past ]
[ & Many Years Ago She Was Skeptical That Their
     Marriage Would Ever Last ]

[ She Was Glad That They Got Away From Those Cheating ]
[ & Thieving ]

[ Wives ]
[ Once Those Two Became Neighbors ]
[ They Started To Ruin Fred & Barney’s Lives ]

[ & Pebbles Used To Be Such The Cute & Well Behaved
     Child ]
[ But Once Wilma Got Custody Of Her In The Divorce ]
[ She Started Doing Drugs & Running Around Being Wild ]

[ But Bam Bam Turned Out To Be A Very Upstanding
    Guy ]
[ He’s The Kind Of Man That Would Never Steal Or Lie ]

[ Then On Her Way Home ]
[ She Walked By Several Neighbors That She Did Not Know ]

[ One Of Them Seemed Lazy ]
[ One Of Them Looked Shady ]
[ & The Other One Acted All Out Crazy ]

[ When The Old Lady Got Back To Her Shoe, She Put Her
     Groceries On The Bare Shelves ]
[ If & When She Replaces Her Underwear & Socks ]
[ She Would Put Them Somewhere Else ]

[ It Was Amazing What Scooby-Doo Put In A Bag For Her ]
[ Once She Gets Her SSI Disability Check ]
[ She Will Make Him A Dinner, That’s For Sure ]

[ When She Held Her Full Cupboards Open, She Was Amazed @ The
     Sight ]
[ She Thought That She Would Cook A Good Meal For Scooby-
     Doo Tomorrow Night ]

[ But Then She Heard Someone Banging On The Front Door ]
[ & She Wondered Who Could That Be ]
[ So She Grabbed Her Mossburg Double Barreled Shotgun &
     Walked Across The Floor ]
[ To Look Through The Peephole To See ]

[ It Was A Very Drunk Easter Bunny That Was Kicking The Door
     With His Big Feet ]
[ He Was Drunk & He Had The Wrong House ]
[ Since He Lived Around The Corner On A Different Street ]

[ But She Still Invited Him For A Good Meal ]
[ & When She Was Cooking ]
[ She Dumped A Whole Bottle Of Poison On The Veal ]

[ She Sat Down To Wait ]
[ As He Ate ]

[ The Poison Finally Worked & He Slumped Over Dead On His
     Seat ]
[ I Guess He Needed To Be Aware Of What He Would Eat ]

[ The Old Lady Remembered That The Easter Bunny Never Paid Back
     A Single One Of His Loans ]
[ When The Bills Came Due 3 Months Ago ]
[ She Almost Lost Everything She Owned ]

[ So She Has Always Gone By The Saying That ( REVENGE IS
     BETTER WHEN SERVED COLD ) ]
[ When She Looked Down @ The Dead Bunny ]
[ She Quietly Said ( YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD ) ]
[ ( TO ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU’re TOLD! ) ]

[ So When The Old Lady Had The Help Of Her 3 Eldest
    Children ]
[ It Was No Problem ]
[ To Drag Him ]
[ Into The Back Yard By The Huge Garden ]

[ Then They All Got Their Shovels To Dig A Fourth Grave ]
[ All Of The Money Their Mother Gives Them, They Like To Save ]

[ Once A Month The Old Lady Takes Them To The Store To Buy
     New Toys ]
[ She Loved To Hear Their Laughter & Joy ]

[ Since This Is The Fourth Grave It Was Not All That Hard ]
[ & There Is Room For Plenty More Since They Have A Big Back
     Yard ]

[ The Other Graves Belong To The Three Little Grown-Up Pigs ]
[ She Found Out Their Marijuana Growing Operation Was Getting
     Really Big ]

[ & They Told The Little Old Lady That They Didn’t Care ]
[ To Share ]

[ So She Invited The Whole Troop ]
[ Over For Dinner ]
[ & She Served Them Each, A Big Bowl Of Poisoned Tomato
     Soup ]

[ The Biggest Little Pig Was The One That Dropped Last ]
[ The Other Two Went Really Fast ]

[ When The FBI Goes Looking For The Fourth Missing Man In A
     Month ]
[ Nobody Talks To Them ]
[ So It Makes Things Tough ]

[ All They Know Is That Four Men Have Gone Missing In This
     Close Knit Neighborhood ]
[ & The Chances Of Solving The Cases Does Not Look Very
     Good ]

[ 4 Down, But There Is Still One More Chump ]
[ That She Wants To Add ]
[ An Eyesore Of A House Across The Street Hides An Extremely
     Horrible Man Called Donald Trump ]
[ & What Really Doesn’t Sound Too Bad ]
[ Is If She Could Pull Off The Ultimate Bonus ]
[ By Adding Every Single Person That Calls Him Dad ]

[ But Then Will She Stop? ]
[ Making Men In The Neighborhood Drop? ]

[ That Still Remains To Be Seen ]
[ Because The Choices Are Getting Pretty Lean ]

[ But The Neighbors Never Think That It Is A Big Loss ]
[ When Men Disappear ]
[ After Picking That Sweet Old Lady To Cross ]

[ She Is The Protector Of Them All ]
[ Because When Or If Something Goes Wrong ]
[ All They Have To Do Is Give That Sweet Old Lady A Call ]

[ & Just Like The Old Lady Is Good @ Bowling ]
[ A Simple Call To Her Gets The Ball Rolling ]

[ When The Little Old Lady Moved In More Than (40) Years
     Ago ]
[ She Wanted All Her Neighbors To Know ]

[ Nobody Messes With Her Or Her Friends ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(520)▪︎[ A Happy Marriage … 6•26•2021 ]

[ Being ½ Of A Successful Marriage Partnership Has Been The
Hardest Job You Have Ever Had ]
[ Though Alot More Rewarding Than Your Failed Aatempt @
Being A Dad ]

[ You Can’t Make Somebody Love You ]
[ No Matter How Hard You Try ]
[ & No Matter What You Do ]

[ In A Marriage You Get What You Give ]
[ It All Depends On How You Want To Live ]

[ Peace & Harmony Are Two Important Ingredients To Work
For ]
[ If You Don’t Have That For The Majority Of The Time ]
[ Someone Would Be Headed For The Door ]

[ One Thing That People Say ]
[ Is That You Don’t Want To Be Mad @ Each Other @ The End Of
The Day ]

[ That Is Nearly Impossible To Happen ]
[ Once Something Is Said … ]
[ Then … ]

[ An Argument Is Hard To Stop ]
[ A Subject That You Are Talking About Is Hard To Drop ]

[ Being Understanding & Having Patience Are A Must ]
[ (2) Very Important Tasks Is To Give & Have Trust ]

[ ( HELLO ) Turns To Like Then Turns To Love ]
[ A Committment Is Made That Is Tight As A Glove ]

[ Through The Years Each Other Goes Through Changes
But They Always Need To Adjust As They Come ]
[ Never, You Say Never, Call Your Spouse Dumb ]

[ It Is Imperative ]
[ That In Stressful Times, You Need To Get Creative ]

[ Understand That Each Of You Comes With Emotional
Baggage & Faults ]
[ Always Give From The Heart ]
[ & Show More Emotions Than A Robot ]

[ Celibrate Milestones & Never Forget Birthdays Or The
Anniversary Of Your Wedding Day ]
[ Stick Together Through The Good & The Bad ]
[ & … Stay ]

[ You Are 25 Years In ]
[ & You Would Do All Of This All Over Again & Again ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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