Category: [ 2021 Stories ]

(573)▪︎[ Almost Moving Day … 7•13•2021 ]

[ Well, Tomorrow Is The Big Day ]
[ & What Can You Say? ]

[ Yahoo!! ]
[ Boo Hoo? ]

[ Good Luck! ]
[ Go Ducks! ]

[ You Don’t Really Know ]
[ This Day Came Upon Us Extremely Slow ]

[ Time, Getting Here ]
[ & Now It Is Near ]
[ & The Date Is Marked So Clear ]

[ July 14th, 2021 Will Go Down In History ]
[ As The Day That You Stopped Living In Misery ]

[ Every Single Night ]
[ You Had To Fight ]
[ The Fright ]

[ You Are Not Jumping Up & Down For Joy ]
[ Like A Wind-Up Toy ]
[ Because He Will Always Be Your Boy ]

[ But There Is The Fact ]
[ About How Dangerous He Acts ]

[ To You & Others ]
[ Even Towards His Mother ]

[ Clear To His Soul ]
[ He Has Become Out Of Control ]

[ Every Single Night ]
[ You Had To Fight ]
[ The Fright ]
[ That Was Just Slightly Out Of Your Sight ]

[ When He Gets Confronted, He Clenches His Fists ]
[ & That Really Shows That He Is Extremely Pissed ]

[ Off ]
[ & All Of His Common Sense Is Lost ]

[ So, Yes It Is About Time That He Takes His Groove ]
[ & Move ]

[ See How He Deals With Others After The Honeymoon
     Stage ]
[ Is Over ]
[ & He Acts (4) Years Younger Than His Actual Age ]

[ Than They Will See The Actual, Real Him ]
[ & He Becomes A Problem ]

[ But The Problem Is Now There ]
[ They Can Sweat Out The Problems That He Will Cause ]
[ That Will Make Them Pull Out Their Own Hair ]

[ You Were & Am Tired Of The Rampant Disrespect That He
     Shows ]
[ & How He Thumbs His Nose ]

[ @ Whatever You Have Said ]
[ & Does Whatever He Wants To Do Instead ]

[ He Will Now Have To Listen To What They Say ]
[ & As He Tries To Make The Staff There, Earn Their Pay ]

[ Now His Pains & Aches ]
[ Will Cause Them Headaches ]

[ Just Like It Is Almost Moving Time ]
[ This Is The End Of This Specific Rhyme ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(540)▪︎[ It Makes You Curious … 7•2•2021 ]

[ So Many Words Coming Together To Make So Many
Thoughts ]
[ Then Swirling Around Like A Rollercoaster Of Dots ]

[ But Dots Do Not Come Together To Make Sentences ]
[ That Touches Your Senses ]

[ Making Sense May Not Be Your Goal ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Take The Dice & Give It A Roll ]

[ The Odds Are Never In Your Favor ]
[ & Losing, Has It’s Own Special, Bitter Flavor ]

[ How Did Thoughts Turn Into Food? ]
[ Somewhere In The Last 8 Lines ]
[ Things Were Misunderstood ]
[ For Some, That Might Sound Fine ]
[ But To The Average Reader, That Does Not Look Good ]

[ Dots Can Come In So Many Shapes & Colors ]
[ You Might Like One Kind ]
[ While Your Friends Like Some Others ]

[ You Guess, To Each Their Own ]
[ Sometimes Things Are Better Left All Alone ]

[ Because Crowds ]
[ Can Sometimes Come In Extremely Loud ]

[ Some Of Them ]
[ Thinks That They Are The Budding Head Of A Rose ]
[ & You Are Just The Stem ]

[ But The Stem Of A Rose Has Thorns That Hurt ]
[ Even Under Their Shirt ]

[ Others Never Take You Serious ]
[ & That Makes You Curious ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(536)▪︎[ It Is A Hard Place … 7•1•2021 ]

[ The World Outside Of Your Front Door Is A Hard Hard
Place ]
[ Everything Is Right There In Your Face ]

[ The Rain, The Sun, The Bogeyman ]
[ That Is When You Run ]
[ As Fast As You Can ]

[ You Seem To Want To Confide ]
[ That There Was No Where To Hide ]

[ That Is When Reality ]
[ Becomes Reality ]
[ For All To See ]
[ All Of A Sudden You Don’t Feel Free ]

[ How Can You Change These Circumstances? ]
[ How Can You Take So Many Chances ]

[ To Make Things Right? ]
[ Which Way Should I Turn To Flick The Switch That
Turns On The Light ]

[ Is It By The Light Of The Moon? ]
[ Or The Light When It’s The Afternoon? ]

[ Maybe That Light Could Be From The Oncoming
Train ]
[ Either Way It Will Cause Great Pain ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(545)▪︎[ So Confusing … 7•3•2021 ]

[ Life Can Be So Confusing ]
[ To You @ Times ]
[ But To Others, Watching You, Can Be So Amusing ]

[ When You Make A Mistake & You Get Frustrated Then Throw
Up Your Arms ]
[ Others Might Laugh ]
[ But They Mean You No Harm ]

[ A Mistake Is A Mistake In Your Mind ]
[ Laughter Is Good Medicine ]
[ You Will Find ]

[ Actually It Is The Best ]
[ It Passes Every Test ]

[ Should We All Look Up, To See ]
[ What Is Up Ahead & Free ]

[ Free From All Dyes, Smell & Taste ]
[ With Bullshit So Deep ]
[ It Is Up To Your Waist ]

[ It Is Not So Clear ]
[ Where You Would Go From Here ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(534)▪︎[ The Footprint … 6•30•2021 ]

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

(476)▪︎[ The Day Was Ruined … 6•8•2021 ]


[ How Come Pain Is Felt By One Guy, But Not The Other? ]
[ Does That Guy Know How To Cover? ]

[ Cover His Thoughts? ]
[ Cover His Heart? ]
[ This Guy Is Seeing Clearly, While That One Is Seeing Spots ]

[ (WHAT KIND?) Someone Might Ask ]
[ From Behind Their Mask ]

[ But Society Does Not Do This Anymore ]
[ Someone Might Ask Someday ]
[ But They Would Do That, From Behind A Closed Door ]

[ Behind The Door, People Can Rely On Annonymity ]
[ They Can Wreck Havoc ]
[ & Cause A Calamity ]

[ & Then Go On Their Merry Way ]
[ No Matter The Amount Of People’s Lives Were Ruined That Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(495)▪︎[ Dying Young … 6•16•2021 ]

[ If You Die Young ]
[ & There Was A Celebration Of Life Going On ]
[ Would Anybody Come? ]

[ Have You Been Going So Fast ]  
[ That You Didn’t Leave Your Footprint On Anything In
     Your Past? ]

[ Did You Cherish Money Over Time Spent With Others? ]
[ When You Did Find Time ]
[ You Chose To Stay Under Your Covers ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(479)▪︎[ What Do They Call … 6•9•2021 ]

[ How Does One Look Back & Write About Their Life? ]
[ Do They Sit Down & Look For That Light? ]

[ The Light That Flicks On That Helps You Make Sense
     Of It All ]
[ That Light That Comes That Illuminates That Upcoming
     Wall? ]

[ Oh Ya, That ]
[ As You Bend Over To Pick Up Your Hat ]

[ That Fell On The Floor Because Of The Wind ]
[ Has Just Now Blown In ]

[ But Back To Trying To See ]
[ What You Can Drag Out Of Your Memory ]

[ Why Do They Call It Your Memory Bank? ]
[ Sometimes The Memories Move As Fast As A Tank ]

[ But Sometimes Not As Obvious ]


~ Ka hopena ~

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

(1091)▪︎[ Where Is Your Footprint? … 12•30•2021 ]

[ If You Die Young ]
[ & There Was A Celebration Of Life Going On ]
[ Would Anybody Come? ]
[ Or Would Every Loved One Be Gone? ]

[ Have You Been Going So Fast ]  
[ That You Didn’t Leave Your Footprint On Anything In
     Your Past? ]
[ Will There Be Any Remnants Of You, That Will Last? ]

[ Can You See Any Kind Of A Footprint? ]
[ Or Is That Just Pocket Lint? ]

[ Where Did The Time Go? ]
[ Do You Know? ]

[ It Seems That You Don’t ]
[ Will Your Neighbors Know Or Help? ]
[ You Bet They Won’t ]

[ How Come The Only Help ]
[ You Can Get ]
[ Is From The Lone Review On Yelp? ]

[ You Look & Look ]
[ But There Is Zero Chit Chat On Facebook ]

[ What About Your 100’s Of So Called Friends ]
[ Did Any Stick By You Through The End ]

[ You Are Finding Out That You Left Nothing Of Worth ]
[ On This Earth ]

[ Not In Your House ]
[ Or Words From Your Grieving Spouse ]

[ But You Quickly Find That She Is Not Grieving ]
[ She Is Packing Up & Leaving ]

[ Going Into The Unknown ]
[ Since All Of Your Life Insurance Has Been Blown ]

[ Why Should She Stay? ]
[ Another Week? ]
[ Or Another Day ]

[ Would You Want To Bet ]
[ That You Will Not Even Find Your Favorite Jacket?  ]

[ Would That Be Given To The Goodwill Store? ]
[ Since It Does Not Have A Purpose Anymore ]

[ Did You Cherish Money Over Time Spent With Others? ]
[ When You Did Find The Time ]
[ You Chose To Stay Under Your Covers ]

[ How Come There Is Not A Single Clue ]
[ That There Has Been Any Footprint Made By You? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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