(58)▪︎[ My Friend, Rita … 1•15•2021 ]

[ Yes My Friend, People Come & Go ]
[ Some That You Will ]
[ But Probably Most You Won’t Make The Effort
     To Get To Know ]

[ But Every Once In A Blue Moon ]
[ You Will Meet Someone Who Dances To The
     Same Kind Of Tune ]

[ Maybe You Talk To See What You Both Have in
     Common ]
[ Maybe They Like Pasta ]
[ While You Like Top Ramen ]

[ Well It Is Kind Of The Same ]
[ & You Laugh As You Tell Each Other, Your Name ]

[ A Good Friend ]
[ Really Does Stick With You Through Thick
     Or Thin ]
[ & They Say Good Job ]
[ No Matter If You Lose Or Win ]

[ They Give You A Strong Shoulder To Lean
     On Or Cry ]
[ When Your Eyes Fill Up With Tears ]
[ They Never Ask You For A Reason Why ]

[ Somethings You May Not Agree On & Neither One
     Will Budge ]
[ Just Because You Don’t Agree On Something ]
[ Does Not Mean That They Will Judge ]

[ There Are A Few Topics That You Each Stay Away
     From ]
[ You Never Want a Heated Argument Over Something
     That Is So Dumb ]

[ Your Friend Doesn’t Disown You Because Of Who You
     Date ]
[ If They Think That You Are Headed For A Fall ]
[ They Bite Their Lip & Patiently Wait ]

[ Because When You Date A Woman That You Came To
     Call ( SATAN IN A DRESS ) ]
[ They Will Try Their Damndest To Get You Out Of Your
     Mess ]

[ They Stick With You For Almost 28 Years ]
[ They Help You Conquer Many Fears ]

[ You Give Them All The Support & Love That You
     Can ]
[ Even Though Your Friend Is A Woman ]
[ & You Are A Man ]

[ Sometimes Opposites Come Together ]
[ No Matter The Time Of Day ]
[ No Matter The Weather ]

[ Even Physically Moving Far Apart ]
[ Won’t Pull Them Out Of Your Heart ]

[ I Am So Glad I Met Ya ]
[ My Friend Rita ]

[ I Sure Miss You, Down In Arizona ]

~ The End ~

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

(77)▪︎[ A Safer Place … 1•22•2021 ]

[ Today I Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything ]
[ Especially Not Knowing What The Day Will Be Bringing ]

[ I Want To Keep My Head On My Big, Soft Pillow ]
[ Closing My Eyes ]
[ & Laying Low ]

[ Falling Back Into A Nice Dream State ]
[ Thinking Good Thoughts ]
[ While Dismissing The Hate ]

[ That I Heard ]
[ This Past Week ]
[ Watching People’s Actions, Then Listening To Their
     Words ]

[ Directed @ People With Different Colored Faces ]
[ Of Different Races ]
[ Born In Different Places ]

[ When People Don’t Understand Others, They Tend
     To Lash Out ]
[ Out Of Fear ]
[ So The Reasons For Their Hateful Shouts ]
[ Are Not Always Clear ]

[ Oftentimes People Speak ]
[ Before Taking The Time To Think ]

[ Never Taking Into Consideration How Their Words ]
[ Hurts ]

[ Further Driving People Apart ]
[ Leaving People To Wonder How To Close This
     Division ]
[ Then Wondering Where, When & How To Start ]

~ The End ~

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

(80)▪︎[ Losing Faith … 1•22•2021 ]

[ I Am Losing Faith In The Human Race ]
[ When I Look @ Society ]
[ All I See Is An Angry Face ]

[ Nobody Smiles Or Gives You A Pleasant Greeting ]
[ Because We Wear Masks ]
[ There Is No Chance Meeting ]

[ You Can’t Tell If Someone Is Smiling Or Having
     A Bad Day ]
[ I Don’t Ask ]
[ & Nobody Will Say ]

[ We All Keep Our 6 Feet Apart ]
[ We Hide Our Emotions ]
[ While We Protect Our Hearts ]

[ Because Of The Year 2020, We Wonder ( WHAT COULD
     BE NEXT? ) ]
[ We No Longer Talk On The Phone ]
[ We Only Send Each Other A Text ]

[ So Devoid Of Emotions Or Feelings In The Words ]
[ When You Are In Person ]
[ You Walk Away Knowing More Than You Heard ]

[ But Society Has Been Quarantined From Each
     Other For So So Long ]
[ Always Afraid Someone Could Be Around Someone
     That Is Sick ]
[ Then Watching Everything Go Wrong ]

[ People Who Die From The Virus Die Alone In
     The Hospital ]
[ Instead Of Looking Into Your Loved Ones Eyes ]
[ They Die Staring @ A Blank Wall ]

[ & I Don’t Want That To Ever Happen To Me ]

~ The End ~

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

(82)▪︎[ The Horizon … 1•23•2021 ]

[ As I Look Out @ The Distant Horizon ]
[ I Wonder ( WHAT’S GOING ON? ) ]

[ Are Those People Smiling, Are They Happy? ]
[ Or Are They Frowning & Angry ]

[ How Could I Tell ]
[ If They Were Doing Well? ]

[ I Guess It Would Be Totally Up To My Vivid
     Imagination ]
[ Could I See A Picture ]
[ Through My Concentration? ]

[ Sometimes When I Am Attempting To Connect
     All Of The Dots ]
[ My Mind Goes Blurry ]
[ Then All I See, Is Fuzzy Spots ]

[ & The Picture That I Thought Was Coming In Crystal
     Clear ]
[ Is Longer Here ]
[ Because In The Haze ]
[ It All Disappeared ]

[ ( OH WELL ) I Say ]
[ I Will Look Through My Imagination On Another
     Day ]

~ The End ~

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

(83)▪︎[ I Couldn’t … 1•23•2021 ]

[ Isolation Is The Word For Today ]
[ Don’t Do What I Do ]
[ Disregard What I Say ]

[ I Felt Locked In The Corner Without Having
     A View ]
[ But What I’d Really Like To Do ]

[ Is Turn Around & Become Part Of The Crowd ]
[ I Just Can’t Do It ]
[ Because The Noise Is Too Loud ]

[ I Tell Myself ( YOU CAN DO IT! ) ]
[ But All I Could Do Was Bite My Lip ]

[ I Just Couldn’t Get Up, Because My Legs Froze ]
[ That Was Not My First Choice ]
[ It Was What My Body Chose ]

[ My Brain Wanted My Body To Move ]
[ But I Just Couldn’t Get In The Groove ]

[ So I Settled In With The Isolation ]
[ It Seemed Like The Consolation ]

[ Prize ]
[ For My Mind ]

[ It Was Not What I Wanted To Do, But I Did ]
[ So I Just Went To My Bedroom & Hid ]

[ Hid For The Day, Hid For The Month ]
[ Someone Said That They Wanted To Be Brutally Blunt ]

[ They Said That Besides It Having Such A Negative Hit On
     My Wealth ]
[ It Does Not Help In My March Towards Good Health ]

[ Not Because Money Can’t Buy Me Happiness In The
     Long Run ]
[ Hiding In My Bedroom Was Not Very Fun ]

[ Feeling That I Got A Raw Deal ]
[ Seeing That I Didn’t Like How Things Would Feel ]

[ I Need To Go Through Life With Vigor ]
[ Because When I Just Sit Around, My Belly Keeps Getting
     Bigger & Bigger ]

~ The End ~

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

(86)▪︎[ You Know What I Mean? … 1•24•2021 ]

[ Do The Words Blue, Pipe, Yellow, Sixteen & Nine All Have
Four Letters In It? ]
[ Okay, Right? ]
[ When It Is Warm @ Night Does That Mean That The Son Is Out? ]

[ What Color Would Five O’clock Look Like Upside Down? ]
[ If I Asked Ewe A Question Tomorrow Would You Give Me A
     Sheepish Answer? ]
[ Why Now? ]
[ I Think The Real Story Revolved Around The Sister Of The Three
     Little Pigs ]
[ They Were Never Really Nice To Her By Making Her Live In A
     Trailer In The Bad Part Of Town In Albany, New York ]
[ But Wait, Albany, Connecticut Does Not Have A Good Part Of
     Town, So She Lived In Her Car ]
[ She Was The Black Sheep Of The Pig Family ]
[ She Actually Loved Pork ]
[ So She Ended Up Drinking Beer With Her Mashed Potatoes ]
[ Can The Word ( FOOTBALL ) Ever Come Down With Athletes
     Feet? ]
[ Can The Game Of ( SOCKHER ) Ever Be Brought Up On Domestic
     Abuse Charges? ]
[ Can It Be Played Without Shoes? ]
[ Could The Game Of ( BASKETBALL ) Ever Be Played On The
     Handlebars Of A Little Girls Bike? ]
[ It Did Not Make Sense That The Year 2020 Turned Out So
     Bad ]
[ 2019 Said It Would Have Such Good Vision ]
[ The Truth About The Big Bad Wolf Was That He Always Had
     His Half-Brother Doing The Blowing Parts, Because He Had A
     Bad Case Of C.O.P.D. ]
[ & Because He Wasn’t Gay ]
[ Kermit The Frog Never Dated Miss Piggy ]
[ He Was A Vegan ]
[ He Would Never Eat Meat ]
[ So She Would Only Hang Out With Big Bird ]
[ Did You Ever See The Size Of His Feet? ]
[ He WAS Anatomically True To Size ]
[ The Lady In The Old Shoe Had Horrendous Breath & Ran A
     Sweatshop Out Of The Back Of The Heel ]
[ When The Quarterback Yells ( HIKE ) Where Do They Go? ]
[ Or Maybe It Is Just A Suggestion ]
[ How Come The Number 13 Is The Lucky Number & 7 Is Just
     Purple? ]
[ That Is A Weird Word ]
[ Has Four Letters & Ends Just Like It Started, Drinking Tea ]
[ Does It Really Matter If The Balls Are Blue Or Brown? ]
[ It Does If You Are A Man ]
[ Ask Me In Two Days ]
[ Are Burritos Cold? ]
[ Do They Shiver? ]
[ It Sounds Like They Do @ The Start ]
[ Those Are All Good Answers ]
[ But The Answers Are Predominantly ( C ) ]
[ If Someone Is Offended Does That Mean They Liked The Start? ]
[ Or Is That When The ( END ) Fell ( OFF )? ]
[ If Someone Gave You ( $50 ) & Asked You To Give Half
     Of It To STAN, Than Asked You To Give Half Of That To
     STEPHEN, Than Asked You To Give Half Of That To BILL,
     How Much Time Have You Saved By Drinking A Soda
     Using Your Left Hand? ]
[ Since Water Is Clear Do You Really Know That It
     Is There? ]
[ How Come The Word ( OPEN ) Is Not Irish? ]
[ Can You Count To 100 By Skipping All Of The Vowels? ]
[ Strawberry Lemonade Is Just Another Code Word
     If You Want To Order Coffee In A Sit Down Restaurant ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me, Try It The Next Time You Go To A 7-11 ]
[ If I Had Written ( THE END ) @ The Start Of This Pudding, Would
     You Have Looked @ The Bottom For The Middle?
[ Have You Ever Dissected The Word Pillow? ]
[ Yeah, Me Neither ]
[ Why Would I, When You Wouldn’t, After I Said To Go Ahead
     Because It’s Free To Hiccup Twice When The Refrigerator Door
     Combination Was Changed Two Oranges Ago ]
[ Makes No Cents ]
[ So It Would Never Add Up To A Phone Call ]
[ Okay? ]
[ Good To Know Or Yes ]

~ The End ~

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

(85)▪︎[ In-Between The Lines … 1•24•2021 ]

[ There Are As Many Opinions ]
[ Out There ]
[ As There Are Layers Of An Onion ]

[ Some Are Good ]
[ Some Are Bad ]
[ When They Are Misunderstood ]
[ It Makes People Mad ]

[ Sometimes You Have To Read In-Between The Lines ]
[ Because Some Words That Are Spoken ]
[ Are Not The Only Things On Their Minds ]

[ Are They Leaning ]
[ & Speaking ]
[ With A Hidden Meaning? ]

[ In The Same Way ]
[ That They Say? ]

[ Alot Of Times It Is Hard To Believe ]
[ Someone, That Always Has Something Up Their Sleeves ]

[ How Many Times Can They Be Trusted? ]
[ After They Are Busted? ]

[ Not Too Many ]
[ If Any ]

~ The End ~

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

(100)▪︎[ Exercise Is Not Bad … 1•30•2021 ]

[ Exercise Is Not Punishment For What You Ate ]
[ It Is A Celebration For Your Body ]
[ If You Take The Time To Wait ]

[ Eating Something That Was Not Something On Your
     Regular Menu ]
[ Doesn’t Spell Doom ]
[ For You ]

[ The Points Can Be A Guide ]
[ The List Of Foods Is Long & Wide ]

[ Don’t Throw Away Your Day ]
[ After One Meal Took You Away ]

[ From What You Normally Eat ]
[ Maybe, Instead Of Feeling Beat ]
[ You Could Think Of It As A Treat ]

[ Afterall, This Journey Is A Marathon ]
[ Not A Sprint ]
[ To Keep Yourself Moving On ]

[ Each Person’s Journey Is As Different From Each Other
     Like One Snowflake To The Next ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me ]
[ The Next Time It Snows, Go Check ]

[ Everyone Starts @ W.W. For Their Own Personal Reasons ]
[ Starting Is The Easy Part For Some ]
[ & Even Harder To Stay Consistent Through All Of
     Changing Seasons ]

[ Winter Seems Like The Hardest Times While Surviving
     All Of The Heavy Eating Holidays ]
[ It Always Feels Like Everything You Eat ]
[ Goes To The Mid-Section & Stays ]

[ It Is Hard To Stay Lean ]
[ During The Times ]
[ When You Put On That ( WINTER TIME 15 ) ]

[ The Journey Is Long ]
[ & Your Resolve Must Stay Strong ]

[ Enjoy The Friendly Greetings ]
[ & Advice ]
[ That You Get @ The Weekly Meetings ]

[ You Have The Drive & Strength ]
[ To Walk This Journey ]
[ No Matter The Length ]

[ It Will Take Time For You To Get To Lifetime ]
[ So After Saying All Of That ]
[ I Will End This Story That Rhymes ]

~ The End ~

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

(99)▪︎[ I Just Do Not Know … 1•30•2021 ]

[ As I Sit Here & Let The Frustration Sink In ]
[ I Wonder Why I Just Can’t Win ]

[ Even When Things Are Going Well, I Have Doubt ]
[ That My World Won’t Just Bottom Out ]

[ Where Would I Go ]
[ That Is One Of The Many Many Things That I Don’t
     Know ]

[ How Many Times Have I Been Burned? ]
[ When I Did Not Know Which Way To Turn? ]

[ It Is So Tough To Rely On Others Because They Won’t
     Usually Come Through ]
[ What I Thought Was A Friendship ]
[ Was Not Really True ]

[ Now It Is A ( STAY 6′ AWAY ) Kind Of World ]
[ & When Someone Says They Will Do Something ]
[ They Rarely Stand By Their Word ]

[ As I Grow Old ]
[ I Find That Nobody’s Promise Is Worth An Ounce Of Gold ]
[ Where Once I Found Warmth ]
[ The Atmosphere, Is Now Really Cold ]

[ I Can’t Rely On Our Neighbors, In Our Own Neighborhood ]
[ Because The Feeling That I Get From Them ]
[ Has Never Been Warm Or Good ]

[ So, Since They Won’t Look @ My Eyes ]
[ I Will Be Another Anti-Social Guy ]
[ Who Won’t Even Try ]

~ The End ~

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

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

[ I Am Just Sitting Here In The Dark ]
[ With Nothing But My Thoughts ]
[ Wondering If My Life Is In Neutral Or Park ]

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

[ As I Sit Here I Do Not Hear A Thing ]
[ So I Watch The Phone ]
[ & Hope That It Would Ring ]

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

[ Those That I Thought Were Friends Jumped Ship
     When The Waters Got Rough ]
[ I Would Always Listen To Their Problems When
     Their Lives Got Tough ]

[ But I Never Thought That They Would Turn Their Back ]
[ It Feels Like When I Spoke Up]
[ My Face Got Smacked ]

[ I Always Turned The Other Cheek ]
[ Or Correct The Facts Whenever They Would Speak ]

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

[ But One Thing That I Have Come To Realize ]
[ In My Years ]
[ Is That People Come & Go Throughout All Of Our Lives ]

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

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

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

~ The End ~

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