(355)▪︎[ Who Was That? … 4•28•2021 ]

[ One Day The Lonely Man Came Back To Show
His Deepest Scars ]
[ When He Pulled Up His Undershirt T-Top ]
[ They Looked As Big As Small Cars ]

[ Why Would The Lonely Man Lift Up His Shirt? ]
[ & Show His Hurt? ]

[ It Was NOT For The Itty Bitty ]
[ Pity ]
[ That He Could Get From A Stranger In The City ]

[ It Was So Others Could Learn ]
[ That It Doesn’t Take Spicy Food ]
[ To Cause Someone’s Heart To Burn ]

[ Wounds Are Not Always Made In The Physical Sense ]
[ Just Like Someone’s Dirty Look Can Make You Tense ]

[ A Stab Is Not Always Physical ]
[ Jokes Are Not Always Comical ]

[ If You Are Not Always Mindful ]
[ Jokes Can Quickly Turn Hurtful ]

[ You Can Not Joke About Gender, Race Or Being
Black Or White ]
[ You Can’t Joke About Age Or Weight ]
[ But People Still Joke About Some One’s Height ]

[ Asks The Lonely Man ]
[ You Don’t Try To Go There, There Or There ]
[ But Others Have A Sense Of Entitlement & Think That
They Can ]

[ Sometimes He Takes The Elder Woman’s Cart ]
[ Back Into Walmart ]

[ Not Because He Was Being Asked ]
[ By The Older Lady With The Smile On Her Mask ]

[ He Never Stands Out In The Crowd ]
[ That Is Not What The Lonely Man Is About ]

[ How Will His Wounds Heal? ]
[ How Do His Wounds Feel? ]

[ Everyone One Has Wounds Of Some Sort ]
[ Some People Have Been Successful In Building Their
Own Imaginary Emotional Fort ]

[ ( THAT IS QUITE THE WALL THAT YOU’ve BUILT ) ]
[ Is It As High As Your Mountain Of Guilt? ]

[ How About The Many Pages Of Regrets? ]
[ The Lonely Man Has More, He Bets ]

[ Looking Within @ Your Own Feelings Stings ]
[ Self-Doubt & Insecurity Are The Kings ]

[ Nothing Around The Lonely Man Makes Him Feel
That Bad ]
[ Or That Sad ]
[ Oh Here Is One ( HELLO, DAD! ) ]

[ Sometimes The Lonely Man Could Be Standing On
The Corner Waiting For The Bus ]
[ Sometimes There Is A Little Bit Of The Lonely Man
In Each One Of Us ]

[ The Mike Quietly Drops ]

~ The End ~

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

[

(351)▪︎[ Ash, You Are My Friend … 4•26•2021 ]

[ I Guess I Can’t Be Mad ]
[ Ash Is Leaving ]
[ & That Makes The Future Look Really Sad ]

[ Ash Was A Really Hard Nut To Crack ]
[ She Hasn’t Even Left ]
[ & I Already Wish That She’d Come Back ]

[ She Is 5 Feet 11, Of Pure Attitude ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Could Show Her Enough Gratitude ]

[ For All Of Those Times That She Was So Nice ]
[ Well I Think … ]
[ That It Was, @ Least Twice ]

[ When She Is Here, She Is Nothing But Fun ]
[ But I Have To Accept Reality ]
[ In Two Weeks From Today, Her Time Will Be Done ]

[ Every Night That She Leaves Through Our Door ]
[ Always Makes Me To Want For Her To Come Back
     For More ]

[ I Have Never Had A Bad Night When She Has Been Here ]
[ When I Know That She Is Coming ]
[ I Let Out A Quiet Cheer ]

[ She Is A Challenge To Banter With, Back & Forth ]
[ In Two Weeks She Will No Longer Be Driving Down
     From The North ]

[ I Have Never Looked @ Ash As A Younger Woman
     While She Has Been Here ]
[ I Have Tried To Treat Her, As A Peer ]

[ I Know That Ash Will Go Far In Life ]
[ & I Think I Can Say That She Is Loved By Me & My Wife ]

[ Me Saying That I’ll Miss Her Is The Biggest Understatement
      I Could Say Of All Time ]
[ I’m Very Very Sad As I End This Rhyme ]

[ P.S. ]

[ One Thing That I Love & Respect About Ash Above All Else ]
[ She Has Always Been Herself ]

~ The End ~

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

(13)▪︎[ Just About Falling Apart … 1•6•2021 ]

[ I Really Feel That I’m Coming Apart ]
[ @ The Seems ]
[ My Breaking Heart ]
[ Just Wants To Scream ]

[ When I Look Left, Then Right ]
[ I Don’t See ]
[ Any Help In Sight ]

[ I Am Being Judged By Behavior That I Have No Control Of ]
[ Through Those Judging Eyes ]
[ I Search For Love ]

[ I Know This May Sound Mean ]
[ But There’s No Compassion To Be Seen ]

[ I Just Want To Throw My Hands Up ]
[ & Close My Heart Shut ]

[ I Want To Just Crawl Inside ]
[ My Mind ]

[ & Never Come Out ]
[ But Once Inside I Can Just Shout ]

[ Again & Again & Again ]
[ Where Is The Portal? ]
[ Where’s My In? ]

[ The Med I Take Is So So Powerful ]
[ & When I Sleep All Night It’s Wonderful ]
[ But Once In Awhile ]
[ I Wake In The Middle Of The Night & My Personality Is Awful ]

[ I Can’t Control My Words Or Self ]
[ I Yell @ Everyone Else ]

[ I Can’t Help This As Much As I Try To Sleep ]
[ My Perfect Night ]
[ Would Include Not Saying A Peep ]
[ But Through My Fright ]
[ I Don’t Stay That Deep ]

[ I Can’t Control My Mouth Or Actions ]
[ I Need A Distraction ]
[ Because My Mind Right Now Is In Fractions ]

[ Maybe This Is A Push To Push Me Out ]
[ Is There A Doubt? ]
[ Then What Is All This About? ]

[ I Don’t Know ]
[ I Want To Take This Slow ]
[ But I Continue To Look Towards My Mind As A Place To Go! ]

[ No One Can Be With Me In There So There Won’t Be Any Hurt ]
[ I Can Control Myself ]
[ So When I Wake I Won’t Feel Like Dirt ]

[ I Can’t Control Myself Is What I Scream ]
[ When Will I Wake ]
[ From This Horrible Dream? ]

[ Has Anyone Seen My Self-Esteem Rolling Around The Floor? ]
[ Maybe, Just Maybe ]
[ It Was Kicked Out The Front Door ]

[ I Can’t Control My Behavior Is What I Say ]
[ Because Is That The Normal Way ]
[ That I Treat You During The Day? ]

[ I Want To Go In & Never Come Out ]
[ Show Me The Path ]
[ Show Me The Route ]

[ The Mean Times Are So Hard To Predict ]
[ You’d Think By Now ]
[ I Would Have Had These Issues Licked ]

[ But I Don’t ]
[ & As Unpredictable As This Med Is … ]
[ I Won’t ]

~ The End ~

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

(012)▪︎[ Too Populated … 1•5•2021 ]

[ Right Now There Seems To Be A Population Explosion ]
[ But With That ]
[ There Is A Morality Erosion ]

[ The Closer People Move Together ]
[ Will Only Prove That Some People Need To Be Further
     Away From Each Other ]

[ When Things Go All Wrong ]
[ People Won’t Get Along ]
[ Especially When The Smell Of Alcohol Is Strong ]

[ People Won’t Care ]
[ About Who Moves In Over There ]

[ It Is Tough To Mingle With The Unknown ]
[ Especially If Caring Is Not Shown ]

[ Meshing Personalities Is A Tricky Thing ]
[ Because Everybody Has Different Life Experiences
     To Bring ]
[ Into The Ring ]

[ Of The Circus Show Called Life ]
[ That Causes Strife ]
[ Even Between A Husband & A Wife ]

[ Problems Between The Spouses ]
[ Oftentimes Spills Outside Of The Houses ]

[ Making Everyone A Witness To The Problems ]
[ That Should Only Be Between Them ]

[ But Others Will Learn How To Finesse ]
[ Their Way Into Everyone Else’s Business ]

[ Making A Much Bigger Show ]
[ Of Everything They Know ]

~ The End ~

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

[ 10 ][ To Big M, From A Friend … 1•4•2021 ]

[ Big M, I Really Want To Put You In Your Place ]
[ & Tell You So Many Things To Your Face ]

[ I Don’t Like Your Tone ]
[ Whenever You Tell Yourself That You Are Going
     Through Life All Alone ]

[ I Would Stop ]
[ & Put You On The Spot ]
[ & Say In Big Letters ( THAT YOU ARE NOT! ) ]

[ You Are Not By Yourself ]
[ Because My Friend ]
[ I Am That Someone Else ]

[ I Don’t Lie ]
[ When I Say That Real Men DO Cry ]

[ I Shed Tears ]
[ Tonight ]
[ When I Talked To Z About My Fears ]
[ About You Going Back Into The Fire Fight ]

[ I Worry ]
[ That I Always Want You To Come Home Safe
     In A Hurry ]

[ Your Well Being Is Always In My Thoughts ]
[ That Is All I Can Do ]
[ That Is All That I’ve Got ]

[ We Could Probably Get Together & Talk For Hours ]
[ I Can’t Come & See You ]
[ So You Have All The Powers ]

[ We Each Grew Up In Different Lands ]
[ We Each Grew Up Listening To Different Demands ]

[ But, I Want You To See ]
[ That You Have A Loving Friend & Brother In Me ]
[ But Only You Can Let That Be ]

[ I Have Always Wanted To Meet This Man ]
[ Whose Only Motto Is ( YES, I CAN ) ]

[ You Are The Kind Of Man That I Admire ]
[ & You Will Never Call Me A Liar ]

[ I Admire What You Do & What You Have Done ]
[ You Never Turn & Run ]
[ You Do The Things That Are Never Fun ]

[ I Want To Look This Guy ]
[ In The Eyes ]
[ & Tell Him That There Is Not Usually An Answer
     To All His ( WHY’s?) ]

[ I Have Walked The Life Or Death Line ]
[ More Than 7 Times, In My Past Life ]

[ But I Have Survived ]
[ & Am Still, Very Much Alive ]

[ So I Could Meet You My Friend ]

~ The End ~

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

(109)▪︎[ Sometimes Silence Is Best … 2•1•2021 ]

[ @ Times It Seems Like We Live In Such A Hateful
     World ]
[ Where People Are Not Too Nice To Each Other ]
[ We Use So Many Words ]
[ That We Would Never Say In Front Of Our Mother ]

[ If We Did, We Would Get Slapped In The Face ]
[ Then Put In Our Place ]

[ People Forget That Words Can Slice ]
[ Deeper Than A Sharp Knife ]

[ & The Scars That Are So Deep ]
[ Are The Ones That We Keep ]

[ A Cut On The Knee ]
[ Has Never Hurt As Much As The Cuts That Nobody
    Can See ]

[ People Always Have A Choice ]
[ About The Words They Say, When They Use Their Voice ]

[ Oftentimes The Words That You Have Heard In
      The Past ]
[ Are The Memories That Last ]

[ Blurring The Memories Where You Used Your
     Sight ]
[ But Not Forgetting What Was Said During Your Last Fight ]

[ Words That Are Said ]
[ Get Stuck In The Other Person’s Head ]

[ & Harder To Forget ]
[ Then Remembering How You First Met ]

[ Some People You Meet ]
[ Don’t Turn Out To Be A Treat ]
[ That Is When You Realize ]
[ That In Some Situations, Silence Can’t Be Beat ]

~ The End ~

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

(71)▪︎[ A Safer Place … 1•22•2021 ]

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

[ 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 ]

(042)▪︎[ A Good Day … 1•13•2021 ]

[ When You Watch The Huge Waves @ The Beach ]
[ Never Turn Your Back On The Breaking Waves ]
[ Because Unless You Are In The Downtown Area,
     You Are Always In Reach ]

[ If You Want To Have A Change In Your Lifestyle ]
[ You Should Stay @ The Beach For Awhile ]

[ The Sounds Of The Waves Can Cleanse Your Mind ]
[ There Won’t Be Any Bad Thoughts To Rewind ]

[ Over & Over In A Continuous Cycle ]
[ Reverting Your Mind Back To The Age When You
     Were Riding A Tricycle ]

[ But The Rhythmic Sounds Of The Waves Bring You
     Back ]
[ Making You Hungry For The Snack ]
[ That You Brought In A Brown Paper Sack ]

[ That You Have In The Trunk ]
[ But Leave The Tequila Alone ]
[ It Is Not The Right Circumstances Or Time To
     Get Drunk ]

[ Walk Down The Beach & Feel The Cool Sand Under
     Your Feet ]
[ The View That You Have In Front Of You Can’t Be Beat ]
[ It Is So Much Better Than Looking @ The Miles Of Cars
     Down Every Street ]

[ Time Flies When You Sit By Yourself ]
[ Though It Is Nice As You Look All Around ]
[ & Not See Or Hear Anyone Else ]

[ But Soon You Come Face To Face With Reality ]
[ You Look @ Your Watch ]
[ & Are Shocked To See ]

[ Two & A Half Hours Just Flew By ]
[ How? ]
[ Why? ]

[ But It Was A Good Way ]
[ To Spend Your Day ]

[ As Soon As You Plan On A Next Time ]
[ You Know That You Will Come Up With Another … Story ]

~ The End ~

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

(47)▪︎[ Who Wears The Crown? … 1•14•2021 ]

[ What Goes Up, Doesn’t Always Come Down ]
[ Just Like The Most Powerful Man ]
[ Does Not Wear The Crown ]

[ The Most Powerful Person May Be A Woman Of
     Any Age ]
[ The One Without A Temper Problem ]
[ Could Have The Most Rage ]

[ The Kind Of Rage That Wells Up From Deep Deep
     Down Inside ]
[ The Path Is Long ]
[ & The Path Is Wide ]

[ The One That Takes On That Role ]
[ Could Have The Biggest Heart ]
[ & The Most Pure Soul ]

[ Because I Believd That You Have A Soul, You Are
     Not One ]
[ When You Die ]
[ The Purpose Of Having A Soul Is Done ]

~ The End ~

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

(051)▪︎[ Well? … 1•14•2021 ]

[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]

[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The
     Mistakes You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]

[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]

[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
     Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Be Really Nice ]

[ Sometimes My Mistakes Makes Their Way Into My Dreams ]
[ I Have No Control Of That It Seems ]

[ Everyday I Wind Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In My Life ]
[ I Have Questioned My Roles ]

[ Of What I’m Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]

[ Do I Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ I Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ I Never Want To Shift The Spotlight On Me ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO ) ]

[ I Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
     Corner & Pout ]
[ I Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then I Can Fall Asleep With No Nagging Doubts ]

~ The End ~

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