(1088)▪︎[ Falling … 12•18•2021 ]

[ You Sit There ]
[ Hoping That This Would Help You To Repair ]

[ The Noises That Are Going On In Your Mind ]
[ Because This Is Far From ]
[ Going Dakine ]
[ That Is Something That Your Conscious Mind Has To Tell
Your Subconscious Mind ]

[ So Sit Back & Relax ]
[ Make Sure That You Take Off Your Mask ]
[ So Your Breathing Is Not Taxed ]

[ Let’s Go ]
[ Into A Place That You Really Don’t Know ]

[ & That Is The Place Of Total Relaxation ]
[ The Opposite Form Of Maxation ]

[ Not Letting Your Mind Go Somewhere ]
[ Because It Cannot Go Anywhere ]

[ So You Sit Back & Wait ]
[ For The Gate ]

[ To Be Opened ]
[ Then ]

[ You Start To Fall ]
[ You Don’t Reach For Your Phone, To Make A Call ]

[ Because Then ]
[ You Find ]
[ That Everyone There, Is Irrelevant ]

[ Except One ]
[ The One Sane Person That Is Not Done ]
[ On This Run ]

[ You Are Still Falling ]
[ In Pitch Black Air ]
[ & You Are Not Balling ]

[ Your Eyes Out ]
[ Because This Little Hour Of Time ]
[ You Have No Doubt ]

[ That You Were Safe & Sound ]
[ From All Sides Around ]

[ The Falling Part You Could Not Comprehend ]
[ Was It Supposed To Lead To A Dead-End? ]

[ Or To A New Beginning ]
[ Where There Is Nothing But Winning ]

[ So What Happened To Nice Guys Always Finishes Last? ]
[ Well That Was With Another Cast ]

[ The One Person In Your Life That Is Always Relevant To You
In Your Life ]
[ That Is Nicole, Your Wife ]

[ Forever & Ever … Amen ]
[ She Has Always Been ]
[ The (THEN) & The (WHEN) ]

[ Of Your Past ]
[ Present ]
[ & Future ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1089)▪︎[ I Can’t Wait … 12•29•2021 ]

[ Oh, Cavarona Cavarona ]
[ I Sure Am Going To Miss Ya ]

[ I Know That Several Weeks Can Go By ]
[ In Between The Days When You Can Stop By To Say (HI) ]

[ The Main Point There Is That You CAN Do That ]
[ But You Can’t When You Are In The State Where Men
     Primarily Wears A Cowboy Hat ]

[ Cavarona You Are Often A Ray Of Sunshine When All
     There Is Outside Is Rain ]
[ Sometimes Your Texts Or Phone Calls Are Able To Wash
     Away My Internal Pain ]

[ You Are Able To Look Inside Of Me ]
[ & You Are Not Afraid Of What You See ]

[ I Have Always Given Credit Where Credit Is Due ]
[ I Give The Credit For My Growth To You ]

[ You Challenged Me Around Every Corner ]
[ I Was Not Able To Hide No Longer ]
[ Like Little Jack Horner ]

[ You Are Able To Lift My Spirits ]
[ You Taught Me To No Longer To Take Any Shit ]

[ Because I’ve Taken Shit For Way Too Long ]
[ You Showed Me How That Was Wrong ]
[ With Your Encouraging Words ]
[ I’ve Been Able To Stand Up & Stay Strong ]

[ There Is Absolutely Nothing About You That I Don’t
     Like ]
[ Before You, I Was Only Able To Ride A Trike ]
[ Now I Have Graduated To Maneuvering ]
[ On An Expensive Mountain Bike ]

[ You Inspire Me With How You Are So Alive ]
[ & How You Always Strive ]
[ To Thrive ]

[ You Know Me Almost As Well As You Know Yourself ]
[ You Have Been The Best Best Friend ]
[ Alot Better Then Anyone Else ]

[ I Will Have To Find A Way ]
[ To Keep Myself From Wanting To See You ]
[ While You Are Away ]

[ I Hope The Best For Your Family, Especially Concerning
     The Health Of Your Mother ]
[ I Know That You Have Really Missed Seeing The Smiling
     Faces Of Your Sisters & Brother ]

[ Wrap Them In A Hug & Hold Them Tight ]
[ Then Step Back & Enjoy The Sight ]
[ Always Show Them Love ]
[ Before You Part For The Night ]

[ Always Know That I Can’t Wait For You To Return ]
[ Because Through Our Friendship I Have Come To Learn ]
[ When I Don’t See That Beautiful Face For A Long Time
     My Stomach Will Burn ]

[ When You Come Back I Will Greet You With Excitement
     @ My Door ]
[ & Tell You That I’ve Missed You More ]
[ Than Ever Before ]

[ & Then I Will Give You A Great Big Hug & Not Let Go ]
[ Because I Always Want You To Know ]
[ I Was Sad That You Went ]
[ But I Do Understand Why You Had To Go ]

[ Now I’ll Be Ecstatic When You Get Back Here ]
[ & Once Again You Will Be Near ]

[ & When You Come To My Place ]
[ You Will See A Big Smile On My Face ]

[ Because You Are Home ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1076)▪︎[ He Was My Brother … 12•26•2021 ]

[ Oh Brother Brent, I Miss You So Much ]
[ I Wish You Were Here ]
[ So I Could Stick You With Our Bill For Lunch ]

[ I Always Love To Tease You About Your Choice Of A Pro Football Team ]
[ Winning More Games Than They Lost ]
[ Was Always Their Seasonal Dream ]

[ I Bet You Yearn For Teams From Their Winning Years ]
[ Now All They Do Is Cause You To Shed Lots Of Tears ]

[ If You Want To Compare Teams & Things ]
[ It Always Bothered You ]
[ That My Steelers Have So Many More Rings ]

[ I Always Tried To Bring You Over For A Winning Ride ]
[ But I Could Never Tear You Away From The Dark Side ]

[ I Was Always The Older, Taller, Skinnier, Better Looking One ]
[ & You Always Have Been The One That I Make Fun ]

[ Of ]
[ But I Only Do It Out Of Love ]

[ It Always Bothered You That I Was The Tallest ]
[ & I’m Sorry To Tell You Brother ]
[ You’ve Always Been … The Smallest ]

[ I Miss Our Phone Calls That Always Lasted More Than Hour ]
[ Making Me Laugh & Smile ]
[ Was Your Super Power ]

[ Well I Hope You Will Always Be Up There Watching Over Me ]
[ I Know That’s The Only Thing You Would Do For Free ]

[ Because Here, Free Was Always Your Favorite Price ]
[ When You Could ]
[ You Always Went Back Twice ]

[ But You Decided To Leave Before I Got There ]
[ I Wanted To Give You A Big Hug ]
[ & To Tell You How Much I Care ]

[ Your Picture Will Always Be On My Phone ]
[ & The Sound Of Your Voice Will Forever Be On My Mind ]
[ To Me You’ve Always Shown ]
[ That You Are One Of A Kind ]

[ Talking On The Phone With Your Daughter ]
[ Will Always Remind Me Of You ]
[ Her Father ]

[ Well I Better End This Note ]
[ You Know I’ll Always Laugh About How You Used To Vote ]

[ Trump For 2020? ]
[ No Thanks ]
[ We’ve Already Have Had Plenty ]

[ I Miss You More Than I Can Write ]
[ I’m Glad The Thought Of You ]
[ Was The Last One That I Have Tonight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(1070)▪︎[ Socks Needed … 12•25•2021 ]

[ Whenever You Reach Out, Is There Always Someone There? ]
[ Are They There For Kicks & Giggles? ]
[ Or Is It Because They Care? ]

[ It Is Tough, To Remain Empty Handed ]
[ Because Helping You, Has Never Been Demanded ]

[ Sometimes, You Go About Life All Alone ]
[ You Turn On Your Phone ]
[ & Get Nothing, But The Dial Tone ]

[ It Is Hard To Look @ Your Message Emoji ]
[ There Is Never, A Number To See ]

[ You Are On A Solitary Path ]
[ Just Like Doing Your Problems, In Math ]

[ You Think Things, Through In Your Head ]
[ You Always Retain, What You Just Read ]

[ You Do Your Walking, Mostly @ Night ]
[ The Moon & Stars, Make Quite The Sight ]

[ Where You Go, Is Not Planned ]
[ There Are No Timed, Demands ]

[ You Seek Shelter, When It Rains Or It Is Too Hot ]
[ To Walk ]

[ You Eat, When You Are Able ]
[ Sometimes, Kind Hearted People Invite You To Eat With Them ]
[ @ Their Table ]

[ Those Are The Ones ]
[ That You Steal Everything From ]

[ You Tie Everybody Up, After You All Eat ]
[ You Throw Their Shoes Out The Back Door ]
[ So They Would Be Left, With Bare Feet ]

[ When You Find A Bigger Backpack Than Yours ]
[ So Then You Will Leave Your Old One By The Garage Doors ]

[ When You Say Everything, Well This Might Come Across
Quite Odd ]
[ The Only Things That You Steal, Are The Men’s Socks ]

[ Having Dry, Clean Socks Is A Must ]
[ You Feel Kind Of Bad, To All Of The Ones Who You Gave
False-Trust ]

[ Not Too Many People Go To The Police To Report This Kind
Of Theft ]
[ You Always Make Sure There Was (2) Or (3) Pairs Of Socks Left ]

[ If They Only Had (5), You Would Leave (2) ]
[ You Always Thought That Was The Polite Thing To Do ]

[ You Made Sure That The Family Has Been Comfortable Where
They Were @ ]
[ Maybe A Pillow Where They Sat ]

[ One Thing You Loved To Do Was Stop In People’s Houses &
Take Long Showers ]
[ You Always Made Sure The Dog Had Fresh Water & Food To
Eat For The Next Couple Of Hours ]

[ You Made The Time To Do Your Dirty Laundry & Your Shoes ]
[ You Go Your List Of Don’ts & Do’s ]

[ On Your Way Out, You Apologize For The Bad Situation You
Put The Family In ]
[ Then You Ask Them (1) Question ]
[ (WILL YOU EVER LET THIS HAPPEN, AGAIN?) ]

[ You Hope Not ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1066)▪︎[ My Nephew, Vladi … 12•23•2021 ]

[ I Have This Nephew Named Vladi ]
[ He Is Kind Of Special To Me ]

[ We Have So Much In Common, Except Age ]
[ That Should Be Put On Another Page ]

[ I Took A Chance On Saturday, March 17th, 2018 ]
[ I Noticed You Before You Were A Teen ]

[ I Asked If I Could Come & Talk To You ]
[ Because That Is What I Wanted To Do ]

[ You Were Sitting Almost In The Corner, Beside Your Dad ]
[ I Could Barely See You, I Might Add ]

[ I Told You That Me & You Have Something Important In
     Common ]
[ & That Is Adoption ]

[ A Loving Family Became Yours, Too ]
[ When You Are In Foster Care, That’s What You Are Always
     Wishing A Family Would Do ]

[ We Talked About Your Hobbies & I Found Out That We Both
     Collected Basketball Cards ]
[ My Collection Might Be A Little Bit Bigger ]
[ & Collecting The Older Cards Have Become Kind Of Hard ]

[ Are You Doing Okay In School, This Year? ]
[ Don’t Look @ School With Fear ]

[ Make Sure That You Always Find A Way ]
[ To Get To Your Classes Everyday ]

[ I Would Love To Hear What You Might Think Is A Fun Activity ]
[ Is It Basketball, Football, Baseball, LaCrosse Or Hockey? ]
[ Or Do You Lean More Towards Your Creativity ]

[ Activities Do Not Always Have To Have Sports @ The Center ]
[ I Wish I Lived Closer ]
[ It Would Have Been Fun To Be Your Mentor ]

[ How Was Your Summer? ]
[ Did You Get Enough Slumber? ]

[ How Many States Did You Travel To? ]
[ Did You Only Travel On The Days When The Sky Was Blue? ]

[ Which State Was Your Favorite One? ]
[ Did You Like The Rainy Ones?]
[ Or Only The States That Have Sun? ]

[ I Want You To Know I Have Not Forgotten About You ]
[ & You Make A Fantastic Nephew ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1051)▪︎[ Falling … 12•18•2021 ]

[ You Sit There ]
[ Hoping That This Would Help You To Repair ]

[ The Noises That Are Going On In Your Mind ]
[ Because This Is Far From ]
[ Going Dakine ]
[ That Is Something That Your Conscious Mind Has To Tell
Your Subconscious Mind ]

[ So Sit Back & Relax ]
[ Make Sure That You Take Off Your Mask ]
[ So Your Breathing Is Not Taxed ]

[ Let’s Go ]
[ Into A Place That You Really Don’t Know ]

[ & That Is The Place Of Total Relaxation ]
[ The Opposite Form Of Maxation ]

[ Not Letting Your Mind Go Somewhere ]
[ Because It Cannot Go Anywhere ]

[ So You Sit Back & Wait ]
[ For The Gate ]

[ To Be Opened ]
[ Then ]

[ You Start To Fall ]
[ You Don’t Reach For Your Phone, To Make A Call ]

[ Because Then ]
[ You Find ]
[ That Everyone There, Is Irrelevant ]

[ Except One ]
[ The One Sane Person That Is Not Done ]
[ On This Run ]

[ You Are Still Falling ]
[ In Pitch Black Air ]
[ & You Are Not Balling ]

[ Your Eyes Out ]
[ Because This Little Hour Of Time ]
[ You Have No Doubt ]

[ That You Were Safe & Sound ]
[ From All Sides Around ]

[ The Falling Part You Could Not Comprehend ]
[ Was It Supposed To Lead To A Dead-End? ]

[ Or To A New Beginning ]
[ Where There Is Nothing But Winning ]

[ So What Happened To Nice Guys Always Finishes Last? ]
[ Well That Was With Another Cast ]

[ The One Person In Your Life That Is Always Relevant To You
In Your Life ]
[ That Is Nicole, Your Wife ]

[ Forever & Ever … Amen ]
[ She Has Always Been ]
[ The (THEN) & The (WHEN) ]

[ Of Your Past ]
[ Present ]
[ & Future ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1031)▪︎[ Friendship … 12•10•2021 ]

[ You Feel That A Close Friendship Is A Gift That You Give
& Get From Each Other ]
[ This Is A Relationship Unlike The One’s That You May Have ]
[ With Your Sister Or Brother ]

[ A Relationship With A Relative Can Be Circled With A Very
Thin Line ]
[ & You Could Go Through Life, Always Thinking That Everything
Has Been Just Fine ]

[ No Matter How Many Ladders Climbed ]
[ To The Top ]
[ Or The Amount Of The Dimes ]
[ Dropped ]

[ A Good Friend Would Not Care ]
[ The Friend Just Needs The Assurance ]
[ That You Will Always Be There ]
[ To Share ]
[ & Don’t Say You Are Doing This On A Dare ]

[ To You, A Dare Is To Take A Chance ]
[ On A Dance ]
[ That Is When You Don’t Believe ]
[ That Balance ]
[ Has Not Been Achieved ]
[ You Could Take A Stance ]
[ Before You Leave ]

[ Friends Can Be Way Apart ]
[ On The Chart ]

[ Of Opinions & Views ]
[ But When You Hear The News ]
[ About Someone Who Tried To Drive After Drinking Way To Much
Booze ]

[ You Are In A Hurry ]
[ To Get To Your Phone, Because You Are Worried ]

[ You Called Your Friends, Because In The Past It Was A Problem ]
[ For Some Of Them ]

[ So You Were Just Checking ]
[ Not Correcting ]

[ Friends Do Not Correct ]
[ They Might Suggest ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka =3▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•||

(529)▪︎[ The Loss Was Not Yours … 6•29•2021 ]

[ Whatever Floats Your Boat Is The Saying ]
[ Whatever Suits Your Life Is How It’s Playing ]

[ All’s Fair In Love & War ]
[ Because Some People Are Rotten Down To Their Core ]

[ Rotten Because Of Their Upbringing? ]
[ Or Because Their Mother Did Not Do Enough Singing? ]

[ Singing A Song Is A Way To Soothe ]
[ Singing Is A Way To Smooth ]

[ Out ]
[ & Gives No Doubt ]

[ For Any Kind Of Situation Where Nerves Are Involved ]
[ Or When A Problem Needs To Be Solved ]

[ They Say That Music Can Tame The Wildest Beast ]
[ Even One Headed West ]
[ Since They Wore Out Their Welcome In The East ]

[ I Know That In This Day & Time ]
[ A Dollar Is Not Worth A Dime ]

[ Is Savings Worth Saving? ]
[ Will The Stock Market Start Behaving? ]

[ When Is The Time To Get Out & Run? ]
[ Is It When It Stops Being Fun? ]

[ Or Becomes More Strenuous Than It’s Worth? ]
[ So You Get Out Before Your Families Finances Gets
     Hurt? ]

[ Playing With Your Families Money Is A Tricky Thing
     To Do ]
[ What If You Lost More Than A Dollar Or Two? ]

[ Most Of The Time It’s All That They’ve Got ]
[ So What Would You Say ]
[ When You Come Back Holding An Empty Pot? ]

[ What Can You Say? ]
[ How Do You Explain? ]

[ Now The Boat That They Were Floating In Will Be Their Only
     Possession ]
[ & You Still Have Not Come Up With A Good Explanation ]

[ Find A Way To Explain Yourself ]
[ It Is Like You Gave Their Hard Earned Money To Someone
     Else ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(1030)▪︎[ He Never Wanted To Be … 12•10•2021 ]

[ Does Your Father Know You The Least Or The Best? ]
[ If This Was Asked To You, It Would Come In The Form Of
A Test ]

[ Did Good Ole’ Don, Ever Go To A Single Sporting Event? ]
[ Don Did Drop You Off ]
[ But He Never Went ]

[ He Never Could Be Bothered By Such Trivial Things When You
Were Young ]
[ You Kind Of Guess That Is Why It Stung ]

[ He Never Showed Much Interest In What You Had ]
[ Because Dear Ole’ Don, Never Wanted To Act Like A Dad ]

[ He Never Showed Much Interest In You From The Start ]
[ When Other Men In The Neighborhood Were Being Father’s ]
[ He Had Decided, That He Had Never Wanted, To Play The Part ]

[ That Would Be What It Was To Him,, Play ]
[ Because, You Were Not His Biological Son, Right From The
Very First Day ]

[ In His Mind, Since He Was Not There @ Your Birth ]
[ You Had Absolutely No Worth ]

[ You Were The (& 1) In The Deal ]
[ He Probably Saw You, As Just Another Kid, Wanting A Meal ]

[ He Only Wanted To Be A Father ]
[ For (2) Daughters ]

[ It Did Not Bother Him, Psychologically ]
[ That Individually ]
[ He Was Not Their Father, Physically ]

[ He Probably Would Had Never Thought, That It Would Be Fun ]
[ To Have A Son ]

[ You Always Heard That He Was Quite The Athlete In His Younger
Days ]
[ He Never Thought To Coach You, In Any Of Those Ways ]

[ He Was Never Approachable ]
[ He Probably Thought That You Were, Uncoachable ]

[ It Would Be A Lie ]
[ If You Said, That He Ever Tried ]

[ He Never Wanted To Be A Coach ]
[ He Just Saw You As A Roach ]

[ Something That Should Scurry Away From Him, Everytime That
He Came Into A Room ]
[ If He Needed Help ]
[ You Were Sure, That He Was Good With A Broom ]

[ No, Don Never Really Got To Know You @ All ]
[ When You Moved Out On Your Own ]
[ Did He Ever Drop You A Call? ]

[ Moved Out, Are Not The Words, That Should Be Used ]
[ Kicked Out, Are The Words, That Should Be Used ]

[ He Did Call The Day That He Stopped Talking To You ]
[ If Someone Were To Ask If He Knew You The Best ]
[ That Should Had Been Your Biggest Clue ]

[ Don Never Wanted ]
[ So He Only Taunted ]

[ So It Was Pretty Sad ]
[ That He Never Wanted To Be A Dad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(995)▪︎[ Ewe Should Have Been There … 11•24•2021 ]

[ When You Come Into The Store You Feel Like You Must
Line Up Like Sheep ]
[ Going (7) Deep ]

[ Everyone’s Faces Are Covered By Their Mask ]
[ A Sheep Does Not Say A Word Until A Question Is Asked ]

[ The Mask Never Comes Down ]
[ That Would Startle All Of The Other Sheep Around ]

[ The Line Is Long ]
[ & Wow! ]
[ The Odor Coming From Another Sheep Sure Is Strong ]

[ A Word Is Not Uttered Until You Get To The Magical Window ]
[ The Line Is Moving Steady ]
[ Yet Slow ]

[ You Can See The Magical Window Over The Next Sheep’s
Shoulders ]
[ It Gets Harder As You Grow Older ]

[ Your Height Keeps Melting Away ]
[ & You Always Regret Getting On The Scale ]
[ To See What You Weigh ]

[ The Sheep That Is Looking @ The Christmas Cards ]
[ Looks Like He Has Been Hitting The Cookie Jar Pretty Hard ]

[ The Sheep That Are Aimlessly Pushing Their Grocery Carts
Around The Store ]
[ Looking For More ]

[ More Of What, Is What They Do Not Currently Know ]
[ Some Sheep Shop By Phone ]
[ But These Sheep Need To Be Shown ]

[ Shown What To Shop ]
[ A Greeting Card, Suppositories, Or Soda Pop ]

[ Oh, The Window Is Near ]
[ We Have Been Waiting So Long, You Shed A Happy Tear ]

[ But Then, Because You Seemed To Doze ]
[ When We Got To The Magical Window ]
[ The Sign Said (CLOSED) ]

[ Being The Good Sheep That You Are, You Did Not Blow
Your Top ]
[ You Could Go Outside & Do A Medicine Drop ]

[ You Shop Around For Anything You Needed ]
[ You Saw A Familiar Ewe From High School ]
[ She Always Acted Very Conceited ]

[ When You Wheel The Cart Back Up Where It Belongs, Because
You Could Not Find Anything To Buy ]
[ You Wave @ The Cashier & Say (GOODBYE) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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