(30)▪︎[ No Ability … 1•9•2021 ]

[ I Have No Stability ]
[ I Feel That I Don’t Have The Ability ]

[ To Get Or Be Stable ]
[ Just Flat Out Unable ]

[ I Absolutely Have No Say ]
[ On The Way ]
[ Things Go During The Day ]

[ I Have To Vent ]
[ About Being Bent ]
[ Because Of How Things Went ]

[ In One Ear ]
[ & Out The Other ]
[ About Who Is Supposed To Be Here ]

[ From This Point On ]
[  My Security Blanket Is Gone ]

[ How Do I Get Things Back Under My Control? ]
[ Because This Is Putting A Hole ]
[ In The Middle Of My Soul ]

[ My Shining Light ]
[ Is Always My Wife ]
[ But She Is Gone Most Of The Day ]
[ & Won’t Be Home Until Late Into The Night ]

[ Strangers Are Coming Into My Home Once Again ]
[ Will They Be Coming In ]
[ To Commit A Sin? ]

[ Or Two Or Four ]
[ Stealing My Property ]
[ As They Walk Out The Front Door? ]

[ Maybe I Should Hole Up In My Room & Close The Door ]
[ Because Sometimes I Can’t Take It Anymore ]

[ So I Just Spend My Time Alone ]
[ & Write Story After Story On My Phone ]
[ Oh Wait, What Is That Noise? ]
[ Oh, Okay, It Was Just The Dial Tone ]

~ The End ~

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

(021)▪︎[ Your Bubble … 1•7•2021 ]

[ If Someone Says That Your Bubble Is Getting 
     Bigger Than You Think ]
[ Would You Prefer That It Would Shrink? ]

[ I Think For Instance ]
[ You Would Rather That Others Keep Their 6 Feet Of Distance? ]

[ You Definitely Don’t Want Someone That Is Coughing
     To Come Near ]
[ The Causes For Those Coughs Are Never Clear ]

[ It Could Be Some Allergies ]
[ Or The ‘VID ]
[ You Never Know If The Sneezes ]
[ We’re Caused By Where He Has Been Or What He Did ]

[ When He Felt Feerless? ]
[ Did He Get Careless? ]

[ He May Have Felt Safe Around People He Did Not Know ]
[ But Sometimes The Symptoms Are Really Slow ]
[ To Show ]

[ Then Will It Be Too Late ]
[ After He Brings The ‘VID Home To His Kids & Mate ]

[ The 6 Feet Distance Bubble Sounds Like A Good
     Idea Still ]
[ Will It Stay In Effect? ]
[ Oh, You Hope It Will ]

~ The End ~

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

(019)▪︎[ Superman Once Visited Me … 1•7•2021 ]

[ When I Met Superman, I Was Not Looking For Him
     To Come & Save The Day ]
[ I Wanted Him To Show Me How To Live My Life In A 
     Much Better Way ]
[ So I Began To Listen To What He Had To Say ]

[ Treat Others Better Than They Treat You ]
[ Do Not Be A Follower ]
[ By Always Doing What They Do ]

[ Always Turn The Other Cheek, Is What He Said ]
[ Never Let Someone Else’s Actions ]
[ Dictate The Thoughts In Your Head ]

[ Give When & What You Have Plenty Of ]
[ Give Extra To Those That You Love ]

[ Find Some Things To Give ]
[ To Help Someone Be More Comfortable As They Live ]

[ I Told Him That I Could Never Match His Feats Of
     Strength ]
[ He Told Me That The Love From The Heart ]
[ Has Never Been Measured By Length ]

[ Touch Those That You Don’t Even Know ]
[ Giving To Those That Don’t Have ]
[ Might Make You Their Hero ]

[ Very Few Can Ever Get Ahead In This Human Race ]
[ By Running In Place ]

[ Keep Going Forward ]
[ Make A Goal That You Can Move Toward ]

[ But He Is The Lucky Guy ]
[ Because He Is The Only One That Can Fly ]

[ How Do I Compete With That? ]
[ Well, I Can’t ]

[ He Said That Kind Of Thinking Is Wrong ]
[ Just Like Nobody Is Judged ]
[ By How They Sing A Specific Song ]

[ So Superman Talked With Me For Hours & Hours ]
[ & He Told Me That We All Don’t Need To Have Or
     Use Super Powers ]

[ He Said Every Woman & Man ]
[ Should Always Do What They Can ]

[ To Make A Diferrence & A Reason That They Are
     Remembered ]
[ For Many More January’s & December’s ],

~ The End ~

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

(18)▪︎[ The Riots … 1•7•2021 ]

[ The Riots, The Riots Are Happening All Over
     Again ]
[ Just Because He Didn’t Win ]

[ If You Have Not Been In One ]
[ You Should Never Want To ]
[ Because They Are Not Fun ]

[ The Rioters Have Angry Minds ] 
[ & Angry Thoughts ]
[ Of The Worst Kinds ]

[ Violence & Mayhem ]
[ Is All That Matters To Them ]

[ They Have One Track Minds In What They Want
     To Do ]
[ Their Main Objectives ]
[ Is To Get By Or Through You ]

[ Material Things Is Not Want They Want ]
[ Their Angry Voices Yell Angry Taunts ]

[ The Meaning & Reasons For All Of This Is So 
     Absurd ]
[ His Reasons That He Caused This ]
[ Are The Worst That I Have Ever Heard ]

[ He Lost In A Fair & Honest Election ]
[ If He Had Any Time For Honest Reflection ]
[ He Would Come Out & Tell His Mob To Change
     Their Direction ]

[ & Go Back Home ]
[ But Not One Calming Message Was Ever Shown ]

[ He Turned The Volume Up Because Of His Asinine &
     Violent Tweets ]
[ He Told His Trumpanzees To Get Violent In The Streets ]

[ Watching The Riots Flooded My Brain With Such
     Horrible Memories ]
[ Of A Violent Incident ]
[ That Was Life Changing For Me ]

[ A Riot Changed My Life ]
[ It Wasn’t By A Man Holding A Gun Or A Knife ]

[ I Felt Such A Huge Amount Of Empathy ]
[ For Those Officers ]
[ Trying To Give Others Enough Security ]
[ So They Could Get Home Safely ]

~ The End ~

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

(16)▪︎[ Hope Or Nope … 1•7•2021 ]

[ What Does It Mean When Someone Exclaims That They
     Have Hope? ]
[ Could It Be Squashed When Another Person Says ( NOPE ) ? ]

[ Can Someone Go Through Their Whole Life Without Any? ]
[ That Would Be Uncanny ]

[ What Is The Difference Between The Words ( HOPE ) & ( FAITH ) ]
[ Can You Ever Get Them Straight? ]

[ Faith Can Be When You Believe In Something Or Someone Every
     Day ]
[ Hope Can Be Having Faith In Some Imaginary Way ]

[ The Two Words Can Be Intertwined ]
[ Both Are Kept In The Depths Of The Mind ]

[ Neither Can Be Based On A Command ]
[ Neither One Can Be Physically Held Or Touched By Your  Hand ]

[ Can This Be Something You Could Teach? ]  
[ Not Preach ]
[ To Have Either ]
[ Would You Still Have To Define Each? ]

~ The End ~

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

(37)▪︎[ No Footprint … 1•11•2021 ]

[ Another Day Being Left In The Dark ]
[ Another Day Not Leaving A Mark ]

[ In Society ]
[ So Anyone Can Remember Me ]

[ If Someone Was Looking For My Footprint ]
[ They Would Have To Get To The Right ]
[ Light ]
[ & Squint ]

[ Their Eyes ]
[ Because I Am Just One Of Those Boring, Average Guys ]

[ That Blend ]
[ Someone Easy To Offend ]
[ Someone That No One ]
[ Even Pretends ]
[ To Defend ]

[ I Blend Into The Background ]
[ I Blend Into Whatever Scenery Is Around ]

[ A Chameleon That Doesn’t Want To Be ]
[ A Person, In Person That Nobody Sees ]

[ I Don’t Wear Bright Shorts Or Shirts ]
[ I Am Overlooked & Dismissed So Much It Gets To
     The Level That It Hurts ]

[ I Try To Grow Thicker Skin ]
[ I Am Rarely With The Crowd That’s ( IN ) ]
[ I Play Game After Game On My Phone ]
[ & It Seems That I Never Win ]
[ It All Makes Me Feel So Alone ]

[ I Can’t Ever Catch A Break ]
[ I Am Not Ever Thought Of As The One To Thank ]

[ Even Though I Try To Go Out Of My Way ]
[ Everyday ]

[ To Pay A Compliment ]
[ But Never Making A Statement ]

[ To Blow My Own Horn ]
[ If You Asked The Two Barbara’s ]
[ They Did Not Like That I Was Even Born ]

[ Is That Normal Or What? ]
[ Even As I Write This ]
[ The Words Cut ]

[ The Thoughts Are Even Worse ]
[ Oh How I Wish I Wasn’t Born With This Curse ]

[ Who Were My Strong Male Role Models ]
[ My Dad Or Donald? ]

[ My Dad Blew His Brains Out ]
[ Don Pushed Me Out ]

[ Oh, I Sure As Hell Know ]
[ I Really Don’t Think So ]

[ Don Showed Me Plenty Of Examples That Went Into
     The Bucket In My Head That Was Labled ( I WON’t ) ]
[ He Showed Me & Did Things In Front Or To Me That
     Went Into The Bucket Labeled ( PLEASE DON’t ) ]

[ Donald Taught Me How To Judge ]
[ & To Not Budge ]
[ On His Lifelong Grudge ]

[ With Me, His Only Son ]
[ But When He Refused To Speak To Me This Last Time ]
[ I Knew That Our Relationship Was Done ]

[ But Now I Am Happy To Say That I Am Smiling
     In My Head ]
[ Because Dear Ole Donald ]
[ Is Dead. Dead. Dead ]

~ The End ~

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

(334)▪︎[ This Won Day … 4•22•2021 ]

[ Their Wus This Won Day When Eye Was Sitting On
      The Sidewalk In The Midle Of Eye5 ]
[ Eye Was Sew Sew Thank Fool That Eye Wus Still Alive ]

[ I Don’t No Y ]
[ Eye Just Wus ]
[ Because Eye M Jst That Kinf Of A Geye ]

[ Eye Don’t Think, Lyke Eye Tock ]
[ Sew, Sum Thymes Eye Jest Think Owt Seyd Of The Balks ]

[ They’re Is Never Aye Rhyme Oar Reason On Y Eye Due ]
[ The Things, That Eye Due ]

[ Some Thymes Things Just Due Knott Make Cents ]
[ Just Like Eye Can Knott Never Bee Able Two Put Up
    Aye TeNt ]

[ The Polls Get All Bent & The TeNt Flaps Flap In The Wind ]
[ It Looks Sew Complecks ]
[ Eye Due Naught Know Wear Two Begin ]

[ Complex Is Knott My Middle Name ]
[ Butt When Things Due Get Complex, They Usually Point
     They’re Middle Finger @ Me 2 Blame ]

[ Eye Gess Eye Can Handull The Press Sure ]
[ From Hymn & Hure ]

[ Eye Donut No Wear Eye Em Going With This ]
[ Eye Em Jest Luck King Four The Land Of Bliss ]

[ Is It Out Their? ]
[ Any Wear? ]

[ How Meny Napkins Wood Won Should Ewes? ]
[ & Witch Side Of The Newspapers ]
[ Duz Won Look Four The News? ]

[ Butt Thu News May Bee Rite In Front Of Ewe ]
[ Just Donut Look Four Sum Thing Knew ]

~ The End ~

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

(335)▪︎[ The Lonely Man … 4•23•2021 ]

[ Woe Is The Heart Of The Lonely Man ]
[ Walking Through Life Doing The Best That He Can ]

[ He Tries To Put A Smile On The Face Of Someone
      Every Single Day ]
[ Each Time Is Different ]
[ & So Is The Way ]

[ Maybe Giving A Much Softer, Kinder Word ]
[ Than The Stranger Has Ever Heard ]

[ In A Long Long Time ]
[ Maybe A Positive Word In A Short Poetic Rhyme ]

[ The Lonely Man’s Sole Intention On This Earth ]
[ Is To Show & Tell Others About Their Worth ]

[ Some May Need A Pick-Me-Up Or A Compliment Or
     Two ]
[ Maybe Some Positive Reinforcement About What They
     Do ]

[ A Moment In Time That They Will Remember ]
[ A Date In Time Between Now & December ]

[ It Does Not Cost The Lonely Man One Single Cent ]
[ To Show A Stranger That They Only Have The Best
     Intent ]

[ & Show Their Best ]
[ Interest ]

[ Does The Lonely Man Ask For Anything In Return? ]
[ Has The Lonely Man Taught The Stranger A Single
     Thing To Learn? ]

[ Maybe To Never Judge Another ]
[ Like Others ]
[ Are Prone To Judge A Book By Its Cover ]

[ The Tattered Pages May Look ]
[ Like It May Be An Old Throw Away Book ]

[ But Not By Looks Or The Reading Of A Single Page ]
[ Can A Book Tell The Invaluable Content ]
[ Or The Approximate Age ]

[ Of What May Be The True Intentions That Lie Deep
     Down @ The Heart ]
[ If There Was A Finish Line ]
[ When Was The Start? ]

[ A Kind Word From A Stranger May Be Just That ]
[ It Deserves A Thoughtful Thank You ]
[ A Tip Of The Hat ]

[ & Then With A Blink That Lonely Man Is Gone ]
[ Because It Was Past The Time For Him To Move On ]

~ The End ~

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

(28)▪︎[ Foster Kids … 1•9•2021 ]

[ Some People Say That Kids In Foster Care 
     Do Not Dream ]
[ Instead In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ They Have Nightmares That Make Them Scream ]

[ They Never Feel Like Their Feet Are On Solid Ground ]
[ They Are Always Waiting For The Sound ]

[ Of Someone Saying That It Was Time To Move ]
[ It Could Be A Month Or A Couple Of Years ]
[ So They Never Get Into A Groove ]

[ Their Head Keeps Spinning ]
[ Because Their Life Keeps Beginning ]
[ It Seems That They Are Never Winning ]

[ @ The Game Of Life ]
[ When They Look Through The Tunnel ]
[ They Just Don’t See The Light ]

[ Be It The Sun Or Of An Oncoming Train ]
[ Making Them Afraid ]
[ To Rejoice Or Refrain ]

[ From Having The Happiness Of A Growing Child ]
[ & Not Having Any Control Of His Small Piece
     Of Tile ]

[ That He Lives On ]
[ His Security Is Not Gone ]

[ Because He Has Never Had That Feeling Before ]
[ He Always Anticipates That Knock On The Door ]
[ Waiting For A Representative From The State ]
[ To Tell Them There Is Another Move In Store ]
[ All He Wants To Do Is Yell ( WAIT! ) ]
[ ( I DON’t WANT TO MOVE ANYMORE! ) ]

[ But He Knows That His Pleas Will Fall On Deaf Ears ]
[ Nobody Listens ]
[ Nobody Hears ]

[ They Just Want To Be ]
[ Adopted & Settled With A Good, Loving Family ]

[ Where They Feel Nurtured ]
[ & Loved ]
[ So Then & Only Then … They Can Finally Have Dreams About The
     Future ]

~ The End ~

[ Auhea kuʻu hoaaloha ]
[ Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e pono ai e lawe i kēia moʻolelo
     i kahi hopena ]

[ Mahalo no ka hoʻoloheʻana i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ]
[ No laila,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka mea ]

[ A hui hou aku ]
     ‎    ‎
[ 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 ]