[ 278 ][ Enjoy Your Freedom, My Friend … 2•3•2021 ]

[ Have You Ever Met A Person That Was A Good
     Christian For Only One Day A Week? ]
[ The Other Six Days She Is A Sinner When She Speaks? ]

[ The Stuff She Does During Those Times, Are Definitely
     Not In Her  Bible Book ]
[ She Is Not Shy About Anything ]
[ So She Let’s Any Guy Come Over To Take A Look ]

[ Eve Never Wore Clothes, So She Doesn’t Most
     Of The Time ]
[ Her Reasoning For Her Wild Ways ]
[ It Is Because She Feels Like She Is In Her Prime ]

[ Growing Up She Lived A Life Of A Little Princess ]
[ She Never Learned How To Live With Less ]
[ She Only Does Excess ]

[ It Seems That The Two Main Words That Is In All
     Of Texts ]
[ That Is The Question ( WHO’s NEXT? ) ]

[ It Is Never A ( WHAT? ) ]
[ If Her Father Knew ]
[ He Would Feel Like He Got Punched In The Gut ]

[ Her Transition On Sunday’s Are A 180 ]
[ 6 Days A Week She Really Let’s Go ]
[ But On Sundays ]
[ She Makes This Amazing Transition When She Looks & Acts Like
     A Proper, Polite Young Lady ]

[ One Night Of Relaxing With Her Outside On The Deck ]
[ I Asked Her Why During The Six Other Days Of The Week
     She Doesn’t Keep Herself In Check? ]

[ She Said That Her Whole Younger Years Was Nothing
     But Oppression ]
[ Followed By 6 Of Her Teen Years In A Deep Depression ]

[ She Said That Once She Moved Down South ]
[ She Found That Others Did Not Get Upset When She Opens
     Her Mouth ]

[ Whenever Her Father Would Hear Her Voice ]
[ He Would Tell Her To Shut Up That Noise ]

[ She Said That She Came To College To Let Go & Rebel ]
[ That Is Why During Those Six Days, She Does Not
     Behave So Well ]

[ She Knows That Whenever Her College Days Are Over
     & Done ]
[ That Will Be The End Of Everything That She Considers
     To Be Fun ]
[ & To Top It All Off ]
[ Her Father Has Said That She Is Going To Marry His
     Best Friends Eldest Son ]

[ I Told Her That I Thought That Pre-Arranged Marriages
     Were Way In The Past ]
[ Then I Asked ( DO THEY EVER LAST? ) ]

[ She Got Really Quiet Then Said ( ONCE YOU SAY I DO ) ]
[ ( YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO ) ]
[ ( EVERYTHING YOU ARE TOLD TO DO! ) ]

[ That Made Me Feel Sad For My Friend ]

~ The End ~

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

[ 252 ][ Some Things Are Not Worth It … 3•27•2021 ]

[ Some Say That You Should Live Free Or Die Trying ]
[ But Some Could See ]
[ That Would Lead To A Life Filled With Many Nights Of Worrying
     & Crying ]

[ Crying Because You Did Not Want To Fight ]
[ Crying Because You Are Just Trying To Make It Through
     Another Night ]

[ The Nights Are The Worst ]
[ Some Nights Feel Like They Are Cursed ] 

[ Cursed Because Of The Nightmares They Bring ]
[ Trying To Hide The Scars That Sting ]

[ The Unseen Wounds Hurt You The Most ]
[ & They Are Not From Events Where You Deserve To Boast ]

[ Situations Where The Words ]
[ Heard ]
[ Cut Much Deeper Than A Sharpened Sword ]

[ You Can Never Measure The Depth ]
[ Or The Length ]

[ But All Of The Lies ]
[ Does Increase The Wound’s Size ]

[ Then They Would Feel That All Eyes Would Go In Your
     Direction ]
[ Questioning Your Dedication ]

[ That Would Not Be Fair ]
[ That Would Show A Big Lack Of Care ]

[ Care About Your Feelings ]

~ 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 ]

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[ 245 ][ That $6 Can Go Really Far … 3•23•2021 ]

Where Are You Going? When? Do You Know, Because I Don’t.
Well I Am Not The One That Really Needs To Know. I Am Curious,
But I Am More Curious That You Don’t Know. If You Don’t
Know, Then How Do You Know That You Have To Go There?
Did You Know That Everything Centers Around The Word ( HERE ).
If You Are Going ( THERE ) It Is Basically Coming Here With
The Letter ( T ) Before You Get Here. Now You Can Have Coffee
When You Get Here Too. But To Go From ( THERE ) To ( HERE ) You Have To Have A ( T ). But If You Are Confused & Want To Go
From ( WHERE ) To ( HERE ) You Have To Drop The ( W ). Sometimes The ( W ) Stands For ( WIN ) You Never Want To 
Drop A Win Because They Are Hard To Come By.  Just Like
Women Are Always Looking For The Big ( O ). That Could Be
Short For Many Things. ( O ) For Oregon, Ohio Or Osh Kosh.
Tear Is A ( T ) Away From ( EAR ). But Who Wants To Cry Tears
In Their Ears? Or Do Your Ears Hear Your Tears? Nobody
Wants To Hear Tears. But If Your Ears Are Plugged Could You Still Hear? Most Of The Time Ears Smell What Your Eyes Can’t
Feel. Feel Is A Whole Different Cents Than A Dollar. If You
Only Had One Dollar How Would You Spend It? All @ Once?
$.25 @ A Time? The Whole $3 All @ Once? Quite The Dilemma On
What To Do With The $7 That You Have In Change. How Many
Quarters Would That Come Out To, 40? That Is Alot Of
Nickels To Have In Your Pocket Three Times A Day. But Why Would Someone Be Carrying Around $3.82 In Dimes While They Are
Sleeping. Who Needs $7.41 In Nickels While They Eat Lunch?
$8.23 Worth Of Quarters Sure Would Buy Alot T.V. Dinners.
Speaking Of Breakfast. Why?

~ The End ~

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

[ 242 ][ You Were A Mirage … 3•23•2021 ]

[ The Loss I Feel Is Immesuarable ]
[ & There Is Not One Thing That I Find That Can Still
     Be Called Pleasurable ]

[ There Is No Skip In My Step ]
[ Ever Since You Left ]

[ You Left In The Night Without Making A Sound ]
[ & Now You Never Come Around ]

[ Whenever I Try To Call You On My Cellphone ]
[ It Instantly Goes To Voice-mail ]
[ Or I Get A Dial Tone ]

[ You Stole My Heart, My Truck & All Of My Saved Up Cash ]
[ You Lit My Life On Fire ]
[ But Now There Is Only A Pile Of Ash ]

[ You Turned All Of My Friends Against Me ]
[ Because You Only Let Them See What Only You Wanted
    Them To See ]

[ I Used To Be The Most Reliable One ]
[ & Now I Am The Black Sheep Son ]

[ My Two Brothers Won’t Return My Calls ]
[ Then Yesterday I Found Gang Grafitti On Two Of The
     Outside Garage Walls ]

[ @ First I Thought That You Were A God Send ]
[ But Then You Turned Into A Dead End ]

~~ The End ~

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

[ 240 ][ Such The Good Idea … 3•22•2021 ]

[ All Of This Time That I Have Wasted On You ]
[ Makes Me Feel That All Of This Time I Have Been Totally Used ]

[ Drained Of All Of The Good Emotion I Used To
     Feel ]
[ I Spent All Of This Time Looking For Something Real ]

[ Why Couldn’t You Ever Reciprocate? ]
[ All Of The Things That You Did @ One Time, Was To Take ]

[ Minute By Minute, Hour After Hour ]
[ You Have Taken All Of My Energy ]
[ & Canceled Out All Of My Power ]

[ One Power That Is None Is My Self-Esteem ][ That Has Not Been So Low Since I Was A Young Teen ]

[ I Used To Be A Strong Man Before We Met ]
[ You Took All Of My Money ]
[ So I Am Not Even Close To Being Caught Up, On All Of The Over-Due Bills Yet ]

[ My Friends Kept Seeing ]
[ How You Were Treating ]
[ Other Human Beings ]

[ My Best Friends ]
[ Have Said ]

[ They Saw Alot Of Warning Signs ]
[ & How You Crossed Many Other People’s Personal Lines ]

[ & Watched The Many Times ]
[ Where You Broke The Law & Committed Crimes ]

[ From The First Time That We Met, You Wanted Me To Change ]
[ & It Was My Whole Life That You Tried To Rearrange ]

[ You Tried So Very Hard To Have Me Isolated From All Of
     My Friends & Family ]
[ So You Were The Only One That I’d See ]
[ & There Was Never Another Day When I Felt Totally Free ]

[ All Of My Life ]
[ I Had My Eye Out Looking Out There For My Wife ]
[ But If We Were Ever In A Silverware Drawer ]
[ You Would Be The Sharpest Knife ]

[ Your Words Are Always Angry & Many Times You Treated Me
     Really Mean ]
[ You Treated Some People Really Nice, But Most Of
      The Time You Were Hurtful ]
[ & You Just Didn’t Have An In-Between ]

[ That Is Why I Did Something That Nobody Should ]
[ & Only My Closest Friends Knew That I Would ]

[ That Is Why I Put Some Xyrem In Your Drink ]
[ & Once You Passed Out ]
[ I Watched Your Lips Turn Pink ]
[ It Was Only Then, That I Poured The Rest Down The Sink ]

[ I Chose ]
[ To Come Close ]
[To Giving You Triple The Ordinary Dose ]

[ I Worried That I Would Make The Drink Too Salty ]
[ Then If You Noticed Or Asked ]
[ I Would Remind You That Ever Since You Had The ‘VID
     Your Tastebuds Have Been Wonkey ]

[ Why Would I Lie? ]
[ Whenever You Look Into My Eyes? ]

[ When Or If You Ever Looked, Could You See All Of
     The Hurt? ]
[ The Color Would Be Bright Blue ]
[ Like The Color Of Your Very Short Mini Skirt ]

[ My Best Friends Came In The Room So We Could Roll You
     Up In A Rug ]
[ We Took You Into The Woods ]
[ & Walked To A Deep Hole That We Had Already Dug ]

[ Into The Hole You Went ]
[ This Entire Escapade ]
[ Was Definitely Time Well Spent ]

[ As I Lit Your Body On Fire ]
[ I Remember All Of Those Times That I Proved You To Be
     A Liar ]

[ Then All Of A Sudden The Alarm Went Off To Wake Me Up
     & Be On Line For The First Count ]
[ I Love My Dreams When I Murdered You ]
[ When That Is What The Dream Is All About ]

[ TIime Ticks On & Then A Year Goes By ]
[ But Now I Feel Like The Luckiest Guy ]

[ Nobody Ever Thought That I Would Be Willing ]
[ To Be The Mastermind Of This Towns Only Justified
     Killing ]

[ I Only Got 2 Years For Disposing Of Your Body So
     It Would Never Be Found ]
[ I Heard Through Some Friends That I Am The Most Popular
     Guy In Town ]

[ When I Get Paroled, I Don’t Think I Will Be The Loneliest Guy
     Anymore ]
[ Because Everyone Is So Happy ]
[ That I Killed The Town Whore ]

~ The End ~

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

[ 209 ][ The Loss … 3•14•2021 ]

[ What Happens When You Feel That You Have Become
     A Restless Sinner? ]
[ Do Things Ever Come Around To Make You Feel 
     Like A Winner? ]

[ Some Things Are Seen ]
[ As Somewhere In Between ]

[ Between Good & Bad ]
[ The Child Always Favoring The Mom Over The Dad ]

[ The Mother ]
[ Instead Of The Sister Or Brother ]

[ Why Is That? ]
[ Why Must Every Discussion End In A Spat? ]

[ Do You, You Or You? ]
[ Always Want To Argue? ]

[ Because You Have Lost The Trust ]
[ Of Those That You Feel That There Should Be A Must ]

[ Trust You With Their Lives ]
[ & Ever Since The ‘VID Started ]
[ You Cannot Settle Any Problems With Any High Fives ]

[ Simple Times Are In The Past ]

~ The End ~

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

    

[ 237 ][ The Norm … 3•20•2021 ]

[ I Have Been So Anxious All Of My Life & I
     Don’t Ever ]
[ Get Any Better ]

[ & Slowly Go Back To The Norm ]
[ But What Does That Look Or Feel Like? ]
[ Is It Always The Calmest Before The Storm? ]

[ Maybe I Will Never Get There ]
[ Maybe I Don’t Know Where ]

[ I Am Supposed To Go ]
[ What Will Be The Form? ]
[ Of What I Don’t Know? ]

[ Confusion Would Be @ The Top Of My List ]
[ I Would Be So Unsure Of What I Might Have Missed ]

[ What I Would Need @ The Time Would Be A Warm Drink
     That Goes Straight To The Soul ]
[ Then Try To Figure Out What Piece I Was Missing
     That Could Make Me Feel Whole ]

[ But Talk Is Very Cheap & Easy To Come By ]
[ When Alot Of People Try To Be Honest ]
[ They Can Only Lie ]


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

[ 244 ][ To You, My Friend … 3•23•2021 ]

[ Okay, Big M ]
[ I Really Feel Sad About Your Problems ]

[ You Are In A Situation Where You Have No
     Control ]
[ & That Is Normally Not How You Roll ]

[ Your Son Is Laying In A Hospital Bed ]
[ & That Image Sticks In Your Head ]

[ You Are Unable To Reach Out & Take All Of
     His Pain Away ]
[ But You Stand There ]
[ & Continue To Stay ]

[ You Are Such The Loving & Devoted Man ]
[ & You Try & Try To Do What You Can ]

[ Any Boy Would Beg & Plead For The Love That
     You Have & You Show Your Son ]
[ You Are A Realistic Man By Knowing That Life
     Can’t Be Filled With Only Giggles & Fun ]

[ When It Comes To Being A Great Dad You
     Definitely Fill The Part ]
[ You Show That It Is Not The Money That You Give ]
[ It Takes A Big Heart ]

[ Every Day You Worry ]
[ So Much ]
[ Your Eyesight Goes Blurry ]

[ You Stand By In Case Anybody Needs Help ]
[ If It Was Possible ]
[ You Would Get Five Stars On Yelp ]

[ A Person That Was New ]
[ Would Read All The Way Through ]
[ The 100’s Of Rave Reviews ]

[ Big M, If You Are Even Half The Dad, As You Are My Friend ]
[ The Love That You Have For Your Son ]
[ Will Never Ever End ]

~ The End ~

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

[ 202 ][ Staying 6 Feet Apart … 3•11•2021 ]

[ How Can You Touch My Heart ]
[ When We Have To Stay @ Least 6 Feet Apart? ]

[ I Live & Love Very Much ]
[ For The Sound Of Your Voice & The Feel Of Your Touch ]

[ What I Wouldn’t Do For A Hug From You ]
[ Because It Is Way Overdue ]

[ I Took Your Touch For Granted Every Single Day ]
[ But Now You Have To Stay ]
[ Far, Far Away ]

[ For Your Own Safety ]
[ & That Matters To Me ]

[ Because I Was Never Able To Give You Wealth ]
[ I Can Help You Protect Your Health ]

[ Ever Since A Year Before Last February ]
[ I Have Missed You Dearly ]

[ When Will This End? ]

~ The End ~

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


[ 199 ][ The Biggest Mystery In Town … 3•10•2021 ]

[ Little Red Ridinghood  ]
[ Was Walking Around The Neighborhood ]
[ Up To No Good ]

[ She Saw Scooby-Doo Sitting On A Log ]
[ & She Asked ( WHAT’s UP OLD DOG? ) ]
[ ( WHY ARE JUST SITTING THERE ACTING LIKE YOUR
     HEAD IS IN A FOG? ) ]

[ After She Asked Twice ]
[ She Stopped Being Nice ]

[ Then Left Him All Alone ]
[ After Stealing His Cell Phone ]

[ Right Then A Call Came In ]
[ If She Was To Answer It ]
[ She Had No Idea How The Conversation Would Begin ]

[ Days Go By & The Phone Keeps Ringing Off Of The Hook ]
[ Apparently Scooby-Doo Went Missing ]
[ & Nobody Could Figure Out Where In The World They
     Should Look ]

[ Little Red Started Losing Sleep ]
[ Because She Felt That She Had A Big Secret She Had
    To Keep ]

[ What If She Was The Last One To See Scooby-Doo Alive? ]
[ When She Stole His Phone About Four Days Ago ]
[ Or Was It Five ]

[ Little Red Went With Her Younger Niece ]
[ When She Decided To Go Talk To The Police ]

[ She Made Up A Good Story, All The While Lying ]
[ She Even Drew Sympathy ]
[ As She Was Fake Crying ]

[ Little Red Made Up Every Little Bit ]
[ When She Was Making Up The Story About How She
     Found It ]

[ When They Left The Station She Was A Little Bit
     Relieved ]
[ Because She THOUGHT She Had Told Them A Story
     That They Believed ]

[ But Two Days Later After She Called For A Lyft Ride ]
[ & Then Went Outside ]
[ There Was A Big Sign In Her Front Yard That Said
     ( WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU LIED! ) ]

[ Now She Felt Scared ]
[ About Who Put That Sign Out There ]

[ & Who Was ( THE WE? ) ]
[ She Had No Idea Who That Could Be ]

[ This Really Troubled Her ]
[ & Made Her Feel Unsafe ]
[ & Unsure ]

[ Because She Has Lied ]
[ So Much ]
[ She Had A Hunch ]
[ That She Needed To Find ]
[ Some Place To Hide ]
[ Instead Of Going Out To Lunch ]

[ She Went Back Inside Her House ]
[ Packed 3 Bags Full Of Clothes ]
[ & Left A Goodbye Note To Bugs Bunny, Her Spouse ]

[ It Told Him ( PLEASE DON’t COME LOOKING FOR ME … ) ]
[ ( BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I WILL BE ) ]

[ When Little Red Walked Out The Front Door ]
[ & Caught A Lift Ride ]
[ Nobody Ever Saw Little Red Around The Neighborhood
     Anymore ]

[ The Scooby-Doo & Little Red Mystery ]
[ Will Always Go Down In History ]

[ As One Having To Do With The Other ]
[ Scooby’s Three Boys Miss Their Father ]
[ & Little Red’s Two Daughters ]
[ Miss Their Mother ]

~ The End ~

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