(111)▪︎[ A Meaningful Story … 2•8•2022 ]

[ I Have This Friend, Who I Dearly Love ]
[ Who Really Has Alot Of Faith In The Man Who Lives Really High
Above ]

[ I Have Tried My Hardest To Be The Best Male Friend That She Has
Ever Had ]
[ & I Have Tried My Hardest To Never Make Her Mad ]

[ I Am Very Sure ]
[ That I Have Never Wanted To Be On The Wrong Side Of Anger
With Her ]

[ Oh, I Have Heard Story After Story ]
[ Of Her Past Glory ]

[ She Became (2) Parents To Her Kids When Her Husband Of
Over (30) Years Passed ]
[ But Parental Love Did Not Lapse ]

[ She Took On The Mother/Father/Grandmother/Grandfather
Roles Quite Well ]
[ Love & Honesty Did Not Go To Hell ]

[ I Could Never Pinpoint The Day Or Event That, When Or How We
Became Best Friends ]
[ We Just Did ]
[ So That Is Where & When The Mystery Ends ]

[ She Is So Hard-Headed, She Told Me The Nickname That She
Wanted Me To Call Her By ]
[ I Do Not Speak Spanish & I Did Not Know The Definition ]
[ But I Gave It A Try ]

[ She Did Not Curse @ Me ]
[ She Did Not Slap Me ]
[ She Did Not Shoot @ Me (WHERE DID SHE GET A GUN IN THIS
STORY?) ]
[ She Did Not Send Her Son Or Her Large Brother After Me ]

[ So It Did Not Offend ]
[ So I Guessed That I Did Not Have My Life To Defend ]

[ When I Say It, Nobody Gets Chafed ]
[ So I Think That I Am Safe ]

[ I Have Learned Through Our Short Friendship That When
Cavarona Says To Do Something, That Something Gets Done ]
[ Or Nobody Gets A Warm Tortilla ]
[ Or Has Any Fun ]

[ She Says It Means, (HARD HEADED, STUBBORN) ]
[ Well That Hits The Nail On The Head ]
[ It Probably Started, Right After She Was Born ]

[ My Friend Is Solid & Built Like A Tank ]
[ A Couple Of Mystery Men Tried To Treat Her Like A Community
Bank ]

[ That Was A Hard Sell ]
[ They Could Not Crack That Titanium Shell ]

[ But My Best Friend Will Be Leaving Us Soon ]
[ Maybe I Could Reminisce About Her When I See The Moon ]

[ But That Is Not What Keys My My Memory To That Smile
On Her Face ]
[ I Know What & Where ]
[ It Will Be My Place ]

[ We Had So Many Long Talks Instead Turning Of The T.V. On ]
[ What Am I Going To Do The Minute AFTER I Am Told That
She Has Gone ]

[ For Her Memorial She Told Me To Wear My Vans, Shorts &
A Hawaiian Shirt ]
[ I Just Hopes That Nobody Thinks That I Am Being Disrespectful ]
[ & Knocks My Ass In The Dirt ]
[ I Don’t Want To Get Hurt ]

[ I Hope That Maria Tells Someone That This ]
[ Was Her Wish ]

[ We Talked About That There Was Not A Single Time Where She
Saw Me Wearing Long Pants ]
[ Not Even A Glance ]

[ No Pictures, No Nothing ]
[ I Can Not Remember The Last Time That I Wore Pants For
Something

[ My Mind Is Flooded With So Many Thoughts & Words ]
[ Flying Around Like A Big Bunch Of Birds ]

[ So Much To Say ]
[ So Little Time ]
[ What Is The Way ]
[ That I Could End This Story That I Wrote To My Very Best Friend,
But Make It Rhyme? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(087)▪︎[ So Alike, But So Different … 1•27•2022 ]

[ Does Everything Have To Go Up & Down In This World For
Everything To Work? ]
[ Even For The People That Have A Little Quirck? ]

[ Some Say A Little Quirckiness Is Good ]
[ They Should Tell You Before Their Actions Are Misunderstood ]

[ Everybody Has Something Quircky About Them, But It May
Not Be Obvious To The Average Joe ]
[ People Work Really Hard To Hide Whatever It Is, So It Won’t
Show ]

[ We Are All Not The Same By Any Means ]
[ You Guess We Would Look Somewhat Alike, If We Hid Behind
Enough Screens ]

[ We Don’t Look, Talk, Or Ever Feel The Same ]
[ So We Don’t All Have The Same Name ]

[ But Deep Down We Are The Same, But Some Are Not Treated
As Such ]
[ Alot Of People Are Being Treated Like They Don’t Mean Very
Much ]

[ To Who? ]
[ Well There Are Alot You’s ]

[ We All Have The Same Amount Of Bones ]
[ We Start Off With The Same Number Of Fingers & Toes ]
[ We Have (2) Eyes, Lips & Ears ]
[ & (1) Nose ]

[ Bias & Prejudice Are Behaviors That Are Learned ]
[ Not Earned ]

[ As Someone Grows & Ages ]
[ Their Personality Starts Showing ]
[ From Loving To Rages ]

[ Likes & Dislikes ]
[ Do They Like To Go On Long Walks? ]
[ Or Long, Exhausting Hikes? ]

[ Nobody Has THE Answer On How To Treat Each Other Like
Each Other ]
[ There Were Many Ways That You Were Like Your Younger
Brother ]

[ But Just Because You Are Blood, That Doesn’t Mean You Are
In Any Way Alike ]
[ Your Sister Was Like A (3) Wheeler ]
[ While You Were A Mountain Bike ]

[ Just Like There Are Many Types Of Cancers ]
[ There Must Be Alot Of Different Answers ]

[ We Are Alike, But So Different ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(085)▪︎[ Just Existing … 1•27•2022 ]

[ What Would It Feel Like Being Stuck, Penniless, Hungry, Angry &
Alone? ]
[ You Have No Idea How Long It Had Been Since You Last Got
A Text On Your Phone ]

[ You Feel Like You Are On An Island, But You Have (4) Walls ]
[ On & Off During The Day, You Feel The Tightening Of Your
Jaws ]

[ You Have Lost Track Of The Days & Weeks ]
[ You Feel A Burning Sensation, Inside Both Cheeks ]

[ You Have A Huge Knot, On The Right Side Of Your Back ]
[ You Can’t Afford An Actual Meal ]
[ Not Even A Snack ]

[ You Do Not Recall The Last Time You Ate ]
[ You Are Not Trying To ]
[ But You Can Tell That You Are Losing Weight ]

[ The Light In Your Room Flickers On & Off ]
[ You Have Had The Cold Sweats ]
[ & A Really Deep, Barking Cough ]

[ There Is No Medication That Would Agree With Your System ]
[ Nothing Prescribed By Your P.C. Doctor ]
[ Not By Any Of Them ]

[ You Cannot Remember The Last Time That You Left The House
For Pleasure ]
[ You Used To Get Coins From The Bank ]
[ As You Hunted For Treasure ]

[ You Used To Look Through So Many Pennies, Nickels & Dimes ]
[ Hours After Hours ]
[ Yes, Those Were Good Times ]

[ But After Your Spouse ]
[ Left The House ]

[ Things Have Never Been The Same ]
[ You Can Not Find Your Wife Anymore ]
[ Because She Changed Her Whole Name ]

[ Without Telling You ]
[ Without Leaving A Clue ]

[ You Have Thought Of Taking A Whole Bottle Of Store Bought
Sleeping Pills ]
[ But You Found In The Past That It Did Not Even Make You Feel
Ill ]
[ It Only Gave You Cold Sweats & Then The Chills ]

[ A Single Ambien Usually Knocks The Average Person On
Their Ass ]
[ But You Took (28) Of Them Really Fast ]
[ Using The Last Swallow Of Soda, That You Had In Your Glass ]

[ You Waited All Night To Fall Asleep ]
[ After A Couple Of Hours You Were Able To Drift Away ]
[ But You Didn’t Go Very Deep ]

[ You Startle Yourself Awake, Way To Early In The Morning ]
[ Then You Have Flashbacks Throughout The Whole Day & Night
Without A Second’s Worth Of Warning ]

[ You Feel That All You Do Is Exist ]
[ You Are Not Enjoying Your Hobbies ]
[ So You Are Not Making A Single List ]

[ You Like To Inventory Everything That You Have Collected ]
[ Now All Your Hobbies Sit Neglected ]

[ Ever Since You Were A Teen Boy ]
[ Your Life Had Found Very Little Joy ]

[ You Always Wished That As You Grew Older You Would Come
Across Some ]
[ Nothing Ever Came ]
[ Everyday Was The Same ]
[ Making You Feel Dumb ]

[ There Are Some Days & Nights ]
[ You Do Not Stand Up To Turn On The Lights ]

[ The Only Times That You Get Up, Is To Go To The Bathroom &
Back Again ]
[ You Guess Your Dad Was Right When He Told You ]
[ (YOU WILL NEVER MAKE IT, YOU WILL NEVER WIN) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(073)▪︎[ Happier Times … 1•24•2022 ]

[ Oftentimes, When One Is Searching For Solace, They Go @ It All
Alone ]
[ When They Pick Up The Phone ]
[ Listening For The Voice Of Reason ]
[ They Only Get The Dial Tone ]

[ You Can’t Wash Lonely Off Of Your Back In The Shower ]
[ You Neither Have The Patience Or The Power ]

[ It Is A Common Mistake To Look For Love In All Of The Wrong
Places ]
[ You Only Think There Is Love ]
[ In All Of The Wrong Faces ]

[ You’ve Heard (1000) Stories But None Of Them Rings True ]
[ White Is Black ]
[ & Red Is Blue ]

[ Nobody Tells The Truth Anymore ]
[ Not The Lady Leaning Against The Wall ]
[ Or ]
[ The Guy Who Just Walked Through The Door ]

[ You Had The Bright Idea That When You Had $200 In Your
Pocket You Made It Rich ]
[ & You No Longer Had To Scratch That Itch ]

[ But If You Don’t Keep Moving, That Itch Will Turn Into A Scratch
That Gets Infected ]
[ You Will Wait So Long To Get Some Medicine ]
[ It Would Need To Be Injected ]

[ Stay Stagnant & You Turn Fat & Lazy ]
[ When You Hesitate Too Long & Talk To Yourself Too Much ]
[ People Will Start Calling You Crazy ]

[ All Because You Thought You Had Made It Too Early In Life ]
[ So You Have No Kids ]
[ You Never Had The Pleasure Of Having A Wife ]

[ Because You Were Always Looking For The Next ]
[ You Always Thought That You Would Find The Best Woman
Through A Text ]

[ Not The Old Fashioned Way Of Getting Out Of The House &
Meeting Her ]
[ If You Look @ A Text You Can Never Be Sure ]

[ Friends Have Passed You By & Moved Away ]
[ You Have Not Seen A Friendly Face All Day ]

[ You Are Relegated To A Monotonous Routine ]
[ You Are Neither The King Of All You Can See ]
[ You’ve Never Been Able To Share It With A Queen ]

[ Time Passes By When A Day Turns Into A Week ]
[ & You Have Aged Past Your Peak ]

[ Sooner, Rather Than Later, You Lay In Your Bed, Waiting For
Death To Give Your Ticket A Punch ]
[ You All Of Sudden Flash Back To Happier Times When You
Were Sharing A Lunch ]
[ With … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(071)▪︎[ The Facebook Craze … 1•24•2022 ]

[ What Is It About, This Facebook Craze? ]
[ @ Times The Whole Point, Keeps You In A Haze ]

[ Some Say That It Let’s You Re-Connect With Friends Who
Were Long Lost ]
[ But Is There A Cost? ]

[ Were They Lost For A Good Reason? ]
[ Do You Only Hear From Them, During Football Season? ]

[ Facebook Seems Like A High School Popularity Contest ]
[ You Thought It Could Be Used To Re-Connect? ]

[ You Were Popular Year After Year ]
[ But Facebook Seems To Separate It Only For The Top Tier ]

[ There Were Some People That You Were Happy To Find ]
[ You Guess Through The Past Years Some Of Them Did In Fact
Cross Your Mind ]

[ @ First You Were Accepting (FRIEND REQUESTS) From
Everyone ]
[ & Anyone ]

[ But Then The Quantity Caused You To Go Numb ]
[ & The Thought Of Getting As Many As You Could ]
[ Kind Of Sounded Pretty Dumb ]

[ Did You Have Anything In Common, Besides Your High School? ]
[ When The Numbers Kept Rising You Thought It Was Kind
Of Cool ]
[ Then You Thought That Was The Thinking Of A Fool ]

[ Would You Text Everyone (HELLO!) Everyday? ]
[ There Would Not Really Be Anyway ]

[ That You Could Complete That Task In A Few Minutes, Right?
[ ½ Way Through ]
[ You Would Find It Hard To Want To Continue To Type ]

[ (1) Day You Took Some Time To Read Down The List ]
[ There Were Numerous Names, Where You Asked Yourself
(WHO IS THIS?) ]

[ Some Of Them You Had No Clue ]
[ If You Were Standing In Front Of Them On A Sidewalk &
Trying Hard To Not Be Rude ]
[ You Would Ask (OKAY, WHO ARE YOU?) ]

[ We All Look So Different Compared To Back Then ]
[ So When You Look @ The Name ]
[ Are They Still A Friend? ]

[ Do You Even Know What City They Live In Right Now? ]
[ You Might Ask Yourself (HOW?) ]

[ Counting Every Single One Of Them, It Has Been 30 Years Since
You Had Any Kind Of Conversation With Them Face To Face ]
[ You Have Not Even Been In The Same Place ]

[ As Each Other That You Knew Of ]
[ Maybe They Were Walking Under A Bridge ]
[ & Then You Were Walking Up Above ]

[ You Ask Yourself (WHEN?) ]
[ It Could Have Happened ]

[ So You Started To Go Down The List & Hit (UNFRIEND) ]
[ Name After Name,Your Facebook Friendship With Them,
Had Now Come To An End ]

[ You Thought (IT FELT GOOD TO TRIM THAT LIST DOWN) ]
[ You Seriously Thought That Would Not Cause A Single
Frown ]

[ You Never Received Any Backlash ]
[ Or A Message Of Someone Wanting To Come Back ]

[ When You Put Stories On Your FB Page ]
[ Were You Showing Your Age? ]

[ Well, Of Course You Were ]
[ You Know Who Else Was? ]
[ Ummm, Him & Her! ]

[ When You Did Not Get Many (LIKES) Or Comments That Seemed
Disconcerting ]
[ & That Caused A Little Bit Of Hurting ]

[ But It Should Not ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things In Your World ]
[ It Is A Little Dot ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(002)▪︎[ Which Path … 1•1•2022 ]

[ There Are (2) Roads In Life To Choose From ]
[ (1) Could Make You Happy ]
[ While The Other Would Leave You Feeling Numb ]

[ Numb Because Your Life Would Be Filled With Bumps &
Bruises ]
[ Nobody Wants That Road ]
[ Because Everybody Loses ]

[ Nobody Wins ]
[ Everybody Committing Sins ]

[ Everything Spins Out Of Control ]
[ Because The Road Is Covered With Lost Souls ]

[ Is There A Way To Get To The Other Track? ]
[ There Must Be A Way To Come Back ]

[ To The Light Side ]
[ Where The Road Is Smooth & Wide ]

[ Where The Sun Would Shine ]
[ & You Have A Direct Route To Go Dakine ]

[ Where The Trees Are Plentiful With Fruit ]
[ Where The Babies Are Quiet & Cute ]

[ There Is No Contention Of Time ]
[ Where You Do Not Have To Choose Between A Ĺemon Or A Lime ]

[ Where You Do Not Choose Between The Two ]
[ & There Is No Such Thing As Wearing A Nike Shoe ]

[ A Nike Branded Shoe Turned Into Political Hype ]
[ That Is Why I Go With The (3) Stripes ]

[ All They Want Do Is Sell Shoes ]
[ Not Try To Get Society To Sing The Blues ]

[ They Did A Bad Political Move ]
[ That Put Them On A Different Groove ]

[ This Guy Does Not Kneel In Front Of The American Flag ]
[ That Is Not Your Bag ]
[ & That Swoosh Is Not Your Tag ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(033)▪︎[ It Is Your Fault … 1•10•2022 ]

[ Some Say That Nothing Is Fair ]
[ In Life ]
[ Because Some Show That They Care ]
[ By Showing You The Business End Of Their Knife ]

[ Some People Bake ]
[ Most People Take ]

[ You Have To Sort Out Which Is Which ]
[ Who Is Your Wife ]
[ & Stay Away From The Neighborhood Bitch ]

[ She Will Always Be Up To No Good ]
[ & When She Is Confronted ]
[ She Will Say That Her Intentions Were Misunderstood ]

[ Her Main Objective Is To Get In-Between Couples ]
[ Because In Her Eyes ]
[ She Doesn’t Like To See Doubles ]

[ She Will Try To Cause Strife ]
[ Between You & Your Wife ]

[ When Your Wife Is Walking Out The Front Door ]
[ She Wants To Give You Her Back Door ]

[ She Tries To Disrupt How You Live ]
[ By Her Letting You Do To Her ]
[ What Your Wife Won’t Give ]

[ This Is A Tornado That You Do Not Want Any Part Of ]
[ This Woman Wants The Opposite Of Love ]

[ Once She Has Her Claws In You She Won’t Let Up ]
[ She Wants To Work Them In Deep ]
[ Until You Are Cut ]

[ She Will Put Up This Fake Facade That You Are Wanted ]
[ This Is Just One Way That You Are Taunted ]

[ Once She Has You In Her Grasp, She Won’t Let Go ]
[ Right When You Think You Know ]

[ What Is Going On ]
[ She Emptied Your Safe & Was Gone ]

[ Even Though You Thought That Was So Wrong ]
[ You Need To Stand Strong ]

[ Because To Quench Your Cheating Thirst ]
[ You Were Really Wrong First ]

[ You Brought Her Into Your Life, Not The Other Way Around ]
[ You Were The One Lookin For Trouble ]
[ & She Was What You Found ]

[ You May Not Have Been Looking For THAT Much, But She Was
What You Found @ The Time ]
[ You Were Wealthy With Your Wife By Your Side ]
[ Now You Are Straddled With A Woman That Is Not Worth A
Dime ]

[ To Find Fault In All Of This, You Just Need To Look In The
Mirror ]
[ When You See Your Reflection ]
[ You Don’t Have The Right To Shed A Tear ]
[ Because You Were The One That Got Yourself Here ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(029)▪︎[ The New? … 1•8•2022 ]

[ Sometimes The Ones That Motivate You The Most ]
[ Are The Ones That Believe In You The Least ]
[ Those Are The Ones That You Toast ]
[ When Looking @ The Stars In The East ]

[ You Cannot Please, Most Of The People, All Of The Time ]
[ But When You Are In For A Nickel ]
[ You Should Be In It For A Dime ]

[ When You Look Deep Down Into Your Soul ]
[ Do You See Fire ]
[ Or Do You See Unused Coal? ]

[ Never Write, What You Do Not Mean ]
[ Never Be In Public, When Making A Scene ]

[ You Should Gather Up All Of That Unused Fuel ]
[ Use It & Love It ]
[ Like It Is A Priceless Jewel ]

[ Project Your Voice, As If You Were Using A Megaphone ]
[ If You Don’t Know How To Use It ]
[ Ask For It To Be Shown ]

[ Insist That Family Comes First ]
[ No Matter Your Own Hunger ]
[ No Matter Your Own Thirst ]

[ Life Does Not Come With A Remote Control ]
[ Nobody Wants Someone To (ROCK) ]
[ When They Should (ROLL) ]

[ There Is Never A (MUTE) Button When It Is Needed ]
[ But If They Do Go Quiet ]
[ You Have Succeeded ]

[ Success Is Measured Differently By Each Person That
Seeks It ]
[ Some Get Flowers & Awards ]
[ While Others Just Get Shit ]

[ You Can Never Gauge Loss Unless You Have Winners ]
[ You Cannot See Angels ]
[ If You Can’t See Sinners ]

[ Because You Cannot Know How Much You’ve Got ]
[ Until The Winning Has Stopped ]

[ Possessions Are Not The Measurement On Which You Are
A Man ]
[ Or All Of His Failures ]
[ Or All That He Can ]

[ A Man Should Be Measured By What He Reflects In The Mirror ]
[ Are His Eyes Clear? ]
[ Is He Filled With Fear ]
[ About Losing All That He Holds Dear? ]

[ That Would, Should & Could Be The Norm ]
[ In A Breakable Form ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(022)▪︎[ Pain … 1•6•2022 ]

[ Some Say That Solace Must Be Discovered ]
[ If You Lose It, Can It Be Recovered? ]

[ Sometimes Loneliness Can Zap Your Powers ]
[ You Can’t Wash Lonely Off In The Showers ]

[ It Would Be Nice If It Was Tangible & You Could Wash It
     Off Of Your Back, Like Dirt ]
[ The Same Goes For Hurt ]

[ Both Of Those Are A Feeling ]
[ Both Of Those Could Send You Reeling ]

[ There Are Different Ways Of Getting Or Being Lonely In Life ]
[ The Worst Way ]
[ Would Be Losing Your Husband Or Wife ]

[ That Would Then Give You The Hurt That You Would Never
     Have Dreamed Of ]
[ All Because You Lost The One Person Who Was Supposed
     To Be YOUR Lifetime Love ]

[ That Kind Of Hurt Gives All Kinds Of Pain ]
[ That Kind Never Wanes ]

[ That Kind Of Pain You Can Not Wash Off ]
[ There Is More Pain When You Feel Totally Lost ]

[ Pain Is Pain ]
[ It Is What Everyone Disdains ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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