(549)▪︎[ Another Day … 2024 ]

[ She Came Into Your Life Like A Flash ]
[ Her Love Could Not Be Bought With Cash ]
[ Now Your Heart Is Just A Pile Of Ash ]

[ That Pile Is All You Have Remaining Of The Time You (2) Were Together ]
[ Her Moods Changed As Fast As The Oregon Weather ]

[ Sometimes It Rained ]
[ When She Got Angry & Hostile ]
[ What Did She Gain? ]
[ For Awhile? ]
[ Then She Would Refrain ]
[ From Giving You A Smile ]

[ Those Times Did Neither One Of Us A Bit Of Good, She Would Say ]
[ If It Was @ A Job ]
[ She Wouldn’t Have Earned Any Pay ]

[ But It Wasn’t, So You Could ]
[ Even If You Couldn’t ]
[ You Would ]

[ They’d Say, “Sorry, Mike” ]
[ “This Is Not The Best Way” ]
[ “To Earn Your Pay” ]
[ It Seemed Like That Night After Night ]
[ & Day After Day ]

[ You Were Concerned About How Does One Learn To Touch? ]
[ Not Too Little ]
[ Or Not Too Much? ]

[ How Does One Find The Balance Between The (2)? ]
[ You Could Throw A Shoe ]
[ But Wouldn’t That Be The Wrong Thing To Do? ]
[ Says, “She?” ]
[ Says Who? ]

[ But It Wouldn’t Be Hard ]
[ To Use The “UNO Reverse” Card ]

[ What Would That Mean ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things? ]

[ Would It Mean Having A Clear Path? ]
[ In The Subject Of Math? ]
[ Or Being Given A Shield ]
[ From The Next Woman’s Wrath? ]

[ Would That Wrath Be Not Needed Or Unwanted? ]
[ So You Will Be Undaunted? ]

[ In The Face Of Evil ]
[ Trying To Stay Civil ]

[ Maybe, The Best Thing Would Be To Just Walk Away ]
[ Then See If It Really Mattered ]
[ When The Next Woman Chooses To Stay ]
[ Because You Don’t Like Feeling Battered ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(241)▪︎[ Believe It Or Not … 2024 ]

[ There Are Times When You Look @ The Trees Surrounding Your Property & Some People Could Think That You Might Be Lying ]
[ But When The Sun Starts Setting ]
[ You Can See That Some Of The Branches Are Crying ]

[ You Have Not Seen Nor Ever Heard Of Such A Thing ]
[ What Is Next? ]
[ Finding Out That The Leaves That Are On The Ground Can Sing? ]
[ The Bushes Alongside The Driveway Have The Ability To Send You A Text? ]

[ You Have Racked Your Brain About The Number Of Blank Texts That You Have Chased ]
[ Now You Find ]
[ That The Texts Are Not From People That You Have Never Faced ]

[ You Have Heard Of Wild Stories ]
[ All Of Them Were Extremly Boring ]
[ They Would Be Extremely Sure & Fit ]
[ Into Dreams That Had You Snoring ]

[ Even Though The Answer Kind Of Makes Sense ]
[ It Still Has You Riding The Fence ]
[ On Whether Or Not The Answer Causes You To Feel Tense ]

[ Most People Who Will Hear It ]
[ Would Immediately Yell, “Bullshit!” ]

[ They Tend To Have To Hear It Themselves ]
[ Instead Of Being Told A Story ]
[ From Someone Else ]

[ Then They Would Become The Story Tellers ]
[ & Then Everyone Else Can Be ]
[ The Ones That Think That You Are One Of Those Truth Sellers ]

[ Trying To Sell You The Truth Through An Act ]
[ Not The Ones That Lay It Out As A Fact ]

[ If Someone Is Taken Aback ]
[ You Should Cut Them Some Slack ]
[ It Wasn’t Too Long Ago ]
[ Where You Only Thought In Terms Of White Or Black ]

[ You Thought That Everyone That Believed Was A Heavy Drinker ]
[ Not A Deep Thinker ]

[ It Is Funny How Things Change ]
[ Because The Story Was Rearranged ]
[ Not Pre-Arranged ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(026)▪︎[ Too Much Of What? … 2024 ]

[ Is Too Much Of A Good Thing Too Much? ]
[ If It Is Such ]
[ Could It Be Used As A Crutch? ]

[ Would That Be Like That For Lunch? ]
[ Stuff That Goes Crunch? ]
[ Or Only For Things That You Could Get In A Bunch? ]

[ How Is This Found Out? ]
[ Must You Research It To Remove All Doubt? ]
[ But Then Somebody Could Look @ You & Ask “What The Hell Are You Talking About? ]

[ That Would Squash All Of What You Were Thinking ]
[ So There Won’t Even Be Something Linking ]
[ You To Whatever The Thoughts That Would Be Sinking ]

[ To The End Of The Line ]
[ So Nobody Could Whine ]
[ That They Were Not Even Doing So Much As Just Fine ]

[ Once Again Your Thoughts Are Up & Running ]
[ But @ Times They Feel Like They Are Fumbling ]
[ & Bumbling ]

[ How Do You See How You Can Right This Ship? ]
[ So On The Radar Screen Called Life ]
[ It Would Not Be Seen As A Tiny Blip ]
[ Then No One Can Come @ You By Shooting From The Hip ]

[ Do You Feel Alone In A Crowd? ]
[ Only If There Are Hushed Voices? ]
[ If The People Are Loud ]
[ Does It Come Across As Needless Noises? ]

[ Is There A Difference, From What You Can See? ]
[ If There Is, What Can It Be? ]

[ Can It Be Seen? ]
[ Does It Come Across Really Clean? ]
[ Or Somewhere In-Between ]

Mahalo
LopakaDeVoe

(047)▪︎[ It Is Just Words … 2024 ]

[ Words Of Affirmation ]
[ Not Criticism ]
[ Can Be Taken As A Confirmation ]
[ Not Cynicism ]

[ Of A Job That Has Been Well Done ]
[ Or Even Looked @ ]
[ As Something That Turned Out To Be Fun ]

[ When Communication Is Not Going Well ]
[ It Might Cause ]
[ One Or The Other To Go Into A Defensive Shell ]

[ You Want To Lead The Way To Positive One To One Talks ]
[ Instead Of Having Conversations ]
[ Where One Or Both Of You Balks ]

[ Where There Are Points That Have A Clear Meaning ]
[ Not Using Words Or Names ]
[ That Sounds Demeaning ]
[ Or Points & Blames ]

[ Nobody Likes The Finger Of Blame To Be Pointing In Their Direction ]
[ Being Told Or Instructed ]
[ To Make Some Kind Or Correction ]
[ So There Could Be A Much Better Connection ]

[ Connecting Through The Heart & Through The Mind ]
[ Not Having To Do Physical Exercises Of Any Kind ]

Mahalo
~LopakaDeVoe~

(014)▪︎[ The Unsolved … 2024 ]

[ Sometimes People Can Be So Cruel ]
[ To Each Other ]
[ Nobody Wants, Chooses Or Feels The Need To Apply The Golden Rule ]
[ Especially When People Drink With Their Brother ]

[ Family In-Fighting ]
[ Is Like A Storm ]
[ Constant Rain, Loud Thunder & Lots Of Lightning ]
[ This Is What The Young Kids See Is The Norm ]

[ During The Day People Are Filled With Charm ]
[ After Introducing The Slightest Bit Of Alcohol ]
[ Family Members Can Set Out To Do Alot Of Harm ]

[ There Are Some People Who Always Want What Others Have ]
[ Maybe When They Know That Their Older Mom Is Taking A Bath ]
[ They Do Not Want To Wait Until Their Mom Passes ]
[ Because Then They Would Only Inherit Half ]

[ Of What Their Mother Ended Up Being Worth ]
[ They Never Knew How Lucky They Have Been Throughout Their Lives ]
[ Because They Had Been In Their Mother’s Will Shortly After Their Birth ]

[ There Is A Big Part Of Society That Wants To Cut Corners In Their Quest To Getting Wealthy ]
[ But Just Like A Person’s Body ]
[ People Are Not In Too Much Of A Hurry To Get Healthy ]

[ You Can Be Sure ]
[ That You Can Never Hurry ]
[ Or Fool Mother Nature ]

[ That Is Why There Will Always Be Nations @ War ]
[ Even Though It Is Filled With Death & Horror ]
[ Though Most Countries Are Prospering Now ]
[ There Are Alot Of Countries That Like To Want More ]

[ Need ]
[ & Greed ]

[ Are Not Too Far Apart ]
[ One Does & One Doesn’t ]
[ Have Or Show Alot Of Heart ]

[ People Do Not Think With That Organ, Though ]
[ So ]
[ The Leaders Of Those Countries Do Not Surround Themselves With Alot Of Men ]
[ That Continue To Say, “Uh, No!” ]

[ Why Do People Argue & Oftentimes Fight With Another Family Member? ]
[ From What Some People & Statistics Say ]
[ Alot Of This Occurs Around The Holdays That Happen In November & December ]

[ That Is During The Times That Alot Of People Fear ]
[ Whoever Thought Up The Stupid Idea ]
[ Of Bringing People Together That They Do Not Want To Deal With The Rest Of The Year ]

[ Then Someone, Years Ago, Decided To Bring Alcohol Into This Almost Explosive Mixture ]
[ Give A Man Of Any Age Several Drinks ]
[ They Start Acting Really Immature ]
[ Then No One Can Figure Out What He Thinks ]

[ There Are Alot Of Single Or Divorced ]
[ That Are Constantly Looking For Their Lifetime Mate ]
[ If A Woman Rebuffs Their Advances, Than They Might Be Forced ]
[ Because Instead Of Love, They Are Filled With Nothing But Hate ]

[ For Some Offenders, That Much Hate Cannot Ever Be Counseled Out Of Their Head ]
[ The One Sure Way To Know If The Counseling Will Ever Work ]
[ When He Is Found In His Apartment, Dead ]
[ Then Women Will No Longer Have To Put Up With The Jerk ]

[ It Seems That The Police Were Not Too Enthused About Signing Off On This Case ]
[ They Don’t Want To Walk Quickly Through A Crime Scene ]
[ Then Overlook A Clue ]
[ As They Shut The Door In Haste ]

[ So It Was Decided By Everyone Involved ]
[ This Case Will Never Be Solved ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(019)▪︎[ What She Does … 2024 ]

[ You Do Not Like, The Playing Of This Song ]
[ It Always Reminds You, That She Would Get All Of The Words Wrong ]
[ & That Your Marriage, Did Not Last Very Long ]

[ Nothing In Life, Really Does ]
[ The Wolves Were Always Knocking @ The Door ]
[ Arriving Every Hour, On The Hour, Off Of The Bus ]
[ Every Hour, Bringing More, Than The Hour Before ]

[ Why Was This Permanent Path There, In The First Place? ]
[ Was It Just To Catch A Glimpse Of Her Body ]
[ Or Her Face? ]

[ You Could Always Bet ]
[ That They Had Yet ]
[ To See Her Greatest Asset ]

[ That Would Be Her Dynamic Personality ]
[ That Most Men Only Read About ]
[ But Never Experienced In Reality ]

[ Ever Since Meeting Her, You Began To Feel Alive ]
[ Before Her, Year After Year ]
[ Would Take Your Pitiful Life On An Ever Deeper Dive ]
[ Making Your Way Through Every Gin Joint So You Could Consume Beer After Beer ]

[ Until You Would Drink Well Over (2) Cases In As Little Time As (3) Nights ]
[ Choosing To Pick Fights ]
[ With Every Little Thing That Caused You To Have Night Frights ]

[ You Were Always Haunted By The Death Of Your First Wife ]
[ Because Of Your Drunk Driving ]
[ Your Car Crash Took Her & Both Of Your Twin Daughter’s Lives ]

[ She Just Turned (37) ]
[ Megan & Julliette Just Turned (10) ]
[ All (3) Are Forever Together Up In Heaven ]
[ Boy Do You Think Of Them Often ]

[ Unfortunately, You Walked Away From That Crash With Barely A Scratch On Your Wretched Self ]
[ After That Horrific Night, You Have Rarely Thought Of Anything Else ]
[ Even After (17) Years Your Self-Esteem Was Sitting Still In The Garage On A Shelf ]

[ Every Time That You Get Temporarily Stupid & Reach For A Single Drink ]
[ You Have To Stop & Really Think ]
[ Those Decades Almost Pushed You To The Brink ]

[ You Should Take Their Deaths, As Just A Stepping Stone ]
[ The Problems Only Arise ]
[ When You Have To Deal With The Death Of Loved Ones, All Alone ]

Mahalo
~LopakaDeVoe~

(101)▪︎[ Things Happen, So Adjust … 2025 ]

[ Accidents Are A Part Of Life ]
[ Never Run With Scissors ]
[ Never Run Around With A Butcher Knife ]

[ Car Accidents Are Part Of Driving ]
[ If You Don’t Go To Town, Who Are You Depriving? ]
[ Moving Your Body Is Part Of Thriving ]

[ You Want To Stay Alive, Don’t You? ]
[ When Something Is Wrong With Your Body ]
[ Somehow, In Some Way, It Will Drop You A Clue ]

[ You Only Have One Life To Live ]
[ So Go Out There & Start Living ]
[ If You Have Extra, Anything, Learn How To Give ]
[ Life Is All About Giving ]

[ When You Were A Young Adult, You Were Given A Hand Up ]
[ So You Weren’t Sent Out On The Street ]
[ Homeless, Holding A Beggars Cup ]
[ With Broken Down Shoes On Your Feet ]

[ What If That Would Have Happened? ]
[ Any Future Plans That You Might Have Had ]
[ Would Have Definitely Been Dampened ]

[ You’d Be Freezing & Wet Being Out In The Elements ]
[ It’s Not Like Any Of The Sporting Goods Stores Were Handing Out Winter Coats & Tents ]

[ Would You Even Have A Jacket On? ]
[ Because Your (3) So Called Friends, Came Into Your Apartment & Stole All Of Your Stuff ]
[ Your Clothes Were Gone ]
[ So Making A Living On The Street, Was Extremely Rough ]

[ Would You Always Stay & Sleep Under A Light? ]
[ You Would Want It Turned On & You Wanted It Bright ]
[ All Because You Didn’t Want To Get Jumped In The Dark ]
[ & You Didn’t Know How To Fight ]
[ So You Would Probably Become An Easy Mark ]

[ Nothing Like Having A Big Target On Your Back ]
[ You Would Lay Down Just Anticipating An Attack ]
[ Too Bad You Didn’t Have A Gun Back Then, So You Could Pack ]

[ You Have Never Liked The Dark, Ever Since You Were Young ]
[ You Were Not Taught Any Different Because You Were Don’s Unwanted Son ]

[ He Only Agreed To Adopt You Because His Arm Was Twisted ]
[ When He Got Home, He Probably Got Seriously Drunk ]
[ Because When He Got Out “THE JIM & JACK” He Drank Double Fisted ]
[ Alcohol Was His Master, So He Never Resisted ]
[ When He Looked @ You @ Times It Seemed Like He Wished That You Never Existed ]

[ You Had Drug & Alcohol Addiction Run Through Your Family Tree ]
[ You Saw The Way That Alcohol Had An Affect On Your Bio Dad ]
[ When You Were Just Barely Taller Than His Knee ]

[ But, You Should Go Through Life Standing Tall, Being Who You Are ]
[ You Have Zero Control Over What People Say ]
[ In The Eyes Of Many, You Are A Rock Star ]
[ Every Night & Every Day ]

[ Don Has Thankfully Been Deceased For About A Decade ]
[ You Got The Last Laugh ]
[ While Standing In The Shade ]

[ In 2011 You Legally Dropped His Last Name From Yours ]
[ Stomped On It As It Dropped To The Floor ]
[ Never Looking Back As You Left Through The Courthouse Doors ]

[ You Changed The (3) Of Us As You Took On Your Wife’s Maiden Name ]
[ Things Have Completely Changed ]
[ Because Now, It’s A Whole New Ballgame ]

[ You Know That He Heard About It Through The Grapevine Of Family Chats ]
[ You Hope That It Ate @ Him Like Rats ]
[ & Buzzed Around His Head, Like A Bunch Of Gnats ]

[ Making Him Feel Every Bit ]
[ Like Shit ]
[ Because He Never Could Get Past The Thought Of It! ]

[ The Next Time That You Go To The Coast ]
[ Don’t Go Up To The Water Right Away ]
[ Stand There In The Sand With Your Eyes Closed ]
[ You Might Get A Whole Different Perspective Of The Beach, That Day ]

Mahalo
~LopakaDeVoe~

(022)▪︎[ A State Of Mind … 2024 ]

[ There Are Some People In Society That Should Not Be Allowed To Be Around Others ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter Who Is Around ]
[ They Can Make Loving Sisters Turn Against Their Own Brothers ]

[ By What They Do ]
[ By What They Will Say ]
[ In Their World (1) + (1) Does Not Equal (2) ]
[ On Even A Good Day ]

[ Just Because They Have Their Own Version Of Math ]
[ Does Not Mean That It Is Safe ]
[ To Walk Down The Same Path ]

[ Numbers Are One Thing, But Life Is Another ]
[ When You Are Out In The Open ]
[ It Is Tough To Find Any Cover ]

[ Cover That Shields You Against Some Of The Worst Words ]
[ That You Have Ever Heard ]
[ It Would Be Like Throwing Rocks @ A Flock Of Helpless Birds ]

[ Not Knowing Where The Barrage Was Coming From ]
[ Not Knowing Which Direction Would Be Safe To Run ]

[ What If You Want To Chase The Mystical Watermelon Sugar High? ]
[ You Would Not Trust Just Any Guide ]
[ Especially The Ones That Lie ]

[ The Watermelon Sugar High Just Might Be As Mystical ]
[ As A Crystal ]

[ Or The White Unicorn ]
[ A Story That Some Parents Have Told Their Children ]
[ Shortly After They Were Born ]

[ Why Do Some Parents Put This Myth Into Their Childs Mind? ]
[ This Would Be In Line ]
[ With Going Dakine ]

[ Not Exactly A Place To Go ]
[ It Is More Like A Good State Of Mind To Know ]

Mahalo,
Lopaka DeVoe

(023)▪︎[ To Your Only Brother … 2024 ]

[ Dear Brother Brent ]

[ You Wish You Could Have Been With Him The Night That He Went ]
[ Maybe You Could Have Camped Outside Of Their Apartment ]
[ In A Tent ]

[ Into His Deep ]
[ Restful Sleep ]

[ Hardly A Day Goes By ]
[ When He Is Not Close To Your Thoughts ]
[ Making You Want To Break Down & Have Yet ANOTHER Good Cry ]

[ What Good Would That Do You? ]
[ Nothing Good Comes From One Though ]
[ How Would You Know When You Are Through? ]

[ When His Death Happened, One Cry Lead In To The Next ]
[ What You Would Have Given ]
[ To Receive Just One More Text ]

[ Or Phone Call ]
[ Where We Would Continuously Tease Each Other ]
[ Because Neither One Of You Is Remotely Considered To Be Tall ]

[ It Was All Good & Fun ]
[ When You Would Call Yourself ]
[ The Taller & Better Looking One ]

[ You Wish That The Last Text Messages Were More Positive Than They Were ]
[ In A Way ]
[ His Responses Left You Feeling Hurt ]

[ You Never Should Have Expected Him To Be Serious ]
[ But You Were More Than Just A Bit Curious ]

[ You Never Thought That Those Would Be The Last Ones That You Would Get ]
[ If You Did, You Wouldn’t Have Text About A Topic That You Have Come To Regret ]

[ Will You Ever Forgive Yourself? ]
[ Does Forgiveness Have To Come From Somewhere Else? ]

[ From Outside Of Your Own Mind? ]
[ Will It Come From Being On The Path To Going Dakine? ]
[ What Could You Be Looking For To Find? ]
[ Will Things Ever Be Fine? ]

[ Again? ]

[ Probably Not ]

|| The End ||

Mahalo
~LopakaDeVoe~

(288)▪︎[ Burn In Hell LeRoy … 2024 ]

[ When Push, Comes To Be, A Shove ]
[ & You Get Slapped Across The Face ]
[ With An Open Glove ]
[ You Find Out Really Quick, That This Will Not Be A Good Place ]
[ To Ever, Find Love ]

[ The Slap, Cuts All Ties ]
[ For You (2), To Ever Be Able To ]
[ Again Sit Down To Eat, A Double Burger & Large Fries ]

[ After You Found Out, That He Lied ]
[ The Caring Part ]
[ That You Had For Him, Also Died ]
[ In Your Heart ]
[ You Felt That The Lies, Cut Short Your Ride ]

[ Because You Thought, That You Really Had A Good Friendship Going ]
[ With Him ]
[ When He Started Lying, About Every Little Thing ]
[ It Became A Big Problem ]

[ But He Did Not Give A Rat’s Ass ]
[ About The Truth ]
[ He Would Even Lie To Pass ]
[ The Age Requirement, To Be The One In A Kissing Booth ]

[ The Care, Started Stopping ]
[ When His Responsibilities Began ]
[ When His Facade, Started Dropping ]
[ Then, He Got Up & Ran ]

[ He Sucked You In ]
[ Then Hung You Out, To Dry ]
[ All So He Could Say That He Got Another Win ]
[ Over Yet, Another, Shorter Guy ]

[ It Must Be That Shorter People Are His Kryptonight ]
[ Wrong Or Right ]
[ The Other Person Must Be Shorter ]
[ Before He Will Pick A Fight ]
[ His Thoughts Are Not Worth A Quarter ]
[ When He Thinks That Height ]
[ Makes Might ]

[ That Was What Was Important ]
[ To Him ]
[ That Is What Paid The Rent ]
[ Chances Were Very Slim ]
[ That This Bothered His Self-Conscience ]
[ You Can Guarantee That This Did Not Even Make A Dent ]

[ You Should Have Seen This Coming ]
[ Everytime He Talked About A Past Conquest ]
[ It Seemed Very Mind Numbing ]
[ How He Always Thought That He Was The Best ]
[ Because He Was Always The First Person That Took Off Running ]

[ If You Look, @ His Past ]
[ There Are Probably Hundreds Of Dead Bodies, Thrown Inside The Ditches That Line The Country Roads ]
[ Friendships, That Were Not Supposed To Last ]
[ Maybe Some People, Were Able To Decipher, Some Of His Secret Codes ]

[ Your Biggest Hope ]
[ Is That He Will Stumble Across A Woman, That Really Catches His Heart & Eye ]
[ But She Always Says (NOPE) ]
[ When Someone Tries To Keep Her With Just One Guy ]

[ When It Comes To A Female Double, She Is It ]
[ She Doesn’t Stay With Just One Gender ]
[ She Doesn’t Put Up With Anybodies Shit ]
[ Just Like Her Heart, Never Lets Her, Become Tender ]

[ What Scares LeRoy Into Running, Scares Him Alot ]
[ You Hope That Someday, Someone Will Get Him To Stop ]
[ Put Him On The Spot ]
[ Turn The Heat Up, On His Bare Feet ]
[ To Where It Would Get To Be, Unbearably Hot ]

[ Then Let Him Stand There & Shout ]
[ While He Burns Up ]
[ From The Inside Out ]

[ You Hope That Someday Soon, He Will Saddle Up To His True Master & Be Well ]
[ As He Spends An Eternity Serving Satan, In Hell ]

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|| Ka hopena ||

|| Mahalo E Ka hoa ||
|| A hui hou ||
|| Aloha ||

|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||

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