[ Be A Tomorrow Person & Don’t Settle On What
You Are Doing Now ]
[ Celebrate Your Accomplishments Later ]
[ & Then Say (WOW!) ]
[ But Don’t Be A Hater ]
[ & Need To Know How ]
[ Accomplishments Are Great When You Can Reminisce
About The Years That Have Gone By ]
[ Talk About Them ]
[ Brag About Them ]
[ Just Don’t LIe ]
[ It Is Good To Share ]
[ With The Few People Who Care ]
[ But Never With A Person Who Does Not Believe That
You Were There ]
[ You Know You Were So You Should Never Have To
Prove You Were ]
[ Your Intentions Are Pure ]
[ & That Showed That You Were Sure ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
[035]▪︎[ No, They Do Not Dream … 1•11•2022 ]
[ They Say That Children In Foster Care Do Not Dream ]
[ But Children In Foster Care Have Nightmares That Makes
Them Scream ]
[ How Can They Have A Good Dream When Their Lives Are
Always In Disarray ]
[ They Never Have Stability ]
[ Not Ever For A Day ]
[ They Are Always Waiting For That Next Knock On The Door ]
[ A Lady That They Don’t Know Telling You Wouldn’t Be
Living There Anymore ]
[ They Give You A Trash Bag & Tell You To Put Your Life
In It ]
[ You Only Put In What Will Fit ]
[ You Never Have The Option Of Getting Another Bag ]
[ So You Sure Would Not Have Room For A Sentimental
Hawaiian Flag ]
[ It Still Hurts ]
[ When You Have Memories Of The (2) Hawaiian Flower Shirts ]
[ That You Were Not Allowed To Take With You ]
[ (1) Was Red & (1) Was Blue ]
[ Foster Kids Don’t Know What To Dream Of ]
[ They Have Never Had The Experience Of Having A Family Full
Of Love ]
[ They Have Never Been To Summer Camp ]
[ They Have Never Been Down A Boat Ramp ]
[ They Are Always In Their Fight Or Flight Mode ]
[ They Never Have A Stable Home ]
[ Some Say That Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat ]
[ Foster Care Children Can’t Even Afford That ]
[ How Do Children Dream Of Things Or Places That They Have
Never Seen ]
[ But They Can Have Nightmares Because They Have Dealt With
People That Have Been Mean ]
[ Their Personal Belongings Get Taken From Each House They
Were Placed In ]
[ Just Reinforcing Their Feelings That They Will Never Win ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[031]▪︎[ So It Seems .. 1•9•2022 ]
[ When You Are Worried About Your Close Friend It Seems
Like You Are Handcuffed Behind Your Back ]
[ You Are Left Very Vulnerable To An Attack ]
[ Not A Physical (1), But By Words From Someone Else ]
[ Then You Start To Not Believe In Yourself ]
[ Dr’s. Saying One Thing ]
[ & You Not Believing Anything ]
[ You Are Trying To Help, But You Don’t Know How ]
[ & The Answers Need To Be Figured Out, Now ]
[ Sometimes, On Some Subjects, You Do Not Have The Answer ]
[ Especially When You Are Trying To Help Your Best Friend,
Whose Insides Are Covered With Cancer ]
[ But Your Friend Seems To Be Pushing Away From You ]
[ & You Do Not Know What To Do ]
[ It Is Shifting Your Relationship It Seems ]
[ It Causes So Much Frustration ]
[ It Disrupts Your Dreams ]
[ & That Is Not Good ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[004]▪︎[ Good Fight … 1•2•2022 ]
[ So Year 2021 Has Come & Gone ]
[ & Society As A Whole Has Chosen To Move On ]
[ So Much For Unfulfilled Expectations ]
[ Sometimes Because Of Some Complications ]
[ & There Is Oh So Much Violence ]
[ Code Of The Streets ]
[ Is To Give Silence ]
[ Nobody Wants To Start Talking ]
[ If They Want To Have The Ability To Keep Walking ]
[ Motto On The Street Is (SNITCHES … )
[ (GET STITCHES) ]
[ So There Is Zero Percentage Of Incidents Being Solved ]
[ Because Nobody Can Afford To Get Involved ]
[ They Won’t Only Go After The Person, They Threaten To Go
After Their Families ]
[ So Now People Will Fear What They Can’t See ]
[ Nobody Can Afford To Talk ]
[ Especially When The Legal People Balk ]
[ Nobody Can Afford To Move ]
[ Even Though They Have Everything To Lose ]
[ Even Their Life ]
[ Or The Husband Or Wife ]
[ Say Goodnight ]
[ Keep Up The Good Fight ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[354]▪︎[ Brie P. … 5•17•2022 ]
[ There Is This Cute Couple That I Have Met ]
[ Brie Is My Caregiver ]
[ But I Have Not Met Alex, Yet ]
[ I Got Extremely Lucky ]
[ To Have Brie Assigned To Me ]
[ I Am Sure That She Is A Wanted Caregiver By All Of The Rest
Of Her Clients ]
[ I Want Her No Matter What Is Spent ]
[ She Is Entertaining From The Very Minute That She Steps
Inside My Door ]
[ Come 1000pm I Am Saying (I WANT MORE) ]
[ She Gives Me A Shower That Is Very Gentle & Slow ]
[ I Try To Educate Her On Stuff That She Does Not Know ]
[ Brie P. Is The Yin To Alex Lewis’s Yang ]
[ Neither (1) Was Ever In A Gang ]
[ When Brie Comes To My Door On Monday, I Know It Is Going
To Be A Fun (2) Days ]
[ Brie Can Make Me Laugh In So Many Different Ways ]
[ Sometimes The Joke Falls In My Lap ]
[ Then It Just Blows Away While I Take A Nap ]
[ When I Nap, Brie Watches Me Like A Hawk ]
[ She Watches My Moves To See Where They Are Going ]
[ She Listens To The Words When I Talk ]
[ She Does Not Chuckle @ Me While I Stand There In The
Shower ]
[ Sometimes A New Caregiver Can Turn You Into A Coward ]
[ A Bad Look Or A Bad Word ]
[ When Brie Showers Me That Is Not What I’ve Heard ]
[ When Sitting Watching T.V. With Brie I Don’t Feel Bored ]
[ Then @ 930 She Sweeps The Floors ]
[ A Conversation That We Had Several Days Ago Gave Me A
Whole Different Perspective On Pizza Rolls ]
[ If It Came From Someone Else ]
[ I Don’t Think I Would Believe What I Was Told ]
[ Words Like (COGNITIVE DISONENCE) Is What I Told Her ]
[ Then I Explained It, Until She Was Sure ]
[ I Have No Idea What The Future Holds ]
[ I Guess I Just Have To Go With The Roll ]
[ I Want Brie To Always Know ]
[ That She Is Always Welcomed In My Home ]
[ Alex Too ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[352]▪︎[ The Twinkle In My Eye … 5•16•2022 ]
[ You Are The Peanut Butter To My Grape Jelly ]
[ You Are The Laugh That Causes The Jiggle In My Belly ]
[ You Always Say (HELLO) ]
[ When Somebody Is Saying (GOODBYE) ]
[ When I Am Feeling Low ]
[ You Bring Me Pie ]
[ You Are The Macaroni To My Cheese ]
[ I Will Try To Give You The World ]
[ Even Before You Say Please ]
[ I Am The Tray, To Your Table ]
[ I Will Do Most Anything For You ]
[ When I Am Physically Able ]
[ You Are The Promise In A Ring ]
[ I Love Every Repetitive Parts ]
[ When You Sing ]
[ You Are The Rose To My Daisy ]
[ You Always Center Me ]
[ When I Am Acting Bat-Shit Crazy ]
[ Some How You Put Up With All Of My Collections ]
[ & I Am Glad That You Can Read My Stories ]
[ Then Help Me Make Corrections ]
[ You Are The Diet Dr. Pepper To My Coke ]
[ Your Money Management Keeps Us From Going Broke ]
[ You’re My Lemonade To Your Orange Juice ]
[ Whenever You Want A Hug Or Kiss ]
[ I Have No Excuse ]
[ To Not Pucker-Up & Open My Arms Wide ]
[ I Neither Lead Or Follow ]
[ Because I Want You By My Side ]
[ I Am The Banana In Your Banana Split ]
[ Neither One Hits ]
[ Nor Shovels Shit ]
[ You Are The Bubble To My Gum ]
[ You Are Always Quick With An Answer ]
[ Because Nobody Says That You Are Dumb ]
[ You Are The Tail That Wags This Dog ]
[ You Never Sit Around Being A Bump On A Log ]
[ You Are The Helium That Makes My Balloon Rise ]
[ You Never Hide Or Come In Disguise ]
[ I Stick My Chest Out & Walk Tall Everyday Of My Life ]
[ Because I Always Get A Little Twinkle In My Right Eye ]
[ When I Start Talking About You, My Wife ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(004)▪︎[ Good Fight … 1•2•2022 ]
[ So Year 2021 Has Come & Gone ]
[ & Society As A Whole Has Chosen To Move On ]
[ So Much For Unfulfilled Expectations ]
[ Sometimes Because Of Some Complications ]
[ & There Is Oh So Much Violence ]
[ Code Of The Streets ]
[ Is To Give Silence ]
[ Nobody Wants To Start Talking ]
[ If They Want To Have The Ability To Keep Walking ]
[ Motto On The Street Is (SNITCHES … )
[ (GET STITCHES) ]
[ So There Is Zero Percentage Of Incidents Being Solved ]
[ Because Nobody Can Afford To Get Involved ]
[ They Won’t Only Go After The Person, They Threaten To Go
After Their Families ]
[ So Now People Will Fear What They Can’t See ]
[ Nobody Can Afford To Talk ]
[ Especially When The Legal People Balk ]
[ Nobody Can Afford To Move ]
[ Even Though They Have Everything To Lose ]
[ Even Their Life ]
[ Or The Husband Or Wife ]
[ Say Goodnight ]
[ Keep Up The Good Fight ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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[ 003 ]▪︎[ Go Indeed … 1•1•2022 ]
[ Well Once Again It Is Time To Start Anew ]
[ You Look Out @ The Stars ]
[ & Wonder What Will Happen In This Next Year When The Sky
Turns Blue ]
[ Will It Be Filled With Good Times & Prosperity? ]
[ Or Will There Be A Discrepancy ]
[ When It Comes To The Lines Of Your Property? ]
[ Will Your Mind Be Filled With Negative Thoughts ]
[ Or Will You Have To Blend In With The Other Robots? ]
[ When You Are Feeling All Alone ]
[ Are Your Movements Being Checked On By A High Flying
Government Drone? ]
[ Why Are You Being Checked On? ]
[ You Thought That Once You Became An Adult ]
[ All Of The Adult Supervision Would Be Withdrawn ]
[ But It Has Not ]
[ & That Is Wearing On Your Thoughts ]
[ Why Is There The Need? ]
[ Is It Because Of Your Slow Speed? ]
[ Is It Because You Put Your Resume Out There On Indeed? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(001)▪︎[ New Beginnings … 1•1•2022 ]
[ When New Years Eve Starts To Be Later I Wonder If This
Is The End, Or The Start Of A New Year? ]
[ That Answer Has Never, Ever Been Very Clear ]
[ Kind Of Fuzzy Actually ]
[ Where Do I Go To Get This Factually? ]
[ Who Wants To Bring In The New Year Bent Over A Toilet? ]
[ That Would Be Nobody You Have Ever Met ]
[ This Is What You Would Call A Conundrum ]
[ Whoever Has The Answer, Remains Mum ]
[ You’d Like To Think That Is Not The End ]
[ It Is A New Start ]
[ Whatever Is Able To Mend ]
[ Might Be Somebody’s Broken Heart ]
[ Broken Down & Defeated ]
[ Their Bank Account Got Depleted ]
[ Nobody Wants To Start Out The New Year Broke ]
[ You’re Like That Wounded Bear ]
[ That Someone Just Poked ]
[ Everytime The Bear Tries ]
[ To Rise ]
[ He Always Gets Handed A Bad Surprise ]
[ Oh, Rent Is Due ]
[ & Their $1000 Car Payment Is Due, Too ]
[ Everyone Hopes For A New Beginning ]
[ & Then They Will Be Winning ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(411)▪︎[ Where Will It Go? … 4•24•2020 ]
[ Are We @ The Beginning Of The End? ]
[ Or @ The End Of The Beginning? ]
[ It Is Anyone’s Guess Which Way This Virus Will
Bend ]
[ Will People Continue To Be Ill? ]
[ Will This Virus Continue To Kill? ]
[ What Should People Start Expecting? ]
[ But Has Society ]
[ Proved That It’s Worth Protecting? ]
[ Who Knows? ]
[ Who Is The One That Gives The Say So’s? ]
[ I Definitely Would Not Like The Visability ]
[ Of Having That Responsibility ]
[ Who Wants To Take That Responsibility On? ]
[ One Day You Are Here ]
[ The Next Day You’re Gone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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