[ Some People Say That The Direction Of Your Life Could
Be Predicated On Whose Crotch You Come Out Of ]
[ Maybe You Will Be Taken & Put In The Foster Care System ]
[ Or Showered With Love ]
[ As You Grow, You Are Listening & Learning ]
[ There Is A Drive, Inside Of You, That Is On Fire ]
[ & It Is Up To You, To Keep It Burning ]
[ You Touch The Hot Stove, Just Once, Not Twice ]
[ You Learn Your Manners ]
[ To Always Be Thankful & Nice ]
[ It Is Important Where You Live ]
[ Does Everyone Take Not Give? ]
[ Some Ask That If You Are On The Wrong Tracks Or The River ]
[ Are You Capable Of Being A Giver? ]
[ For Some Kids, Their Futures Are Wide Open & Bright ]
[ Other Kids Cannot Do Anything Right ]
[ Their Futures Are Not Bright & Open ]
[ They Know That Something Life Changing Will Happen ]
[ But They Don’t Know When ]
[ Those Kids Do Not Know How To Get Out ]
[ Of There Situation Or Neighborhood ]
[ So Their Future Is Filled With Alot Of Doubt ]
[ Kids There, Know That There Are (3) Directions ]
[ Sports, Military Or Adult Corrections ]
[ Oh There Is One Quick Way To Death ]
[ Getting Addicted To Crack, Heroin Or Meth ]
[ People Don’t Live To Be Very Old In Some Neighborhoods ]
[ Things Were Not Always Bad ]
[ It Isn’t Always Good ]
[ Very Few Businesses Come Into That Area, So They Are Not
Given Many Chances ]
[ Because It Was Dangerous ]
[ They Rarely Experienced High School Dances ]
[ It Is Like They Say In Real State (LOCATION, LOCATION,
LOCATION) ]
[ Of Where You Grow To Get Your Education ]
[ Education, Is Another Way ]
[ To Some Day ]
[ Get Away ]
[ Education, Is A Wonderful Way To Travel ]
[ Or You Could Make A Living, Shoveling Gravel ]
[ Shoveling Gravel, Could Help You Have An Okay Lifestyle ]
[ Helping Your Finances For Awhile ]
[ Being Birthed By The Wrong Woman Or In The Place Really
Matters ]
[ Sometimes Society Could Leave Someone’s Life In Tatters ]
[ Then You Hope You Could Lower The Number Of Batters ]
[ Because Less Would Feel Like More ]
[ Once You Open The Door ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(993)▪︎[ Nobody In Society Would … 11•23•2021 ]
[ Is It Possible To Have Peace Out In Our Society ]
[ When Some People Seek Notoriety ]
[ They Make Their Monetary Gain ]
[ Through Others Pain ]
[ They Care Nothing For Others ]
[ They Would Even Use Their Sisters & Brothers ]
[ Climbing Financial Hurdles By Going Over Their Subordinates
Backs ]
[ They Don’t Care Who They Bowl Over During Their Attacks ]
[ Taking Over Companies Then Selling The Pieces Off ]
[ Not Caring Who Gets Lost ]
[ About 3% Of The Population Actually Controls What
People Do, Eat Or Buy ]
[ That’s Why Alot Of People Thinks (THE AMERICAN DREAM )
Is A Lie ]
[ Most Of Society Cannot Afford To Get A House ]
[ Even When They Take Their Paycheck & They Combine It With Their
Spouse ]
[ Starting A Business Now ]
[ Does Not Come With Instructions About How ]
[ Some Just Wouldn’t ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(990)▪︎[ Hold Yourself In Check … 11•23•2021 ]
[ Did You Know ]
[ That Satan Had Found An Open Window ]
[ & He Is Climbing In ]
[ He Just Wants A Good View, Of When You Sin ]
[ Satan Is Really Good @ Waiting ]
[ Happily Negating ]
[ What You Really Want ]
[ Because When People Hear That There Is Something Called
(THE AMERICAN DREAM) ]
[ They Don’t Know That Is A Taunt ]
[ The Actual Ability To Even Afford (THE AMERICAN DREAM)
Stopped Decades Ago ]
[ No Wonder That You Did Not See It ]
[ Because It Did Not Go By, Very Slow ]
[ If Went By So Fast ]
[ No Wonder You Could Not See It Go Past ]
[ When Satan Comes In The House ]
[ It Can Change Your Spouse ]
[ So Much So, You Would Not Recognize Her ]
[ You Think That You Would ]
[ But You Are Not Sure ]
[ If You Could ]
[ It Is ALL In The Eyes ]
[ There Is No More Sense Of Surprise ]
[ There ]
[ & It Gives You A Scare ]
[ Satan Could Change What Was Right, Into What Is Now Wrong?
[ But Then That Also Meant He Could Change What Was Once
Wrong Into What Is Right? ]
[ Is He That Strong? ]
[ Yes He Is ]
[ Just Ask Those Kids ]
[ People Save For Years, Just To Be Told (NO) ]
[ You Are Telling The Banker About Saving ]
[ Just To Have The Banker Say (SO!) ]
[ When You Want To Reach Across His Expensive Desk ]
[ & Grab His Skinny Neck ]
[ You Hold Yourself In Check ]
[ So You Stand & Say Thank You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(979)▪︎[ Brand New Days … 11•19•2021 ]
[ Sometimes When You Sit Down & Give Your Thoughts A
Gaze ]
[ You Are Amazed ]
[ Amazed That You Could Ever Put Them In A Straight Line ]
[ You Always Want To Get (10) In Each Row ]
[ But You Can Only Get To (9) ]
[ There Is Always (1) That Won’t Cooperate ]
[ That Is The (1) That Is Always In A Disruptive State ]
[ But You Must Go On ]
[ When You Wait For Just (1) ]
[ The Wait Is Too Long ]
[ You Must Walk Towards The Sun Rise ]
[ Everybody That Has Good Intentions ]
[ Thinks That Is Wise ]
[ The Sun Rise Is Where The Day Starts ]
[ That Is Too Bad That You Can’t Get Parts ]
[ Of The Sun, In Carts ]
[ To Help You All Throughout The Day ]
[ Nothing Starts The Days, Like The Suns Ray’s ]
[ When The Sun Rises, Everything Starts Anew ]
[ That Is For Everyone ]
[ Not Just A Few ]
[ When The Sun Rises The Birds Come Out ]
[ Sunshine Brings Joy ]
[ Not Doubt ]
[ It Means That You Have Survived The Dark ]
[ The Morning Means That You Have Been Given A Second Chance
To Make Your Mark ]
[ Come Out To Lead ]
[ Those In Need ]
[ Make Your Own Path Through The Woods ]
[ Work Through The (COULDS & SHOULDS) ]
[ Those Are The Words That Stop Most People In Their Tracks ]
[ They Constantly Look Over Their Shoulders For Surprise
Attacks ]
[ Nobody Seems Stable Where They Stand ]
[ Who Takes Command? ]
[ The Unknown ]
[ Has Not Been Shown ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(196)▪︎[ Again, Again & Again … 3•8•2021 ]
[ You Hate Feeling Like You Are Being Taken Advantage Of ]
[ All You Try To Do Is Be Nice & Show People Love ]
[ You Really Do Not Think That You Ask For Much ]
[ You Don’t Give ]
[ & Then Ask For Such & Such ]
[ You Never Light A Match ]
[ By Giving Something ]
[ Then Telling Them There Are Strings Attached ]
[ You Don’t Ever Make Someone Care ]
[ By How & Why You Like To Share ]
[ Love Cannot Be Bought ]
[ Even If You’ve Got ]
[ Alot ]
[ Deep Friendship Takes Some Time ]
[ Some People Like Lemons & Not Limes ]
[ But Sometimes It Takes Time For Some People To Show Their
True Colors ]
[ They May Be One Way With You ]
[ While Being Different In Front Of Others ]
[ With You ]
[ They May Be True ]
[ Blue ]
[ To Your Face ]
[ But Once They Leave Your Place ]
[ They Make Everything About Race ]
[ Sometimes People Will Ask About Race ]
[ Because They Feel They Have To Know ]
[ & They Watch The Smile On Your Face ]
[ As You Politely Say (SLOW) ]
[ They Might Change Their Tune ]
[ In The Afternoon ]
[ & Want To Fight ]
[ Well Into The Night ]
[ Those Are The Ones That You Leave ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1119)▪︎[ Nightmares Come & Go … 9•3•2019 ]
[ The Nightmares Come & Go ]
[ It’s So Hard ]
[ When They Go By Slow ]
[ Sometimes The Ones From The Past ]
[ Last & Last & Last ]
[ Those Are The Ones That You Wish Went By Fast ]
[ What Do You Hear? ]
[ Are The Voices Far Away? ]
[ Or Are They Near? ]
[ When You Open Your Eyes, What Do You See? ]
[ Do You See Yourself? ]
[ Or Do You See Me? ]
[ Or Do You See Nothing @ All? ]
[ Are There Pictures On The Wall? ]
[ Are They Bare & Painted White? ]
[ To See Everything ]
[ Must You Turn On The Light? ]
[ Can You Hear What You’ve Seen? ]
[ Do The Voices Sound Mean? ]
[ Was It An Adult Voice Or A Teen? ]
[ Did You Trust It Sight Unseen? ]
[ Why Would You Put So Much Trust In What You Heard? ]
[ Was It The Sweet Sound Of A Bird? ]
[ Did You Believe Every Word? ]
[ Or Every Sound That It Made ]
[ When It Comes To Gullible ]
[ You Take The Cake ]
[ As Far As Being Loveable ]
[ That Is Not A Good Trait ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1126)▪︎[ What Happened There? … 9•4•2019 ]
[ Have You Ever Woke From A Long Nap ]
[ & Feel Like You’ve Just Been Slapped? ]
[ It’s Not The Action That You Remember ]
[ It Was The Feel ]
[ If This Is Not September ]
[ Then I Have No Idea What Is Real ]
[ Can I Touch This? ]
[ Can You Hear That? ]
[ Was This His ]
[ Favorite Baseball Bat? ]
[ What Is It Doing Here? ]
[ This Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near ]
[ This Place ]
[ Someone Could Hit Another Kid In The Face ]
[ Now I See Total Chaos ]
[ Right Now I Feel So Lost ]
[ Mattresses Are Being Piled Up Against Door ]
[ Water From The Busted Toilet ]
[ Is Starting To Cover The Floor ]
[ I Wish It Would Stop ]
[ But All I See Is More & More ]
[ The Sights, The Smells, The Sounds ]
[ When Will CS Make Their Rounds? ]
[ I’m All Alone In A 3 Hour Riot ]
[ If You Think This Is Easy ]
[ I’d Be Happy To Have You Try It ]
[ It’s Like Nothing I Have Experienced Before ]
[ These Flashbacks Scares Me Down To My Core ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(982)▪︎[ What A Bad Leader … 11•20•2021 ]
[ Throughout The Past Days, People Only Followed The Leader ]
[ Even Though He Was A Cheater ]
[ He Was Given A Position Of Power ]
[ He Did Not Show Any Leadership Hour After Hour ]
[ He Found Out That He Did Not Have To Play Nice ]
[ So Then It Seemed That Not Telling The Truth Became
His New Vice ]
[ Lies, Lies, Lies ]
[ He Told Them To All Of The Girls & Guys ]
[ Most People Had Alot Of Doubt ]
[ Of Seeing How Or If Someone Could Figure This Guy Out ]
[ Nobody Thought His Reign Over The Land Would Last ]
[ But Year After Year Went Past ]
[ The Longer That He Ruled ]
[ More People Started Following Him After They Dropped Out
Of School ]
[ He Ruled With An Iron Fist ]
[ & He Expected His Followers To Do Everything That Was
Written On His Very Long List ]
[ He Would Order Surprise Attacks ]
[ On Those Who Refused To Pay His High Sales Tax ]
[ People Were Yelling To Get His Type Of Government Out
Of Their State ]
[ They Did Not Want To Wait ]
[ For Him To Think Of More Taxes & Bills ]
[ But Now He Wants To Tax All Of The Different Kinds Of Pain Pills ]
[ His Followers Would Do Anything For Him ]
[ If A Family Member Tried To Change Someones Mind ]
[ Chances Were Really Slim ]
[ Nobody Thought His Followers Would Go This Far ]
[ They Really Think That He Is Their Guiding Star ]
[ How Could His Power Go Beyond This Countries Borders? ]
[ But There He Was Last Night On The T.V. Giving His Orders ]
[ Telling That Country To Do This ]
[ & This Country To Do That ]
[ He Even Directed A German Country To Attack The Swiss ]
[ The Followers Got Out Of Hand ]
[ They Would Finish Demand After Demand ]
[ When Will It Stop … ? ]
[ Oh There’s My Alarm To Wake Me Up So I Won’t Be Late ]
[ Hmmmm, It Must Have Been Something I Ate ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(385)▪︎[ Look Past Your Past … 5•2•2021 ]
[ Sometimes You Must Look @ Your Past ]
[ To Help What You Do In The Future, Last ]
[ It Is Much Easier To Go In With Experience & Knowledge
Than To Go In Blindly ]
[ Having No Knowledge May Not Treat You, Very Kindly ]
[ But From What You Surmise ]
[ Would A Surprise ]
[ Be Very Wise? ]
[ Sometimes Life Can Become A Guessing Game ]
[ When The Same ]
[ Name ]
[ Will Not Be The Right One To Blame ]
[ Why Shouldn’t The Same ]
[ Name ]
[ Be The One To Blame? ]
[ Then You Have The Pain To Move Up & Down Your Chest ]
[ Should You Think To Do What’s Best? ]
[ Or Should You Think That You Are Going Through A Cardiac
Arrest? ]
[ Maybe You Should Lay Down, Stretch Out, For A Long Rest ]
[ You Should Rest For The Next Day ]
[ When You Want To Have A Say ]
[ In What Comes Next ]
[ After You Read That Strange & Long Blubbering Text ]
[ You Ask (WHY WAS THAT SENT TO ME?) ]
[ You Have Never Met He Or She ]
[ But Maybe That Has Never Mattered ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(692)▪︎[ Society Is … ? … 8•13•2020 ]
[ Whicky, Whicky, Whacky ]
[ Everything Is So Tacky ]
[ Society Is Going To Hell In A Hand Basket ]
[ They Are Disregarding A Regular Caskett ]
[ People Are Shooting Each Other In The Streets ]
[ When A Family Has No Money ]
[ Nobody Eats ]
[ The Rich Politicians Are Trying To Decide Our Fate ]
[ They Have Never Gone To Bed Starving ]
[ Because That Day They Never Ate ]
[ These Fat Cats Gets Their Food Served To Them On
Silver Platters ]
[ They Look @ All The Peasants ]
[ & Don’t Know What Really Matters ]
[ It Has Always Been Right There ]
[ That Sly Smile ]
[ That Tells You That They Really Don’t Care ]
[ They Got Elected By Making Promises Part Of Their Platform ]
[ They Never Follow Through ]
[ Because That Is The Norm ]
[ Once They Are Elected, They Are Financially Set For Life ]
[ That Definitely Is Appreciated ]
[ By Their Spoiled Children & Trophy Wife ]
[ It Must Be Nice ]
[ To Not Live Off The Menu ]
[ Of Water & Boiled Rice ]
[ They Have Never Been Without ]
[ So When It Comes To Need ]
[ They Have No Clue What They Are Talking About ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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