(442)▪︎[ Another Dream … 5•26•2021 ]

[ Welcome To The Present ]
[ Where You Can Get Comments That You May Resent ]

[ From A Friend Or From A Family Member ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Hurt ]
[ & Seems To Be The One’s That You Remember ]

[ You Can Try To Shake Them Out Of The Memory Part
     Of Your Brain ]
[ You Can Try To Wash Them Out By Standing Outside In
     The Freezing, Pouring Rain ]

[ When The Thunder Booms ]
[ It Literally Shakes The Room ]

[ As Soon As You Go Outside ]
[ You Watch For The Lightning Strikes ]

[ But The Comments Are Still In Your Head ]
[ Do You Wait It Out ]
[ Or Take Your Night Meds ]
[ & Get Into Your Bed? ]

[ You Lay There Waiting For The Xyrem To Do It’s Thing ]
[ The Next Second You Are Watching The Start Of A Dream ]

[ Where Is This Dream Going? ]
[ Is There Water Flowing? ]
[ Or Is The Wind Blowing? ]

[ Maybe The Dream Is Taking You To Your Favorite Spot? ]
[ The Beach ]
[ You Have Had This Dream Alot ]

[ You Are Walking In The Sand ]
[ There Is No Time Schedule ]
[ Or Demands ]

[ Your Beautiful Wife Is Walking With You Beside Your Left
     Shoulder ]
[ She Is The One Person Who Makes Your World Go ‘Round ]
[ The One Who Has Not Just Been A Rock, She Has Been Your
     Boulder ]

[ She Has Been Much Bigger Than A Single Rock ]
[ That Would Be Like Comparing A Seiko Watch ]
[ To A Grandfather’s Clock ]

[ 25 Years Are In The Bank ]
[ You Look @ Your Wife, Because You Know, She Is The One To
     Thank ]

[ The Water Is Now Touching Your Feet ]
[ You Both Go Further Up The Beach ]
[ Looking For Your Seat ]

[ It Is Sitting On This One Very Big Log ]
[ When You Look @ The Ocean In Awe ]
[ No One Could Ever Convince You That There Is No God ]

[ This Is Your Favorite Part Of The Day ]
[ When The Sun Starts To Give Way ]

[ To The New Moon ]
[ & Because It Is The Middle Of June ]

[ It Was Getting Late ]
[ I Had To See The Whole Sunset ]
[ & I Saw That It Was, Worth The Wait ]

[ But … That Is Not What I Got To See ]
[ The Morning Alarm Was Going Off To Wake Me ]
[ Watching The Full Sunset Was Not To Be ]

[ Maybe Tomorrow Night ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ]
[  A hui hou mākou  ]
[  Aloha  ] ‎ 
  ‎
[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe ]

(438)▪︎[ Nothing But Air … 5•25•2021 ]

[ Everytime I Reach Out, I Grasp @ Air ]
[ When I Need A Hand ]
[ Nobody Is Ever EVER There ]

[ Things Are Never Reciprocated ]
[ I Guess That Is Too Much Of An Inconvenience ]
[ & That Seems To Make Something So Simple,
     Complicated ]

[ I Always Have Time For Them ]
[ No Matter The Problem ]

[ When Others Speak, I Always Listen To Every Word ]
[ When I Speak ]
[ It Never Seems Like I Was Ever Heard ]

[ When I Listen, I Look For Ways Where I Can Help Make
     Their Lives Easier, Better ]
[ When I Talk ]
[ No One Listens To A Letter ]

[ I Try To Listen & Then Connect The Dots ]
[ I Help Them When They See Spots ]

[ Nobody Has Time When I Need A Shoulder ]
[ When I Whisper ( HELP ) ]
[ The Room Gets Colder ]

[ It Gets Colder Because There Is A Quick Trot Out The
     Nearest Exit ]
[ I Guess Standing Up For Me Is Not In Anyone’s Script ]

[ I Am A Ghost In The Room ]
[ I Would Not Be Noticed Even On Zoom ]

[ Even If I Called The Meeting ]
[ People Would Only Notice If Someone Was Eating ]
[ While Talking ]
[ Then Leaving ]

~ Ka hopena ~

||  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ||
||  A hui hou mākou  ||
|| Aloha ||   ‎ 
  ‎
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||


    

(437)▪︎[ Happy Birthday To My Beautiful Wife … 5•25•2021 ]

[ You Have Always Been Very Big Hearted ]
[ & Love All Things That Are Of The Color Of Blue ]
[ This Is How My Whole Story Rhyming Got Started ]
[ After I Got A Poem From You ]

[ Today You Celebrate Being 50 Years Young ]
[ If Anybody Outside Of The Family Asks About
     ( HOW OLD? ) ]
[ I Will Be A Good Husband & Hold My Tongue ]

[ I Say That 50 Looks Good On You ]
[ If You Asked Me ]
[ I Would Say That I Do Too ]

[ Okay, I Guess We Will Keep This Down To A ( PG )
     Rating ]
[ We Are All Getting Up There In Age ]
[ So I Don’t Want Anyone Fainting ]

[ A 25th Wedding Anniversary & A 50th Birthday
     In The Same Year, 2 Months Apart ]
[ I Look @ The Numbers & Say ( THIS IS A GOOD START ) ]

[ I Think That We Will Get A Cheer ]
[ When We Celebrate 50 & 75 Both In The Same Year ]

[ Thank You For Sending Me That Poem Way Back
     When ]
[ I Am Still In Love With You Since Way Back Then ]

[ Cupid Showed Me Your Beautiful Face When You Were
     Just 23 Years Old ]
[ When I Saw Your Heart ]
[ I Knew That I Was Sold ]

[ I Hope That My Gift ]
[ Really Gave You A Lift ]

[ I Felt Alot Of Pride ]
[ That I Could Get You Gift That Could Possibly Be Worth $2.95 ]

[ Here’s To You, Ms. Birthday Girl ]

~ Ka hopena ~

||  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ||
||  A hui hou mākou  ||
|| Aloha ||   ‎ 
  ‎
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||


    

(453)▪︎[ You Just Do Not See This … 5•29•2021 ]

[ I Am Just Trying To Get Through ]
[ To You ]

[ Everynight @ 8:00 O’clock]
[ I Would Try To Call ]
[ But There Were Times, When I Found Out Later, That I Was
     Blocked ]

[ After That Happened More Than Twice ]
[ I Told You That Was Not Very Nice ]

[ You Would Never Like It If That Was Turned Around ]
[ You Should Look For What Is Lost ]
[ But Was Never Found ]

[ It Would Be A Tough Go, Looking For Your Heart ]
[ It Would Be Much Easier To Put The Pieces Together ]
[ Of The Ones That You Tore Apart ]

[ Very Few Were By Accident ]
[ Most Were On Purpose ]
[ Because Of Some Kind Of Incident ]

[ That You Perceived ]
[ But Was Actually Never Received ]

[ You Listen To Your Head Talk ]
[ … Alot ]

[ Sometimes Scenarios Play Out Only In Your Head ]
[ Is It Because You Are No Longer Taking All Of
     Your Meds? ]

[ You Have To Realize ]
[ That When You Don’t Take Them ]
[ You Are A Real Ass, When You Try To Socialize ]

[ Nobody Invites You To Get-Togethers Anymore ]
[ When You Come Up On Their Doorbell Cam ]
[ They Go Quiet & Nobody Approaches The Door ]

[ If You Feel Sad Because You Live A Lonely Existence ]
[ Blame Yourself, Not Others ]
[ Because You Never See The Difference ]

[ Between Their Fault Or Yours ]
[ What Was The Last Straw ]
[ Was When You Called Your Last 3 Female Friends ( A HUGE
     PACK OF WHORES ) ]

[ That Did It ]
[ They Did Not Deserve That, One Bit ]
[ That Is Why You Sit ]

[ @ Home … Alone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ]
[  A hui hou mākou  ]
[  Aloha  ] ‎ 
  ‎
[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe ]

(509)▪︎[ Beach Watching … 5•25•2020 ]

[ Here I Sit @ The Beach Watching The Sun Set ]
[ Is There A Higher Being? ]
[ Oh Yes, I Bet ]

[ As I Grow Older ]
[ I Find ]
[ That True Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder ]

[ As The Sun Drops Below That Cloud ]
[ I Hear Nothing But Waves ]
[ The People Have Left, So There Is No Crowd ]

[ The Waves Are In A Constant Flow ]
[ Sometimes Fast ]
[ More Oftentimes Slow ]

[ In & Out, In & Out ]
[ What’s That All About? ]

[ Sometimes The Waves Go Up Far On The Sand ]
[ Sometimes The Waves Reach Out Like A Hand ]
[ Grabbing Everything It Can ]

[ Every Once In Awhile It’s Someone That Was Not Paying
Attention To Where They Are ]
[ I’ve Seen On T.V. ]
[ When Some Waves Enveloped A Car ]

[ When People Don’t Respect Mother Nature ]
[ They Could See That They Don’t Have Much Of A Future ]

[ But As I Sit Watching Mother Nature’s Best ]
[ I Hear The Heartbeat In My Chest ]

[ Oh It’s So Serene Up Here ]
[ My Heartfelt Feelings For The Ocean ]
[ Causes A Tear ]

[ I’m So Thankful That My Best Friend Brought Me Here Today ]
[ We Are Definitely Going To Find A Way ]
[ To Come Back For Another Stay ]

[ We Were Able To Spend The Day Until The Sun Went Down ]
[ There Were Very Few Times ]
[ When We Were The Only Ones Around ]

[ There Were People To The Left & To The Right ]
[ But Then Crowds Went Away ]
[ When The Day Lost Its Light ]

[ I Took More Pictures That Day Than I Ever Had ]
[ The Pictures Did Not Turn Out All That Bad ]
[ When I’ll Look @ Them In The Future ]
[ I Will Be Happy & Sad ]

[ I Am Ecstatic Of How Fun The Day Turned Out To Be ]
[ But Sad Because It Will Be A Reminder ]
[ That My Best Friend Maria Will Not Be The Caregiver For Me ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ]
[  A hui hou mākou  ]
[  Aloha  ] ‎ 
  ‎
[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe ]

(436)▪︎[ I Will Still Choose Her … 5•24•2021 ]

[ If You Were Able To Live A Life After Your Life ]
[ Had Ended ]
[ Would You Choose The Same Wife ]
[ Or A New Woman You Just Befriended? ]

[ Or Would You Start Over? ]
[ With A Different Partner Or Lover? ]

[ Given The Choice & The Chance ]
[ I Would Take My Current Wife To This Dance ]

[ She Knows My Steps, My Shakes & My Moves ]
[ She Knows How I Like To Dance When Good Music Puts
     Me In The Mood ]

[ This Wife Has Stuck With Me Through Thick & Thin ]
[ She Has Helped Me Celebrate The Many Wins ]

[ She Was Always The First One To Put Out Her Hand When
     Things Got Tough ]
[ She Got Me Through The Many Times That Were Rough ]

[ I Wish There Wasn’t Many ]
[ I Wish That There Wasn’t ANY! ]

[ But That Is Not Realistic ]
[ @ Least I Never Came Home With Another Woman’s Lipstick ]

[ On My Collar ]
[ Oh Yes, That Would Make Her Holler! ]

[ Justifiable So ]
[ Then That Would Be A ( NO! ) ]

[ To Get Through 25 + Years ]
[ She’s Been Patient, Understanding, Caring, Empathic &
     Strong Willed ]
[ & She Also Knows, That Real Men Do Shed Tears ]

[ This Beautiful Woman Has Worn Many Hats ]
[ Friend, Girlfriend, Fiance, Bride, Wife, Best Friend, Lover,
     Confidante, Mechanic, Mover, Care Giver, Advocate,
     College Football Watching Buddy, Manager, Nurse,
     Driver, Bread Winner, Guardian, Mother, Gardner, Guide, 
     Map Reader, Protector & Chef ]
[ Is There Anything Left? ]
[ & Wherever We Lived, She Was Always Okay When I Fed, Then
     Adopted, The Stray Cats ]

[ We Watched A Comedy Called ( HALL PASS ) One Day ]
[ Then I Said ( IF I WAS GIVEN ONE … ) ]
[ I Would Choose To Give It Away ]
[ Because It Never Sounded Fun ]

[ I Have Never Had A ( GO TO FEMALE CELEBRITY ) That I
     Would Throw Everything Away For ]
[ There Is No Other Female That I Would Dream Of Knocking
     @ My Front Door ]

[ I Don’t Ask For Much ]
[ So I Have Never Fantaisized About Ms. Such & Such ]

[ My Wife That I Have, Is My Dream Come True ]
[ I Hope For You, You & You ]

[ That Some Day, While @ Work, You Could Have A Friend
     Introduce You To Her Friend ]
[ So You Could Have A Great Marriage That Doesn’t End ]

~ Ka hopena ~

||  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ||
||  A hui hou mākou  ||
|| Aloha ||   ‎ 
  ‎
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||


    

(425)▪︎[ Off The Fence … 5•20•2021 ]

[ As Anxiety & Depression Sweeps Across My Cloudy
     Mind ]
[ I Sit Back & Attempt To Find ]

[ Something In My Life That Actually Makes Sense ]
[ Something, Where I Can Say I Am On This Specific Side
     Of The Fence ]

[ Not Straddling Or Standing On Top ]
[ I Want To Pick A Side & Just Stop ]

[ The Hopping ]
[ The Dropping ]
[ The Shopping ]

[ For A Better Deal ]
[ Because I Am Not Trying To Reinvent The Wheel ]

[ I Am Just Trying To Make A Stand ]
[ No Matter The Demand ]

[ & Try To Get My Mind Into Better Shape ]
[ Instead Of Keeping In Mind Where All Of The Exits Are For A
     Quick Escape ]

[ I Am Trying To Face These Issues Head-On ]
[ Instead Of Throwing Up My Arms In Defeat & Yelling
     ( OH, C’mon ) ]

[ Don’t Exasperate ]
[ When Looking Down @ My Fate ]

[ Trying To Lace Up My Big Boy Boots ]
[ Looking Somewhere To Put Down Some Roots ]

[ Not Trying To Wait ]
[ Since I Have Been In This House Since 2008 ]

[ What Better Place To Do That Than Here? ]
[ What Do I Have To Fear? ]
[ That Part … Has Never Been Clear ]

[ Like A Very Wise President ( F.D.R. ) Once Said ( … THE ONLY
     THING THAT WE HAVE TO FEAR, IS FEAR ITSELF ) ]
[ Not Fear Of Ourselves ]
[ Or Fear Of Someone Else ]

[ I Think That The Fear Of Failure Is A Very Real Thing ]
[ I Think, That If There Was A Ranking ]
[ That Would Be The King ]

[ Is That Easy To Look Past? ]
[ You Can Never Do That Very Fast ]

~ Ka hopena ~

||  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ||
||  A hui hou mākou  ||
|| Aloha ||   ‎ 
  ‎
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||


    

(418)▪︎[ Social Injustice … 5•17•2021 ]

[ The Footage Sparked Outrage Across The Nation ]
[ America Has Now Been Reduced To Fractions ]

[ This Fraction Of People See’s The George Floyd Murder
     Tape This Way ]
[ Another Fraction Of People See The Tape ]
[ & They Decided That They Sure Had Alot To Say ]

[ A Paramedic In-Training Tried To Give Floyd Some Medical
     Attention ]
[ To Check His Pulse & Breathing ]
[ Not To Administer Medication ]

[ Christopher Martin Stated That He Wished That He Had Never
     Made The Call ]
[ That Started This All ]

[ He Has Been Racked With Guilt Ever Since Then ]
[ He Feels That If He Would Not Had Made The Call, None Of This
     Would Have Happened ]

[ In The Video He Had His Hands On His Head Looking & Acting
     Stressed ]
[ Thinking That He Caused All Of This Mess ]

[ That Stress Should Not Have Been Laid Upon His Young
     Shoulders ]
[ How Will This Affect His Life As He Grows Older? ]

[ How Many Of Those Bystanders Called 911? ]
[ Because Of Chauvin’s Actions ]
[ The Only Thing That Chauvin Did Not Do, Was Use His Gun ]

[ The Fault For This Lies Squarely On Chauvin’s Head ]
[ It Was Completely His Actions That Caused George Floyd
     To Be Dead ]

[ Those Bystanders Witnessed A Murder Right In Front Of
     Their Eyes ]
[ Because Of The Police Body Cams & The Bystanders Recording
     EVERYTHING On Their Phones ]
[ The Public Did Not Have To Be Forced Into Believing All Of The
     Police Officers Lies ]

[ Oh, I Am Sure That The Officers Would Say That Floyd Died
     From Acute Problems ]
[ Because Of The Drugs In His System ]

[ Chauvin’s Body Language During That Whole Video Showed
      That He Was Very Relaxed ]
[ While Floyd’s Breathing System Was Taxed ]

[ Chauvin Did Not Show Any Sign That His Life Was In Any
     Danger ]
[ Chauvin’s Demeanor Seemed Calm ]
[ There Was No Sign Of Anger ]

[ Floyd Had @ Least Two Other Cops Holding Him Down ]
[ Floyd Was A Very Large Man ]
[ Nobody Was As Big As Him Around ]

[ That Did Not Mean That He Deserved To Be Tortured ]
[ While He Was Being Murdered ]

[ Chauvin Did His Part ]
[ Because He Had Evil Intentions In His Heart ]

[ Chauvin Did Not Seem Affected By George’ Condition
      When He Got Up ]
[ Maybe Because Floyd Showed No Wounds Or Cuts ]

[ Outwardly Floyd Looked Fine ]
[ He Wasn’t ]
[ Because Chauvin’s Actions Caused Floyd To Die ]

[ Everytime That I See That Video I Try To Come Up With
     The Right Verb ]
[ But I Keep Coming Back To The Same One … Disturbed ]

~ The End ~

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



     

(423)▪︎[ Happy Birthday … 5•19•2021 ]

[ When The Sky Is Hazy ]
[ The Violets Turn Blue ]
[ My Love Seems Crazy ]
[ While I Make This Birthday Wish For You ]

[ Sometimes Things That You Do, Drive Me Bat Shit
     Crazy, But Never Enough To Walk Away ]
[ For A Minute, Hour, Or Day ]

[ You Are The Center Of My Life ]
[ You Have Been Ever Since You Said That You Would
     Be My Wife ]

[ it Has Been An Up & Down Bumpy Ride ]
[ You Did Not Lie ]
[ When You Made Me A Deal That You Would Always Stand
     By My Side ]

[ My Love Has Grown For You Since That First Day ]
[ I Am Thankful That We Pulled Together Through The Hardest
     Years That We Have Ever Had ]
[ & Neither One Of Us Tried Or Wanted To Runaway ]
[ Happy Or Sad ]
[ We Both Decided To Stay ]

[ I Think This Will Be The 26th Birthday To Celebrate Together ]
[ Our Bond That Binds Us Is Stronger Than Leather ]

[ Some Say That Wishes Do Not Come True ]
[ Well I Know One We Saw & ]
[ & Made It All The Way Through ]

[ @ The Time It Was My Biggest Wish ]
[ It Was To Change Our Last Name To Devoe ]
[ & Never, Ever Have To Say That Our Last Name Was ( BISH ) ]

[ Every Morning That I Wake Up Next To You On Our
     King Size Bed ]
[ I Feel As Lucky & In Love Since The Day That We Wed ]

~ The End ~

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

(371)▪︎[ Where Is This Going? … 5•7•2021 ]

[ When You Leave Home To Go To Work, Does That Mean
That You Never Had Work @ Home? ]
[ What If You Feel @ Home Where You Work? ]
[ Can You Also Feel Like You Have Work To Do @ Home? ]
[ Some Say That Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat ]
[ What If You Only Have Clothes & Pictures To Hang? ]
[ Does That Mean That You Are Never @ Home? ]
[ What Is The Difference Between A House & A Home? ]
[ Everything ]
[ The Word ( HOUSE ) Has One More Letter ]
[ ( HOUSE ) Has One More Vowell ]
[ The Letters Are Completely Different Letters, Except
     For Three Letters ]
[ The ( H ), The ( O ) & The ( E ) ]
[ What Would You Be Missing If You Did Not Have The Those
     Letters? ]
[ One Less Gardening Tool ]
[ Are You A Pessimist, If, When Telling Time You Say
     ( HALF PAST THE HOUR ) Instead Of ( 30 MINUTES UNTIL )? ] [ Speaking Of That ]
[ How Come ( HAY ) Is Horse Food & ( HEY ) Is A Casual Greeting ] [ ( HI ) Is Another Casual Greeting, But ( HIGH ) Is What Alot Of
     People Do Behind Closed Doors ]
[ ( BEHIND ) Is In The Back Of The Group ]
[ & ( BEHIND ) Is What Some People Has That Gets Kicked ]
[ Well It Could Also Mean That You Are Not Keeping Up With
     Something Or Someone ]
[ How Can The Word ( ASS ) Have Three Different Meanings? ]
[ Okay ]
[ ( WELL ) Now That Has Two Different Meanings ]
[ ( HOW ) Has Two Different Meanings ]
[ ( CAN ) Has Four Different Meanings ]
[ ( MEAN ) Has Three ]
[ ( DO ) Has Three Different Spellings, Meaning Different Things ] [ ( OBJECT ) Has Two Different Meanings ]
[ ( DRINK ) Has Three Different Meanings ]
[ Even ( DRUNK ) Has Two Different Meanings ]
[ One Is In The Present Tense & One Is The Past Tense ]
[ The First Tents Could Possibly Mean There May Be More ]
[ Would They Set The Tents Up In The Front Yard Or The
     Backyard? ]
[ If They Set Up Tents In The Front Yard, Why? ]
[ Who Are These People That Are Setting Up The Tents On The
     Sidewalk Anyways? ]
[ What Was Wrong With The Front Yard? ]
[ I Still Don’t Know Who These People Are? ]
[ Who Has This Many Tents? ]
[ If They Do Set-Up In The Front Yard, What If The Humane Society
     Is Called About All Of The Stray Cats & Gerbils? ]
[ Do Gerbils Bark When They Drop & Squat? ]
[ If They Set Up Their Tents In The Backyard, Who Let Them Back
     There? ]
[ What About The Rabbits That Are Living In The Attic? ]
[ They Ate Every Single Piece Of Celery That I Had In The Glove
     Compartment Of The Police Car ]
[ A Really Nice Fire Fighter Flipped Me The Bird Because I Pulled
     My Shorts Down & Mooned Him ]
[ You Don’t Think That He Had Any Bad Intentions For
     That Finger, Do You? ]
[ The Two Police Marines Were Very Nice, Then Gave Me A Ride
     Home From The Liquor Store ]
[ I Guess The Bartender @ The Lawn & Garden Section Thought
     That I Was Only There To Pick-Up Chicks ]
[ I Had To Show That I Had Chickens In My Purse Too ]
[ But When I Was Walking In That Ambulance I Told The Single
     Country/Western/Punk Rocker/Swing Dancer That I Had To
     Pee ]
[ They Both Said That The Light Just Turned Red So It Was Time
     To Swim Another Lap ]
[ I Thought That Was A Great Idea ]
[ Because I Will Just Pee In The Pool & Then Walk On The
     Treadmill ]
[ But Whatever Happened With The Tents? ]

~ The End ~

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