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(024)▪︎[ The Mood … 2024 ]

[ To Say That If You Are In A Somber Mood, You Would Be Minimizing Things ]
[ What Happened Last Night, Still Stings ]
[ You Wish The Whole Night Could Just Fly Away ]
[ On Magical Wings ]

 
[ You Do Not Know How, Why Or When It Went Off Of The Rail? ]
[ Sometimes You Wonder When Civility Set Sail? ]
[ If That Was An Attempt To Stay Civil ]
[ It Sure Did Fail ]

[ Sometimes The Worst Thing That You Do Is Be Alone With Your Thoughts ]
[ Then You Start Thinking About Them ]
[ & It Ties You Up In Knots ]

[ What A Vicious Circle You Are Leaving ]
[ You Are Not Doing Anything Worth Believing ]
[ You Are Not Relieving ]

[ Any Stress ]
[ So That Creates An Even Bigger Mess ]
[ But Then You Start To Digress ]

[ Trying To Get Through Quirk After Quirk ]
[ You Are Trying Your Hardest To Figure Out What Will Work ]

[ So Far, Not So Good ]
[ If You Think That It Should ]
[ Everything Will ]
[ Everything You Say, Seems To Be Misunderstood ]
[ Just Like You Thought That They Would ]

[ You Really Need To Get The (COULD & SHOULD) Out Of Your Mind ]
[ Start Having The Positive Kind ]
[ Of Thoughts ]
[ This Way, You Might Find ]

[ That In The (60+) Years That You Have Under Your Belt ]
[ You Have Yet To Find The Secret Where You Have Felt ]
[ That Your Problems Will Become Like The Snow Outside & Melt ]

[ Is There Such A Secret ]
[ That You Have Not Yet ]
[ Met? ]

[ There Is Nothing Out There That Has Been Found ]
[ That The Fountain Of Youth Is Under That Mound ]
[ Of Ground ]

[ If There Is, Could You Please Raise Your Right Hand ]
[ When Given The Command? ]
[ You Feel That If You Do Not Come Up With An Answer ]
[ You Will Be Forever Damned ]

[ What Would Be The Difference Between That & This? ]
[ Take A Look All Around ]
[ Then Could Somebody Tell You What You Would Miss? ]

[ Is There Something? ]
[ Or Is The Answer,
(NOTHING!) ]

Mahalo
~LopakaDeVoe~

(128)▪︎[ When Your Time Is Up … 2•15•2022 ]

[ You Might Be Able To Manipulate Mother Nature, But You
Cannot Do A Thing, To Father Time ]
[ You Cannot Borrow, An Hour ]
[ You Will Not Always Find ]
[ A Lost Dime ]

[ There Are Some Extremely Tall Mountains, Where Nature Does Not Welcome Everyman To Climb To The Top ]
[ She Plays Guessing Games, When Some Men, Do Not See Where The Snow Stops ]

[ The Higher Up The Mountain, The Air Gets Thin ]
[ That Could Be The Point That Trouble With Your Breathing, Could Begin ]
[ You Must Have Total Control Of When You Breathe In ]

[ Or Exhale Out ]
[ When It Comes To Climbing One Of These Mountains, You
Better Not Have Any Doubt ]
[ You Could Fall Into A Deep Crevasse, Where No One Could Hear You Shout ]
[ Out ]

[ Before Even Starting To Pack, You Need To Think About Your Climbing Skills ]
[ You Have Heard That Bad Judgement, Kills ]
[ Making Your Kids Hope That They Were In Your Most Current Will ]

[ Something That Is Not Very Fun ]
[ Avalanches That Occur On Mountains ]
[ That You Cannot Outrun ]

[ You Can Never Fool Father Time, @ All ]
[ You Cannot Ask For More Time When You Get Your Final Call ]

[ You Cannot Punch Back, When Your Ticket Gets Punched ]
[ Nobody Has Ever Seen Someone Taking The Grim Reaper Out For
A Last Lunch ]

[ When Your Time Is Up, You Never (GET ONE MORE … ) Anything ]
[ It Would Not Matter, If Your Title Is That Of The Queen ]
[ Or The King ]


~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(426)▪︎[ Finger Pointing … 4•28•2020 ]

[ What To Do, What To Do? ]
[ If Your Foot Was In The Other Shoe ]

[ Would You Be Singing A Different Tune? ]
[ Even If It’s Before The Afternoon? ]

[ It Doesn’t Feel Good To Be On The Wrong Side Of The
Pointing Finger ]
[ When There Is An Allegation ]
[ In A Lot Of The Public’s Mind
[ Accusations Longer ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(252)▪︎[ Today’s Scourge … 2•25•2021 ]

[ Sometimes You Should Climb Up On A Tall Ladder &
Look Down @ The World System ]
[ & See That It Is In Fact Broken ]

[ Go To The Beach & See The Broken Coral ]
[ Then Go Downtown & See All Of The Broken Morals ]

[ The Kids Do Not Got ]
[ Any ]
[ Because Their Parents Never Taught ]
[ Them Many ]

[ Now It Is Legal To Stay In Their House ]
[ & Get High ]
[ That Is How He Lost His Spouse ]
[ Because All He Did Was Tell Lie After Lie ]

[ Because He Was Always High He Lost The Ability ]
[ To Tell What Is Reality ]

[ That Kind Of Thinking Gets Handed Down To Their Young
Children ]
[ That’s Why Their Grades Start To Tank ]
[ But The Parents Never Knew Since When ]

[ Children’s Brains Are Nothing But Sponges Ready To Soak
Up All That They See & Hear ]
[ Who Do They Go To When Things Are Not Very Clear? ]
[ If Their Parents Are Always A.W.O.L. Or High ]
[ They Turn To Their Peers ]

[ The Problem Was The Peers Did Not Know More Than They Did ]
[ Because It Was (1) Kid Asking Another Kid ]

[ The Lone Parent @ Home Is Aways Foggy ]
[ Or Groggy ]

[ Making Marijuana & Mushrooms Legal Has Been Like A Curse ]
[ & Made The Family Structure Even Worse ]

[ The Gap Between The Haves & The Have Not’s Is Growing Wider
& Wider By The Year ]
[ Because The Crime Rate Is So High ]
[ People Are Living In Fear ]

[ There Are Plenty Of Students In College Hitting The Books ]
[ Plenty Default On Their Student Loans ]
[ Because They Can Only Get A Job Being Cooks ]

[ The World Needs Cooks Because We All Need To Eat ]
[ Some Of Us Cannot Afford To Buy Pork, Chicken Or Beef ]

[ There Is Something That Is Good To Know ]
[ The Government Says That Unemployment Is @ An All Time Low ]

[ The Public Either Wants To Quit Or Create A Union ]
[ Religious Shows Have Many Followers ]
[ Because There Are Millions Of Catholics Wanting To Take
Holy Communion ]

[ But They Will All Find That It Does No Good ]
[ & That Is Not Thinking That Things Are Misunderstood ]

[ Good Is Bad ]
[ & Most Children Do Not Grow Up With A Loving Dad ]

[ I Guess You Could Say That Men Are The Scourge Of Today’s
Earth ]
[ Some Have Been Evil Since Birth ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(402)▪︎[ On Your Birthday … 6•6•2022 ]

[ So I Hear That You Wanted A Poem On Your Birthday ]
[ I Told You That I Would Come To Your Help In Any Way ]

[ I Was Not Given A Warning Days Ahead ]
[ It Would Have Been Nice To Gets A Heads Up Instead ]

[ You Should Be Doing Nothing But Smiling ]
[ Nobody Has You Tied Up In An Office Filing ]

[ When It Comes To Being My C.G, You Are Quite New ]
[ I Wished That You Had More Hours Than A Few ]

[ So You Went Riding ]
[ On The Beach ]
[ Did It Feel Like You Were Gliding? ]
[ On A Part Of Your Body You Just Could Not Reach? ]

[ I Have Always Heard That A Horse Is The Biggest Piece Of
Meat That Women Can Get Between There Legs? ]
[ Does All Of That Pounding Affect Your Eggs? ]

[ I Found It Funny How You Came Here Walking Bowlegged
Like A Cowboy ]
[ I Guess You Can Say That Riding A Horse Is Not An Adult Toy ]

[ The Main Thing Is That You Were With Your Man ]
[ As You Were Riding In The Sand ]

[ You Said That You Had Sore Muscles That You Thought
You Never Had ]
[ Maybe Next Time Your Birthday Will Be Really Mellow ]
[ While You Get Yourself A Cowboy Hat ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(399)▪︎[ Eye In The Sky … 6•6•2022 ]

[ You Could Say That In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ My Love For You Is Not Attached By Strings ]

[ I Do Not Need To Be Tethered To You Or You To Me ]
[ That Gives You The Freedom To Walk Away Free ]

[ If That Is Where Our Relationship Should Go ]
[ If That Is The Case ]
[ Then Only You Would Know ]

[ We Try To Have Good Communication Going Back & Forth ]
[ We Always Need Our Heads To Be Headed North ]

[ We Have Far Surpassed The (26) Year Mark ]
[ We Are Still In Drive ]
[ As Opposed To Being, Stuck In Park ]

[ We Sure Have Hit Our Share Of Potholes On Our Narrow
    Road ]
[ But Every Year We Carry A Heavier Load ]

[ Will We Be Dragging Our Asses Across That (50) Year Finish
      Line? ]
[ My Problems Become Yours ]
[ & Yours Become Mine ]

[ I Am Ready To Learn Something New Every Day ]
[ Taught By You, In Your Own Special Way ]

[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ We Are Still Learning What Each Other Is About ]

[ Through The Years The Winds Change ]
[ That Does Not Give Good Reason To Go Out & Get Some
     Strange ]

[ But Then Again We Are Forgiving Pair ]
[ Would Walking Away Be Fair? ]

[ Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust ]
[ Finding The Right Partner Is A Must ]

[ Through The Years We Have Had Our Fill Of Turmoil ]
[ Maybe That Is When Our Joints Need A Little Oil ]

[ Joy Is What You Seek ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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[005]▪︎[ The Yin & The Yang … 1•2•2022 ]

[ Learn. Fail. Learn. Fail. Learn More ]
[ Be More Flexible Than A Board ]

[ The (LEARN/FAIL) Combination Should Happen Throughout
Your Life ]
[ With The Exception Of Picking A Husband Or Wife ]

[ You Don’t Want To Have A Spinning Door When It Would Come
To Picking A Spouse ]
[ Then Having A Good Cat To Chase Down That Lone Mouse ]

[ All Through Life You Should Be Learning ]
[ The Desire Should Always Be Burning ]

[ You Have Never Met The Guy ]
[ That Is As Good As It Gets ]
[ On The First Try ]

[ But You Have To Make It Known ]
[ It Is Not Easy To Write A Poem ]

[ It Takes Quite A Long Time ]
[ To Write A Story That Will Rhyme ]

[ Even Having A Family There Are Times Of (LEARN/FAIL) ]
[ But It Might Be Too Late If Your Child Is Headed To Jail ]

[ But Jail/Prison Has Their Own Set Of Rules ]
[ But Those People Never Used All Of Their Tools ]

[ They Should Have Learned While Growing Up ]
[ Some People Never Filled Up Their Learning Cup ]

[ Learning & Failing Is All About Growing ]
[ But You Should Never Think That You Are All-Knowing ]

[ They Say That To Be Tough Is To Fragile ]
[ To Be Tender Is To Be Truly Fierce ]
[ With Most Things In Life, Learning Is Gradual ]

[ Would That Be The Yin & The Yang Of The Universe? ]
[ Either Do Or Succumb To This Way ]
[ Or Things Could Get Alot Worse? ]

[ Fragile, Is The Opposite Of Tough ]
[ The Opposite Of Smooth, Is Rough ]

[ You Must Know (1), To Know The Other ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Go Through The Discipline Of The
Father ]
[ To Truly Appreciate The Comfort Given To You By The Mother ]

[ Fail/Learn, Fail/Learn ]
[ Sometimes The Whole Lesson Is A Serious Burn ]
[ Or Gives You Something To Yearn ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(598)▪︎[ My Grateful Journal … 7•19•2021 ]

[ My Gratitude Journal ]
[ That Should Not Be Thrown In A Urinal ]

[ I Am Grateful To Have A Loving Wife Of Over 25 Years ]
[ I Am Grateful That My Wife Helps Me Face My Fears ]

[ I Am Grateful To Have A Healthy 18 Year Old Son ]
[ I Am Grateful To Own A House That Protects Me From
     The Sleet, Snow, Rain & Too Much Sun ]

[ I Am Grateful To Have A King Sized Sleigh Bed ]
[ I Am Grateful That This Is Where I Can Lay My Head ]

[ In The Morning When I Rise ]
[ I Am Grateful My Wife Has Pillows On The Bed Where I
     Can Hide Any Surprise ]

[ I Am Grateful To Own A Car Without The Burden Of Car
     Payments ]
[ I Am Grateful That Buying Our Car Was A Mutual Agreement ]

[ I Am Grateful That We Have An Umbrella Insurance Policy
     That Puts My Mind @ Ease ]
[ I Am Grateful That Our Insurance Agent Explained It & I Said ( YES
     PLEASE! ) ]

[ I Am Grateful For The Handful Of Friends That Stand To My
     Right ]
[ They Are Always On My Mind Even Though They Are Out Of
     My Immediate Sight ]

[ I Am Very Grateful About Finding My Dog ]
[ 10 Years Ago ]
[ I Have Written A Few Stories About Her & Posted Them On My
     Blog ]

[ I Am Grateful That We Have The Ability To Put Food On
     Our Table For Our Meals ]
[ I Am Grateful That @ This Moment No One In Our House
     Steals ]

[ I Am Grateful That Whomever It Was, No Longer Lives In Our
     House ]
[ I Am Grateful That It No Longer Puts A Strain On Me
     & My Spouse ]

[ I Am Grateful That I Always Have Liquid To Drink ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Can Write Stories That Let Others
     Think ]

[ I Am Grateful That I Have Good Air To Breathe ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Am Honest With Others ]
[ Because I Do Not Keep Anything Up My Sleeve ]

[ I Am Grateful With How I Have Been Thinking ]
[ I Am Grateful That It Has Been Over 25 Years Since I
     Have Taken A Drink ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Have Never Succumbed To A Life Of
     Despair & Binge Drinking ]

[ I Am Grateful That I Found The Drive To Finish My
     College Education @ A Late Age ]
[ I Am So Grateful That I Had The Privilege To Walk Across
     That Stage ]

[ I Am Grateful About How Much Support I Got From My
     Wife To Help Me Stay Strong ]
[ & Eventually Show Don ]
[ That He Was 100% Wrong ]

[ I Am So Grateful That Don Gave Me The Boot To Live On
     My Own ]
[ Then I Was Able To Show Him That I Did Not Need Him ]
[ By When I Made It All Alone ]

[ I Am Grateful To See That My Son Is Thriving ]
[ Pretty Soon, Someone Will Teach Him The In’s & Out’s
     About Driving ]

[ I Am Grateful That Task Will Not Fall On My Shoulders, Now ]
[ I Will Let Someone Else Show Him How ]

[ I Am Very Grateful That I Have The Best Caregiver Whose
     Last Name Is Marler ]
[ She Gets Her Great Work Effort From Her Father ]

[ I Am Very Grateful About A Good Friend Named Hakeem ]
[ When It Comes To A Good Honest Friend ]
[ She Is A Dream ]

[ I Am Grateful When I Want Travel I Am Able To Fly ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Try To Be A Humble Guy ]

[ I Am Grateful For … ]
[ The Good Friends Who Walk Through Our Door ]

[ I Am Grateful To The Readers That Stop By ]


~ Ka hopena ~

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

(007)▪︎[ Who Is Talking? … 1•3•2021 ]

[ Today It Seems Like Everyone Is Talking ]
[ But Does Anyone Know What They Are Talking 
     About? ]
[ Is Everyone Just Walking ]
[ With A Head Full Of Doubt? ]

[ When You Are Paying ]
[ Are You Sure The Person That You Picked ]
[ Knows What They Are Saying? ]

[ There Is So Much ( HE SAID, SHE SAID ) ]
[ Running Around In People’s Heads ]

[ How Do You Know Who Is Right? ]
[ Is It From What You Have Heard? ]
[ Or Because You Like What They Write? ]

[ Sometimes Personal Experience Is The Best Thing ]
[ Because Sometimes Personal Experiences Can Go Wrong
     & Sting ]
[ But Those Are The Best Things You Can Bring ]

[ To The Table Of Life ]
[ Everything Might Be Dark ]
[ & You Are The Only Person Who Brought The Light ]

[ Years Of Experience Trumps Youth & Enthusiasm Every Day ]
[ & In Every Way ]

[ So Then Maybe Others With Look @ You For Corrections ]
[ Then When You Get Mail ]
[ You Follow & Then Listen For Your Directions ]

[ Then Others Would Soon Catch A Clue ]
[ & See The Obvious Social Cues ]
[ That Everyone Should Be Paying & Listening To You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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