[ There Are Days When I Have Regrets ]
[ But Not One Of Them ]
[ Was The Day That We Met ]
[ The Day When It Dawned On Me About How Beautiful
You Are ]
[ It Felt Like The First Time ]
[ That I Saw A Shooting Star ]
[ The Chills That Went Down My Spine ]
[ Was Like The Time I Went Dakine ]
[ The State That I Was In ]
[ Before I Met You ]
[ Was A Situation That I Couldn’t Figure Out How I
Could Win ]
[ Was Time Running Out In Finding Mrs. Right? ]
[ Would I Ever See Her ]
[ In My Sight? ]
[ Part Of Me Was Saying { NOPE } ]
[ But I Did Have Just A Sliver Of Hope ]
[ But We Were Only Friends ]
[ @ That Time ]
[ & Those Relationships Never End ]
[ In A Good Way ]
[ So That One Day ]
[ I Didn’t Really Know What To Say ]
[ Or How I Could Get My Point Across ]
[ But Also Prepare Myself ]
[ For A Loss ]
[ So I Took The Chance & Spoke ]
[ My Mind ]
[ & You Didn’t Think That It Was Joke ]
[ Or That I Was Being Out Of Line ]
[ Once I Knew ]
[ That The Mrs.Right I Had Been Waiting To Find
All Of My Life ]
[ Was You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(447)▪︎[ Scary Events … 5•28•2021 ]
[ There Are Scary Events Happening Outside Of My
House ]
[ I Feel So Worried About My Few Friends, Son & Spouse ]
[ Shootings In All Of America’s States ]
[ Things Are Very Unsettling ]
[ Because There Seems To Be Alot Of Hate ]
[ Bullets Are Flying ]
[ People Are Dying ]
[ Bullets Go In One Direction ]
[ Once Fired ]
[ There Is No Chance To Make A Correction ]
[ Bullets Do Not Go In Reverse ]
[ Sometimes The Shooter Does Not Care If The Crowd Is
Diverse ]
[ People Are Judging Others Because Of The Color Of
Their Skin ]
[ For Some ]
[ Because Of This ]
[ People Feel That They Will Never Be Given A Chance When They
Win ]
[ Today It Seems ]
[ Statistics Shows ]
[ That Several Income Levels Have No Such Way Of Reaching The ( AMERICAN DREAM ) ]
[ Of Owning A House With 2.5 Children & A White Pickett
Fence ]
[ A Big Chunk Of Society Is Now Homeless & Living In Tents ]
[ Of Course They Still Have Choices During The Day &
Night ]
[ They Have To Find A Place & A Way ]
[ To Pitch Their Tent Where There Is Alot Of Light ]
[ People Are Losing Their Jobs & Then Seek To Retaliate
Against Those That They Blame ]
[ Then Coming Back Armed ]
[ Looking For Specific Names ]
[ Not Very Many People Still Love Their Neighbors ]
[ Not Many People Knows The NAMES Of Their Neighbor ]
[ & Judges Are Hiding In Their Chambers ]
[ Road Rage Is Still Going Strong ]
[ That Guy Shot @ The Car Of That Guy ]
[ Because That Guy Was Looked @ Wrong ]
[ Why Is There So Much Violence? ]
[ Neighborhoods Put Out The Word That ( SNITCHS GET
STITCHES ) ]
[ Forcing Witnesses To Keep The Silence ]
[ People Live In Fear ]
[ If A Stranger Comes Near ]
[ A Mask Used To Be Only Worn By Batman, Robin & The Lone
Ranger ]
[ How Does Someone Know That The Fast Approaching
Stranger ]
[ Is Not A Danger? ]
[ To The Life ]
[ Of Your Son & Wife? ]
[ They Don’t ]
[ & They Won’t ]
[ Until He Is Another Guy ]
[ Just Passing By ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(585)▪︎[ A Dog In Your Life … 6•27•2020 ]
[ There Is Nothing Better Than Having A Dog In Your Life ]
[ She Is Totally Different ]
[ Than A Child Or Wife ]
[ Whereas A Person Can Be Judgemental About You ]
[ That Is Not Something ]
[ A Dog Will Do ]
[ A Dog Is Loyal As All Get Out ]
[ When It Comes To People ]
[ There Is A Whole Lot Of Doubt ]
[ A Dog Could Be Overzealous ]
[ About Treats Or Toys ]
[ A Dog Would Never Become Jealous ]
[ Of Other Girls Or Boys ]
[ My Dog Does Become Tense ]
[ When Some One ]
[ Or Another Dog Comes Near Our Back Fence ]
[ Three Meals For Her A Day Does Her Just Fine ]
[ But When I’m Eating ]
[ She Does Beg & Whine ]
[ For Something Of Mine ]
[ & That Really Doesn’t Bother Me In The Least Bit ]
[ I Can’t Give Her Much ]
[ If I Want Her To Stay Lean & Fit ]
[ Spending Time With Just Me Always Makes Her Day ]
[ That Is Why She Misses Me So Much ]
[ If I’ve Been Away ]
[ She Gets So Happy To See Me When I Come Through The Door ]
[ When I Reach Down To Pet Her ]
[ She Always Wants More ]
[ To Most, It Is Not Known ]
[ That Some Dogs Will Love To Fetch An Antler Bone ]
[ Much Better Than They Would Ever Do Running After
A Tennis Ball ]
[ Whenever I Pick Up That Bone ]
[ She Will Always Answer The Call ]
[ She Seems To Think It Is Nice ]
[ When I Give Her Water With Ice ]
[ She Seems To Drink More When That Is The Case ]
[ She Must Like The Feel Of It Being Cold ]
[ Or She Loves The Taste ]
[ & When The Water Gets Old ]
[ I Throw It Away As Waste ]
[ I Try Show Her The Love & Loyalty ]
[ That She Shows Me ]
[ I Will Try, Try & Try ]
[ Until I Lie Down & Die ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(570)▪︎[ If There Is Bias, There Should Be Silence … 6•19•2020 ]
[ Prejudice In Any Form ]
[ Should Not Be The Norm ]
[ Or Put Out There ]
[ For Others To Perform ]
[ Either Because Of Height, Weight Or The Color Of
Your Face ]
[ There Should Never Be A Time Or Place ]
[ For Someone To Be Biased Because Of Your Race ]
[ But Others Think That It Is Quite Alright ]
[ To Make Fun Of Someone’s Height ]
[ Why Or How ]
[ Can That Be Right? ]
[ Height Or Race Was Never A Choice ]
[ Being That Tall Or That Color ]
[ The Person Had No Voice ]
[ If You Do Think That They Did, Then What Was Said? ]
[ The Conversation Was Not Just In That Person’s Head ]
[ Was Something Else Heard Instead? ]
[ Weight Is A Whole Different Conversation Altogether ]
[ Losing Weight ]
[ Can’t Change Like The Oregon Weather ]
[ Most Everything Is Off Limits Except If You Are Not On
The Tall Side ]
[ That’s When You Get Comments That Are Hurtful & Snide ]
[ People Should Not Be Hurtful Or Biased Towards Each Other ]
[ Not Every Woman Is Your Sister Or Mother ]
[ But You Can Treat Other Men ]
[ As Well As You Would Treat Or Welcome Him As A Brother ]
[ To Help Everyone Cope ]
[ Don’t Treat Anybody Like A Dope ]
[ On Any Scope ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(942)▪︎[ Don’t Let Them … 7•13•19 ]
A[ Let ‘Em Laugh ]
[ Let ‘Em Spin ]
[ But Don’t Let Them Cut You In Half ]
[ & Win ]
[ Where Do You Start? ]
[ When Do You Finish? ]
[ Do You Give It Your Heart? ]
[ Or Is That Just A Wish? ]
[ When You Watch What You Say ]
[ & Then Figure Things Out ]
[ You’ll Come To The Day ]
[ When You Figure Out What Life Is All About ]
[ When You Play To Win, Not Lose ]
[ You Make The Conscious Choice ]
[ To Choose ]
[ Of Whether Or Not To Use Your Voice ]
[ Or Drown Your Sorrows In Some Booze ]
[ Alcohol Is Not The Choice That You Should Make ]
[ There Could Be ]
[ The Chance When You Wake ]
[ Your Head Could Feel Like You’ve Been Through An Earthquake ]
[ When Your Head Rattles & Rolls ]
[ It’s Your Body That Takes The Toll ]
[ Each & Everytime You Come To ]
[ You Are Less Than Whole ]
[ In Today’s Society ]
[ Much Less Your Own Family ]
[ One Day You’ll Wake & See ]
[ How Things Are No Longer Free ]
[ & How Destructive Your Behavior Can Be ]
[ To Yourself ]
[ & To Everyone Else ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(888)▪︎[ Grief Is … 10•21•2020 ]
[ Grief Is Such A Tricky Thing ]
[ You Can Never Know The Amount Of Emotions
It Can Bring ]
[ One Minute You Are Up & Then The Next You Are
Down ]
[ On Your knees ]
[ Staring @ The Ground ]
[ Tears Rolling Down Your Face Dripping Down Your
Chin ]
[ Eyeballs Rolling Back ]
[ Because The Scenery Around You Is Starting To Spin ]
[ But Then It’s Gone ]
[ As Fast As It Came On ]
[ You Pick Yourself Up & Say That You Are Doing
Okay ]
[ Maybe For That Moment ]
[ Maybe For That Day ]
[ But Memories Can Be A Double Edged Sword Of The
Worst Kind ]
[ It All Depends On Which Side Of The Sword ]
[ Landed Upright In Your Mind ]
[ Was It A Blessing ]
[ Memory? ]
[ Or Will It Be Messing ]
[ With A Memory Of Someone That You Will No Longer See? ]
[ Good Times & Bad ]
[ Thinking Of All Of The Regrets That You Had ]
[ Makes You Sad ]
[ When Loved Ones Depart Too Early ]
[ That Could Make You Mad ]
[ The Simplest Thing Can Trigger Your Grief ]
[ But It Is Not So Simple To Find Relief ]
[ You Could Hit The Pills ]
[ & Then The Bottle ]
[ To Make You Extremely Ill ]
[ Alcohol Can Help You Escape YOU ]
[ But You Eventually Wake Up ]
[ So You Never Do ]
[ Grief Is A Snap Of The Finger Away From Starting ]
[ Because You Never Get Over The Dearly Departing ]
[ You May Not Have Known Them Since Birth ]
[ To Gauge Their Total Worth ]
[ On This Earth ]
[ But If You Look Back From The Start ]
[ When They Became A Part ]
[ Of Your Heart ]
[ You Can Let Out A Big Smile ]
[ If Only For A Little While ]
[ Then Tuck Them Away Into Your Quite Large Memory
Bank ]
[ & Saying Their Name Is A Way To Say Thanks ]
[ Then Thrive ]
[ & Stay In Drive ]
[ For As Long As You Are Alive ]
[ Because YOU Still Are ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(878)▪︎[ A Treadmill… 10•20•2020 ]
[ Sometimes Life Seems Like You Are On A
Treadmill ]
[ Trudging Along ]
[ Getting Your Fill ]
[ Of The Garbage That Is Out There In Society ]
[ All For Everyone To See]
[ But Do You Share ]
[ Your Dirty Laundry Out There? ]
[ If You Do, Then Why? ]
[ Why Are You That Type Of Girl Or Guy? ]
[ Walking Through Life Without A Care In The World ]
[ Life Couldn’t Get Any Better ]
[ After You Found Your Number 1 Girl ]
[ But Then You See That The Scenery Never Changes
Around You ]
[ There Are No Bright Yellows Or Pinks ]
[ Only Blue ]
[ That Makes You Think ]
[ ( WELL, WHAT CAN I DO? ) ]
[ Then You Find ]
[ That Nothing Comes To Mind]
[ Damn, You’re Trapped! ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
[ 247 ][ The Need … 3•24•2021 ]
[ Sometimes You Need To Play It Safe & Keep
Things Simple ]
[ Let People See Your Bright Smile & Your Dimples ]
[ When You Come Into The Room You Light Up
The Place ]
[ Especially When You Have That Smile On Your Face ]
[ You Just Give Off This Bright Glow ]
[ That Gives Me Hope That There Is A Pot Of Gold ]
[ @ The End Of The Rainbow ]
[ Actually You Have Been My Pot Of Gold Since We Met ]
[ Once Cupid Bonked Me On The Head That Morning ]
[ My Decision Was Set ]
[ I Had Marriage In My Eyes ]
[ & I Hoped That You Did Not Want To Date Any Other
Guys ]
~ The End ~
[ Auhea kuʻu hoaaloha ]
[ Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e pono ai e lawe i kēia moʻolelo
i kahi hopena ]
[ Mahalo no ka hoʻoloheʻana i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ]
[ No laila,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka mea ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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[ 206 ][ I Was Never His … 3•12•2021 ]
[ Everytime He Looked @ Me It Reminded Him That
I Wasn’t His ]
[ When The Subject Of Adoption Came Up ]
[ I Wasn’t Anywhere On His To-Do List ]
[ The Thought Was Just Not There ]
[ Not Anywhere ]
[ He Never Jumped For Joy ]
[ Because He Now Had A Boy ]
[ After Adopting Another Daughter ]
[ That Is All That He Wanted To Father ]
[ After That, He Wanted To Be Done ]
[ In His Deepest, Darkest Nightmares ]
[ He NEVER Wanted A Son ]
[ I Should Have Been For Warned In Advance ]
[ When It Came To Don Wanting Me In Their Family ]
[ I Never Had A Chance ]
[ No Matter How Hard I Tried, Don Treated Me Like
A Zero ]
[ So Since Day One I Never Looked @ Him As My Hero ]
[ He Wouldn’t Teach Or Coach ]
[ He Never Tried ]
[ So The Important Father – Son Connection Was
Just A Hoax ]
[ He Was Supposed To Have Skills On The Basketball
Court, But He Wouldn’t Show ]
[ When It Came Down To Teaching Me ]
[ He Was A Total No-Show ]
[ I Grew Up Constantly Asking ( HOW COME? ) ]
[ Until I Went Numb ]
[ But Then Barbara Filled Me In ]
[ & Told Me The Truth ]
[ There Was No Chance In Hell That I Would Find Love
& Acceptance From Him ]
~ The End ~
[ Auhea kuʻu hoaaloha ]
[ Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e pono ai e lawe i kēia moʻolelo
i kahi hopena ]
[ Mahalo no ka hoʻoloheʻana i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ]
[ No laila,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka mea ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me!
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
