(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 ||

(609)▪︎[ It Began Well … 7•6•2020 ]

A[ The Day Began Well ]
[ Why It Went Left ]
[ I Could Not Tell ]
[ Was This Something On Which I Wanted To Dwell? ]

[ Maybe What Is To Blame ]
[ Is The Hours That I Spend On That Game ]

[ Maybe It Is Predictable ]
[ That It Would Be So Addictable ]

[ One Game Leads To Four ]
[ That Is Not Enough ]
[ So I Play Many More ]

[ Sometimes It Only Takes Two Minutes To Complete ]
[ Sometimes Words Will Always Repeat ]

[ Those Are The Easy Ones To Find ]
[ I See The First Two Letters ]
[ That Drift Into My Mind ]
[ Then I Have To Remember ]
[ To Hit Rewind ]

[ But The Day Started Off Alright ]
[ But The Day ]
[ Turned Into Night ]
[ & In A Small Way ]
[ Lost Its Light ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(575)▪︎[ Watch Out … 6•21•2019 ]

[ So Now If That Doesn’t Take The Cake ]
[ I Wouldn’t Know The Shake ]
[ From The Bake ]

[ I Don’t Understand What She Is Trying To Say ]
[ This Morning ]
[ About Working Today ]

[ I Just Don’t Want Her Sitting On Her Tush ]
[ & Then Beating Around The Bush ]

[ This Would Be How ]
[ She Will Burst My Bubble About Her Now ]

[ I Just Want Things To Be Real ]
[ When She Is Making A Big Deal ]

[ About The Accident In Her Sisters Car ]
[ So Would She Rather Be Getting Drunk ]
[ In Their Favorite Bar? ]

[ Well, Sorry To Be The One To Dampen ]
[ The Mood ]
[ But That Is Not Going To Happen ]
[ Today, Dude ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(607)▪︎[ The Want … 7•5•2020 ]

[ The Wait Is Excruciatingly Slow ]
[ Oh The Things That We Don’t Know ]

[ Everything Hangs On The Results Of A Test ]
[ This Is One That You Can’t Study For ]
[ To Give It Your Best ]

[ Everything Hangs On A Negative Result ]
[ & Saying I Have No Control ]
[ Is Not An Insult ]

[ I Am Not A Control Freak By Any Means ]
[ Even Though Wanting Control Is How This All Seems ]

[ I Have Never Had Control Here, Where I Live ]
[ I Try To Work Around What I Give ]

[ I Try To Give More Than I Take ]
[ I Am Definitely Sincere ]
[ Not Fake ]

[ When I Say I Give It’s Because That Is What I Want ]
[ To Do ]
[ It Is Not A Taunt ]
[ Directed @ You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(606)▪︎[ The Booms … 7•5•2020 ]

[ The Booms Are So Loud & So Close ]
[ Where Are They All Coming From? ]
[ Nobody Knows ]

[ To Some It Is Entertaining ]
[ But To Others ]
[ It Is Frightening ]

[ I Should Get Used To This Sound Every Single Year ]
[ But It Still Creates Fear ]

[ There Is Nobody Out There ]
[ That Really Cares ]
[ I Would Like To Unexpectedly Share ]
[ This Scare ]

[ It Doesn’t Mean A Single Thing ]
[ To Those People ]
[ On What The Loud Booms Bring ]

[ There Is Nothing To Do ]
[ But Sit Here & Listen To The Continuous Booms ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(605)▪︎[ Alone … 7•4•2020 ]

[ Being Alone All Day Has A Bad Affect On Me ]
[ It Causes My Mind To See ]
[ How Bad Things Can Seem ]

[ But I Have To Remind ]
[ Myself ]
[ That I Need To Be The Kind ]
[ Of Person Not To Rely On Someone Else ]

[ Do I Need To Make A Statement ]
[ & Become Very Independent? ]

[ It Is Clear ]
[ That Won’t Go Over To Well Here ]

[ Am I Supposed To Live My Life? ]
[ Being Dependent On My Wife? ]

[ I Am Really Sure ]
[ That Is Not Fair To Her ]

[ One Way That I Spend My Time ]
[ Throughout The Day & Night ]
[ Is Writing Rhyme After Rhyme ]

[ Not All Of Them Are Good But Not All Are Bad ]
[ If That Was The Case ]
[ I’d Be Kind Of Sad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(601)▪︎[ Up & Down … 7•3•2020 ]

[ Up & Down & Around The World Goes ]
[ What Will Happen Tomorrow? ]
[ Nobody Knows ]

[ It Is Understandable ]
[ That Things Can Be Unpredictable ]

[ Just When You Think You Have The Answers Right ]
[ They Switch Around The Order Of The Questions ]
[ After They Turn Off The Light ]

[ In The Dark ]
[ You Can Get Lost ]
[ & Totally Forget About Where You’ve Parked ]

[ Do You Leave A Trail Of Crumbs For A Path? ]
[ Was Geography Your Favorite Subject? ]
[ Or Was Math? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(597)▪︎[ What You Do … 7•1•2020 ]

[ You Lift Me Up, When I Feel Down ]
[ You Are Always Right There ]
[ When I Turn Around ]

[ In My Younger Years I Always Had This Dream In My Head ]
[ That Some Day When I Found Mrs. Right ]
[ We Would Wed ]
[ But I Dated A Whole Lot Of Mrs. Wrongs Instead! ]

[ It Wasn’t Until 31 Years Had Gone By In My Life ]
[ That I Finally Met The Beautiful Woman ]
[ That Would Become My Wife ]

[ Who Knew I Would Meet Mrs. Right In An Employee
Lunch Room? ]
[ But I Was A Shallow Man Back Then ]
[ I Didn’t Hear Bottle Rockets Go Boom ]

[ We Met Again & We Found That She Was Moving Into
The Same Apartment Complex That I Lived In ]
[ & That Is Where The Friendship Would Begin ]

[ We Would Meet & Talk For Hours On End ]
[ I Truly Liked Talking With My Friend ]

[ But I Was Sure ]
[ That I Really Wanted To Be A Good Friend To Her ]

[ But Then Came The Day When The Romance Would Start ]
[ After That Day I Felt In My Heart ]
[ That I Never, Ever Wanted Us To Be Apart ]

[ Then I Worried About All Of The Ideas & Words Coming Out
Of My Mouth ]
[ Would Ruin A Really Good Friendship ]
[ & Make Her Pack Up & Head South ]

[ I Wanted To Look In Her Beautiful Eyes ]
[ & Let Her Know That I Was Not One Of Those Guys ]
[ & Fill Her Head With Lies ]

[ Instead Of Running Away, She Walked Towards Me ]
[ I Knew Right Then Who I Wanted Her To Eventually Be ]

[ But I Had To Fly To Alaska For A Friends Wedding To Have
Her Ring Fall Into My Hands ]
[ It Was The Bride To Be First Wedding Set ]
[ Without Any Specific Payback Demands ]

[ I Did Make It Clear ]
[ That It Would Definitly Take Me A Couple Of Years ]

[ So What Was My Wish? ]
[ When Did I Want To Do This ]

[ So The Date Was Set ]
[ In Mind ]
[ So I Had A Secret ]
[ From Her ]
[ But This Was The Best Kind ]

[ I Wanted To Find A Way ]
[ To Ask Her To Marry Me On Christmas Day ]

[ So I Did ]
[ & This Is How We Now Live ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(596)▪︎[ How I Express Myself … 7•1•2020 ]

[ I Like To Express Myself Through What I Write ]
[ Because I Have Feelings Every Morning, Noon & Night ]
[ & Because I Am Writing What I Think ]
[ There Is No Wrong Or Right ]

[ Some Say This Is A Gift ]
[ Whenever I Think About How I Got It ]
[ It Gives Me A Tremendous Lift ]

[ When I Write My Thoughts I Know Some Don’t Approve ]
[ But Not To Be Sounding Rude ]
[ I Have Nothing To Prove ]
[ So With This Attitude ]
[ I Always Look For Ways & Times Where I Can Improve ]

[ I’ve Been Told That Sometimes I Write What Others Want
To Say ]
[ How Come Others Can’t Find Their Own Way ]
[ To Say What Their Thoughts Are Everyday? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(595)▪︎[ Two Days In A Row! … 6•30•2020 ]

[ After Sitting Around The Living Room Listening To The Tic-Toc ]
[ Of The Wall Clock ]
[ I Decided To Get Up Off Of My Butt & Go For A Walk ]
[ Around The Block ]

[ Yesterday I Went Two Laps Around ]
[ So Two Laps & One Mailbox Further ]
[ Had Me Covering More Ground ]

[ So Down The Street & Then A Left Turn ]
[ I Want To Do This ]
[ Before My Back Feels A Burn ]

[ I Go One More Mailbox Everyday ]
[ This Is Because I Really Do Not Like What I Weigh ]
[ Once You Reach A Certain Age ]
[ Body Fat Seems To Want To Stay ]

[ This Was The First Time In My Most Recent Life ]
[ That I Went & Got Nicole ]
[ My Wife ]

[ I Wanted Her To Walk Too ]
[ Because She Needs Too As Much As I Do ]

[ We Walked Almost A Full Mile ]
[ Even Though It Took Us Awhile ]

[ I Felt An Accomplishment On My Side ]
[ I’ve Done That Hill Four Times Now ]
[ & I Haven’t Died ]

[ I Remember That I Would Have Always Had To Stop ]
[ Or I Felt I Would Drop ]
[ Before I Completely Made It To The Top ]

[ I Cannot Say That This Is Alot Of Fun ]
[ & I Know That I Could Never Do This In A Run ]
[ But I Do Feel Really Good When I’m Done ]

[ Two Days In The Books ]
[ Let’s See How All Of This Looks ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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