(693)▪︎[ The Waves Continue To Roll On … 8•13•2020 ]

[ Did You Ever Have A Day That Felt Like You Rode A Wave ]
[ When The Ocean Was Turbulent ]
[ & Didn’t Behave? ]

[ Up, Down, Around & Around ]
[ Slip Sliding Away ]
[ Until You Hit The Ground ]

[ Then You Tell Yourself That You Are Not Cut ]
[ So You  Need To Get Up! ]

[ Getting Knocked Down Never Hurt Anyone ]
[ You Know That Getting Knocked Down Is Not Any Fun ]

[ Resiliancy Is A Good Thing To Have Most Days ]
[ You Can Be Resilient In Many Ways ]

[ You Just Have To Find The Ways That Work For You ]
[ Then You Will Now Know ]
[ What To Do & Not Do ]

~ The End ~

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

(694)▪︎[ Who Leads? … 8•13•2020 ]

[ Is The World Changing Before Our Very Eyes? ]
[ Do Those Washington Guys ]
[ Only Tell Us Lies? ]

[ What Is Their Endgame? ]
[ Are The Ones To Blame ]
[ Still The Same? ]

[ Where Is Our Leader? ]
[ Who Is Our Chief? ]
[ Is He A Cheater? ]
[ & A Thief? ]

[ A Leader Is Supposed To Lead By Example, But He Won’t ]
[ Does He Follow His Own ]
[ Do’s Or Don’ts? ]

[ From What I Hear & See, None Of Them Does ]
[ But Do People Follow These Leaders ]
[ Just Because? ]

[ Who Really Speaks For Us Day In & Day Out? ]
[ Who Really Knows What They Are Talking About? ]
[ Who Has The Good Reputation ]
[ & The Clout? ]

[ There Are A Few Questions I Probably Need To Ask Myself ]
[ But Do I Get The Opinions Of Anyone Else? ]

[ I Just Don’t Want To Feel Like A Sheep Being Led Around
     By My Nose ]
[ That Is Not The Way Of Life That I Chose ]

~ The End ~

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

(822)▪︎[ A Big Thanks … 9•25•2020 ]

[ You Tore My Heart Out Of My Chest ]
[ & Just Threw It On The Ground ]
[ You Selfishly Thought That Would Be The Best ]
[ For Everybody Around ]

[ You Stand There Acting All Proud ]
[ While Talking Really Loud ]
[ To The Crowd ]

[ That Has Gathered Around You ]
[ Do You Really Think That You Are Getting Your
     Point Through? ]
[ By Telling Them What You Do? ]

[ To Others That You Think Are Not As Strong? ]
[ & You Never Think That Is Wrong? ]

[ Is Your Sense Of Humanity Gone? ]
[ Has Your Good Conscience Moved On? ]

[ This Has Stopped Being Fun ]
[ So Now I’ve Got To Run ]
[ Because It Looks Like This Relationship Is Done ]

[ No Need To Explain ]
[ I Don’t Want To Hear You Complain ]

[ Not Anymore ]
[ Why, For? ]
[ It Makes Me Want To Head For The Door ]

[ I Knew This Was What You Dread ]
[ But When You Decided To Crawl In Another Man’s Bed ]
[ I Really Questioned What Was Going On In Your Head ]
[ You Should Had Thought Of Me ]
[ But You Thought Of Him Instead ]
[ That Is Why In My Heart ]
[ You Are Dead ]

~ The End ~

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

(768)▪︎[ Today … 9•10•2020 ]

[ In Today’s World, Life For Some Is Filled With So Much Sorrow ]
[ Some Are Wondering About Today ]
[ & Then Dreading Tomorrow ]

[ Some Have Lost Everything ]
[ When They Go Home ]
[ They Cannot Find Anything ]

[ Their Belongings Are Just Gone ]
[ & The Massive Fires Keep Moving On ]

[ Destroying Everything In It’s Path ]
[ This Is The Utmost Worse Of Mother Nature’s Wrath ]

[ That Has Ever Been Done ]
[ When Mother Nature Is Wielding A Loaded Gun ]
[ The Only Thing That People Can Do Is Run ]

[ Get In Their Cars & Drive Fast ]
[ But Stay In Control ]
[ Everything Is Now In The Past ]

[ It Is Sad That Some Memories Will Eventually Fade ]
[ Through Time ]
[ Making Room For New One’s Made ]

[ The Fires Just Came Out Of Nowhere ]
[ All @ The Same Time ]
[ There Was No One Out There ]
[ That Knew That The Elements Were Prime ]

[ For Fire ]
[ Causing Disasters From Downed Wires ]

[ & From Unusually Bad Lightning Storms ]
[ Which Were Way Out Of The Norm ]

[ The Top Authorities Thought That COVID-19 Wasn’t Going
     To Be That Bad ]
[ & When You See People Without Masks ]
[ That Can Make You Mad ]
[ But All The Loss Of Life Can Leave You Sad ]

[ For The Majority Of The Residents In This Wonderful State ]
[ They Have To Sit & Watch The News ]
[ As They Wait ]

[ For Someone To Shout ]
[ ( PACK UP & GET OUT! ) ]

~ The End ~

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

(767)▪︎[ Just Two More! … 9•10•2020 ]

[ Sometime There Will Come A Day ]
[ When I Can Find A Way ]

[ To Ask ]
[ If I Can See Your Bright Smile ]
[ That You Have To Hide, Under Your Mask ]

[ It Seems That The Way You Are Moving My Spine So
     I Won’t Hurt ] 
[ Really Works ]
[ & You Don’t Give Me A Hard Time Because I Wear Two Shirts ]

[ We Move Across The Floor ]
[ So You Can Show Me A New Exercise ]
[ When I Thought I Was Done, You’d Say ( NO, GIVE ME TWO MORE ) ]
[ ( & KEEP YOUR FORM PRECISE ) ]

[ I Never Want To Be The Kind ]
[ Of Patient ]
[ That Doesn’t Do Anything But Complain & Whine ]

[ When It Comes To Keeping The Right Form ]
[ I Want To Do Better Than The Norm ]

[ Once I Have The Instructions Clear ]
[ I Will Do What I Hear ]
[ & Watch My Form In Front Of Me In The Mirror ]

[ It Was Good That You Did The Planks With Me
     @ The Same Time ]
[ & That Helps To Make A Sentence ]
[ In This Rhyme ]

[ Every Session You Show Me How Wise ]
[ You Are ]
[ You Break It Down Much Better Than The Other Guys ]
[ By Far ]

[ You Would Have Been One Heck Of A Trainer For Me When I
     Used To Compete ]
[ My Workouts Would Have Been Grueling ]
[ But Then I Would Be Sure I Would Never Be Beat ]

[ When You Show Me An Exercise, I Want To Do It The Exact
     Same ]
[ If I Do It Wrong ]
[ Only I Am To Blame ]

[ What You Do Always Has A Good Affect ]
[ & Afterwards I Have Plenty Of Time To Reflect ]

[ With All Seriousness ]
[ & Not In Jest ]
[ Kirsten Is The Best ]
[ & Therapeutics Associates ]
[ Is Alot Better & Complete, Than PT Northwest ]

~ The End ~

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

(401)▪︎[ Whatever Happened To Little Red? … 5•10•2021 ]

[ Why Do My Ears Hurt When I Walk My Car Home? ]
[ It Is Like My Hands Go Dizzy From The Loud Honks Waving From  
     The Guy Floating On The Picnic Merry-Go-Round ]
[ Why Do They Feel So Quiet? ]
[ Why Does It Hurt My Bellybutton Everytime I Sneeze? ]
[ Pepper Does That To Me When I Am Cold, Sitting On My
     Shower Couch ]
[ I Have Seen It Both Ways × 4 ]
[ Why Doesn’t Blue, Yellow Or Pink Start With An ( S )? ]
[ ( OKAY ) Is Not A Dressed Up Answer ]
[ Maybe Because They Are No Longer Sold In Pairs ]
[ Now If They Were Sold In The Condiments Section @ Disneyland,
     They Would Not ]
[ What Is Yours? ]
[ Orange Is The New Vegetable ]
[ Mine, Was Too + 5 =3 ]
[ I Agreed To That Objection When I Yawned, About It 2 Weeks
     Ago ]
[ Speaking Of Blue, Why Are Tennis Shoes Like They Are? ]
[ But I Don’t Agree With The Soup That You Spoke ]
[ @ Times It Itches Like You Just Shoot From Your Pocket ] [ Really? ]
[ With All Of That, I Have Not Gone Under? ]
[ That Does Not Make Two Cents ]
[ I Think You Should ]
[ Again & Again, Like I Said ( HEY! ) Next Week ]
[ Betsy Ross Wanted To Sew Circles In The Flag, But She Got
     Tackled Before She Could Eat ]
[ That Did Not Sound Fair Before The Sun Came Up ]
[ Does Purple Really Smell Like Chicken? ]
[ If You Took The Number 27, Please Put It Back ]
[ When Does 4 + 7 = 9? ]
[ Right Then ]
[ I Thought Only Green Did That In March ]
[ Speaking Of March … ]
[ Well? ]
[ If My Watch Had Clouds In The Water,  How Much Time Did You
     Save? ]
[ Try It Yesterday, It Really Does Make You Giggle ]
[ Because There Are Bubbles @ The Beginning ]
[ If It Happened Next Year, It Would Never, Ever Taste Like That ]
[ But Don’t Take The Apple Cake Out Of My Blender, Yet ]
[ I Will Never Get It ]
[ Because It Only Triangulates Twice In That Lady’s Life ]
[ It Won’t Be Before The Moon Sets ]
[ Did You Know That Grass Has Not Only Been The Color
     Green? ]
[ It Has Been … ]
[ Only On Days That Rhyme With  Orange ]
[ My Teddy Bear Just Yelled @ You ]
[ Umbrellas Do Not Help You Tan ]
[ But Banana’s Do Float In Jello ]
[ Only The Rainbow Kind ]
[ When Jack & Jill Went For Water, Why Didn’t They Just Turn The
     Oven On? ]
[ Did You Know That The Three Bears Only Drank Coffee? ]
[ Black With Sugar, Cream & Whipped Cream ]
[ When Humpty Fell Was He Then Sunny Side Up? ]
[ Why Didn’t Little Red Riding Hood Or Little Bo Peep Ever Wear
     Underwear? ]
[ Both Of Them Wore Men’s Boxers ]
[ How Come Chocolate Is Red When You Sneeze On It? ]
[ When The Pied Piper Had All Of Those Mice Following Him There
      Was No Sign Of His Pet Chicken Anywhere Around ]
[ Why Was That? ]
[ The Mice Eventually Deciduated From The Piper Because He
     Would Not Ever Play Jazz ]
[ Did Jack Run Away From Jill Because He Was Jealous? ]
[ Jill Had A Thing For The JOLLY GREEN GIANT ]
[ Anatomically Speaking, He Knew That He Would Not Ever
     Measure Up ]
[ I Have Never Seen Anybody Sing In The Rain ]
[ I Am Not Wearing Any Panty Hose Right Now ]
[ I Felt That You Should Know ]
[ Did You Know That Little Jack Horner Was Lactose Intolerant? ] [ I Trust You On That One ]
[ Why Couldn’t The Jolly Green Giant Cross-Fit? ]
[ Was It Because He Lost His Phone? ]
[ The Big Bad Wolf Had Horrendous Smelling Hands & He Has
     A CBD GUMMIES Business ]
[ The Three Little Pigs Built Their Three Houses Using Non-Union
     Workers ]
[ I Saw Outside Of A Magazine That The Other Year That Some
     Elephants Are Allergic To Peanut Butter & Banana Jelly Ritz
     Crackers ]
[ It Is Because Of The Smell Of The Vanilla Bean ]
[ @ Times They Feel Fuzzy ]
[ Fuzzy Is A Funny Word ]
[ Fuzzy Is Not Just A Word, It Is A Funny Feeling ]
[ Right? ]
[ Well I Guess This Should Be The Beginning & I You Can Have
     Two Of Them ]
[ This Was Sent With Much Love To Try To Make You Smile In
     Such A Turbulent & Deciduous Time ]
[ Okay … Good Talk ]

~ The End ~

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

(774)▪︎[ How? … 9•12•2020 ]

[ How Do Prepare For The Worst ]
[ But Hope For The Best? ]
[ All Of This Anxiety Is Starting To Hurt ]
[ My Chest ]

[ What Do I Leave, What Do I Take? ]
[ All That Is Running Through My Head ]
[ Is Making Me Shake ]
[ Even When I’m In Bed ]
[ Laying There Wide Awake ]

[ A Close Friend Of Mine Has Lost Everything Through This ]
[ Then Her Families Property ]
[ Received Satan’s Kiss ]

[ Thankfully The Kiss Of Death Was Avoided ]
[ Now They Don’t Know Where They Are Headed ]

[ They Have Become Homeless Because Of Natures Force ]
[ Everything Is Confusing Of Course ]

[ Do They Head North Or West? ]
[ Nobody Knows ]
[ Which Direction Would Be Best ]

[ When She Is Here I Try To Fill Her Life With Humor ]
[ I Don’t Ever Go On The Internet ]
[ To Listen To The Rumors ]

[ I Try To Cut Her Stress In Half ]
[ I Want To Be Goofy & Tell Jokes ]
[ To Make Her Laugh ]

[ I’ve Done The Best I Could ]
[ & I Do The Best I Can ]
[ I’ve Said All That I Should ]
[ Because I Am Just One Man ]

~ The End ~

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

(399)[ Memories … 5•10•2021 ]

[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]

[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The Mistakes
     You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]

[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]

[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
     Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Be Really Nice ]

[ Sometimes Your Mistakes Makes Their Way Into Your Dreams ]
[ You Would Have No Control Of That It Seems ]

[ Everyday You Wind Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In Your Life ]
[ You Have Questioned Your Roles ]

[ Of What You Are Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]

[ Do You Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ You Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ Never Seek To Shift The Spotlight On You ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO ) ]

[ You Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
     Corner & Pout ]
[ You Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then You Can Fall Asleep With No More Nagging Doubts ]

~ The End ~

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

(729)▪︎[ Belief For Relief … 8•28•2020 ]

[ Will There Ever Be A Belief ]
[ That There Will Be Some Relief ]
[ If Even So Brief ]
[ When You Are Trying To Walk The Minefield ]
[ Of Grief? ]

[ One Wrong Step & A Bomb Can Go Boom ]
[ One Whole Day Of Being In A Bad Mood ]
[ Can Quickly Clear A Room ]

[ 2 Exits, No Waiting ]
[ Anybody’s Voice ]
[ Can Be So Grating ]
[ So It Is Always A Choice ]
[ To Start Going Through Some Hesitating ]

[ Moments About Which Way You Will Go ]
[ Are You Ever Confidant ]
[ That You Really Know? ]

[ Life Can Be Tumultuous On A Regular Day ]
[ But You Find That When Grief Pops Its Ugly Head Up ]
[ It Could Be With You For A Very Long Stay ]

[ Sometimes It Doesn’t Go Away For Months Or Years ]
[ Grief Can Actually Shine A Bright Light ]
[ On Your Worst Fears ]
[ & There Could Be Many Nights ]
[ When You Have Nothing But Tears ]

[ But Some Say That Real Men Don’t Cry ]
[ The Question For That, Is Why? ]
[ Not? ]
[ Why Would A Guy ]
[ Always Want To Be A Robot? ]

~ The End ~

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


(728)▪︎[ Kirsten … 8•27•2020 ]

[ Nothing Gets Stronger Until You Overload It ]
[ Everything Counts ]
[ Even Just A Little Bit ]

[ But Muscle Memory ]
[ Can Mean Everything ]
[ Whatever You Want To See ]
[ Depends On What You Bring ]

[ Do You Bring A Good Attitude ]
[ Do You Always Check Your Mood ]

[ @ The Door? ]
[ What If You Do Your Whole Set ]
[ & Kirsten Yells ( NOW, GIVE ME TWO MORE! ) ]
[ Is That Demand Met ]
[ With Tears On The Floor? ]

[ Or Do You Gather Your Energy & Check Yourself? ]
[ Knowing That You Wouldn’t Do This ]
[ For Just Anyone Else ]

[ Because You Know That Kirsten Knows What’s Best ]
[ So You Always Want To Beat Every Test ]
[ She Will Always Let You Rest ]

[ A Minute Or Two ]
[ & Then Kirsten Will Once Again ]
[ Let You Know What You Need To Do ]

[ She Is So Good @ Breaking Things Down So You Can ]
[ Understand ]
[ She Is Always Your Biggest Fan ]

[ Kirsten Does Not Criticize ]
[ She Does Not Cut You Down To A Smaller Size ]

[ A Good Therapist Is One That Is Constantly Explaining ]
[ As She Goes ]
[ So You Are Never Complaining ]
[ About The Exercises She Shows ]

[ But When Things Get Easy To Do ]
[ She Will Give You Something New ]
[ & Then You May Discover ]
[ You Have A Muscle Group You Never Knew ]

[ You Never Want To Run & Hide ]
[ Let Her Be Your Guide ]
[ & In The End You’ll Find Out ]
[ That She Never Lied ]

~ The End ~

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