[ There Are As Many Opinions ]
[ Out There ]
[ As There Are Layers Of An Onion ]
[ Some Are Good ]
[ Some Are Bad ]
[ When They Are Misunderstood ]
[ It Makes People Mad ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Read In-Between The Lines ]
[ Because Some Words That Are Spoken ]
[ Are Not The Only Things On Their Minds ]
[ Are They Leaning ]
[ & Speaking ]
[ With A Hidden Meaning? ]
[ In The Same Way ]
[ That They Say? ]
[ Alot Of Times It Is Hard To Believe ]
[ Someone, That Always Has Something Up Their Sleeves ]
[ How Many Times Can They Be Trusted? ]
[ After They Are Busted? ]
[ Not Too Many ]
[ If Any ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(100)▪︎[ Exercise Is Not Bad … 1•30•2021 ]
[ Exercise Is Not Punishment For What You Ate ]
[ It Is A Celebration For Your Body ]
[ If You Take The Time To Wait ]
[ Eating Something That Was Not Something On Your
Regular Menu ]
[ Doesn’t Spell Doom ]
[ For You ]
[ The Points Can Be A Guide ]
[ The List Of Foods Is Long & Wide ]
[ Don’t Throw Away Your Day ]
[ After One Meal Took You Away ]
[ From What You Normally Eat ]
[ Maybe, Instead Of Feeling Beat ]
[ You Could Think Of It As A Treat ]
[ Afterall, This Journey Is A Marathon ]
[ Not A Sprint ]
[ To Keep Yourself Moving On ]
[ Each Person’s Journey Is As Different From Each Other
Like One Snowflake To The Next ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me ]
[ The Next Time It Snows, Go Check ]
[ Everyone Starts @ W.W. For Their Own Personal Reasons ]
[ Starting Is The Easy Part For Some ]
[ & Even Harder To Stay Consistent Through All Of
Changing Seasons ]
[ Winter Seems Like The Hardest Times While Surviving
All Of The Heavy Eating Holidays ]
[ It Always Feels Like Everything You Eat ]
[ Goes To The Mid-Section & Stays ]
[ It Is Hard To Stay Lean ]
[ During The Times ]
[ When You Put On That ( WINTER TIME 15 ) ]
[ The Journey Is Long ]
[ & Your Resolve Must Stay Strong ]
[ Enjoy The Friendly Greetings ]
[ & Advice ]
[ That You Get @ The Weekly Meetings ]
[ You Have The Drive & Strength ]
[ To Walk This Journey ]
[ No Matter The Length ]
[ It Will Take Time For You To Get To Lifetime ]
[ So After Saying All Of That ]
[ I Will End This Story That Rhymes ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(99)▪︎[ I Just Do Not Know … 1•30•2021 ]
[ As I Sit Here & Let The Frustration Sink In ]
[ I Wonder Why I Just Can’t Win ]
[ Even When Things Are Going Well, I Have Doubt ]
[ That My World Won’t Just Bottom Out ]
[ Where Would I Go ]
[ That Is One Of The Many Many Things That I Don’t
Know ]
[ How Many Times Have I Been Burned? ]
[ When I Did Not Know Which Way To Turn? ]
[ It Is So Tough To Rely On Others Because They Won’t
Usually Come Through ]
[ What I Thought Was A Friendship ]
[ Was Not Really True ]
[ Now It Is A ( STAY 6′ AWAY ) Kind Of World ]
[ & When Someone Says They Will Do Something ]
[ They Rarely Stand By Their Word ]
[ As I Grow Old ]
[ I Find That Nobody’s Promise Is Worth An Ounce Of Gold ]
[ Where Once I Found Warmth ]
[ The Atmosphere, Is Now Really Cold ]
[ I Can’t Rely On Our Neighbors, In Our Own Neighborhood ]
[ Because The Feeling That I Get From Them ]
[ Has Never Been Warm Or Good ]
[ So, Since They Won’t Look @ My Eyes ]
[ I Will Be Another Anti-Social Guy ]
[ Who Won’t Even Try ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(97)▪︎[ Just An Ordinary Day … 1•29•2021 ]
[ I Am Just Sitting Here In The Dark ]
[ With Nothing But My Thoughts ]
[ Wondering If My Life Is In Neutral Or Park ]
[ I Seem To Be Running Uphill On A Treadmill
Not Getting Anywhere ]
[ The Main Problem With This Is That I Have Lost The
Desire To Care ]
[ As I Sit Here I Do Not Hear A Thing ]
[ So I Watch The Phone ]
[ & Hope That It Would Ring ]
[ Minutes Drag By, Then They Turn Into Hours ]
[ Everytime I Think Things Are Going Well ]
[ It Turns Upside Down & Sours ]
[ Those That I Thought Were Friends Jumped Ship
When The Waters Got Rough ]
[ I Would Always Listen To Their Problems When
Their Lives Got Tough ]
[ But I Never Thought That They Would Turn Their Back ]
[ It Feels Like When I Spoke Up]
[ My Face Got Smacked ]
[ I Always Turned The Other Cheek ]
[ Or Correct The Facts Whenever They Would Speak ]
[ I Never Put Them On The Spot ]
[ Because They Were Wrong Alot ]
[ But One Thing That I Have Come To Realize ]
[ In My Years ]
[ Is That People Come & Go Throughout All Of Our Lives ]
[ Like Two Ships Passing Each Other On A Very Dark Night ]
[ I Am In Their Thoughts ]
[ Until I Am No Longer In Their Sight ]
[ But This All Goes Full Circle As I Sit Here Alone ]
[ The Silence Gives Off Its Own Peculiar Tone ]
[ & It Has Been Shown ]
[ That It Always Sends A Chill Clear To My Bones ]
[ I Have To Turn Around & See What I Don’t See ]
[ & Come To Realize This Is How My Life Is Going To Be ]
[ I Bet After I Slowly Count From 1 To 3 ]
[ I Could Look Around & It Would Still Only Be … Me ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(94)▪︎[ Wake-Up … 1•27•2021 ]
[ Okay People Wake-Up, Because While The Earth
Keeps Turning ]
[ The Earth Is Burning ]
[ We As Humans Are Ruining The Atmosphere ]
[ All Over The World ]
[ & Especially Right Here ]
[ What Makes This So Clear ]
[ Was All Of The Fires That Happened Last Year ]
[ The Air In So Many States ]
[ Was A Smoky Haze ]
[ While Mother Nature Set The Land Ablaze ]
[ It Was Never Known ]
[ Or Ever Shown ]
[ Exactly How Many Families Lost Their Homes ]
[ They Say That Everyone Needs To Work On Shrinking Their
Carbon Footprint ]
[ This Is No Longer A Marathon ]
[ It Must Be A Sprint ]
[ Everyday The Air Quality Gets Worse Than The Day
Before ]
[ The Dangerous Smog Used To Be @ A High Altitude ]
[ Now It Seeps Into The House By Coming Through The
Door ]
[ We Won’t Get A Second Chance ]
[ @ This Life Or Death Dance ]
[ Once There Are Holes ]
[ In The Atmosphere ]
[ They Never Close ]
[ It Sure Does Not Sound Like Fun ]
[ To Look @ All Of The Damage That We Have Caused ]
[ That Cannot Be Undone ]
[ The Oceans & Air Keep Getting Warmer Every Year ]
[ That Makes The Problems Standout Very Clear ]
[ Because Of The Past Abuse Of The Earth ]
[ We Have A Whole Lot To Fear ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(91)▪︎[ A Snow Day … 1•26•2021 ]
[ Snow Makes Such The Prettiest Sight ]
[ In The Daylight ]
[ Then The White ]
[ Ground ]
[ Is In Total Contrast To The Night ]
[ It Is All White & Soft Looking To The Touch ]
[ But If It Snows Too Much ]
[ It Makes The Roads Rough ]
[ & Driving In It Tough ]
[ This Kind Of Weather Makes Most Oregonians Forget How
To Drive ]
[ Everyone Just Wants To Get To Their Destination In One
Piece & Alive ]
[ I Used To Hate Driving When It Was Snowing Hard ]
[ When My Car Would Start To Slide ]
[ I Was Always Fearing That I Would Crash Into Somebody’s
Yard ]
[ I Still Vividly Remember The Day ]
[ When I Spun My Car & Landed In The Median ]
[ On The I-5 Freeway ]
[ That Made Me Turn Around In My Car & Crawl As Slow As A
Scared Little Mouse ]
[ All The Way Back To Barbara’s House ]
[ That Was Not Fun By Any Means ]
[ I Had Not Been That Scared Driving Since My Early Teens ]
[ Now That I Don’t Drive The Thoughts In My Head Are Not
Too Bad ]
[ But The Thoughts Of Being The Passenger @ Times Makes
Me Sad ]
[ Now I Watch Other People Sweat ]
[ Being Inside ]
[ I Am Sure Now, That I Won’t Get Wet ]
[ I Will Stay Inside Where It Is Warm & Dry ]
[ If Someone Asks Me To Go Outside ]
[ I Will Give Them My Best Quizzical Look & Politely Ask
Them ( WHY? ) ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(89)▪︎[ I Should Do,What He’s Due … 1•25•2021 ]
[ It Is So So, Sad ]
[ What Needs To Be Done ]
[ To Change His Behavior When He Gets Mad ]
[ It Would Take A Talk From A Very Good Friend ]
[ To Get His Negative Behavior To Come To An End ]
[ He Walks Around Here Like He Runs The Place ]
[ It Is About Time That Someone Actually Gets
In His Face ]
[ Maybe One Day I Will Sit & Watch The Clock ]
[ & Let Him Yap ]
[ Until I Hear A Soft Knock ]
[ My Friend Would Come, If I Called ]
[ My Friend Would Pin Him Against The Wall ]
[ Then We Could See How He Acts ]
[ When My Friend Tells Him The Actual Facts ]
[ & Cement The Facts Into His Dome ]
[ As My Friend Tells Him Who Really Runs This Home ]
[ He Would Be Sent To The Corner If He Needed To
Pout ]
[ He Won’t Have Any Need For The Use Of Violence ]
[ There Won’t Be The Need To Shout ]
[ It Sucks How I See ]
[ How He Won’t Listen To Me ]
[ But I Have Resigned Myself To This Situation As It Is ]
[ As He Was Growing Up ]
[ I Never Ever Thought That Things Would Come To This ]
[ After He Said That He Never Respects Me As His Father ]
[ When He Was Ten ]
[ I Should Have Asked Myself ( WHY SHOULD I CONTINUE
TO BOTHER ) ]
[ Right There & Then ]
[ But I Still Do ]
[ Maybe A Long Talk With My Friend Is What He’s Due ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(88)▪︎[ Suspenseful?… 1•25•2021 ]
[ Suspense, Is Hard To Have @ Anytime ]
[ So I Wonder, If I Can Give Some, While I Write This Rhyme ]
[ Something Happened, That Has Been A Long Time Coming ]
[ So Having Suspense ]
[ Can Be Extremely, Mind Numbing ]
[ Sometimes The Suspense, Can Get Into Your Thoughts ]
[ One Second Your Mind Was Clear ]
[ & The Next Second, You Are Seeing Spots ]
[ Can It Affect Your Appetite? ]
[ @ Night? ]
[ Hmm … ]
[ That Thought, Makes Me Hungry, As I Write ]
[ Sometimes, Wanting A Drink Of Water Comes First ]
[ Can Suspense, Really Affect Your Thirst? ]
[ It Has Never Affected Mine ]
[ Having Suspense Has Never Driven Me, To Crave A Beer ]
[ Or A Whole Bottle Of Wine ]
[ Suspense, Affects Others Differently ]
[ Has This Rhyme Done This, Sufficiently? ]
[ Let Me See, Let Me See ]
[ What, Could It Be? ]
[ It Is Really A Shame That She Could Not Be Here Tonight For
Her Shift ]
[ I Wanted, To Share The News ]
[ That Gave Me, A Much Needed Lift ]
[ It Sure Is Fun To Make Her Laugh ]
[ Has Any Part Of This Story ]
[ Cut The Suspense In Half? ]
[ I Tried To Come Out & Share ]
[ But She Is Not Here Right Now ]
[ She Is Somewhere Else, Over There ]
[ So Before I Send … ]
[ This ]
[ I Will End … ]
[ With This ]
[ Goodnight, Ash ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(087)▪︎[ Just Another Day … 1•24•2021 ]
[ Sometimes I Feel That I Am Alone Way Too Much ]
[ It Usually Starts Right After Lunch ]
[ I Do Like My Alone Time, So Don’t Get Me Wrong ]
[ A Couple Of Hours During The Day ]
[ But Not For This Long ]
[ Hours On Top Of Each Other ]
[ All Alone ]
[ Is Sometimes Worse Than Having Someone Here That
Smothers ]
[ I Won’t Lie ]
[ But I Like Good Conversation As Much As The Next Guy ]
[ Not So Much Over The Phone ]
[ I Prefer It Being Eye To Eye ]
[ I Do Hear Distant Voices In The Background ]
[ But They Stay Over There ]
[ Because They Just Don’t Come Around ]
[ I Try To Be Happy ]
[ While Sitting By Myself ]
[ Watching My Steelers DVD’s ]
[ It Is Very Entertaining Watching Hour After Hour Of Steelers
Football ]
[ I Won’t Stop Until I Have Watched Them All ]
[ I Love Watching My Steelers Win ]
[ Again, Again, Again & Again ]
[ I Would Love To Show & Share ]
[ [ With Another Person That Also Cares ]
[ Being Left Alone Is Not Considered As Time Well Spent ]
[ One Minute Feels Like An Hour ]
[ So It Doesn’t Make A Dent ]
[ Into The Many Hours That I Have Ahead Of Me ]
[ These Are Some Of The Things That I Think Of When I Feel
Lonely ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(845)▪︎[ The Waves … 10•4•2020 ]
[ The Sounds Of The Ocean Waves Are So Relaxing ]
[ Moving Around The City Can Be So Taxing ]
[ People Running Around Going Everywhere ]
[ & Nobody Getting Anywhere ]
[ Then You Come To The Beach & Smell That Wonderful
Ocean Air ]
[ The Constant Roar ]
[ Of The Waves ]
[ Keeps My Attention Even More ]
[ Than The Sights Around Me ]
[ But It Took Years For Me To Realize ]
[ How Hypnotic The Ocean Can Be ]
[ & The Enormity Of Its Size ]
[ The Waves Are Like The Fingerprints On The Hand ]
[ No Two Of Them Are The Same ]
[ Nobody Can ]
[ Give Every One Of Them A Name ]
[ Right When The Wave Breaks On The Beach It Is Gone ]
[ It Heads Back Out ]
[ It Keeps Moving On ]
[ Never Staying In The Same Place For Very Long ]
[ The Waves Come In Loud & Strong ]
[ But Never Underestimate The Under Current ]
[ You Could Never Be So Wrong ]
[ Turning Your Back On The Waves Is Not Very Wise ]
[ Many People Every Year ]
[ Ever Have The Time Or Ability To Say Their Goodbyes ]
[ Waves Can Be As Dangerous As They Are Beautiful ]
[ They Can Look So Safe & Wonderful ]
[ When You Fail To Give The Ocean The Proper Respect ]
[ You Might Get ]
[ What You Least Expect ]
[ But Come Nightfall ]
[ It Seems Like The Water Goes Calm ]
[ Like Mother Nature Made A Call ]
[ & Asked God To Quiet The Water With A Wave Of His Palm ]
[ When It Is Time To Settle In For The Night ]
[ I Can’t Wait For The Morning Light ]
[ So I Can Go Out On My Balcony & View That Beautiful Sight ]
[ So There I Go Again ]
[ Wondering Where The Waves Begin ]
[ While Having The Ability To Watch Where They End ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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