(875)▪︎[ What Are You … 10•18•2020 ]

[ Is Honesty The Best Policy Everytime, Everyday? ]
[ In Every Situation ]
[ In Every Way? ]

[ I Don’t Think So ]
[ Because I Don’t Think That People Want To Know ]

[ The Who Whole Truth & Nothing But ]
[ If They Were To Hear ]
[ There Would Would Be Alot Of ( YOU JUST SAID WHAT? ) ]

[ ( WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ) ]
[ They Would Start To Shout ]

[ I Knew That They Would Never Clearly ]
[ Want To Hear ]
[ What Was Going On Around Here! ]

[ They Want A Lie ]
[ They Don’t Want Words That Makes Them Cry ]

[ Who Would? ]
[ So Nobody Should ]
[ Even If They Could ]

~ The End ~

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

(824)▪︎[ Greatness … 9•26•2020 ]

[ If You Are All Alone & Want To See Greatness, Then
Look In The Mirror ]
[ When There Is Nothing But Silence In The Room ]
[ What Do You Hear? ]

[ Is Your Only Choice? ]
[ Your Own Voice? ]

[ It Is The Only One That You Can Recognize ]
[ There Is No One Around To Demonize ]
[ Or Criticize ]

[ Why Are You Your Own Worse Enemy? ]
[ What Do Your Eyes See? ]
[ Have You Succeeded To Be All You Can Be? ]

[ What Was That, Can You Tell? ]
[ Did You Pick Yourself Up When You Fell? ]
[ If You Did ]
[ Then Why Do You Continue To Put Yourself Through Hell ]

[ Time After Time, Day In & Day Out ]
[ You Aced All Of Your Personal Tests ]
[ But You Still Feel That You Have No Clout ]
[ After Feeling That You Failed After Giving Your Best ]
[ You Hide In The Corner To Pout ]

[ What Happened ]
[ To Your Dream? ]
[ Was Your Fire Dampened ]
[ So You Were Just Left Surrounded By Steam ]

[ Look Deep Inside ]
[ Don’t Believe The One’s Who Lied ]
[ Honor Some Of The People Who Have Died ]

[ You Say Some ]
[ Because Some Of Your Family Member’s Words ]
[ Has Left You Feeling Numb ]

[ But That Was Then, This Is Now ]
[ Learn To Climb The Mountain ]
[ Instead Of Ending That Sentence With ( WHY OR HOW? ) ]

[ You May Ask ( WHEN? ) ]
[ Because You Never Saw It Then ]

[ You May Start ]
[ If You Have It In Your Heart ]
[ To Play The Main Part ]

[ In Your Own Life ]
[ Be Your Own Guiding Light ]
[ Learn To Fight ]
[ The Strife ]

[ & Never Stop ]
[ Until You Come Out Of The Whole Ordeal ]
[ On Top ]

~ The End ~

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

(810)▪︎[ Heartbreak In The … 9•22•2020 ]

[ Suddenly There Is Heartbreak In The City ]
[ When You Look Around ]
[ Things Are Not Looking So Pretty ]

[ Windows Broken , Doors That Have Been Kicked In ]
[ Drugs Being Sold On Every Corner ]
[ The Whole City Is Full Of Sin ]

[ What Can The Honest People Do ]
[ They Go & Plead Their Case To The Mayor ]
[ But They Just Can’t Get Their Points Through ]

[ Riots In The Street While Pushing Their Cause ]
[ Down Everyone’s Throats ]
[ Making People Pause ]

[ Lighting Garbage Cans On Fire ]
[ Keeping The Police Away ]
[ By Slashing Their Tires ]

[ When Will The Sun Rise? ]
[ So All Of The Night People Will Go Home ]
[ Who Can The Citizens Look Towards To Advise? ]
[ It Is Not Known ]

[ All The While The Rioters Screaming That They Are Only
Exercising Their 1st Amendment Rights ]
[ When Does Freedom Of Speech ]
[ Cause Fights? ]

[ The Rioters Are Saying That They Need To Be Heard ]
[ Can’t They Do That ]
[ Without Cursing Every Word? ]

[ Their Hate Seems To Fall On Deaf Ears ]
[ When Everybody Is Screaming All @ Once ]
[ Nobody Hears ]

[ What They Are Trying To Get Across ]
[ When The Rioters Scream About Their Loss ]

[ Is That The Color Of Someone’s Skin ]
[ Is What Determines ]
[ If They Lose Or Win ]

~ The End ~

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

(808)▪︎[ Where Is Society Going? … 9•22•2020 ]

[ Wow ]
[ When? ]
[ Right About Now! ]

[ Society ]
[ I’ve Been Seeing, Hearing & Reading ]
[ Is Speeding Right By Me ]

[ People Want To Share A Whole Bunch About Themselves ]
[ With Everyone Else ]

[ Who Knew ]
[ That I Could Read Your License Plate & Bumper Stickers
On Your Car ]
[ & Then Know So Much About You? ]

[ Is One Of Your Stickers Saying How Many Are In Your Family ]
[ For All To See? ]

[ That You Have A Dog & What Kind ]
[ Other Stickers Of Your Opinion ]
[ & What Is On Your Mind? ]
[ Seeing Who You Will Vote For Is Always A Good Find ]

[ Tonight I Got A Shock ]
[ When I Leisurely Went On ( TIK TOK ) ]
[ There Wasn’t A Woman Dancing Or Out On A Walk ]
[ I Saw Messages Scroll Up On The Screen ]
[ As She Talked ]

[ When Did Things Go From Showing Some One Dancing
& Being Active ]
[ Now They Talk To Whomever Is Typing ]
[ & Being Interactive ]

[ But Then She Pulled Out A Barbeque Lighter So She Could
Smoke Something Just To The Side Of The Screen ]
[ Now I’ve Been Around Drugs ]
[ Since My Early Teens ]

[ I Never Thought I Had ]
[ An App ]
[ That Does That ]

~ The End ~

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

(803)▪︎[ The Deepest Scars … 9•20•2020 ]

[ The Deepest, Painful Scars Are The Ones That Are Never
Seen ]
[ Those Are the Ones That Were Intended To Be Made When Someone Was Mean ]

[ Even Though These Scars Cannot Be Physically Felt ]
[ By A Hand ]
[ Doesn’t Mean That The Pain Was Not Dealt ]
[ By A Man ]

[ Some People Make The Choice ]
[ Of Hurting You With Their Voice ]

[ Words Can Hurt You Much More Than A Punch ]
[ Words Can Make You Not Eat Or Want Your Lunch ]

[ No Matter What Was On Your Plate ]
[ Food Would Have To Wait ]

[ Maybe Some Time In The Night ]
[ You Will Have An Appetite ]
[ Only If Your Stomach Feels Right ]
[ Then You Might ]
[ Eat Something Light ]

[ The Words Are Sharper Than A Butcher Knife ]
[ Some Things Burn Through Your Entire Life ]

[ The Pain Will Burn ]
[ & The Stomach Will Churn ]

[ @ Times You Wish You Could Wield ]
[ A Shield ]

[ Some Words That You Have Read Might Ring True ]
[ Those Are The Ones That Can Go Right Through ]

[ The Words That Your Loved One’s Have Said ]
[ Pound The Inside Of Your Head ]

[ No Matter How Loud You Shout ]
[ They Never Come Back Out ]

[ That Is When You Go Outside & Dance In The Rain ]
[ Wishing It Could Wash Away The Pain ]

[ Wouldn’t It Be A Hoot ]
[ If You Could ]
[ Push A Button & Reboot ]

~ The End ~

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

(799)▪︎[ No Rehearsal Time … 9•19•2020 ]

[ This Is Not A Dress Rehearsal, This Is Life ]
[ Cherish Your Close Friends ]
[ Like The Husband Does His Wife ]

[ Don’t Stammer, Don’t Pause ]
[ Always Have The Joy @ Christmas ]
[ See The Innocence In The Childrens Eyes That Still
Believe In Santa Clause ]

[ Enjoy Yourself, But Don’t Have Any Regrets ]
[ Try To Remember Something Nice ]
[ About Everyone That You’ve Met ]

[ Most People You See You Will Be Like Two Ships Passing
In The Night ]
[ But Sometimes You Will Meet Someone That Shines
So Bright ]
[ Those Are The Ones That Feel So Right ]

[ To Get To Know ]
[ They Are Like A Gift ]
[ Without The Bow ]

[ You See There’s This Friend Whose Words Warm My Soul ]
[ It Seemed That I Had A Gap In My Heart ]
[ & She Plugged That Hole ]

[ My Memories Of This Friend Are Always So Nice ]
[ We Were In Contact Once Before ]
[ & Now This Is Twice ]

[ The Way That The World Is Now Makes Me Feel Quite Stressed ]
[ When This Friend Text Me ]
[ It Made Me Feel Blessed ]

[ Her Husband Is Also One Of The Luckiest Guys On This Earth ]
[ Our Spouses Are So Beautiful & Humble ]
[ They Have No Idea Of Their Worth ]

[ Sometimes In Life You Only Get One Shot @ A Good Thing ]
[ & Sometimes You Have No Idea What The Next Day Will Bring ]

[ You Have To Roll With The Punches ]
[ & Go With Your Hunches ]

[ My Hunch Was To Open That Shocking Text ]
[ & Now I Wonder What’s Next? ]

[ Now My Question Is ( WHEN? ) ]
[ Will The Next Text Come For Me To Open ]

[ Trust In Someone Doesn’t Come Very ]
[ Easy ]
[ For Me ]

[ Pain Is Never In My Plan ]
[ Emotional Pain Can Hurt ]
[ & Because I Am An Emotional Man ]
[ It Can Cut Me Deep Under My Shirt ]

[ This Will Work Because It’s All In The Cards ]
[ Good Things In Life ]
[ Come When You Work Hard ]

[ As For How I See Things Going ]
[ You Are So Worth Knowing ]
[ So Dear Pam ]
[ Are You All In? ]
[ I Am ]

~ The End ~

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

(390)▪︎[ Absent-Minded … 5•6•2021 ]

[ Sometimes I Forget & Leave The House With Just A Thought
On My Mind ]
[ For Some Reason I Thought That I Forgot To Do Something
Of The Important Kind ]

[ The Air Felt Kind Of Breezy ]
[ As My Stride Seemed So Easy ]

[ When I Was In The Sunlight ]
[ The Sun Felt So Nice ]

[ & Wouldn’t You Know ]
[ The Sun Gave Me A Nice Glow ]

[ The Sun Feels So Warm On My Skin ]
[ All I Needed Was A Soda & A Blueberry Muffin ]

[ I Stood On The Corner Trying To Catch The Bus ]
[ When I Got On ]
[ I Wanted To Find A Seat Without Creating A Fuss ]

[ I Did Feel That This One Young Lady Was Staring ]
[ I Wanted To Look Back @ Her ]
[ Without Her Thinking That I Was Glaring ]

[ Since I Wasn’t Wearing My Regular Cargo Shorts
I Had To Carry Everything In My Own Two Hands ]
[ It Was Kind Of Cold When The Driver Turned On The Fans ]

[ My Stop Was Coming Up & Everyone Could Tell How Excited
I Could Get ]
[ Especially The Girl That I Felt ]
[ That I Just Met ]

[ As I Stood There Awhile ]
[ I Looked @ The Girl & Gave Her My Best Smile ]

[ Then I’ll BE Damned ]
[ She Reached Out & Wrote Her Phone Number On The
Back Of My Hand ]

[ Everyone Could See ]
[ That I Was As Happy As I Could Be ]

[ I Ran My Errands As Fast As I Could ]
[ I Thought That I Shouldn’t Have Gone All Over Town ]
[ But I Actually Knew I Would ]

[ All Day It Felt Like It Was Such A Thrill ]
[ To Walk Around ]
[ But As The Sun Set I Started To Get A Chill ]

[ Maybe I Need To Write Myself A Note ]
[ That The Next Time That I Go Out Like This ]
[ I Will Need To Bring A Coat ]

[ I Finally Got Home & Walked Through The Front Door ]
[ I Thought That This Was So Much Fun ]
[ I Should Do This More ]

[ & Then It Became As Obvious As The Tip Of My Nose ]
[ The One Thing That I Forgot Today ]
[ Was … To Wear Some Clothes ]

~ The End ~

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

(356)▪︎[ Stay Right There … 5•4•2021 ]

[ ( YOU BETTER STAY PUT! ) Was The Demand ]
[ Was It Really? ]
[ Or Was It A Command? ]

[ Coming From Ash, I Think It Was The Latter ]
[ She Wanted Me To Stay Sitting On The Bed ]
[ So, I Guess She Does Not Want To Hear Any More
Of My Pitter-Patter ]

[ When Ash Is Here She Watches Over Me ]
[ If You Are Not A Believer ]
[ You Should Come On Over & See ]

[ Tonight I Have Two Overseeer’s ]
[ My Wife & My Friend ]
[ Two Over-Achievers ]

[ My Wife Has Watched Over Me For Over 27 Years
& Counting ]
[ Ash Is Being Very Protective I Am Finding ]

[ Maybe It Is Just The Natural Caregiver That She Has
Inside ]
[ She Also Has A Very Playful Side Too ]
[ When She Was My Accomplice, AKA Lookout ]
[ When She Helped Me Hide ]

[ There Are Many Sides To This Woman, That Calls Herself
Complex ]
[ She Is A Serious Thinker When She Is Pondering Something ]
[ It Seems Like Her Brain Is Thumbing Through A Rolodex ]

[ She Checks On Me When Others Are Unable ]
[ It Never Matters ]
[ If I Am Sitting On My Bed, Or @ My Table ]

[ She Does Double-Duty Here For Kicks & Giggles ]
[ Her Bubble Is So Big ]
[ She Would Not React Very Well If She Was Surprised
& Tickled ]

[ Ash Is A Good Person Through & Through ]
[ If She Was Watching Over You ]
[ There Would Not Be Anything That She Wouldn’t Do ]

[ To Make You Feel Cared For ]
[ That, My Friends ]
[ Is Why I Am Still So Glad That She Keeps Coming Back
& Walks Through Our Door ]

~ The End ~

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

(355)▪︎[ Who Was That? … 4•28•2021 ]

[ One Day The Lonely Man Came Back To Show
His Deepest Scars ]
[ When He Pulled Up His Undershirt T-Top ]
[ They Looked As Big As Small Cars ]

[ Why Would The Lonely Man Lift Up His Shirt? ]
[ & Show His Hurt? ]

[ It Was NOT For The Itty Bitty ]
[ Pity ]
[ That He Could Get From A Stranger In The City ]

[ It Was So Others Could Learn ]
[ That It Doesn’t Take Spicy Food ]
[ To Cause Someone’s Heart To Burn ]

[ Wounds Are Not Always Made In The Physical Sense ]
[ Just Like Someone’s Dirty Look Can Make You Tense ]

[ A Stab Is Not Always Physical ]
[ Jokes Are Not Always Comical ]

[ If You Are Not Always Mindful ]
[ Jokes Can Quickly Turn Hurtful ]

[ You Can Not Joke About Gender, Race Or Being
Black Or White ]
[ You Can’t Joke About Age Or Weight ]
[ But People Still Joke About Some One’s Height ]

[ Asks The Lonely Man ]
[ You Don’t Try To Go There, There Or There ]
[ But Others Have A Sense Of Entitlement & Think That
They Can ]

[ Sometimes He Takes The Elder Woman’s Cart ]
[ Back Into Walmart ]

[ Not Because He Was Being Asked ]
[ By The Older Lady With The Smile On Her Mask ]

[ He Never Stands Out In The Crowd ]
[ That Is Not What The Lonely Man Is About ]

[ How Will His Wounds Heal? ]
[ How Do His Wounds Feel? ]

[ Everyone One Has Wounds Of Some Sort ]
[ Some People Have Been Successful In Building Their
Own Imaginary Emotional Fort ]

[ ( THAT IS QUITE THE WALL THAT YOU’ve BUILT ) ]
[ Is It As High As Your Mountain Of Guilt? ]

[ How About The Many Pages Of Regrets? ]
[ The Lonely Man Has More, He Bets ]

[ Looking Within @ Your Own Feelings Stings ]
[ Self-Doubt & Insecurity Are The Kings ]

[ Nothing Around The Lonely Man Makes Him Feel
That Bad ]
[ Or That Sad ]
[ Oh Here Is One ( HELLO, DAD! ) ]

[ Sometimes The Lonely Man Could Be Standing On
The Corner Waiting For The Bus ]
[ Sometimes There Is A Little Bit Of The Lonely Man
In Each One Of Us ]

[ The Mike Quietly Drops ]

~ The End ~

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

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(351)▪︎[ Ash, You Are My Friend … 4•26•2021 ]

[ I Guess I Can’t Be Mad ]
[ Ash Is Leaving ]
[ & That Makes The Future Look Really Sad ]

[ Ash Was A Really Hard Nut To Crack ]
[ She Hasn’t Even Left ]
[ & I Already Wish That She’d Come Back ]

[ She Is 5 Feet 11, Of Pure Attitude ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Could Show Her Enough Gratitude ]

[ For All Of Those Times That She Was So Nice ]
[ Well I Think … ]
[ That It Was, @ Least Twice ]

[ When She Is Here, She Is Nothing But Fun ]
[ But I Have To Accept Reality ]
[ In Two Weeks From Today, Her Time Will Be Done ]

[ Every Night That She Leaves Through Our Door ]
[ Always Makes Me To Want For Her To Come Back
     For More ]

[ I Have Never Had A Bad Night When She Has Been Here ]
[ When I Know That She Is Coming ]
[ I Let Out A Quiet Cheer ]

[ She Is A Challenge To Banter With, Back & Forth ]
[ In Two Weeks She Will No Longer Be Driving Down
     From The North ]

[ I Have Never Looked @ Ash As A Younger Woman
     While She Has Been Here ]
[ I Have Tried To Treat Her, As A Peer ]

[ I Know That Ash Will Go Far In Life ]
[ & I Think I Can Say That She Is Loved By Me & My Wife ]

[ Me Saying That I’ll Miss Her Is The Biggest Understatement
      I Could Say Of All Time ]
[ I’m Very Very Sad As I End This Rhyme ]

[ P.S. ]

[ One Thing That I Love & Respect About Ash Above All Else ]
[ She Has Always Been Herself ]

~ The End ~

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