(948)▪︎[ Squirrels … 11•12•2020 ]

[ Is Today, Tomorrow’s Yesterday? Or Is Tomorrow Today’s Next Day? ]
[ That Means You Make Yesterday, Tomorrow’s Two Days Ago ]
[ But That Can Get Confusing When You Think That Makes Saturday, Today’s Two Days From Now ]
[ But If Today Was Tomorrow, Saturday Would Be Friday’s Tomorrow ]
[ Making Yesterday Three Days Yesterday ]
[ Or Saturday Could Be Yesterday’s Three Days From Then ]
[ But Then That Sounds Past Tense ]
[ If You Pass Tents, Does That Mean You Would Be
@ A Boy Scouts Retreat Or @ A Campground ]
[ If I Was @ A Campground I Would Not Have A Tent Because I Would Have Left It @ Home ]
[ If I Was @ A Boy Scout Trip I Would Be Asked To Leave For Three Reasons ]
[ The First Is Because I Was never A Boyscout, Or
Even A Girls Scout ]
[ I Do Think That I Would Look Good In A Skirt,
Though ]
[ But I Don’t Think I Would Like The Colors ]
[ Do Those Colors Really Go Together? ]
[ What Do I Know, ALL Colors Go Together ]
[ I Just Know That You Don’t Mix Solid Colors With Plaids ]
[ Where I Grew Up There Were Stores That Were
Similar & More Deciduous To 7-11 Stores ]
[ They Were Called PLAID PANTRY’s ]
[ I Have Been In There & There Is Not 1 Damn Thing
That Is Plaid ]
[ If Those Stores Are Pantry’s, Whose Are They? ]
[ There Is No Sense To It. Talk About False
Inanimate Advertising! ]
[ & There Are No Numbers In The Aisles Or Signs
Telling You What Is In The Parking Lots ]
[ 7-11 Has Slurpees, So Plaid Pantry’s Have Peanut
Butter Cups, Beer, Bean Dip, Motor Oil & Queen
Size Sheets ]
[ I Can’t Go Into Any Of Those Now, Because. Oh
Ya, About The Boy Scouts Camp [
[ I Wonder If It Is Going To Rain Today? ]
[ Now I’m Back To This Today Thing ]
[ Hang On, The Phone Is Ringing ]
[ False Alarm There Was No One @ The Door ]
[ I Was So Distracted Opening The Door
Because The Damn Phone Was Ringing ]
[ Okay, Where Was I? ]
[ Have A Nice Yesterday ]
[ Does Anyone Really Know What The Words Down
Below Mean? ]
[ I Don’t Either, I Was Hoping That Someone Could
Tell Me, Since I Don’t Know German ]
[ Have A Nice Yesterday ]
[ Did I Already Say That Tomorrow? ]

~ The End ~

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

(930)▪︎[ Be The One … 11•6•2020 ]

[ Every Single Day, Celebrate Life ]
[ Enjoy The Light ]

[ Sleep When It’s Dark ]
[ Keep Your Drive Going ]
[ Don’t Let Your Mind Stay In Park ]

[ You Can Yield When You Need To ]
[ But Then Go Back To Do What You ]
[ Want & Need To Do ]

[ Always Move Onward ]
[ Always Upward ]
[ Going Forward ]

[ Should Be Your Only Direction ]
[ Thank Those That Are Kind Enough ]
[ To Help You Make The Appropriate Corrections ]
[ That Seems Tough ]

[ Learn Who Is A Good Influence In Your Life & Who Is Not ]
[ Then Hug, Cherish, Respect, Honor & Love ]
[ Those Few That You’ve Got ]

[ Don’t Spend Another Minute Of Your Time For Those
That You Kicked To The Curb ]
[ Spend Time With The Positive Ones Who Deserve The Time
& Effort ]
[ That Would Help You Make A Better Verb ]

[ Sleep & Rest As Hard As You Play ]
[ Think About The Positive Things That Happened During
The Day ]
[ Then Try To Figure Out A Way ]
[ To Keep The Negative Thoughts @ Bey ]

[ Build On What Has Been Good ]
[ When Common Sense Says You Should ]
[ & Build It In Stone ]
[ Not Wood ]

[ Build A Base That Is Rock Solid Not Hollow ]
[ Be A Voice Of Reason ]
[ Be The Type Of Person That Others Want To Emulate
& Follow ]

[ Don’t Be The Follower ]
[ Take The Lead ]
[ & Be The Caller ]

[ Look Low Then Look High ]
[ Be That Type Of Girl Or Guy ]

[ That People Want To Look Up To ]
[ Be One Of The Very Few ]
[ That Gives Their Word ]
[ & Then Follows Through ]

~ The End ~

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

(943)▪︎[ Just Waiting … 11•10•2020 ]

[ One Bright Sunny Wednesday, I Was Sitting Here Counting Down The Days Until Friday, But I Did Not Want To Go Too Fast So Then All Of A Sudden It Would Be Saturday & Saturday Is One Day Too Far After Friday, Which Is Where I Was Waiting To Go. So Wednesday Is The Day Before Thursday & Thursday Is The Day Before Friday, Which Is Where I Wished I Was. Because Friday Is Your Monday Even Though It Is Right Before Saturday, Your Tuesday. But If Saturday Is Your Tuesday Would That
Make Sunday Your Thursday Or Your Wednesday? If Monday Is Your Friday, What Day Is Your Wednesday?
Wednesday Is Hump Day Because It Is Three Days Away From Sunday & Three Days Away From Saturday. But I
Am Looking For Friday, The Day Before Saturday. Friday
Is Always Saturdays Yesterday & Thursdays Tomorrow. So Then What Happened To Thursday? You Don’t Really Have A Thursday, Unless You Make Your Sunday Your Thursday & Still Be Able To Call Your Monday Your Friday. But On Wednesday, Friday Doesn’t Come
Until The Day After Tomorrow. Tomorrow Is Really Thursday, One Day Before Your Monday. But That Makes Monday Your Friday & Friday Your Monday. Then What Ever Happened To The Day Before Friday, Which Would Be
Thursday? If That Is Your Sunday Why Don’t You Work On Thursdays? & If You Worked On Thursdays I Would Be Looking Forward To Wednesdays Tomorrow, Not Saturdays Yesterday. Does That All Make A Bit Of Sense?
Now If It Is Only A Bit Would That Be A Little Piece
Or A Big Piece As In ( A BIT MORE THAN I CAN CHEW? ). Does That You Did Something Prior To Taking A Bite
Or Is Bit Something You Say After You Have Taken
A Bite? But Prior To Biting Something The Conversation Was What?

~ The End ~

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

(941)▪︎[ What? … 11•10•2020 ]

[ Why Does Water Have Taste, But Toothpaste Comes
In Different Colors? ]
[ If Birds Fly & Snakes Sliver Along, Why Is The Sky
Blue? ]
[ If You Go To A Restaurant To Get A Bottomless Cup
Of Coffee, Then Why Do They Give You Toast On
A Plate? ]
[ If You Put A Cap On The Ketchup & The Protein Shake To
Keep The Liquid In, Than What Is The Purpose Of Putting
A Cap On Your Head? To Keep What In? ]
[ Is That To Keep Your Feet Warm? ]
[ Why Does Soup Come In A Can, Unless It Is Dry? ]
[ But, Who Wants Dry Soup? ]
[ Why Does The Word ( SOUP ) Have A ( U ) In It But The
Word ( TROOP ) Doesn’t? ]
[ Why Does One ( WOULD ) Not Have 2 ( OO ) Like
( WOOD )?
[ How Come Feet Stink When They Are Covered The
Whole Time & Hands Don’t Even Though They Touch
Everything? ]
[ Why Aren’t The Words ( I ) & ( EYE ) Spelled The Same
Since They Are About The Same Person? ]
[ The Spelling Of ( YOU ) ( SHOE ) ( EWE ) ( SCREW )
( BOO ) ( TO ) ( TWO ) ( WHOO ) & ( BLUE ) Does Not
Make Any Sense ]
[ Why Are There Eight Different Words That Sound
The Same But The ( OO ) Part Are Spellled 8 Different
Ways? ]
[ Because ( WENT ) ( BENT ) ( SENT ) ( RENT ) & ( DENT )
Does Make Sense ]
[ But ( MEANT ) Does Not ]
[ How Come A Toilet Needs Paper? ]
[ A Toilet Cannot Draw, Write Or Paste Anything On
The Paper ]
[ Why Is It Called ( KLEENEX )? What Does It Clean? ]
[ Isn’t An ( EX ) Someone That You Don’t Want To
See Anymore? ]
[ So It Is Like Someone Is Blowing Snot On Someone
They Used To Date Or Be Married To ]
[ What Else Does Not Make Any Cents? ]
[ Well Everything That Has To Do With Words & Money ]
[ When They Say That ( MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU LOVE )
Did They Ever Consider Renting Something? ]
[ Bartering Can Get You Something To Make You Happy ]
[ Now If You Borrow Something You Always Have
To Return It ]
[ If You Use Credit You Eventually Have To Pay It
Back ]
[ Making Things Extremely Confusing ]

~ The End ~

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

(864)▪︎[ My Spirit … 10•12•2020 ]

[ Sometimes I Feel That The Walls Are Closing In ]
[ & The Ceiling Is Getting Lower ]
[ I Don’t Know Where To Begin ]
[ To Make It Go Slower ]

[ As I Lift Up My Head ]
[ Off Of My Pillow ]
[ While Laying On The Bed ]

[ I Think ( WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO? ) ]
[ When I Stood Up ]
[ I Still Didn’t Have A Clue ]

[ I Could Build Something With My Hands ]
[ But I’m Not Good @ That ]
[ It Would Be As Creative As Stacking Two
Rubberbands ]

[ On Top Of Each Other ]
[ So, I Ask ( WHY BOTHER? ) ]

[ I Could Try Something Completely New ]
[ I Know That I Could Waste An Hour Or Two ]
[ By Finding All Different Ways To Lace Up All Of
My Shoes ]

[ I Have So Much Down Time It Drives Me Crazy ]
[ What Did I Do Yesterday? ]
[ Right Now, The Memory Is Kind Of Hazy ]

[ Some People Make The Dumb Comment That They’d Love
To Switch Places With Me In A Minute ]
[ No You Wouldn’t & You’d Change Your Mind ]
[ After Spending A Week In It ]

[ Those Types Of People Should Just Stop ]
[ Because They Have No Idea About The Subject For
Which They Talk ]
[ So They Should Just Let Those Comments Drop ]

[ 1 Or 2 Will Call, Visit Or Send A Friendly Text ]
[ There Is So Much Down Time To Try To Figure Out What
To Do Next ]

[ I Don’t Want To Spend The Whole Day Sitting In Front
Of The T.V. ]
[ There Are No Sports, Shows Or Movies ]
[ That I Want Or Need To See ]

[ I Stopped Watching The Whiny, Spoiled Rotten NBA
Babies @ The Beginning Of The Season ]
[ I Guess When They Stopped Having Their Names On
The Back Of Their Jerseys ]
[ & Started Bringing Their Own Personal Agendas Into
The Sport Was A Big Part Of The Reason ]

[ I Didn’t Know Who Was Who? ]
[ They Had Statements On The Back Of Their Jerseys ]
[ & On The Sides Of Their Shoes ]

[ For Me & This Is Just For Me ]
[ I Always Thought Watching Sports ]
[ Gave Me A Couple Hours Of Respite Away From
The Problems Going On In Society ]
[ I Never Expected Sports Entertainment ]
[ Was The Time To Make A Political Statement ]

[ I Am Finding That As I Age ]
[ Times Sure Change ]

[ Then I’d Turn It Off & Get Enveloped By The Silence ]
[ My Mind Will Be Sucked In By Another Flashback ]
[ & Then I’m Back In The Riot Having To Deal With The
Noise & Violence ]

[ A Fire Extinguisher Hitting A Kids Head Makes An
Unforgettable Sound ]
[ The Flashbacks Makes My Heart Quickly Pound ]
[ I Seem To Look For Help ]
[ But There Is None To Be Found ]

[ I Don’t Feel That I’m @ My Best ]
[ When My Heart Is Beating So Fast ]
[ It Could Jump Out Of My Chest ]

[ When I Come Out Of My Flashbacks I Have No Idea How
Much Time Had Gone By ]
[ & @ First, I Have Trouble Opening My Eyes ]

[ What Really Sets The Tone ]
[ For The Day ]
[ Is The Amount Of Time That I Have To Be Alone ]

[ I Am Unable To Fill All Of My Time ]
[ Writing My Stories That Rhyme ]

[ My Mind Doesn’t Work Like That ]
[ Or Rhyme That Fast ]

[ I’m Unable To Drive, So I Don’t Go Anywhere ]
[ Nobody Texts Or Calls To Invite Me To Go There, There
Or There ]
[ Only 1 Or 2 Show They Even Care ]

[ So What I’ve Found, What I See ]
[ Is People Have To Come To See Me ]

[ But They Won’t ]
[ So They Don’t ]

[ Every Minute Drags By Like An Hour ]
[ I Have To Control The Urge ]
[ To Totally Give Up My Power ]

[ To Thrive ]
[ I Have To Keep Up My Drive ]
[ To Make The Most Of What I’ve Got, While I’m Still Alive ]
[ & Not Be Pushed To The Edge ]
[ To Take A Dive ]

[ Into The Abyss That Is Below ]
[ Where Time Goes By So Slow ]

[ Where The Flashbacks Make My Mind ]
[ Hit Rewind ]
[ To The Day, The Place & Where The People Were Not All
That Kind ]

[ I Tell You No Lie ]
[ Over 18 Years Have Gone By ]
[ & I Still Ask Myself ( WHY? ) ]

[ But Someday I Would Really Like To Find Out How ]
[ To Forever Live In The Here & Now ]

~ The End ~

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

(860)▪︎[ The Past Should Be Passed … 10•10•2020 ]

O[ It Is Tough To Be Stuck In The Past ]
[ Watching Time Fly By You Really Fast ]

[ Do You Know ]
[ That It Is Okay To Let Go? ]

[ & Keep Moving On ]
[ Because The Fear Of The Future Will Never Be Gone ]

[ Step By Step ]
[ Move Your Right Than Your Left ]

[ Watch For The Potholes In The Road Up Ahead ]
[ Make Sure You Walk Around Them Instead ]

[ That Pothole Might Be Deep ]
[ The Road May Become Steep ]

[ One Foot In Front Of The Other ]
[ Exhale ]
[ Then Take Another ]

[ Soon The Finish Line Of This Particular Race Will Come
Into Your Sight ]
[ That’s When You’ll Know What You’ve Just Done, Is Right ]

[ Even If This Journey Started Out On The Wrong Foot ]
[ & Then You Walked Off, The Punch In The Gut ]

[ It Was Well Worth The Effort That You Put Into This ]
[ You Almost Checked Off Everything On Your Long List ]

[ This Gives You The Confidence To Do Another One ]
[ Knowing That Life Is Not Always Fun ]

~ The End ~

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

(859)▪︎[ Worry On The Brain … 10•10•2020 ]

[ Worry Is Encompassing My Mind ]
[ I Can’t Keep My Thoughts On A Straight Line ]

[ The Threat Is Already In The House ]
[ That Is Why I Am So Full Of Doubt ]

[ I Surely Bet ]
[ That He Sees Me As The Biggest Threat ]

[ Because My Voice Is The Loudest One That He Hears ]
[ It Is My Voice & Ideas ]
[ That Causes All Of His Tears ]

[ I Won’t Back Down From What I’ve Said ]
[ I Am Not Going To Change Things Instead ]
[ Even If He Wants My Voice To Be Dead ]

[ I Will Look Him In His Eyes ]

[ & Tell Him That I Do Not Want To Hear Anymore Of His Lies ]

~ The End ~

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

(854)▪︎[ How Is It Now? … 10•8•2020 ]

[ Have We Now As A Society Made Love & Compassion ]
[ Out Of Fashion? ]

[ You Never Want To Be Seen ]
[ Wearing Your Heart On Your Sleeve ]
[ Being Afraid That Someone Would Be So Mean ]
[ Making It So Uncomfortable That You Would Want To Leave ]

[ Leaving The Situation Behind You ]
[ Because You Picked Up On That Obvious Social Cue ]

[ Society As A Whole ]
[ Has Lost Touch With It’s Soul ]
[ Making It So Hard ]
[ To Figure Out Your Role ]

[ You Can’t Tell If That Stranger With The Mask Is Happy Or Sad ]
[ Is Their Day Going Well? ]
[ Or Have Things Started Going Bad? ]

[ Most People Do Not Have Smiling Eyes ]
[ Some People Hide Behind A Mountain Of Lies ]

[ So There Are No Facial Expressions To Read ]
[ There Is No Look To See ]
[ If Someone Is In Need ]

[ People Used To Acknowledge Others With A Smile & A Nod
Of Their Head ]
[ Now They Stay Motionless Instead ]

[ Nobody Smiles Or Says ( HI ) ]
[ Some People Take Offense If You Look @ Them Eye To Eye ]

[ Some Take That As Being Aggressive ]
[ But If You Look Down Are You Being Submissive? ]

[ So People Don’t Look @ All ]
[ They Would Much Rather Look @ A Blank Wall ]

[ Look @ The Cracks On The Wall Instead Of The Wrinkles On
Someone’s Face ]
[ & Never Assume Someone’s Age, Gender Or Race ]
[ Anonymity Has Taken Identities Place ]

[ Who Was That Masked Man Standing To Your Right? ]
[ Would You Be Able To Tell If There Was Better Light? ]

[ How Is Society Going To Come Back Together After This
Particular Tumultuous & Polarizing Election? ]
[ Who Is Going To Lead & Point Us In The Right Direction? ]
[ Will Society Ever Have The Same Connection? ]

[ We Have Emotionless Faces ]
[ Anger Between Some Races ]
[ & In The World ]
[ We Are Not Allowed To Travel In Some Places ]

[ Does Wearing A Mask Protect Others From You ]
[ Or You From Others ]
[ If You Caught The Virus Too ]
[ Would You Then Care If You Infected Your Mother? ]

[ Everybody Makes Their Own Individual Choices ]
[ Then Don’t Care About Other People’s Voices ]

[ People Used To Be Happier & Relaxed ]
[ Now More People Are Mad & Feel Taxed ]

[ Now Showing Emotion Comes Across As Being Weak ]
[ & You Come Across As Being Meek ]

[ But For What It’s Worth ]
[ Isn’t It Written Somewhere ( THAT THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT
THE EARTH )? ]~ The End ~

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

(844)▪︎[ It Is Society Now … 10•3•2020 ]

[ Anger & Hate Seems To Be All Around Us ]
[ Right Now ]
[ In A Packed Airplane, Or A Crowded Bus ]

[ Is That Man Angry @ Me Under That Mask ]
[ I Don’t Want To Get Close Enough To Him For Me To Ask ]

[ When Another Person Wears A Mask It Is So Hard
To Tell ]
[ What He Is Thinking ]
[ He Might Be Telling Me To Go To Hell ]
[ Without Blinking ]

[ & There Never Should Be A Time Or Place ]
[ For Someone To Hate ]
[ Because Of The Color Of Another’s Face ]

[ I Think That It Borders On Dumb ]
[ When Some Self-Righteous People ]
[ Think They Know What Other People Have Been Through ]
[ Or Where They Come From ]

[ What Really Makes Me Sick ]
[ Is The Hate In Politics ]
[ All Because Of The Candidate That I Pick ]

[ That Is Not A Subject That I Talk To A Stranger About ]
[ There Is Always Doubt ]
[ That Someone Wouldn’t Want To Scream Or Shout ]

[ About Their Preference ]
[ Some People Just Want To Argue About The Difference ]

[ In Each Candidate ]
[ I’ll Just Sit Back & Wait ]
[ & Not Take Their Bait ]

[ My Brother Used To Try That During Our Phone Calls So
Many Times ]
[ Now The Only Time I Can Talk To Him ]
[ Is When I Write My Rhymes ]

[ People Are Angrier & More Hateful Than Any Other Time
That I’ve Seen ]
[ Just Read Some Of The Comments After Some Posts On FB ]
[ People Can Really Be Mean ]

[ I Don’t Want To Live My Life Like That ]
[ I Also Refuse To Be Treated ]
[ Like Someone’s Doormat ]

[ It Seems Like The Saying ( LOVE THY NEIGHBOR ) Flew
Out The Window ]
[ Many Years Ago ]

[ The Whole Idea Left Through The Nearest Exit ]
[ It Didn’t Wait To Politely Walk Out The Front Door ]
[ Because Most People Don’t Want To Live It ]
[ Anymore ]

[ Not Everyone Says ( NOPE ) ]
[ To That Way Of Living ]
[ There Still Is Hope ]
[ That People Still Gets Satisfaction By Sharing & Giving ]

~ The End ~

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

(13)▪︎[ Just About Falling Apart … 1•6•2021 ]

[ I Really Feel That I’m Coming Apart ]
[ @ The Seems ]
[ My Breaking Heart ]
[ Just Wants To Scream ]

[ When I Look Left, Then Right ]
[ I Don’t See ]
[ Any Help In Sight ]

[ I Am Being Judged By Behavior That I Have No Control Of ]
[ Through Those Judging Eyes ]
[ I Search For Love ]

[ I Know This May Sound Mean ]
[ But There’s No Compassion To Be Seen ]

[ I Just Want To Throw My Hands Up ]
[ & Close My Heart Shut ]

[ I Want To Just Crawl Inside ]
[ My Mind ]

[ & Never Come Out ]
[ But Once Inside I Can Just Shout ]

[ Again & Again & Again ]
[ Where Is The Portal? ]
[ Where’s My In? ]

[ The Med I Take Is So So Powerful ]
[ & When I Sleep All Night It’s Wonderful ]
[ But Once In Awhile ]
[ I Wake In The Middle Of The Night & My Personality Is Awful ]

[ I Can’t Control My Words Or Self ]
[ I Yell @ Everyone Else ]

[ I Can’t Help This As Much As I Try To Sleep ]
[ My Perfect Night ]
[ Would Include Not Saying A Peep ]
[ But Through My Fright ]
[ I Don’t Stay That Deep ]

[ I Can’t Control My Mouth Or Actions ]
[ I Need A Distraction ]
[ Because My Mind Right Now Is In Fractions ]

[ Maybe This Is A Push To Push Me Out ]
[ Is There A Doubt? ]
[ Then What Is All This About? ]

[ I Don’t Know ]
[ I Want To Take This Slow ]
[ But I Continue To Look Towards My Mind As A Place To Go! ]

[ No One Can Be With Me In There So There Won’t Be Any Hurt ]
[ I Can Control Myself ]
[ So When I Wake I Won’t Feel Like Dirt ]

[ I Can’t Control Myself Is What I Scream ]
[ When Will I Wake ]
[ From This Horrible Dream? ]

[ Has Anyone Seen My Self-Esteem Rolling Around The Floor? ]
[ Maybe, Just Maybe ]
[ It Was Kicked Out The Front Door ]

[ I Can’t Control My Behavior Is What I Say ]
[ Because Is That The Normal Way ]
[ That I Treat You During The Day? ]

[ I Want To Go In & Never Come Out ]
[ Show Me The Path ]
[ Show Me The Route ]

[ The Mean Times Are So Hard To Predict ]
[ You’d Think By Now ]
[ I Would Have Had These Issues Licked ]

[ But I Don’t ]
[ & As Unpredictable As This Med Is … ]
[ I Won’t ]

~ The End ~

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