[ Right Now There Seems To Be A Population Explosion ]
[ But With That ]
[ There Is A Morality Erosion ]
[ The Closer People Move Together ]
[ Will Only Prove That Some People Need To Be Further
Away From Each Other ]
[ When Things Go All Wrong ]
[ People Won’t Get Along ]
[ Especially When The Smell Of Alcohol Is Strong ]
[ People Won’t Care ]
[ About Who Moves In Over There ]
[ It Is Tough To Mingle With The Unknown ]
[ Especially If Caring Is Not Shown ]
[ Meshing Personalities Is A Tricky Thing ]
[ Because Everybody Has Different Life Experiences
To Bring ]
[ Into The Ring ]
[ Of The Circus Show Called Life ]
[ That Causes Strife ]
[ Even Between A Husband & A Wife ]
[ Problems Between The Spouses ]
[ Oftentimes Spills Outside Of The Houses ]
[ Making Everyone A Witness To The Problems ]
[ That Should Only Be Between Them ]
[ But Others Will Learn How To Finesse ]
[ Their Way Into Everyone Else’s Business ]
[ Making A Much Bigger Show ]
[ Of Everything They Know ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
[ 10 ][ To Big M, From A Friend … 1•4•2021 ]
[ Big M, I Really Want To Put You In Your Place ]
[ & Tell You So Many Things To Your Face ]
[ I Don’t Like Your Tone ]
[ Whenever You Tell Yourself That You Are Going
Through Life All Alone ]
[ I Would Stop ]
[ & Put You On The Spot ]
[ & Say In Big Letters ( THAT YOU ARE NOT! ) ]
[ You Are Not By Yourself ]
[ Because My Friend ]
[ I Am That Someone Else ]
[ I Don’t Lie ]
[ When I Say That Real Men DO Cry ]
[ I Shed Tears ]
[ Tonight ]
[ When I Talked To Z About My Fears ]
[ About You Going Back Into The Fire Fight ]
[ I Worry ]
[ That I Always Want You To Come Home Safe
In A Hurry ]
[ Your Well Being Is Always In My Thoughts ]
[ That Is All I Can Do ]
[ That Is All That I’ve Got ]
[ We Could Probably Get Together & Talk For Hours ]
[ I Can’t Come & See You ]
[ So You Have All The Powers ]
[ We Each Grew Up In Different Lands ]
[ We Each Grew Up Listening To Different Demands ]
[ But, I Want You To See ]
[ That You Have A Loving Friend & Brother In Me ]
[ But Only You Can Let That Be ]
[ I Have Always Wanted To Meet This Man ]
[ Whose Only Motto Is ( YES, I CAN ) ]
[ You Are The Kind Of Man That I Admire ]
[ & You Will Never Call Me A Liar ]
[ I Admire What You Do & What You Have Done ]
[ You Never Turn & Run ]
[ You Do The Things That Are Never Fun ]
[ I Want To Look This Guy ]
[ In The Eyes ]
[ & Tell Him That There Is Not Usually An Answer
To All His ( WHY’s?) ]
[ I Have Walked The Life Or Death Line ]
[ More Than 7 Times, In My Past Life ]
[ But I Have Survived ]
[ & Am Still, Very Much Alive ]
[ So I Could Meet You My Friend ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(109)▪︎[ Sometimes Silence Is Best … 2•1•2021 ]
[ @ Times It Seems Like We Live In Such A Hateful
World ]
[ Where People Are Not Too Nice To Each Other ]
[ We Use So Many Words ]
[ That We Would Never Say In Front Of Our Mother ]
[ If We Did, We Would Get Slapped In The Face ]
[ Then Put In Our Place ]
[ People Forget That Words Can Slice ]
[ Deeper Than A Sharp Knife ]
[ & The Scars That Are So Deep ]
[ Are The Ones That We Keep ]
[ A Cut On The Knee ]
[ Has Never Hurt As Much As The Cuts That Nobody
Can See ]
[ People Always Have A Choice ]
[ About The Words They Say, When They Use Their Voice ]
[ Oftentimes The Words That You Have Heard In
The Past ]
[ Are The Memories That Last ]
[ Blurring The Memories Where You Used Your
Sight ]
[ But Not Forgetting What Was Said During Your Last Fight ]
[ Words That Are Said ]
[ Get Stuck In The Other Person’s Head ]
[ & Harder To Forget ]
[ Then Remembering How You First Met ]
[ Some People You Meet ]
[ Don’t Turn Out To Be A Treat ]
[ That Is When You Realize ]
[ That In Some Situations, Silence Can’t Be Beat ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(71)▪︎[ A Safer Place … 1•22•2021 ]
[ Today I Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything ]
[ Especially Not Knowing What The Day Will Bring ]
[ I Want To Keep My Head On My Big, Soft Pillow ]
[ Closing My Eyes ]
[ & Laying Low ]
[ Falling Back Into A Nice Dream State ]
[ Thinking Good Thoughts ]
[ While Dismissing The Hate ]
[ That I Heard ]
[ This Past Week ]
[ Watching People’s Actions, Then Listening To Their
Words ]
[ Directed @ People With Different Colored Faces ]
[ Of Different Races ]
[ Born In Different Places ]
[ When People Don’t Understand Others, They Tend
To Lash Out ]
[ Out Of Fear ]
[ So The Reasons For Their Hateful Shouts ]
[ Are Not Always Clear ]
[ Oftentimes People Speak ]
[ Before Taking The Time To Think ]
[ Never Taking Into Consideration How Their Words ]
[ Hurts ]
[ Further Driving People Apart ]
[ Leaving People To Wonder How To Close This
Division ]
[ & Then Wondering Where, When & How To Start ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(042)▪︎[ A Good Day … 1•13•2021 ]
[ When You Watch The Huge Waves @ The Beach ]
[ Never Turn Your Back On The Breaking Waves ]
[ Because Unless You Are In The Downtown Area,
You Are Always In Reach ]
[ If You Want To Have A Change In Your Lifestyle ]
[ You Should Stay @ The Beach For Awhile ]
[ The Sounds Of The Waves Can Cleanse Your Mind ]
[ There Won’t Be Any Bad Thoughts To Rewind ]
[ Over & Over In A Continuous Cycle ]
[ Reverting Your Mind Back To The Age When You
Were Riding A Tricycle ]
[ But The Rhythmic Sounds Of The Waves Bring You
Back ]
[ Making You Hungry For The Snack ]
[ That You Brought In A Brown Paper Sack ]
[ That You Have In The Trunk ]
[ But Leave The Tequila Alone ]
[ It Is Not The Right Circumstances Or Time To
Get Drunk ]
[ Walk Down The Beach & Feel The Cool Sand Under
Your Feet ]
[ The View That You Have In Front Of You Can’t Be Beat ]
[ It Is So Much Better Than Looking @ The Miles Of Cars
Down Every Street ]
[ Time Flies When You Sit By Yourself ]
[ Though It Is Nice As You Look All Around ]
[ & Not See Or Hear Anyone Else ]
[ But Soon You Come Face To Face With Reality ]
[ You Look @ Your Watch ]
[ & Are Shocked To See ]
[ Two & A Half Hours Just Flew By ]
[ How? ]
[ Why? ]
[ But It Was A Good Way ]
[ To Spend Your Day ]
[ As Soon As You Plan On A Next Time ]
[ You Know That You Will Come Up With Another … Story ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(47)▪︎[ Who Wears The Crown? … 1•14•2021 ]
[ What Goes Up, Doesn’t Always Come Down ]
[ Just Like The Most Powerful Man ]
[ Does Not Wear The Crown ]
[ The Most Powerful Person May Be A Woman Of
Any Age ]
[ The One Without A Temper Problem ]
[ Could Have The Most Rage ]
[ The Kind Of Rage That Wells Up From Deep Deep
Down Inside ]
[ The Path Is Long ]
[ & The Path Is Wide ]
[ The One That Takes On That Role ]
[ Could Have The Biggest Heart ]
[ & The Most Pure Soul ]
[ Because I Believd That You Have A Soul, You Are
Not One ]
[ When You Die ]
[ The Purpose Of Having A Soul Is Done ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(051)▪︎[ Well? … 1•14•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 My Mistakes Makes Their Way Into My Dreams ]
[ I Have No Control Of That It Seems ]
[ Everyday I Wind Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In My Life ]
[ I Have Questioned My Roles ]
[ Of What I’m Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]
[ Do I Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ I Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ I Never Want To Shift The Spotlight On Me ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO ) ]
[ I Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
Corner & Pout ]
[ I Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then I Can Fall Asleep With No Nagging Doubts ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(052)▪︎[ Money Does Not Always Work … 1•15•2021 ]
[ Does Money Actually Buy Happiness? ]
[ Does It Matter To Others ]
[ If You Have More Or Less? ]
[ Then The People Next Door ]
[ Sometimes Prople Think That Less Is More ]
[ Less Migraines Shooting Through Your Head ]
[ So You Have More Happiness In Your Life
Instead ]
[ Sometimes When You Have Less Money ]
[ You Have Much Better Friends ]
[ Maybe You Won’t Have Any ]
[ When The Deposits Ends ]
[ If Money Does Not Buy Happiness, Can It Make
You Numb ]
[ If You Don’t Have Any ]
[ Can It Get You Some? ]
[ Some Of This & Some Of That ]
[ You Could Have A Friend Named Chris ]
[ & Lose A Friend Named Matt ]
[ Actually Sometimes You Are Much Happier When
You Are Broke ]
[ & Have No Hope ]
[ & When You Are Living In Your Expensive Car ]
[ That Is You Find Out Who Your True Friends Are ]
[ & They Show Some Feeling ]
[ & Empathy ]
[ Then They Feed You A Good Meal ]
[ After They Post Bail Because You Were Arrested For
Stealing ]
[ But Then They Drop A Big ( OUCH! ) ]
[ When They Kick You Back To Your Car ]
[ Because They Refuse To Let You Crash On Their Couch ]
[ Back To The Parking Lot You Go ]
[ So ]
[ There’s Another Person That You Will Refuse To
Say You Know ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(054)▪︎[ Raging Storm … 1•15•2021 ]
[ Inside Every One Of Us Is A Storm Waiting To Rage ]
[ Are You The Rain, The Thunder, The Lightning ]
[ Or The Next Ice Age? ]
[ When There Are Storms @ The Beach ]
[ The Waves Crash So Hard & So Loud ]
[ You Cannot Hear Anyone Speak ]
[ Some People Have A Fascination With Storms ]
[ That Is Just Slightly Out Of Other Peoples Norms ]
[ Is It The Driving, Blinding Rain ]
[ That Floods The Outside Drains ]
[ That Drive Those People Insane? ]
[ Is The Flash Of The Lightning Or The Thunderous Boom ]
[ That Makes People Hide ]
[ Or Run Into The Inside Rooms? ]
[ The Weather Guy ]
[ Tells No Lies ]
[ When He Predicts That The Lightning @ Night ]
[ Will Light Up The Sky’s ]
[ Others Like The Calm & The Warmth That The Sun Brings ]
[ That Seems To Be When All Of The Birds Sing ]
[ It Also Has You Wonder ]
[ What Opportunities A New Day Will Bring ]
[ The Opportunities Would Be Endless ]
[ & If You Tried ]
[ It Would Knock You Senseless ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1040)▪︎[ Before The Day Is Done … 12•10•2020 ]
[ Every Day, You Have The Choice Of Whether To
Laugh Or Cry @ Night ]
[ The Choice Makes All Of The Difference ]
[ When It Comes To Facing The Morning Light ]
[ One May Make You Tired & One Could Put Your
Mind @ Rest ]
[ Depending On The Circumstances ]
[ Sometimes It Would Be Hard To Figure Out Which
Emotion Would Be The Best ]
[ Sometimes Circumstances In Your Life Are Completely
Out Of Your Control ]
[ & There Are Incidents That Occur That Can
Hurt You ]
[ Like It Puts A Hole ]
[ In Your Soul ]
[ Those Are The Ones That You Do Not Want To
Remember ]
[ But Sometimes An Incident That Happens In Early
January ]
[ Can Still Be Fresh In Your Mind Through The 31st
Of The Next December ]
[ @ Times Your Heart May Forgive But Your Mind
Will Not Let ]
[ Your Memory To Ever Forget ]
[ Those Are The Times ]
[ When You Wonder What That Saying That Combines
The Two Ever Meant ]
[ When Your Soul Hurts ]
[ Your Mind Will Search ]
[ For Something To Help You Heal ]
[ Anything That Even Remotely Seems Real ]
[ Then, Something Good To Make You Feel ]
[ Whole Again ]
[ But You Can Never Control When ]
[ That Will Ever Begin ]
[ When You Feel Knocked Down ]
[ Don’t Have A Meltdown ]
[ While On The Ground ]
[ Up Is The Only Direction To Go ]
[ Even If You Have To Take It Slow ]
[ Just Know ]
[ That You Must Always Get Back Up ]
[ Don’t Breakup ]
[ Burnup ]
[ Or Give Up ]
[ No, Stand Up ]
[ After You Fall ]
[ Then Give It Your All ]
[ Before You Make The Call ]
[ To Call It A Day ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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