(267)▪︎[ Silence Is … 4•12•2022 ]

[ In The Darkness Of The Night, All You Hear Is Silence ]
[ Others Do Not Hear A Thing ]
[ Or Look For Any Guidance ]

[ What Should You Seek When You Do Not Hear Any Noise ]
[ There Is Not Even A Choice ]

[ Of What To Hear ]
[ If You Hear Voices ]
[ They Do Not Annunciate Very Clear ]

[ Is It Okay To Have A Voice Inside Of Your Head ]
[ Is That The Voice That Directs The Dreams & Nightmares That
Play Like A Movie While You Lay In Your Bed ]

[ A Wise Man Once Told You That All Of The Pain That You
     Have Racking Your Body Starts In The Head & Then
     Resonates Throughout ]
[ When You Have A Pain ]
[ It Is The Brain That Lets The Body Part Know What It Is All
     About ]

[ There Are Times When You Have (2) Different Voices Doing
Battle ]
[ Thankfully It Does Not Sound Like A Couple Of Rattles ]

[ Are Those The Good Or The Bad? ]
[ The Happy Or Sad? ]

[ Is The Saying (SILENCE IS GOLDEN) Wrong? ]
[ That Does Not Make Gold Look Too Strong ]

[ Some Gold Is As Hard As A Rock ]
[ Some Gold Is As Soft As The Hair On Top Of The Head Of
Goldilocks ]

[ If You Are Laying There Listening To The Silence, That Means
That You Are Not Asleep ]
[ By That Time The Average Person Would Be Sleeping Really Deep ]

[ That Is (1) Privilege That You Have Had About (22) Years In
The Past ]
[ You Wish You Knew What You Did Last ]

[ You Can Barely Remember The Waking Up & Feeling Rested ]
[ It Has Turned Into A Sore ]
[ That Sits There & Festers ]

[ Deep Sleep Is A Privilege, Not A Right ]
[ Everytime You Go To Bed ]
[ Getting Some Deep Sleep Is A Huge Fight ]

[ There Are No Words Exchanged ]
[ The Bedding Does Not Have To Be Re-Arranged ]
[ Or Changed ]

[ Trying To Go To Sleep Takes Indivudual Effort ]
[ Oftentimes It Takes All Of Your Energy ]
[ Like You Just Competed In A Sport ]

[ When You Are Downtown You Are Envious About How Some Of
     The Homeles Can Just Lay Down & Sleep On The Sidewalk Or
     The Park ]
[ You Probably Would Be The Last Person That Would Be Invited
     To Sleep On Noah’s Ark ]

[ How Do The Homeless Have Trust? ]
[ They Fall Asleep Out In The Public, Because They Have Trust ]
[ They Sleep On A Sidewalk Downtown Because They Have Trust ]
[ They Keep All Of Their Belongings In A Shopping Cart Because
They Have Trust ]

[ Or Do They? ]

[ That Is A Lifestyle That You Would Not Wish On Your Worst,
Most Annoying Neighbor Who Owns A Boat That Doesn’t
Work ]
[ Even If He Was The Biggest Jerk ]

[ You Just, Would Not ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(454)▪︎[ To My Good Friend … 5•4•2020 ]

[ To My Maria ]
[ It Feels Like I’m Just Getting To Know Ya ]

[ You Have Been Here A Long Long Time ]
[ You Have Sat There ]
[ While I’ve Read You Rhyme After Rhyme ]

[ Oh I Don’t Know How You Put Up With Me Some Days ]
[ But You Always Find Ways ]

[ To Turn My Day Around ]
[ You Find A Way To Pick Me Up ]
[ Off Of The Ground ]

[ In The Next Month I’ll Have A Different Caregiver Here ]
[ When That Happens I Will Shed Many Tears ]

[ But She WILL NOT Be Here To Take Your Place ]
[ You Are Not Someone That I Can Replace ]

[ You Have Become My Best Friend ]
[ It’s Hard For Me To Realize ]
[ That Your Time As My #1 Caregiver Will End ]

[ Since You Won’t Be Working Here During The Week Anymore ]
[ I Will Still Want You Knocking On My Door ]

[ To Keep Our Friendship Going It Will Really Take Effort On
On Both Sides ]
[ I Will Want You To Take Me For Drives ]

[ We Can Make A Day Out Of It ]
[ I Really Want You To Take Me To Your Dad’s Bench ]
[ That Is Someplace That I Want To Sit ]

[ The Days Keep Marching On ]
[ I Know You Won’t Be Here Physically ]
[ But That Doesn’t Mean You Will Be Gone! ]

[ I Know That I Have To Stay Strong ]
[ Throughout This Mess ]
[ Because What Your Agency Is Doing Is So Wrong ]

[ Maria, Will You Always Be There For Me ]
[ Still? ]
[ I Will Always Be ]
[ For You, Yes I Will ]

[ I’m Your Good Friend For As Long As You Want ]
[ Don’t Say (ME TOO) ]
[ As A Taunt ]

[ You Tell Me What Is What ]
[ You’ve Never Been Here To Kiss My Butt ]

[ You Have Always Been Real ]
[ & That Is How Our Friendship Has Been Sealed ]

[ I Can Never Thank You For All That You’ve Done ]
[ Everyday That You’ve Been Here ]
[ Has Always Been Fun ]

[ Will Our Friendship Continue? ]
[ That Is Up To Both Me & You! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(458)▪︎[ A Friend … 5•5•2020 ]

[ A Friend Can Be Just About Anybody ]
[ But A Friend Is Definitely Somebody ]

[ Most People You Pass By Are Like Two Ships In
The Night ]
[ But When You See Your Friend ]
[ They Seem To Be Like A Beacon Of Light ]

[ A Friend Stands Out From The Others ]
[ I Was A Good Friend To My Brother ]

[ You Might Meet Someone By Happenstance ]
[ You See That There’s Something About Them ]
[ That Tells You To Give Them A Chance ]

[ Was It Their Winning Smile ]
[ That Convinced You ]
[ To Sit & Talk With Them For Awhile ]

[ Was It How They Talked? ]
[ Or Was It What They Said? ]
[ Was It How They Walked ]
[ Or How They Didn’t Let Compliments Go To Their Head? ]

[ It Was Something That Piqued Your Interest ]
[ Just Hope They Don’t Become A Pest ]
[ Even When They Try To Do Their Best ]

[ Some Work Out, Most Don’t ]
[ If Someone Likes To Shout ]
[ They Definitely Won’t ]

[ A Friend Is Warm & Loyal To The Very End ]
[ When Things Get Hard ]
[ They Don’t Break, They Bend ]

[ A Friend Expects Nothing From You ]
[ But Giving Their All ]
[ Is Just Something They Always Do ]

[ They Come To Expect ]
[ Respect ]

[ Deservedly So ]
[ You Know ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1312)▪︎[ Give It To Me … 11•12•2019 ]

[ Just Give Me The Straight News ]
[ & Leave Out Your Personal Views ]

[ Of How I Should Go About Living My Life ]
[ It’s Nothing That You Should Or Should Not Like ]

[ I Am Not Here To Seek Your Approval ]
[ For Your Influence Can Be Removable ]

[ & Shun To The Side ]
[ Because After You Lied ]
[ My Respect For You Has Since Died ]

[ Please Don’t Tell Me Anymore Lies ]
[ When I Ask You (WHY?) ]

[ Must I Say (BYE, SEE YA, SO LONG) ]
[ (MY LOVE FOR YOU IS GONE) ]
[ I See That Your Resolve Is Not That Strong ]

[ As For I Wanted It To Be ]
[ When You Needed Me ]

[ I Was Right There @ First Light ]
[ Helping You Fight ]
[ Well Past Midnight ]

[ @ Times You Were Surprised ]
[ That I Was Right There ]
[ Hours Before The Sun Would Rise ]

[ Which Was Nice ]
[ Because There Are Not Many People In Your Life That Wouldn’t Think
Twice ]

[ On How They Could Get One Over On You ]
[ There’s No Rhyme Or Reason ]
[ That’s Just What They Do ]

[ It’s Not Hurtful Per Say ]
[ That’s Just How Some People Function From Day To Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1301)▪︎[ Think Again … 11•7•2019 ]

[ If You Think You Can Tell Me What To Think ]
[ Then I Think I Can Tell You Where To Go ]
[ If All You Do Is Stand There & Blink ]
[ Then I’ll Explain My Point, Really Slow ]

[ You’re Not My Father Or Mother ]
[ I Have No Sisters ]
[ & I Do Love My Brother ]

[ The Point Is, That You Have No Right ]
[ To Exert Your Might ]

[ & Try To Tell Me How To Live My Life ]
[ The Only One That Can Come Close To That ]
[ Would Be My Trusting & Patient Wife ]
[ But She Really Doesn’t Tell Me How To Think & What To Do ]
[ She Tells Me (THE WAY YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE IS UP TO YOU) ]
[ Because I’m The Only Person That Is Responsible For
What I Do Too ]

[ It Stems Around The Freedom Of Choice ]
[ I Am Also Responsible With The Words That I Express
With My Voice ]

[ Choices, Choices, Choices, We All Have Choices ]
[ But Do We All Hear Voices? ]
[ Do Those People Brush It Off As Annoying Noises? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1299)▪︎[ Come Here … 11•7•2019 ]

[ You Know If I Could ]
[ Do Something I Should ]
[ You Can Bet That I Would ]

[ Do Anything ]
[ To Bring ]
[ You Back, So You Would Accept This Ring ]

[ I Know That I Can’t Make You ]
[ Do What You Don’t Want To Do ]

[ Do I Wait Hour After Hour ]
[ For You To Find The Power ]

[ To Play The Role ]
[ Of My Loving Wife ]
[ Making Me Whole ]
[ For The Rest Of My Life ]

[ Don’t Worry & Hit The Panic Button ]
[ Because You Don’t Have To Worry About Nothing ]

[ I’m Not Here To Cause You Hurt Or Pain ]
[ If I Was Set On Doing That ]
[ Tell Me What I’d Gain? ]

[ I Have My Outstretched Arms ]
[ Held Out ]
[ To Show You That I Mean You No Harm ]

[ If It’s Being Here That You Choose ]
[ Ask Yourself (WHAT DO I HAVE TO LOSE?) ]

[ (NOT A THING) Is What You’d Hear ]
[ You Can Drive ]
[ You Can Steer ]
[ I Want To Help You Feel Alive ]
[ Is That Clear? ]
[ I Want To Thrive ]
[ Right Here ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1300)▪︎[ A Bump … 11•7•2019 ]

[ When The Sky Turns Dark ]
[ & Something Makes The Dogs Bark ]

[ Should That Make You Fearful Of A Bump In The
Night? ]
[ Would You Feel Differently If There Was A Bump When
It’s Light? ]

[ What Exactly Does The Bump Consist Of? ]
[ When It’s In The Dark It’s Evil ]
[ When It’s Light It Could Give You Love ]

[ Why Is The Bump Negative? ]
[ What Can Make It Positive? ]

[ Is The Color Of The Sky What Pushes It One Way Or The
Other? ]
[ When It Is Light Out Things Are Okay ]
[ When It’s Dark Out, You Run For Cover ]

[ So Quickly, Turn On The Lights ]
[ Hurry & Shine The Light Down On What Gives You The
Frights ]
[ Do You Think That Your Judgements Are Right? ]

[ Are They Justified ]
[ Are You Mystified ]

[ When & Where Did This Fright Begin? ]
[ If You Dealt With The Bump Once ]
[ Could It Happen To You Again? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1298)▪︎[ My Head … 11•6•2019 ]

[ Where Has My Head Been? ]
[ In The Clouds ]
[ When? ]
[ When There’s A Crowd ]

[ In My Mind ]
[ Because That’s When I’m Inclined ]
[ To Latch Onto Words ]
[ That I Feel That’s Unkind ]

[ They Latch Onto The Memory Part Of My Brain ]
[ Then It’s Like I’m Standing There Staring ]
[ @ The Light Of The Oncoming Train ]

[ Why Can’t I Just Step To The Side ]
[ The Voice Inside ]
[ My Head Said Things Were Okay ]
[ But It Lied ]
[ I Need To Get Out Of The Way ]

[ So I Take A Few Steps Back ]
[ Away From The Tracks ]

[ Wow, That Was A Close One ]
[ All I Want To Do Now Is Run ]

[ But I Can’t Escape The Voices In My Head ]
[ Can 0913hrsThey Control It With Another Med? ]
[ What If I Take Fewer Meds Instead? ]

[ But I Need Each & Every Pill & Capsule ]
[ I Could Fall Ill ]
[ & My Senses Could Dull ]

[ I Think I Will Stay Exactly Where I’m @ Med Wise ]
[ Unless My Med Provider Has Been Telling Me Lies ]

[ I Don’t Think So ]
[ How Do I Know? ]

[ I Am Sure ]
[ That I Trust Her ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(417)▪︎[ Going Around … 6•18•2022 ]

[ How Do You Keep The Room From Going Around & ‘Round? ]
[ It Is Not The Sound ]
[ That I’ve Found ]
[ That Spun Me Into The Ground ]

[ It Was The Immense Pressure ]
[ The Kinds That You Could Always Measure ]

[ But How? ]
[ When? ]
[ About Now ]
[ What Would You Do Then? ]

[ Would You Rationalize? ]
[ Or Customize? ]

[ But You See How Things Were Put Together By Shoelaces ]
[ After He Tried To Push Things Through ]
[ With (62) Legal Cases ]

[ This Was Because He Had No Role ]
[ Or Quantifiable Soul ]

[ To Make The Precise ]
[ & look Into The (3) Blind Mice ]
[ That Rolled A Hard (11) ]
[ On Some Fuzzy Dice ]

[ The (3) Mice Turned Into The (3) Blind Men ]
[ They Figured Out ]
[ That They Did Not Want To Do This Again ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(191)▪︎[ I’ll Remember! … 2•27•2020 ]

[ Will You Remember Me? ]
[ I Will Remember You ]
[ Will You Always See? ]
[ How It’s Always Been When It Is Just Us Two ]

[ Every Memory ]
[ I Follow All Of The Way Through ]
[ When I Think Carefully ]
[ I See What I Need To Do ]
[ I Know That I Will Always Know Where You Will Be ]
[ When I Have You Immortalized In A Tattoo ]

[ I’ll Always Have You Looking Out For Me Over My Shoulder ]
[ So You’ll Also Age ]
[ Too ]
[ As I Grow Older ]

[ It Won’t Fade Away ]
[ It Will Forever Look Brand New ]
[ Like The First Day ]
[ It Will Look Pretty Cool ]

[ You’ll Be With Me Wherever I Go ]
[ You Won’t Pass Me By ]
[ When I Start Moving Slow ]

[ When I Turn My Head To Say { HI } ]
[ You Will Always Know ]
[ If I’m Down & Want To Say { GOODBYE } ]
[ You’ll Say { UH, NO } ]

[ You’ll Rejoice With Me Through The Highs ]
[ & You Won’t Leave Me When I’m Low ]

[ You’ll Always Have My Back ]
[ & You’ll Warn Me Of Any Attacks ]

[ If You Were Still Here, I’d Do The Same ]
[ But I’d Play A Game ]
[ I’d Whisper Your Name ]

[ Over & Over In Your Ear ]
[ Until I Made It Clear ]
[ That I’ll Always Be Here ]

[ I Then Won’t Need A Car ]
[ To Drive Very Far ]
[ & I Will Not Get Drunk ]
[ & Leave You Stranded In A Bar ]

[ Even Though Physically You Will No Longer Be Right By My Side ]
[ You’ll Always Be In My Thoughts ]
[ That’s One Thing That Will Never Subside ]
[ & I’ll Know That Tattoo That I Got ]
[ Will Be Shown With Pride ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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