[ When You Go Outside During The Night ]
[ Don’t Look Down @ The Ground ]
[ Look Out Over The Lights ]
[ Not The Lights Coming From The Cars ]
[ Look @ The Lights Coming From The Stars ]
[ The Stars That Are Way Up High ]
[ When You Live In The Country ]
[ The Stars Seem To Cover The Sky ]
[ You Can Be Short Or Tall ]
[ When You Look Up @ The Sky You Feel So Small ]
[ You Can Stand In A Field Of Flowers ]
[ & Feel Weak ]
[ From The Loss Of Your Powers ]
[ & That Took Minutes Not Hours ]
[ Where Do You Go From This Point Of Your Life? ]
[ Do You Have To Walk Towards The Light? ]
[ From All That I Know ]
[ You Don’t Have To Go ]
[ & When You Say [ NO ] ]
[ That Frees You Up For Other Things ]
[ Like Going Overseas To Meet Some Actual Queens & Kings ]
[ Leaving The Country Is Not Always The Best ]
[ The Stress ]
[ Can Press ]
[ On Your Chest ]
[ Can You Forge Ahead Not Really Knowing To Go Which Direction ]
[ When You Make A Decision ]
[ Can You Make Any Corrections? ]
[ Or Can You Get By ]
[ Making Decisions On The Fly? ]
[ What If You Are Wrong? ]
[ & Then Find Out Your Window Is Gone? ]
[ Maybe The Best Thing To Do Would Be To Look Within? ]
[ You Might Find The Strength To Once Again, Begin ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(618)▪︎[ Closed Mind … 7•9•2020 ]
[ So That Is How Things Look To You ]
[ & It Does Not Matter What I Say Or Do? ]
[ That Has Always Been Your Point Of View ]
[ Everytime That He Is Over There He Has Your Ear ]
[ & During All Of This Time ]
[ My Voice Stays Here ]
[ But You Don’t Care ]
[ To Give Me The Same Amount Of Time To Clear The Air ]
[ You Hear Only One Side Of The Story & You Are Satisfied ]
[ & You Don’t Care If You Were Told A Handful Of Lies ]
[ You Are Hooking Your Cart To The Wrong Horse ]
[ He Is Your Grandson ]
[ So You Say (OF COURSE!) ]
[ Well When Things Are Said & Done ]
[ You Really Need To Look @ The Source ]
[ His Way Of Doing Things Is To Conquer & Divide ]
[ Then He Makes You See Only His Side ]
[ I’m 57 Years Old & I’ll Put My Reputation Against His Any Day ]
[ I’ll Always Come Out On Top ]
[ In Every Way ]
[ & I Do Not Need To Stand Up & Plead My Case ]
[ You Have Such A Closed Mind About All Of This ]
[ The Effort & Time Would Just Be A Waste ]
[ I Hold My Head Up High During My Life ]
[ What Have You Heard From Him Or My Wife ]
[ I Am So Very Sure ]
[ That When It Comes To Me ]
[ You Have Not Been Painted A Really Good Picture ]
[ But That Does Not Hold Much Weight You See ]
[ Because It Has Not Been Signed With MY Signature ]
[ You Are Only Judging Me Through What You Hear, Not Actually
From What You See ]
[ You Have Never Heard The Complete Story ]
[ Completely ]
[ If You Don’t Want To Hear IT ]
[ Than I Do Not Care To Hear Any Of Your Bullshit ]
[ You Can Judge Me All That You Want Wendy ]
[ But Keep Your Remarks To Yourself ]
[ Because I’ve Already Heard Too Many ]
[ This May All Sound Rude Or Crude ]
[ It Is All Because The Remarks & Judgements ]
[ Has Changed My Attitude ]
[ About You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(621)▪︎[ Live & Learn … 10•5•2022 ]
(To My Beautiful Wife …)
[ I Often Think About The Nights When I Talked To This Stranger ]
[ Everything Was Friendly ]
[ Then One Day I Thought My Heart Was In Danger ]
[ The Stranger Eventually Became My Wife ]
[ There Were Many Times That She Saved My Life ]
[ Figuratively ]
[ & Literally ]
[ My Life Was Stuck In Neutral, When We Met ]
[ I Was Sad Every Night Whener She Left ]
[ We Would Talk For Hours About Real Life Things ]
[ About Happy Moments ]
[ & What In Your Life Really Stings ]
[ She Checked Every Box On The List Of (SHE MUST) ]
[ @ The Start Of Our Friendship ]
[ Romance Wasn’t Just ]
[ It Did Not Fit With Me Yet ]
[ I Could Not Fathom How Far This Union Would Get ]
[ 26.5 Years & Still Counting ]
[ Problems Will Always Be There ]
[ They Are Not @ The Moment Mounting ]
[ It Is A Wonderful Feeling Knowing That You Get To Wake-Up
Next To Your Best Friend & Partner All In One ]
[ The Bad Times Are Hard ]
[ But The Good Times Are Alot Of Fun ]
[ We Give Alot More Hugs Than Bump Heads ]
[ She Helps Me Remember, Dispense & Purchase All Of My Meds ]
[ I Remember The Days When I Thought That All We Would Be Was
Good Friends ]
[ This Definitely Is Not One Of Those Dead-Ends ]
[ I Am Not Saying To Run Out & Date Someone From Your
Inner Circle Right NOW ]
[ It Worked For Me ]
[ But I Can Not Tell Anyone A (WHY) Or A (HOW?) ]
[ It Just Worked ]
[ She Married Me & My Quirks ]
[ I Don’t Ever Leave The Seat Up Whenever I Use Her Toilet ]
[ Whenever She Goes In After Me, I Want To Tell Her She
Has No Need To Fret ]
[ I Don’t Have Caveman Manners Or Grew Up In A Barn ]
[ There Will Be No Screams From Downstairs ]
[ Unless Someone Hid The Yarn ]
[ The Big Things Are No Longer A Big Deal ]
[ Because The Person Beside Me Is Real ]
[ Dating A Good Friend Does Not Always Work Out ]
[ It Usually Is Filled With Many Days & Nights Of Doubt ]
[ But Don’t Pout ]
[ Love Can Find You When Your Back Is Turned ]
[ But Many Times Someone Gets Burned ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(620)▪︎[ Does My Dog Drink? … 10•4•2022 ]
[ My Dear ‘Ole Dog Likes To Drink ]
[ I Think ]
[ I See Mounds Of Dirt ]
[ In One Of Them I Can See ]
[ My Favorite Old Shirt ]
[ Maybe Because It Smells Like Me ]
[ It Probably Gave Her Some Good Memories ]
[ I Know That She Loves To Dig ]
[ Sometimes She Moves Dirt With her Nose ]
[ Like A Pig ]
[ But One Day I Dug Down Into Her Mounds ]
[ I Was Amazed In @ What I Found ]
[ I Thought That She Had Put On A Few Pounds ]
[ A Couple Of Years Back, She Chastised Me Because I Did Not
Notice Her Gray Hairs ]
[ They Seemed To Be Growing On Her Chin In Pairs ]
[ THAT Was The Reason Why I Noticed Her Weight Gain ]
[ @ First I Wanted To Refrain ]
[ But I Could Not Figure Out, The One Question That Stumped
Me As I Got Older ]
[ Would She Go Up To An Older Man ]
[ & Tap Him On The Shoulder? ]
[ She Had Such Brazen Fire Irons & She Could Talk To Anyone ]
[ She Would Think That Would Be A Great Deal Of Fun ]
[ That Technique Of Getting Alcohol Predates Even Me ]
[ But It Could Cost Alot ]
[ It Wasn’t Free ]
[ You Would Have To Buy Your Alcohol Plus Give The Stranger
A Big Tip ]
[ I Did Not Want To Give A Rip ]
[ But I Did ]
[ My Confidence Slid ]
[ My Innocent Looking Dog Has A Really Mean Glare ]
[ When She Locks Onto Your Eyes You Wish That You Were
Not There ]
[ It Actually Hurts The Eyes ]
[ You Could Be A Nice Woman ]
[ Or One Of The Toughest Guys ]
[ I Ended Up Not Confronting My Dog ]
[ I Thought That It Would Be Okay ]
[ To Live My Life Like A Bump On A Log ]
[ My Dog Eventually Found The Reason To Try Sobriety ]
[ She Has Been Talking A Bunch To This Older Male Kitty ]
[ Who Am To Split Them Apart? ]
[ I Don’t Have The Heart ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(885)▪︎[ To Rachel Maddow … 10•21•2020 ]
[ (WATCH WHAT THEY DO, NOT WHAT THEY SAY) ]
[ Is What My Favorite MSNBC Correspondent ]
[ Says Everyday ]
[ But I Also Listen To What She Says ]
[ & How She Says It ]
[ She Has Me Saying (YES) ]
[ To Every Little Bit ]
[ She Speaks Clearly Without Too Much Force ]
[ Her Points Always Makes Sense, Of Course ]
[ Her Sense Of Humor Shows That She Loves To Have
Fun ]
[ Her Pretty Looks Are Passed By None ]
[ Her Style & Professionalism Makes Her Number 1 ]
[ & I Have Noticed How Far She Has Come ]
[ To Being On Just 1 Night A Week ]
[ Now Look Who She Has Become ]
[ The Best Correspondent That I Wait All Day
To Hear Speak ]
[ She Just Has A Certain Way Of Telling The News ]
[ She Has Risen To Such Prominence ]
[ By Paying Her Dues ]
[ She Doesn’t Have To Show Dominance ]
[ Because She May Inject Her Point Of View ]
[ When She Sits In That Chair ]
[ To Share ]
[ What She Has There ]
[ On The Desk In Front Of Her ]
[ She Looks Around @ The People Far & Near ]
[ She Has That Air Of Confidence ]
[ & Gives That Smile That Says (I BELONG HERE!) ]
[ Now MSNBC ]
[ Is The Channel To Watch & See ]
[ What The News Is All About ]
[ All Around Me ]
[ So … ]
[ Rachel Maddow … ]
[ I Just Want You To Know ]
[ That I Say (YOU GO GIRL, GO!) ]
[ Keep Up The Great Work! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(889)▪︎[ Surgery? Yes Please … 10•22•2020 ]
[ It Happened One Morning With Some Pain In
My Neck ]
[ As The Days Went By & The Pain Got Worse ]
[ I Started Wondering If This Was Something That Maybe
I Should Have A Doctor Check ]
[ The Pain Starts @ The Base Of My Head ]
[ & Radiates Down My Right Side ]
[ It All Started One Morning When I Got Out Of Bed ]
[ I Could Turn My Head To The Left & There Was
Very Little Pain ]
[ When I Turned To The Right ]
[ The Pain Is Insane ]
[ I Need To Have It Checked & See What A Doctor Has
To Say ]
[ I Wish This Appointment Was Done Yesterday ]
[ Maybe There Is Another Surgery On The Horizon ]
[ Let Me Go Through It ]
[ So My Life Can Go On ]
[ & Live More Of My Life Possibly Pain Free ]
[ I Just Want The Chance To See ]
[ If A Major Spinal Surgery Will Help Me ]
[ Surgery Would Be The Choice That I Would Choose ]
[ Because With As Much Pain That I Am In ]
[ I Have Nothing To Lose ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(830)▪︎[ It Is What It Is … 9•27•2020 ]
[ Disrespect ]
[ Is That What You Get? ]
[ Or ]
[ Is That What You Have Come To Expect? ]
[ Will It Be A Word Today? ]
[ Or An Action ]
[ That Is Done Or Said In The Most Disrespectful Way? ]
[ You Grew Up, Being Told Repeatedly ]
[ & Then Later, Not So Sweetly ]
[ You Need To Respect Your Elders All Of The Time ]
[ Always ]
[ Anytime & Everytime ]
[ Has That Gone Away Like Love Thy Neighbor? ]
[ Oftentimes ]
[ You Are Not Even Given A Name To Remember ]
[ When & Wherever You Grew Up You Probably Knew All
The Names Of Everyone On Your Block ]
[ Even Before You Figured Out How To Read The Wall Clock ]
[ Society Is So Closed Off & Impersonal ]
[ Now ]
[ No One Wants To Get The Virus While In The B
Terminal ]
[ You Can’t Show A Smile To Anyone While Wearing A Mask ]
[ You Don’t Say (HOW ARE YOU?) ]
[ Because They Can’t Understand Why You’d Even Ask ]
[ Society Has Began To Become Polarized ]
[ Because Of This Curse Of A Virus ]
[ We Can’t Normalize ]
[ Because We Can’t Socialize ]
[ How Can You Show Respect To Someone Who Has To
Stay ]
[ Six Feet Away ]
[ They Probably Would Not Even Understand Or Hear A Nice
Word That You Would Say ]
[ Why Is Respect Missing? ]
[ Nobody Is Kissing ]
[ So They Turn Their Energy Into Dismissing ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(935)▪︎[ All Kinds Of Possibilities … 11•8•2020 ]
[ As The Sun Rises In The Morning There Are All
Kinds Of Possibilities In Front Of Me ]
[ But What Would The Obstacles Be? ]
[ Will They Be Obvious To See? ]
[ Or Would I Have To Hear ]
[ If They Are Near? ]
[ Most Obstacles Are Not Seen ]
[ Until It Is Too Late ]
[ That Is One Reason That You Will Never Have A
Clean ]
[ Slate ]
[ One Day Is Over, But There Is Always Another One
Right Behind It ]
[ So You Could Never Relax One Little Bit ]
[ Each Day Has Its Own Challenges ]
[ & Its Own Checks & Balances ]
[ But Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(716)▪︎[ Thanks Dani … 5•22•2019 ]
[ Dani Came To Work With Our Son About A Month Or
So Ago ]
[ The Question Is Always (WILL SHE BE ABLE TO REACH &
WORK WITH OUR SON?) ]
[ Well You Just Never Know ]
[ You’d Think She Would Take It Slow ]
[ Well … That Would Be A (NO) ]
[ After Meeting Her, The Longer We Stayed ]
[ & Talked With Her That First Day ]
[ The Better Impression She Made ]
[ Sometimes After Talking With Someone For The First
Time You Get The Impression That They Are A Charmer ]
[ Then As Time Goes On ]
[ You Find Dents In Their Armor ]
[ Dani Was Honest & Down To Earth ]
[ She Has Definitely Proved Her Worth ]
[ She Parked Her Car On The Street ]
[ & She Came Into Our House ]
[ & Jumped In With Both Feet ]
[ Her Style Is Not To Come In Timid Like A Mouse ]
[ No, Her Style Can’t Be Beat ]
[ She Is There To Work With Our Son ]
[ Not Sit Down & Put Up Her Feet ]
[ & Expect Us To Supply Her With Stuff To Eat ]
[ She Has Our Son Cleaning This & That While Doing
Work In Our Yard ]
[ He Would Complain That Yard Work Is Too Hard ]
[ Dani Always Gives Her Best ]
[ Therefore She Expects Nothing Less ]
[ To Give Back To Her ]
[ She Knows What She Is Doing ]
[ & She Is Confident & Sure ]
[ & We As The Parents ]
[ Feel Certain That Her Intentions Are Honest & Pure ]
[ She Handles Situations With Our Son While Staying Calm &
With A Smile ]
[ Our Son’s Outbursts Are Never Able To Turn Her Dial ]
[ She Has Her Own Unique Style ]
[ She Has Accomplished The Hard Task Of Getting Our Son Some
Exercise Outside @ Least Two Of Her Four Days ]
[ Our Son Is Stubborn ]
[ But She Has Her Persuassive Ways ]
[ She’s Patient, Calm & Even Keeled ]
[ This Seems Easy For Her ]
[ Because It’s Not Like She’s Making Our Son Reinvent The
Wheel ]
[ In Everything She Has Our Son Do He Has A Choice ]
[ Pick Choice (A) Or Pick Choice (B) ]
[ She Let’s Him Use His Voice ]
[ In Choosing What Comes Next ]
[ She Makes A Point To Check In With Me Every Night ]
[ She Tells Me How Their Day Went ]
[ Since Most Of Their Day Is Out Of My Sight ]
[ In This Kind Of Career ]
[ You Need To Find Out Real Clear ]
[ On Whether You Got (IT) Or Not ]
[ Well Dani’s Style & Personality Has (IT) Right On The Dot ]
[ We Couldn’t Ask For Someone Better Than What We’ve Got ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(128)▪︎[ What Is It? … 2•9•2020 ]
[ Isn’t It About Time ]
[ That You Stop Messing Around ]
[ & Give Me A Sign ]
[ When I See What Is ]
[ I’ll Blow You A Kiss ]
[ & I’ll Put You @ The Top Of The List ]
[ & I’ll Make You My Biggest Wish ]
[ That I Hope Will Come True ]
[ So I Can Be With You ]
[ We Need To Get Around All Those Roadblocks ]
[ Of Signs That Say (DO NOT ENTER) ]
[ Because Of All The Doors That Are Locked ]
[ I’ll Climb Fence After Fence ]
[ Go Through Door After Door ]
[ To Make You See, That This All Makes Sense ]
[ They Will See That You ]
[ Want To Be With Me, Too ]
[ Because Through All The Years ]
[ I’ve Paid My Dues ]
[ Tell Me All What’s On Your Mind ]
[ All The Words ]
[ On Every Line ]
[ Come In & Keep Me Warm On Those Dark Cold
Nights ]
[ When The Walls Close In ]
[ & Puts My Mind In The Mode Of Fight Or Flight ]
[ Long Ago I Found That You Are The Spark ]
[ That Lights My Fire ]
[ You Are Not Like The Dark ]
[ Or A Liar ]
[ How Can We Make This Happen ]
[ I’ll Close My Eyes ]
[ Then Count To Ten ]
[ & It Will Be Just The Two Of Us ]
[ Escaping In The Dark On A Bus ]
[ Never To Be Seen Again ]
[ This Was Today ]
[ & That Was Then ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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