[ 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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(1297)▪︎[ A Haircut & A Shave … 11•6•2019 ]
[ Well I Knew That I Should Have Grabbed A Hat ]
[ I Should Have Done That ]
[ Before I Went To The Car & Sat ]
[ My Head Looks Funny Without One ]
[ Because I Have Not Shaved It In Many Days ]
[ But Tomorrow I’ll Have It Done ]
[ Kevin Does A Good Job & He’s Fast ]
[ He Cuts & Shaves Me Exactly As I Ask ]
[ He Is Definitely Not The Talkative Sort ]
[ Untill I Bring Up His Favorite Sport ]
[ Fantasy Football Is His Thing ]
[ When I Mention The Subject ]
[ Oh, The Conversation It Brings ]
[ The Last Week I Was There ]
[ When He Was Shaving My Head Of Hair ]
[ I Think His Team Had A Bye ]
[ I Don’t Know Why ]
[ Because I’m Not A Football Fantasy Guy ]
[ I Was Invited Into A League Way Back When ]
[ I Wasn’t Following The NFL That Closely Back Then ]
[ I’m Not Saying That I’m Following The League Closer
These Days ]
[ I’m Really Interested In When The U of O Ducks
Football Team Plays ]
[ Like To Watch Their Games Over & Over Again ]
[ I Don’t Watch The One Game When They Didn’t Win ]
[ I Hope They Make The Four Team Play-Offs @ The
End Of The Year ]
[ That Would Give Me Alot To Cheer ]
[ About ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(1314)▪︎[ Shattered … 11•13•2017 ]
[ Have You Ever Felt Broken Into Many Different Pieces? ]
[ Feeling That You Really Don’t Own Anything ]
[ You Only Have Them After Signing Leases ]
[ On Applications It Asks [ RENT or OWN ] ]
[ You Never Own The House All Alone ]
[ You Own The House After Getting A Loan ]
[ So The Only Person That’s Truthful Are The One’s That Rent ]
[ They Are Also The One’s Who Don’t Like How Their Money Was Spent ]
[ How Do You Pick-Up All Of Your Pieces So You Can Make The Necessary Repair? ]
[ When You Look Around ]
[ Is Anybody There? ]
[ Those People Are The Few & Far Between ]
[ You’re More Likely ]
[ To Run Into Someone That’s Mean ]
[ Those Are The One’s That You Step Around ]
[ But If Needed ]
[ You Stand Your Ground ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(1315)▪︎[ Where? … 11•13•2017 ]
[ Today Is A Day Where I Wish I Was Numb ]
[ Most Of These Days I Stay Mum ]
[ Words Swirl Around & ‘Round My Head ]
[ How Much Must I Stay Out Here ]
[ When I’d Rather Be Propped Up With Pillows Instead ]
[ Where Did My Ideas Go? ]
[ They Left Mind Really Slow ]
[ It Wasn’t A Fast Action ]
[ I Am Dumbfounded Like When I Used To Do Fractions ]
[ Doing Things Really Fast ]
[ Is More Than I Can Ask ]
[ For Right Now ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(538)▪︎[ You Could … 6•3•2020 ]
[ You Could Laugh Or You Could Cry ]
[ But Things Stop Being Funny ]
[ When Someone Drips Water From Their Eye ]
[ You Never Want To Be The Cause Of A Tear ]
[ In Fact, You Don’t Want To Be Anywhere Near ]
[ You Don’t Want To Be Completely Gone ]
[ Because You Do Want To Be The One To Give ]
[ Them The Shoulder, They Can Lean On ]
[ Having That Shoulder, Is A Much Needed Thing ]
[ Sometimes, That’s All You Really Need To Bring ]
[ A Good Relationship Is When You Are Able To Go
Both Ways ]
[ Sometimes You Are The Rock ]
[ & Sometimes You Just Have One Of Those Days ]
[ You Need To Feel Secure With The Person You Go To ]
[ Sometimes They Don’t Even Need A Clue ]
[ They Are Just There On Cue ]
[ & Know, Exactly What To Do ]
[ It Needs To Be Communicated ]
[ That All Parties Are Dedicated ]
[ For The Same Cause ]
[ Without Taking A Pause ]
[ There Is Fun & There Is Sadness ]
[ When You Find The Right One ]
[ You Are Usually Sad Less ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As The Highly, Sought After Marital Bliss ]
[ Every Couple Has Bumps & Curves In The Road ]
[ But Being Single Is The One Thing You Shouldn’t Miss ]
[ Being Married Will Be The Hardest Job You Will Ever, Ever Have ]
[ With A Good Partner ]
[ Your Problems Could Be Cut In Half ]
[ When You Get To The Point Where You Have Two Brains
Thinking As One ]
[ That’s When You Start To Really Have Fun ]
[ & Then No One Wants To Run ]
[ For Almost 25 Years Of My Life ]
[ I Have Been Married ]
[ To A Very Loving Wife ]
[ My Wish For All That Can Read This & Understand ]
[ Is, I Hope YOU Can Find Your Woman Or Man ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(530)▪︎[ How Things Can Get Complicated … 6•1•2020 ]
[ How Does One Live ]
[ Without Pain? ]
[ How Does One Give ]
[ When There Is Nothing Out There To Gain? ]
[ Must Life Get Complicated ]
[ When Love Is Not Reciprocated? ]
[ Reciprocity Is Not How Most People Will Live
Their Life ]
[ Most Don’t Have That Bond ]
[ Like There Is Between A Husband & Wife ]
[ How Does A Couple Get To That Point ]
[ Without One, Or Both ]
[ Getting Bent All Out Of Joint ]
[ When Voices Rise ]
[ & Tempers Flare ]
[ Does It Come As A Big Surprise ]
[ When One Stops ]
[ Because They Care ]
[ & When They Open Their Eyes ]
[ They Don’t Just Sit There & Stare ]
[ That’s When You Throw Off The Gloves ]
[ Of Anger ]
[ & Take Love ]
[ Off Of The Hanger ]
[ & Put It On Like A Coat ]
[ Wear It In The Car ]
[ & Wear It On Your Boat ]
[ & Through Every Sneeze ]
[ Or Cough ]
[ Please ]
[ Don’t Ever Take It Off ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(398)•[ Doing What’s Best … 4•21•2020 ]
[ It Seems That As I Get Older ]
[ The More I Feel ]
[ Like I Was Run Over By A 2-Ton Boulder ]
[ But Then When I Get Home ]
[ I’m Never Thrown A Bone ]
[ I Could Have Got There Over An Hour Ago ]
[ & It Would Have Never Been Known ]
[ Talk About Such A Blow ]
[ To My Ego ]
(HONEY, I’ve BEEN HOME AN HOUR NOW!) ]
[ & She Says, (REALLY, WOW) ]
[ That Does Not Feel Good In The Least ]
[ Oh, If I Only Had A Car ]
[ I Would Definitely Leave & Head East ]
[ It Is Not Best ]
[ For Me ]
[ To Stay In The Northwest ]
[ So I’ll Just Stop By ]
[ To Say A Quick Good-Bye ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(311)▪︎[ Thank You, Sort Of … 3•26•2020 ]
[ How Do I Thank The Woman Who Has Been My Rock
For The Last 26 Years? ]
[ Is There Any Way That I Can Thank Her For Having
The Shoulder That I Leaned On When I Faced My
Fears? ]
[ I’ve Been With This Beautiful, Patient, Understanding
Woman For Almost Half Of My Life ]
[ I’ve Been Smiling Ever Since She Said (I DO) ]
[ & Became My Wife ]
[ I’m Sure Many Times Since Then, She’s Asked Herself
(I DID WHAT?) ]
[ Those Are The Questions That I Don’t Answer ]
[ So I Choose To Keep My Mouth Shut! ]
[ She Has Been There Through Thick & Thin ]
[ She Was There To Say (IT’s OKAY) ]
[ @ My Lifting Competitions That I Didn’t Win ]
[ She Would Make Me Feel Like I Was One Of Those
Winning Guys ]
[ In Her Eyes ]
[ She’s So Supportive & Has Been A Wonderful
Mother ]
[ She’s Helped Me Through The Dark Times ]
[ Like The Recent Death Of My Brother ]
[ I Know She’s Not Perfect, But She’s Darn Near ]
[ Life Would Be So Empty ]
[ If She Wasn’t Here ]
[ Her Being Here Is Not Something That I Take For Granted ]
[ During This Time I Feel That I Have Do Everything
That Was Demanded ]
[ But I’m Ending This Right Here ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(316)▪︎[ No, It’s Not My Fault … 3•28•2020 ]
[ No, This Will Not Be Called ]
[ My Fault ]
[ Okay, Which One Of You (3), Left Me Alone? ]
[ Who Was The First To Shut Up? ]
[ Or Change Their Tone? ]
[ If & When ]
[ Did Either One Of You Just Left Me Alone, Then? ]
[ & Would Had Been ]
[ The [3) Of You Get Together ]
[ & Gang Up On Me ]
[ Everytime, No Matter The Weather ]
[ The Weather Outside ]
[ & Whether It Is Working Inside ]
[ What Was The One Thing, That I Wanted? ]
[ Did That Happen? ]
[ Or Was I Just & Completely Taunted? ]
[ Did You All Find, That What You Were Doing, Did Not
Work? ]
[ It Just Helped, To ]
[ Turn Me Into More Of A Jerk? ]
[ When I’m In That Mode, I Can’t Calm Down ]
[ Especially, When I’m Being Treated Like A Clown ]
[ Why Couldn’t Either One Of You, Just Stopped & Walked Away? ]
[ Why Did All Of You Feel ]
[ That You Had To Keep Attacking Me, In That Way? ]
[ What Has Worked Best In The Past? ]
[ It Was When You Tried Your Best ]
[ To Not Make The Argument Last ]
[ But Neither One Of You Did That ]
[ You Stayed In The Mode Of (ATTACK) ]
[ That Sure Made Me Take A Step Back ]
[ Or Was That The Intention All Along ]
[ Well Then, What I Thought Was Wrong ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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