[ Life & Death ]
[ Is Like The Difference Between Snorting Coke ]
[ & Smoking Meth ]
[ Cocaine Sends You On A Mello High ]
[ Meth Can Send You Spiraling Down ]
[ Until You Die ]
[ Actually I Don’t Have Experience With Either One Of These ]
[ I Just Know From What I Read ]
[ To Understand It ]
[ You Don’t Have To Have An M.D. ]
[ After Your Name ]
[ We All Play The Same Game ]
[ The Results Just Might Not Be The Same ]
[ But Then Why Do You Point The Finger ]
[ @ Someone To Blame? ]
[ I Don’t Think That’s Right ]
[ Especially If They Don’t Want To Put Up A Fight ]
[ When You Point The Finger, Three Are Pointing Back Your Way ]
[ Does That Make For A Positive Day? ]
[ So, Do You Have A Say? ]
[ Hell Yes, You Do ]
[ Who Is Going To Stand Up For You, Except You? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(1424)▪︎[ Who? … 12•23•2019 ]
[ Do You Know That It Is Time For Me ]
[ To Be Who I Was Meant To Be ]
[ Not The Person Who People Think That I Should ]
[ Because I Don’t Think That I Would ]
[ Even If I Thought That I Could ]
[ Does Anyone ]
[ Actually Become ]
[ Who, In Their Own Mind, Is Number One? ]
[ It Would Always Take Alot ]
[ Of Thought ]
[ To Come To Terms With What I’ve Actually Got ]
[ Do Things Become Controversial ]
[ Or Conventional ]
[ When You Think That You’ve Reached Your Potential? ]
[ When Reaching One’s Potential, It Sure Can Be A Mystery ]
[ Sometimes Getting There ]
[ Is Pure Misery ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(326)▪︎[ Have You Ever? … 4•1•2020 ]
[ Sometimes Have You Ever Hated Where You’re @? ]
[ & You’d Love To Run Away ]
[ & Never Go Back? ]
[ Who Says You’d Have To Go Back, Again? ]
[ Just Say That You Do ]
[ & Then? ]
[ What Has Changed There? ]
[ If You Know ]
[ Will You Please Share? ]
[ I Bet The Answer Is No ]
[ Because You Know They Don’t Care ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(323)▪︎[ Can You Say Untruthful? … 3•31•2020 ]
[ I Really Cannot Believe What I Just Read ]
[ That Was Something That I Never Expected To Be Fed ]
[ It Weighed Me Down Like Lead ]
[ Where Did They Come Up With These Lies? ]
[ They Were Almost Being Masked As Chocolate Moon Pies ]
[ But These Words Came Across Hollow ]
[ & Were Hard To Swallow ]
[ I Don’t Know Where These Words Came From ]
[ I Think The Thoughts Were Dumb ]
[ Leaving Me Numb ]
[ Now You Can Bet ]
[ That I Have No Idea What They Were Trying To Get ]
[ Accolades Or Boo’s? ]
[ From My Point Of View ]
[ They Don’t Deserve Any Good News ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(628)▪︎[ The Winds Of Fear … 7•15•2020 ]
[ What Does It Mean When They Mention The Winds Of
Fear? ]
[ Does It Blow Through Your Hair? ]
[ Or Whisper Sweet Nothings In Your Ear? ]
[ Fear About What? ]
[ When It Rushes Through Your House ]
[ Does It Make You Want To Keep Your Windows Shut? ]
[ Sometimes A Cool Wind ]
[ Feels Good On The Skin ]
[ But It Does Not Feel Nice ]
[ When The Cool Wind Blows Through Twice ]
[ Making It Feel Like You’re Sitting On Ice ]
[ Then The Shakes & Shivers Start ]
[ & That Plays A Huge Part ]
[ In Your Choice About Where You Stand ]
[ To Make Your Demands ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(814)▪︎[ Today’s Day … 9•24•2020 ]
[ It Is Okay, In Today’s Day & Age ]
[ To Be Anxious, Depressed Or Sad ]
[ Sprinkled With Short Bouts Of Rage ]
[ When You Feel Confused & Lost ]
[ Seek Out A Friend Or Counselor ]
[ No Matter The Cost ]
[ Some People Get So Loud ]
[ Proclaiming That They Are Way Too Proud ]
[ To Problem Share ]
[ Because They Do Not Care ]
[ To Go There ]
[ So They Won’t ]
[ Then They Don’t ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(614)▪︎[ Whatever It Takes … 7•7•2020 ]
[ How Do You Make It Through Each Day? ]
[ In A Stress Free Way? ]
[ Do You Turn To Your Spouse ]
[ When There Is Stress In The House? ]
[ Do You Lay It All Out On The Line? ]
[ When Things Are Not Doing Fine? ]
[ Or Do You Go Inside Your Mind ]
[ When The Words Are Of The Negative Kind? ]
[ Some People See The Need ]
[ To Go Straight Ahead ]
[ & Then See Where That Leads ]
[ Others Fall Back & Wait ]
[ Then Hope ]
[ That It Isn’t Too Late ]
[ To Be Strong ]
[ & Fix Whatever It Is That Has Gone Wrong ]
[ So The Relationship Can Keep Going On ]
[ Before All Is Lost ]
[ & The Love Is Gone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(610)▪︎[ Thinking … 7•6•2020 ]
[ Can You Tell Me What I Am Thinking ]
[ Without Batting Your Eyelashes? ]
[ Or Blinking? ]
[ I Don’t Think That You Can ]
[ So Far That Hasn’t Been Accomplished ]
[ By Any Woman Or Man ]
[ No One Has Ever Been Trained ]
[ To Be Able To Read My Brain ]
[ Or There Has Never Been The Kind ]
[ Of Person ]
[ That Can Follow Some Of My Minds ]
[ Diversions ]
[ So I’d Be Lying ]
[ If I Told You That I Want Them To Keep Trying ]
[ Even Through Meditation ]
[ This Causes Me So Much Irritation ]
[ & Then I Feel The Need For More Medication ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(313)▪︎[ I Missed It … 3•27•2020 ]
[ When I Watch Where People, Not Teams, Compete ]
[ It Reminds Me Of Previous Years ]
[ When There Were Records That I Beat ]
[ & I’d Hear ]
[ The Crowds Applause ]
[ & Cheer ]
[ There Was Nothing Like The Nerves I’d Get Before I’d
Step Out On That Stage ]
[ I’d Take My Place On The Bench ]
[ & Then Release All Of My Controlled Rage ]
[ Then It’s A Fight ]
[ To Make The Weight On The Bar ]
[ Feel Really Light ]
[ I’d Feel As If I Could Bench Press A Car ]
[ If My Form Was Just Right ]
[ 200lbs, No Problem ]
[ 300lbs, No Problem ]
[ 400lbs, No Problem ]
[ 450lbs, A Bit Of A Problem ]
[ 500lbs, An Insurmountable Problem ]
[ I Really Had To Bare Down & Kick It In Drive ]
[ To Be Able To Bench Press My Best ]
[ & Press 475 ]
[ All The While Competing In The Weight Class Of 165 ]
[ When I Finally Hung Up My Belt & Put It In Park ]
[ I Missed My All-Time Goal ]
[ Of Hitting The 495lb Mark ]
[ Benching Three Times Your Body Weight Is Something That
Lifters Can Rarely Do ]
[ I Was 20lbs Shy ]
[ Maybe If I Had Another Year Or Two ]
[ I Could Be One Of Those Few Guys ]
[ & I’m Sincerely Telling You, You & You ]
[ This Story Has No Lies ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(298)▪︎[ Stay Together … 3•23•2020 ]
[ How Do We, As A Society, Stay Together While Standing Apart? ]
[ How Do You Start ]
[ To Show Love From The Heart ]
[ Without Touch? ]
[ What Is Too Much? ]
[ Human Touch Is So Important To Most Everyone ]
[ Most Everyone Needs The Touch From Someone ]
[ The Touch Of The Hand ]
[ Can ]
[ Bring Together A Woman & Man ]
[ In Such A Way ]
[ That It Can Be Serious ]
[ Or In Play ]
[ Doesn’t This Make You Curious ]
[ Today? ]
[ But If This Is Not Your Thing ]
[ What Do You Have To Bring? ]
[ To The Table ]
[ That Is Not Attached By Strings? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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