(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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(296)▪︎[ Grieving … 3•23•2020 ]

[ How Does One Grieve? ]
[ Help Me Believe ]

[ That Sometime In The Future I’ll See My Brother Again? ]
[ What If I Sin? ]

[ Does My Brother ]
[ Go One Way ]
[ & I Go The Other? ]

[ Some People Say That Everything Happens For A Reason ]
[ That is One Thing That I Don’t Believe In ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(542)▪︎[ Silly Dani … 8•20•2022 ]

[ Well Ms. Dani, You Have Been In A (COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP)
Now For Over A Year ]
[ The (C-WORD) Used To Be Your Biggest Fear ]

[ You Laughed In The Face Of A Gentleman Suiter Who Actually
Thought He Could Be In A (C-WORD) ]
[ You Laughed & Laughed @ Him ]
[ When You Stopped Laughing, You Told Him (THAT WAS
ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS THAT I’ve EVER HEARD!) ]

[ Laughing @ Him To His Face ]
[ Was Your Non-Verbal Way Of Saying (YOU ARE WAY OFF
BASE) ]

[ You Had Never Been @ A Loss For Words ]
[ That Guys Thnking Was For The Birds ]

[ Dani, Me & Your Friendship Has Never Had Walls ]
[ I Know That If I Would Do Anything To Screw Up My Woderful
Marriage ]
[ You Would Track Me Down & Cut Off My Balls! ]

[ You Were Such The Patient ABC With Our Son ]
[ I Remember Watching Some Of Your Interactions ]
[ It Never Looked Like You Were Having Fun ]

[ You Were Forever So Patient Whenever He Would Foolishly
Get In Your Face ]
[ Whenever I Saw That Train Wreck Happening ]
[ I Would Think (SON … YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET YOUR JAW
DISPLACED!) ]

[ When You Checked In With Me @ The End Of Your Shift ]
[ It Would Always Give Me A Lift ]

[ I Loved The End Of The Week & When You Were So Very Tired ]
[ But I Was Shocked That It Made You So Wired ]

[ I Could Not Believe How Much The Dances Made Me Want
The Disco Era To Come Back ]
[ Energy Was Not Something That You Lacked ]

[ I Really Wanted To Get A Video Of A Dancing Dani ]
[ Maybe (10) Or (15) Minutes ]
[ Freestyle & Nothing Fancy ]

[ When You Left You Really Raised The Bar High ]
[ Whenever A New ABC Would Come In & Be Subpar ]
[ I Would Sit Down & Sigh ]

[ (4) Months Into Your Employment We Figured You Had
Become Irreplaceable ]
[ Everything That You Tried, You Were More Than Able ]

[ Now Roosevelt Takes Up Most Of Your Time ]
[ Now You Have Nellie To Spend All Of Your Dimes ]

[ You Were An Outstanding ABC ]
[ & An Even Better Friend To Me ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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