[ There Was A Knock On The Door, Who Could It Be ]
[ It Was A Younger, Smiling Caregiver I See ]
[ Her Name Is Allison, Or Ali To Her Friends, She Was Stating ]
[ I Would Give Her An (A+) If I Was Going To Give Her A Rating ]
[ She Conquers Every Task ]
[ When Asked ]
[ She Gives Me A Smile, Instead Of A Bad Attitude ]
[ She Showed Me An Even Amount Of Gratitude ]
[ When Given Something Small In Size ]
[ She Gives Me A Smile That Makes Me Realize ]
[ How Nice It Is To Be Smiled @ ]
[ Instead Of Yelled @ ]
[ Or Glared @ ]
[ Some CG Just Come To Earn A Paycheck ]
[ Not Just To Keep An Eye Open ]
[ So They Can Peak In & Check ]
[ Allison Is Confident But Not Really Full Of Herself ]
[ She Also Doesn’t Compare Herself To Anyone Else ]
[ She Is A One Of A Kind ]
[ In Everyone’s Mind ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[850][ My Mind Is So Loud … 10•7•2020 ]
[ When It Is Quiet Around Me My Mind Can Be So Loud ]
[ When I’m Alone @ Night ]
[ I Hear The Noise Of A Crowd ]
[ It Is Not Like I Hear Voices In My Head ]
[ I Hear Rumbling Instead ]
[ I Just Want To Shut It Out ]
[ I Really Don’t Know What The Noise Is All About ]
[ That Just Leaves Me With All Kinds Of Doubt ]
[ That The Answer Would Come To Me Soon ]
[ Or Anywhere Close To Tomorrow @ Noon ]
[ If The Answer Would Come Fast ]
[ I Could Put This All In The Past ]
[ I Will Continue To Be Numb ]
[ Until This Cathartic Event Will Come ]
[ Would The Messages Be Clear? ]
[ When I t Is Near? ]
[ I Hope That I Won’t Fall Asleep Waiting & Waiting ]
[ That Is Not A Demand ]
[ I Was Stating ]
[ How This Could Be So Frustrating ]
[ It Should Not Be Like This ]
[ It Was Certainly Not On My To Do List ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[352]▪︎[ Loss … 5•13•2022 ]
[ How Does One Deal With Loss? ]
[ @ First It Feels Like Pain Is The Boss ]
[ Nothing Moves Without Permission ]
[ Relief Is Your Own Mission ]
[ It Is Hard To Think ]
[ That You Will Never Go Over To Their House For A Drink ]
[ No More Going For A Ride ]
[ Now You Want To Stay Home & Hide ]
[ Hide From The Pain & The Despair ]
[ Because You No Longer Want To Care ]
[ Care Is A Funny Word ]
[ Sometimes It Is The Worse ]
[ That You Have Ever Heard ]
[ You Want To Lock That Feeling Into A Silent Cage ]
[ Along With The Word Rage ]
[ You Won’t Be Able To Afford The Effort ]
[ Because In (30) Days You Will Find Yourself In Court ]
[ For You Were The Driver, When Your Best Friend Died ]
[ Ever Since, You Have Cried ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[1002][ Where Are We … 12•1•2020 ]
[ How Have We Got To Where We Now Are? ]
[ It Was Not By Plane, Bus Or Car ]
[ Sometimes It Feels ]
[ That Our Distance Is Now So Far ]
[ Apart ]
[ & The Reality Is ]
[ It Hurts My Heart ]
[ I Think Of Right Off The Bat ]
[ When You Asked ]
[ You Say (OH I DIDN’t THINK OF THAT) ]
[ How Simple Can It Be ]
[ To Think Of Me? ]
[ You Say That You Feel Forgotten ]
[ How? Why? ]
[ I Tell You That I Think Of You Often ]
[ When I Go Places, The Only Thing That I Bring Back Is For You ]
[ Why? ]
[ Because That Is What I Do ]
[ Not Because I ]
[ Think That You’re Due ]
[ When You Ask Me To Do Something, I Do It Right Away ]
[ Because I Might Forget ]
[ & Put It Back In My Mind For Later That Day ]
[ You Are Right, We Do Things In Different Ways ]
[ But When You Put Things Off ]
[ Does The Memory Stay? ]
[ Alot Of Times It Still Seems Perfectly Clear ]
[ Your Thoughts ]
[ Are Thinking Of Somewhere Else, Not Here ]
[ It Is Really Sad ]
[ But We Need A Third Party Intervention ]
[ Really, Really Bad ]
[ Like Yesterday, Or Sooner ]
[ Because We Really Need ]
[ To Adjust Our Marriage Tuner ]
[ Because We Are On Way Different Radio Stations ]
[ We Can’t Always Fix Things ]
[ By Taking Las Vegas Vacations ]
[ I Don’t Feel Like I’m Your Number One Priority Any More ]
[ Do You Have A Foot In ]
[ & Have The Other @ The Door? ]
[ You Say You Love To Hear My Stories, Except These ]
[ Can We Really Work On This, Please? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[999][ What Kind Of Person … 11•30•2020 ]
[ Be A Tomorrow Person & Don’t Settle On What
You Are Doing Now ]
[ Celebrate Your Accomplishments Later ]
[ & Then Say (WOW!) ]
[ But Don’t Be A Hater ]
[ & Need To Know How ]
[ Accomplishments Are Great When You Can Reminisce
About The Years That Have Gone By ]
[ Talk About Them ]
[ Brag About Them ]
[ Just Don’t LIe ]
[ It Is Good To Share ]
[ With The Few People Who Care ]
[ But Never With A Person Who Does Not Believe That
You Were There ]
[ You Know You Were So You Should Never Have To
Prove You Were ]
[ Your Intentions Are Pure ]
[ & That Showed That You Were Sure ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[035]▪︎[ No, They Do Not Dream … 1•11•2022 ]
[ They Say That Children In Foster Care Do Not Dream ]
[ But Children In Foster Care Have Nightmares That Makes
Them Scream ]
[ How Can They Have A Good Dream When Their Lives Are
Always In Disarray ]
[ They Never Have Stability ]
[ Not Ever For A Day ]
[ They Are Always Waiting For That Next Knock On The Door ]
[ A Lady That They Don’t Know Telling You Wouldn’t Be
Living There Anymore ]
[ They Give You A Trash Bag & Tell You To Put Your Life
In It ]
[ You Only Put In What Will Fit ]
[ You Never Have The Option Of Getting Another Bag ]
[ So You Sure Would Not Have Room For A Sentimental
Hawaiian Flag ]
[ It Still Hurts ]
[ When You Have Memories Of The (2) Hawaiian Flower Shirts ]
[ That You Were Not Allowed To Take With You ]
[ (1) Was Red & (1) Was Blue ]
[ Foster Kids Don’t Know What To Dream Of ]
[ They Have Never Had The Experience Of Having A Family Full
Of Love ]
[ They Have Never Been To Summer Camp ]
[ They Have Never Been Down A Boat Ramp ]
[ They Are Always In Their Fight Or Flight Mode ]
[ They Never Have A Stable Home ]
[ Some Say That Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat ]
[ Foster Care Children Can’t Even Afford That ]
[ How Do Children Dream Of Things Or Places That They Have
Never Seen ]
[ But They Can Have Nightmares Because They Have Dealt With
People That Have Been Mean ]
[ Their Personal Belongings Get Taken From Each House They
Were Placed In ]
[ Just Reinforcing Their Feelings That They Will Never Win ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[031]▪︎[ So It Seems .. 1•9•2022 ]
[ When You Are Worried About Your Close Friend It Seems
Like You Are Handcuffed Behind Your Back ]
[ You Are Left Very Vulnerable To An Attack ]
[ Not A Physical (1), But By Words From Someone Else ]
[ Then You Start To Not Believe In Yourself ]
[ Dr’s. Saying One Thing ]
[ & You Not Believing Anything ]
[ You Are Trying To Help, But You Don’t Know How ]
[ & The Answers Need To Be Figured Out, Now ]
[ Sometimes, On Some Subjects, You Do Not Have The Answer ]
[ Especially When You Are Trying To Help Your Best Friend,
Whose Insides Are Covered With Cancer ]
[ But Your Friend Seems To Be Pushing Away From You ]
[ & You Do Not Know What To Do ]
[ It Is Shifting Your Relationship It Seems ]
[ It Causes So Much Frustration ]
[ It Disrupts Your Dreams ]
[ & That Is Not Good ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[004]▪︎[ Good Fight … 1•2•2022 ]
[ So Year 2021 Has Come & Gone ]
[ & Society As A Whole Has Chosen To Move On ]
[ So Much For Unfulfilled Expectations ]
[ Sometimes Because Of Some Complications ]
[ & There Is Oh So Much Violence ]
[ Code Of The Streets ]
[ Is To Give Silence ]
[ Nobody Wants To Start Talking ]
[ If They Want To Have The Ability To Keep Walking ]
[ Motto On The Street Is (SNITCHES … )
[ (GET STITCHES) ]
[ So There Is Zero Percentage Of Incidents Being Solved ]
[ Because Nobody Can Afford To Get Involved ]
[ They Won’t Only Go After The Person, They Threaten To Go
After Their Families ]
[ So Now People Will Fear What They Can’t See ]
[ Nobody Can Afford To Talk ]
[ Especially When The Legal People Balk ]
[ Nobody Can Afford To Move ]
[ Even Though They Have Everything To Lose ]
[ Even Their Life ]
[ Or The Husband Or Wife ]
[ Say Goodnight ]
[ Keep Up The Good Fight ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[354]▪︎[ Brie P. … 5•17•2022 ]
[ There Is This Cute Couple That I Have Met ]
[ Brie Is My Caregiver ]
[ But I Have Not Met Alex, Yet ]
[ I Got Extremely Lucky ]
[ To Have Brie Assigned To Me ]
[ I Am Sure That She Is A Wanted Caregiver By All Of The Rest
Of Her Clients ]
[ I Want Her No Matter What Is Spent ]
[ She Is Entertaining From The Very Minute That She Steps
Inside My Door ]
[ Come 1000pm I Am Saying (I WANT MORE) ]
[ She Gives Me A Shower That Is Very Gentle & Slow ]
[ I Try To Educate Her On Stuff That She Does Not Know ]
[ Brie P. Is The Yin To Alex Lewis’s Yang ]
[ Neither (1) Was Ever In A Gang ]
[ When Brie Comes To My Door On Monday, I Know It Is Going
To Be A Fun (2) Days ]
[ Brie Can Make Me Laugh In So Many Different Ways ]
[ Sometimes The Joke Falls In My Lap ]
[ Then It Just Blows Away While I Take A Nap ]
[ When I Nap, Brie Watches Me Like A Hawk ]
[ She Watches My Moves To See Where They Are Going ]
[ She Listens To The Words When I Talk ]
[ She Does Not Chuckle @ Me While I Stand There In The
Shower ]
[ Sometimes A New Caregiver Can Turn You Into A Coward ]
[ A Bad Look Or A Bad Word ]
[ When Brie Showers Me That Is Not What I’ve Heard ]
[ When Sitting Watching T.V. With Brie I Don’t Feel Bored ]
[ Then @ 930 She Sweeps The Floors ]
[ A Conversation That We Had Several Days Ago Gave Me A
Whole Different Perspective On Pizza Rolls ]
[ If It Came From Someone Else ]
[ I Don’t Think I Would Believe What I Was Told ]
[ Words Like (COGNITIVE DISONENCE) Is What I Told Her ]
[ Then I Explained It, Until She Was Sure ]
[ I Have No Idea What The Future Holds ]
[ I Guess I Just Have To Go With The Roll ]
[ I Want Brie To Always Know ]
[ That She Is Always Welcomed In My Home ]
[ Alex Too ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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[352]▪︎[ The Twinkle In My Eye … 5•16•2022 ]
[ You Are The Peanut Butter To My Grape Jelly ]
[ You Are The Laugh That Causes The Jiggle In My Belly ]
[ You Always Say (HELLO) ]
[ When Somebody Is Saying (GOODBYE) ]
[ When I Am Feeling Low ]
[ You Bring Me Pie ]
[ You Are The Macaroni To My Cheese ]
[ I Will Try To Give You The World ]
[ Even Before You Say Please ]
[ I Am The Tray, To Your Table ]
[ I Will Do Most Anything For You ]
[ When I Am Physically Able ]
[ You Are The Promise In A Ring ]
[ I Love Every Repetitive Parts ]
[ When You Sing ]
[ You Are The Rose To My Daisy ]
[ You Always Center Me ]
[ When I Am Acting Bat-Shit Crazy ]
[ Some How You Put Up With All Of My Collections ]
[ & I Am Glad That You Can Read My Stories ]
[ Then Help Me Make Corrections ]
[ You Are The Diet Dr. Pepper To My Coke ]
[ Your Money Management Keeps Us From Going Broke ]
[ You’re My Lemonade To Your Orange Juice ]
[ Whenever You Want A Hug Or Kiss ]
[ I Have No Excuse ]
[ To Not Pucker-Up & Open My Arms Wide ]
[ I Neither Lead Or Follow ]
[ Because I Want You By My Side ]
[ I Am The Banana In Your Banana Split ]
[ Neither One Hits ]
[ Nor Shovels Shit ]
[ You Are The Bubble To My Gum ]
[ You Are Always Quick With An Answer ]
[ Because Nobody Says That You Are Dumb ]
[ You Are The Tail That Wags This Dog ]
[ You Never Sit Around Being A Bump On A Log ]
[ You Are The Helium That Makes My Balloon Rise ]
[ You Never Hide Or Come In Disguise ]
[ I Stick My Chest Out & Walk Tall Everyday Of My Life ]
[ Because I Always Get A Little Twinkle In My Right Eye ]
[ When I Start Talking About You, My Wife ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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