(001)▪︎[ New Beginnings … 1•1•2022 ]

[ When New Years Eve Starts To Be Later I Wonder If This
     Is The End, Or The Start Of A New Year? ]
[ That Answer Has Never, Ever Been Very Clear ]

[ Kind Of Fuzzy Actually ]
[ Where Do I Go To Get This Factually? ]

[ Who Wants To Bring In The New Year Bent Over A Toilet? ]
[ That Would Be Nobody You Have Ever Met ]

[ This Is What You Would Call A Conundrum ]
[ Whoever Has The Answer, Remains Mum ]

[ You’d Like To Think That Is Not The End ] 
[ It Is A New Start ]
[ Whatever Is Able To Mend ]
[ Might Be Somebody’s Broken Heart ]

[ Broken Down & Defeated ]
[ Their Bank Account Got Depleted ]

[ Nobody Wants To Start Out The New Year Broke ]
[ You’re Like That Wounded Bear ]
[ That Someone Just Poked ]

[ Everytime The Bear Tries ]
[ To Rise ]
[ He Always Gets Handed A Bad Surprise ]

[ Oh, Rent Is Due ]
[ & Their $1000 Car Payment Is Due, Too ]

[ Everyone Hopes For A New Beginning ]
[ & Then They Will Be Winning ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(110)▪︎[ It Worked This Time … 2•7•2022 ]

[ When I Get Down On Myself & Depressed, People Tell
     Me To Reach For The Phone ]
[ Call Some Agency, With Employees Doing Their Job ]
[ Then Hope For A (GET HAPPY) From Some Person That I
     Have Never Known ]

[ What Can A Stranger Do? ]
[ When They Have Never Met You? ]

[ They Don’t Know Your Personality Or Your Quirks ]
[ Does This Agency Hire Alot Of People Who Are Jerks? ]

[ I Would Talk To Him & He Would  Say (GO AHEAD) ]
[ (WHO CARES WHO WILL FIND YOU WHEN YOU ARE DEAD?) ]

[ Someone Encouraging My Negative & Suicidal Thoughts ]
[ Wanting To Chat About My Nightmares & The Days When
     I Would See Spots ]

[ How Much Training Do These Employees Have? ]
[ An Hour & A ½? ]

[ Not Including The Bathroom & Lunch Breaks ]
[ That An Employee Always Takes ]

[ Where & When Am I Going To Have Trust? ]
[ Do They Swear That They Won’t Tell Their Friends About Such
     & Such ]

[ How Am I Going To Trust Someone That Gets Paid For
     This Phone Call? ]
[ This Person Would Be As Vested In Me As My Bedroom Wall ]

[ How Would I Think That This Would Ever Work @ This Time? ]
[ Well, I Am Still Alive To Write This Rhyme ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(411)▪︎[ Where Will It Go? … 4•24•2020 ]

[ Are We @ The Beginning Of The End? ]
[ Or @ The End Of The Beginning? ]
[ It Is Anyone’s Guess Which Way This Virus Will
Bend ]

[ Will People Continue To Be Ill? ]
[ Will This Virus Continue To Kill? ]

[ What Should People Start Expecting? ]
[ But Has Society ]
[ Proved That It’s Worth Protecting? ]

[ Who Knows? ]
[ Who Is The One That Gives The Say So’s? ]

[ I Definitely Would Not Like The Visability ]
[ Of Having That Responsibility ]

[ Who Wants To Take That Responsibility On? ]
[ One Day You Are Here ]
[ The Next Day You’re Gone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[408 ][ Don’t Be Hurtful … Ya Right … 4•23•2020 ]

[ Dr. Seuss Once Said (BE WHO YOU ARE & SAY WHAT YOU FEEL … ) ]
[ Some People Might Ask (SO … WHAT’s THE BIG DEAL?) ]
[ To Me That Says, To Just Be Real ]

[ Alot Of People Don’t Like Those Kinds Of People Because Of
The Words That They Might Say ]
[ Some Don’t Like The Truth To Be Told To Them Right Now ]
[ Or Any Day ]
[ But The Truth Shouldn’t Be Said In A Hurtful Way ]

[ In A Constructive Way, Yes ]
[ But A Hurtful Way Only Causes A Mess ]

[ There Are Some Lines That People Should Never Cross ]
[ Especially If The Goal ]
[ Was To Show Your Partner Who’s The Boss ]

[ Sometimes It Could Get Lonely @ The Top ]
[ (OH LOOK, A FRIEND!) You Might Say ]
[ But Then You See That It Was Just A Prop ]
[ That Was Put There By The Person That You Hurt Yesterday ]

[ You Can Still Be Real & Go By The Saying (IF YOU DON’t HAVE
SOMETHING NICE TO SAY, THEN DON’t SAY ANYTHING @ ALL) ]
[ Why Must People Be So Negative To People That Call? ]

[ They Took The Time To Call You Back ]
[ & Then What Do You Do The Whole Time? ]
[ But Go On The Attack ]

[ Being Honest & Being Hurtful Should Not Be Confused With Each
Other ]
[ Would You Say Those Words To Your Mother Or Brother? ]

[ Well You Might To A Sibling But Not To A Parent ]
[ That Could Be Disrespectful ]
[ & They May Not Know What You Meant ]

[ Or Meant What You Said ]
[ Just Don’t Let It Clog Up Your Head ]
[ @ Least This Is What I Take ]
[ From What I’ve Read ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[401][ Are You Ever Ready? … 4•22•2020 ]

[ Who Is Ever Ready For Change? ]
[ That Feels Like You Have To Take Stock In Your Life ]
[ & Then Rearrange ]

[ Rearrange For A New Idea? ]
[ Is That Like Looking For New Furniture ]
[ & Going To Akea? ]

[ Maybe You Can Search Their Catalog ]
[ If They Are Not Backlogged ]

[ But Do You Get To Test An Idea Like You Can Test Out
Furniture? ]
[ Then You Can Come Up With Your Own Nomenclature ]

[ Where Does The Idea Go? ]
[ In The Upper Part Of The Brain? ]
[ Or Down Low? ]

[ Not Down Low With The Other Meaning ]
[ That Definition Can Be Demeaning ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ 374 ]▪︎[ Stay Apart … 4•15•2020 ]

[ They Say It’s Best That We Stay Apart A Little Bit ]
[ But Do You Do Laps Around Your Living Room? ]
[ Stand, Lay Down Or Sit? ]

[ How Do You Keep Yourself Going? ]
[ When The Ideas Are Slowing? ]

[ How Are Things Going To Fit? ]
[ When You Feel That You Lost Your Wit? ]

[ & Your Good Sense ]
[ Has Lost Its Suspense ]
[ & Is Now Behind That Locked Fence ]

[ Can You Open That Lock ]
[ Before Your Watch ]
[ Says It’s 2 O’clock? ]

[ What Happens ]
[ Then? ]
[ When? ]

[ I Guess There’s Nothing ]
[ That Can Be Done ]
[ So That Makes Something ]
[ To Run From ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ 383 ]▪︎[ Sorry … 4•17•2020 ]

[ I’m Sorry, Mom & Dad ]
[ About The News ]
[ That Made You, Sad ]

[ I Have To Make This So Clear ]
[ That You Can Always Shed A Tear ]
[ From There To Here ]

[ Good Friends Will Always See ]
[ That Friendship ]
[ Is The Way That Things Will Forever Be ]

[ You Will Never Be Far Apart ]
[ Because He Is Forever ]
[ In Your Memories & Heart ]

[ Surround Your Friend With The Love & Care ]
[ That She Needs ]
[ & Be Able To Share ]
[ Your Necklace Of Beads ]

[ Maybe I Didn’t Get That One Correct ]
[ Well, Since I’m Not Catholic ]
[ What Did You Expect? ]

[ Today & Tommorow ]
[ Will Be Filled With Sadness & Sorrow ]

[ I Believe Your Faith Does Say ]
[ That Now He’ll Walk With God ]
[ For Forever & A Day ]

[ It’s Hard To Realize That You Can’t Get Any Hugs From Any
Other Family Members ]
[ I Hope We Can Give You One In September Or November ]

[ I’m Sure Glad That It Wasn’t Either One Of You ]
[ Life Would Never Be The Same ]
[ If We Couldn’t Show How Much We Love You Two ]

[ I’m Going To Make This The End ]
[ I Send My Empathy To You Both ]
[ Because Of The Passing Of Your Close Friend ]

[ Much Love From Us To You, Mom & Dad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[336]▪︎[ Sea Of Tranquility … 5•7•2022 ]

[ I Was Lost On The Sea Of Tranquility ]
[ I Had No Oar Or Motor ]
[ There Was No Ability ]

[ To Get To An Island ]
[ Or Dry Sand ]

[ Water ]
[ & Falter ]

[ Surrounded Me ]
[ It Seemed That All I Could See ]
[ Was The Sea ]

[ I Do Not Normally Give Up On Something Without A Fight ]
[ But I Could Not See Any Help In Sight ]

[ When I Had No Oar ]
[ I Could Not Paddle For ]

[ Or In Any Direction ]
[ When You Are On The Ocean ]
[ It Is Hard To Make Corrections ]

[ When In The The Calm, You Are A Sitting Duck ]
[ When The Big Waves Come ]
[ You Are Totally Fucked ]

[ You Are @ The Mercy Of Nature ]
[ So There Are So Many Situations Where You Are Not So Sure ]

[ Right Now, The Sky Is Incredibly Blue ]
[ All Of Those Stories About The Ocean Sky’s Were True ]

[ It Is The Water Where You Must Show Concern ]
[ Even If The Sun Is The Natural Thing That Will Burn ]

[ What Are Your Plans ]
[ Once You Get Back To Land? ]

[ When? ]
[ What About If? ]
[ & If Then? ]

[ How Do You Not Get Into This Predicament Again? ]
[ How Can You Tell If It Is Starting To Begin? ]

[ Once You Put Your First Foot In That Specific Boat? ]
[ Do You Yell (WHOA!) ]

[ Words Are Going To Stop You? ]
[ Says Who? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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[319]▪︎[ Remember? … 4•28•2022 ]

[ Go Swiftly Into The Night ]
[ Without A Fight ]
[ Waiting For The Uplifting Morning Light ]

[ Nighttime ]
[ Should Not Be Frightime ]

[ It Should Be A Time Of Relaxation ]
[ It Should Not Be A Time Of Consternation ]

[ Anxiety Is The Worst When It‘s Dark ]
[ You Hear The Wind & The Hard Rain ]
[ Contrasted By The Occasional Dog Bark ]

[ There Are No Lights On Your Street ]
[ There Is No Moonlight To Let You See The Person You Might
     Meet ]

[ There Are Moonless Nights When You Can’t See Your Hand
      When It Is Right In Front Of Your Face ]
[ That Is When You Have Your Keys In Your Left Hand ]
[ & The Right Hand Has A Tight Grip Of Your Canister Of Mace ]

[ It Is Not Because Of The Occasional Neighborhood Kid
      Flying By On His Mountain Bike ]
[ It Is Because Of Your Past & The People You Did Not Like ]

[ Your Past Took You Down Many Winding Paths Where Nobody1
     Likes To Go ]
[ You Just Do Not Want To Run Into Someone That You
     Used To Know ]

[ Back Then You Were Ashamed & Embarrassed  By The Things That
     Used To Occupy Your Time ]
[ While Others Were Making Bank ]
[ You Could Not Even Find A Dime ]

[ You Know That Is All In The Past? ]
[ When You Put Your Heart Into It ]
[ You Made A Change Really Fast ]

[ Nobody Is Perfect By Any Means ]
[ But People Have To Choose (1) Side Or The Other ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As Being In-Between ]

[ Pick (1) With All Of Your Best Effort ]
[ & Stay Out Of Prison ]
[ Always Remember Your Dates In Court ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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[316]▪︎[ Such Good Care … 4•25•2022 ]

[ I Have Had Caregivers (CG’s) For @ Least The Last (6) Or (7)
     Years Now In My House ]
[ Some Haven’t, But Most Have ]
[ Met My Spouse ]

[ Most Of Them She Approved ]
[ A Couple Of Them I Had To Call Their Agency ]
[ To Have Them Removed ]

[ (2) CG’s Planned A Burglary That Really Did Me Wrong ]
[ When We Came Home After A Day Away ]
[ I Noticed That Alot Of My Belongings Were Gone ]

[ That Knocked My Sense Of Trust Against The Wall ]
[ But Then The Good, Honest & Hard Working CG’s That I Have
     Come To Have ]
[ Showed Me That Kind Of Thinking Wasn’t Thought By All ]

[ CG’s Run The Gamut Of How Society Is Like ]
[ Some Are Qualified To Drive A Car ]
[ While Others Only Know How To Peddle A Bike ]

[ Most CG’s Are Hard Working, Loving Women ]
[ They Will Do Most Anything ]
[ They Just Need To Be Told The How, If & When ]

[ I Like Consistency When It Comes To Who Is In My Home ]
[ When The Doorbell Rings ]
[ It Is Always The Unknown ]

[ More CG’s Are On The Honest Side ]
[ As Opposed To The Many CG’s That Have Stolen From Me & Lied ]

[ CG’s Are Such A Big Help When They Are Here On Shift ]
[ When The CG & I Have A Good Connection ]
[ She Is A Tremendous Lift ]
[ & Her Care Is A Life Saving Gift ]

[ A Good CG Far Outweighs The Bad ]
[ A Good CG Does Not Come To My Door Sad ]
[ A Good CG Holds Off From Getting Mad ]
[ Being A Good CG Is Not A Fad ]

[ Having A Caring CG Is Really Nice ]
[ But The One’s That Come Across Like Ice ]
[ Do Not Come Here Twice ]

[ Really Good CG’s Are Really Hard To Find ]
[ A Good CG Is A Special Kind ]

[ Of Woman ]
[ Not A Man ]

[ They Just Do Not Have The Caring In Them ]
[ A Good CG Is Never A (HIM) ]

[ I Have Zero Control On Who Is Sent ]
[ I Could Put 1,000 Thank You’s In A Bucket ]
[ & Say (THAT WAS TIME WELL SPENT) ]
[ When It Comes To Good Days & Nights With My CG’s ]
[ That Number Does Not Make A Dent ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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