(1004)▪︎[ It Is A Gift … 11•28•2021 ]

[ Alot Of People Go Around Their Problems In Life ]
[ Very Few Cut Right Through Those Problems With A Sharp
Knife ]

[ Instead Of Laying In Their Beds ]
[ The Very Few ]
[ Cut Those Issues To Shreds ]

[ They Persevere In The Face Of Danger ]
[ They Would Not Put Their Fate, In The Hands, Of A Life Changer ]

[ Usually Life Changes From Bad To Worse ]
[ They Don’t Want To Hurry For That Ride In A Hearse ]

[ They Don’t Have To Worry About How They Look In That
Final Suit ]
[ They Won’t Have A Say In Wearing Their Van’s Or Their Boots ]

[ No One Says That When Those Who Perseve Live Longer ]
[ They Never Said That ]
[ But Those That Do, Are Usually, Mentally Stronger ]

[ Those That Give Up, Don’t Thrive ]
[ It Had Been Years Since Their Lives Had Been In Drive ]

[ When They Give Up, They Die A Little Bit Inside, Every Day ]
[ They Don’t Know How To Live The Courageous Way ]

[ They Are Used To When They Meet Up With Danger ]
[ They Would React With Anger ]

[ When They Are Angry They Don’t Think, They React ]
[ & The (FIGHT or FLIGHT) Pushes Its Way In ]
[ Then Sometimes They Think That It Would Be Better To Attack ]

[ Without Thought ]
[ Because They Were Put On The Spot ]

[ They Don’t Think Things Through ]
[ When It Came To Options ]
[ They Might Find That They Had Quite A Few ]

[ Being Able To Face Their Problems Head On, Can’t Be Taught,
Because It Is A Gift ]
[ It Is Not To Cause A Rift ]
[ It Is Done To Maybe Give Others, A Much Needed Lift ]

[ It Is One Thing To Die & Get To Ride In That Hearse ]
[ They Say That Living Like You Are Dying Could Be Alot Worse ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(992)▪︎[ Which Direction? … 11•23•2021 ]

[ Some People Say That The Direction Of Your Life Could
     Be Predicated On Whose Crotch You Come Out Of ]
[ Maybe You Will Be Taken & Put In The Foster Care System ]
[ Or Showered With Love ]

[ As You Grow, You Are Listening & Learning ]
[ There Is A Drive, Inside Of You, That Is On Fire ]
[ & It Is Up To You, To Keep It Burning ]

[ You Touch The Hot Stove, Just Once, Not Twice ]
[ You Learn Your Manners ]
[ To Always Be Thankful & Nice ]

[ It Is Important Where You Live ]
[ Does Everyone Take Not Give? ]

[ Some Ask That If You Are On The Wrong Tracks Or The River ]
[ Are You Capable Of Being A Giver? ]

[ For Some Kids, Their Futures Are Wide Open & Bright ]
[ Other Kids Cannot Do Anything Right ]

[ Their Futures Are Not Bright & Open ]
[ They Know That Something Life Changing Will Happen ]
[ But They Don’t Know When ]

[ Those Kids Do Not Know How To Get Out ]
[ Of There Situation Or Neighborhood ]
[ So Their Future Is Filled With Alot Of Doubt ]

[ Kids There, Know That There Are (3) Directions ]
[ Sports, Military Or Adult Corrections ]

[ Oh There Is One Quick Way To Death ]
[ Getting Addicted To Crack, Heroin Or Meth ]

[ People Don’t Live To Be Very Old In Some Neighborhoods ]
[ Things Were Not Always Bad ]
[ It Isn’t Always Good ]

[ Very Few Businesses Come Into That Area, So They Are Not
     Given Many Chances ]
[ Because It Was Dangerous ]
[ They Rarely Experienced High School Dances ]

[ It Is Like They Say In Real State (LOCATION, LOCATION,
     LOCATION) ]
[ Of Where You Grow To Get Your Education ]

[ Education, Is Another Way ]
[ To Some Day ]
[ Get Away ]

[ Education, Is A Wonderful Way To Travel ]
[ Or You Could Make A Living, Shoveling Gravel ]

[ Shoveling Gravel, Could Help You Have An Okay Lifestyle ]
[ Helping Your Finances For Awhile ]

[ Being Birthed By The Wrong Woman Or In The Place Really
     Matters ]
[ Sometimes Society Could Leave Someone’s Life In Tatters ]
[ Then You Hope You Could Lower The Number Of Batters ]

[ Because Less Would Feel Like More ]
[ Once You Open The Door ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(993)▪︎[ Nobody In Society Would … 11•23•2021 ]

[ Is It Possible To Have Peace Out In Our Society ]
[ When Some People Seek Notoriety ]

[ They Make Their Monetary Gain ]
[ Through Others Pain ]

[ They Care Nothing For Others ]
[ They Would Even Use Their Sisters & Brothers ]

[ Climbing Financial Hurdles By Going Over Their Subordinates
     Backs ]
[ They Don’t Care Who They Bowl Over During Their Attacks ]

[ Taking Over Companies Then Selling The Pieces Off ]
[ Not Caring Who Gets Lost ]

[ About 3% Of The Population Actually Controls What
     People Do, Eat Or Buy ]
[ That’s Why Alot Of People Thinks (THE AMERICAN DREAM )
     Is A Lie ]

[ Most Of Society Cannot Afford To Get A House ]
[ Even When They Take Their Paycheck & They Combine It With Their
     Spouse ]

[ Starting A Business Now ]
[ Does Not Come With Instructions About How ]

[ Some Just Wouldn’t ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(990)▪︎[ Hold Yourself In Check … 11•23•2021 ]

[ Did You Know ]
[ That Satan Had Found An Open Window ]

[ & He Is Climbing In ]
[ He Just Wants A Good View, Of When You Sin ]

[ Satan Is Really Good @ Waiting ]
[ Happily Negating ]

[ What You Really Want ]
[ Because When People Hear That There Is Something Called
     (THE AMERICAN DREAM) ]
[ They Don’t Know That Is A Taunt ]

[ The Actual Ability To Even Afford (THE AMERICAN DREAM)
     Stopped Decades Ago ]
[ No Wonder That You Did Not See It ]
[ Because It Did Not Go By, Very Slow ]

[ If Went By So Fast ]
[ No Wonder You Could Not See It Go Past ]

[ When Satan Comes In The House ]
[ It Can Change Your Spouse ]

[ So Much So, You Would Not Recognize Her ]
[ You Think That You Would ]
[ But You Are Not Sure ]
[ If You Could ]

[ It Is ALL In The Eyes ]
[ There Is No More Sense Of Surprise ]

[ There ]
[ & It Gives You A Scare ]

[ Satan Could Change What Was Right, Into What Is Now Wrong?
[ But Then That Also Meant He Could Change What Was Once
      Wrong Into What Is Right? ]
[ Is He That Strong? ]

[ Yes He Is ]
[ Just Ask Those Kids ]

[ People Save For Years, Just To Be Told (NO) ]
[ You Are Telling The Banker About Saving ]
[ Just To Have The Banker Say (SO!) ]

[ When You Want To Reach Across His Expensive Desk ]
[ & Grab His Skinny Neck ]
[ You Hold Yourself In Check ]

[ So You Stand & Say Thank You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(979)▪︎[ Brand New Days … 11•19•2021 ]

[ Sometimes When You Sit Down & Give Your Thoughts A
Gaze ]
[ You Are Amazed ]

[ Amazed That You Could Ever Put Them In A Straight Line ]
[ You Always Want To Get (10) In Each Row ]
[ But You Can Only Get To (9) ]

[ There Is Always (1) That Won’t Cooperate ]
[ That Is The (1) That Is Always In A Disruptive State ]

[ But You Must Go On ]
[ When You Wait For Just (1) ]
[ The Wait Is Too Long ]

[ You Must Walk Towards The Sun Rise ]
[ Everybody That Has Good Intentions ]
[ Thinks That Is Wise ]

[ The Sun Rise Is Where The Day Starts ]
[ That Is Too Bad That You Can’t Get Parts ]
[ Of The Sun, In Carts ]

[ To Help You All Throughout The Day ]
[ Nothing Starts The Days, Like The Suns Ray’s ]

[ When The Sun Rises, Everything Starts Anew ]
[ That Is For Everyone ]
[ Not Just A Few ]

[ When The Sun Rises The Birds Come Out ]
[ Sunshine Brings Joy ]
[ Not Doubt ]

[ It Means That You Have Survived The Dark ]
[ The Morning Means That You Have Been Given A Second Chance
To Make Your Mark ]

[ Come Out To Lead ]
[ Those In Need ]

[ Make Your Own Path Through The Woods ]
[ Work Through The (COULDS & SHOULDS) ]

[ Those Are The Words That Stop Most People In Their Tracks ]
[ They Constantly Look Over Their Shoulders For Surprise
Attacks ]

[ Nobody Seems Stable Where They Stand ]
[ Who Takes Command? ]

[ The Unknown ]
[ Has Not Been Shown ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(982)▪︎[ Oh Humpty … 11•22•2021 ]

[ Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Fence ]
[ Because When He Was Home Things Got Tense ]

[ Then A Young Scooby-Doo ]
[ Wanted To Come & Sit With Him Too ]

[ Humpty Did Not Even Have To Ask ]
[ When Scooby-Doo Pulled Out A Full Flask]

[ Then A Big Green Toad ]
[ Hopped In Front Of Them ]
[ & Kept Going On Down The Road ]

[ Superman Came By ]
[ In A Good Disguise ]

[ He Was In A Black Pin Striped Suit ]
[ But He Was Also Wearing Black Cowboy Boots ]

[ Because He Thought He Was A Jock ]
[ He Refused To Wear Any Black Socks ]

[ Wilma Begged & Said (PLEASE!) ]
[ Don’t Pull Your White Tube Socks Up To Your Knees ]

[ Batman Drove By In His Brand New Car ]
[ Since He Failed To Fill Up This Morning ]
[ He Won’t Get Very Far ]

[ Robin Hood Walked By Leading A Flock Of Lambs ]
[ The Way He Was Doing It ]
[ Scooby-Doo Thought It Was Just Another One Of Robin Hood’s Scams ]

[ Ever Since Fred Flintstone Got Divorced ]
[ He Hit The Bottle Hard ]
[ But Nobody Said That He Was Forced ]

[ Every Time The Subject Of His Neighbor Missing ]
[ Came Up ]
[ He Would Just Stand There Hissing ]

[ He Does Not Seem To Care ]
[ That Barney Is No Longer Living There ]

[ His Disappearance Caused Alot Of Fears ]
[ Because He Was Missing For A Little Over (2) Years ]

[ Others Learned ]
[ To Not Show Any Concern ]

[ Just Like The Growing Of A Couple Of Tumors ]
[ When Barney Disappeared, It Started Some Nasty Rumors ]

[ Were Betty & Fred In This Together ]
[ He Disappeared The Night When There Was Inclement Weather ]

[ Scooby-Doo & Humpty Decided To Go & Get A Drink ]
[ Their Goal Was To Get So Drunk ]
[ They Won’t Have To Think ]

[ About Their Up & Down Lives ]
[ With Their Children & Wives ]

[ Then George Jetson Came Into The Bar ]
[ He Took A Guess About Parking His Ship Along With The Cars ]

[ He Was Missing His Dog ]
[ He Wrote A Story About It On His Blog ]

[ Sometimes It Is Like A Surprise Punch To The Gut ]
[ When The Director Of This Sit-Com Yells (CUT!) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(196)▪︎[ Again, Again & Again … 3•8•2021 ]

[ You Hate Feeling Like You Are Being Taken Advantage Of ]
[ All You Try To Do Is Be Nice & Show People Love ]

[ You Really Do Not Think That You Ask For Much ]
[ You Don’t Give ]
[ & Then Ask For Such & Such ]

[ You Never Light A Match ]
[ By Giving Something ]
[ Then Telling Them There Are Strings Attached ]

[ You Don’t Ever Make Someone Care ]
[ By How & Why You Like To Share ]

[ Love Cannot Be Bought ]
[ Even If You’ve Got ]
[ Alot ]

[ Deep Friendship Takes Some Time ]
[ Some People Like Lemons & Not Limes ]

[ But Sometimes It Takes Time For Some People To Show Their
True Colors ]
[ They May Be One Way With You ]
[ While Being Different In Front Of Others ]

[ With You ]
[ They May Be True ]
[ Blue ]

[ To Your Face ]
[ But Once They Leave Your Place ]
[ They Make Everything About Race ]

[ Sometimes People Will Ask About Race ]
[ Because They Feel They Have To Know ]
[ & They Watch The Smile On Your Face ]
[ As You Politely Say (SLOW) ]

[ They Might Change Their Tune ]
[ In The Afternoon ]

[ & Want To Fight ]
[ Well Into The Night ]

[ Those Are The Ones That You Leave ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1119)▪︎[ Nightmares Come & Go … 9•3•2019 ]

[ The Nightmares Come & Go ]
[ It’s So Hard ]
[ When They Go By Slow ]

[ Sometimes The Ones From The Past ]
[ Last & Last & Last ]
[ Those Are The Ones That You Wish Went By Fast ]

[ What Do You Hear? ]
[ Are The Voices Far Away? ]
[ Or Are They Near? ]

[ When You Open Your Eyes, What Do You See? ]
[ Do You See Yourself? ]
[ Or Do You See Me? ]

[ Or Do You See Nothing @ All? ]
[ Are There Pictures On The Wall? ]

[ Are They Bare & Painted White? ]
[ To See Everything ]
[ Must You Turn On The Light? ]

[ Can You Hear What You’ve Seen? ]
[ Do The Voices Sound Mean? ]
[ Was It An Adult Voice Or A Teen? ]
[ Did You Trust It Sight Unseen? ]

[ Why Would You Put So Much Trust In What You Heard? ]
[ Was It The Sweet Sound Of A Bird? ]
[ Did You Believe Every Word? ]

[ Or Every Sound That It Made ]
[ When It Comes To Gullible ]
[ You Take The Cake ]
[ As Far As Being Loveable ]
[ That Is Not A Good Trait ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1126)▪︎[ What Happened There? … 9•4•2019 ]

[ Have You Ever Woke From A Long Nap ]
[ & Feel Like You’ve Just Been Slapped? ]

[ It’s Not The Action That You Remember ]
[ It Was The Feel ]
[ If This Is Not September ]
[ Then I Have No Idea What Is Real ]

[ Can I Touch This? ]
[ Can You Hear That? ]
[ Was This His ]
[ Favorite Baseball Bat? ]

[ What Is It Doing Here? ]
[ This Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near ]

[ This Place ]
[ Someone Could Hit Another Kid In The Face ]

[ Now I See Total Chaos ]
[ Right Now I Feel So Lost ]

[ Mattresses Are Being Piled Up Against Door ]
[ Water From The Busted Toilet ]
[ Is Starting To Cover The Floor ]
[ I Wish It Would Stop ]
[ But All I See Is More & More ]

[ The Sights, The Smells, The Sounds ]
[ When Will CS Make Their Rounds? ]

[ I’m All Alone In A 3 Hour Riot ]
[ If You Think This Is Easy ]
[ I’d Be Happy To Have You Try It ]

[ It’s Like Nothing I Have Experienced Before ]
[ These Flashbacks Scares Me Down To My Core ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1132)▪︎[ A Quiet Place … 9•6•2019 ]

[ Sometimes When I’m In A Quiet Place ]
[ My Mind Is So Loud ]
[ It’s Like Someone Came In & Got Up In Front Of My Face ]
[ & Then The Room Filled Up With The Voices Of A Crowd ]

[ I Call My Thoughts Clouds Because They Float In & Out ]
[ When A Cloud Stops ]
[ I Sit There & Wonder What This Cloud Will Be All About? ]

[ What’s The Subject ]
[ Why Did It Stop ]
[ If I Object ]
[ Would The Cloud Pop? ]

[ I’ve Never Heard A Cloud Pop & Then Watched It Fall Out Of My Sky ]
[ Then I’d Ask Myself [ WHY ] ]

[ Why Didn’t I Take On That One ]
[ It Looked Serious ]
[ Was I Always Looking For Something Fun? ]

[ If I Am, Then I’m In The Wrong Head ]
[ Maybe Those Thoughts Are For Someone Who’s Always
Happy Instead ]

[ I Should Have Taken A Risk & Toughed It Out ‘Till The End ]
[ If I Quit ]
[ What Kind Of Message Would That Send? ]

[ No Matter The Subject, I Need To Meet It Head On ]
[ Solve The Problem Or Issue ]
[ Until The Cloud Is Gone ]

[ I’ve Found That I Cannot Run From The Clouds That Are
Floating In My Head ]
[ An Aspirin Or Stronger Med ]
[ Doesn’t Help Me Fall Asleep On My Bed ]

[ I Can Feel The Ghosts Of My Past Coming Back To Say [ HELLO ] ]
[ They Especially Come Out When I’m The Most Mellow ]
[ Do I See Blue, Black, Red Or Yellow? ]

[ How Do The Clouds Make Me Feel? ]
[ The Cloud Itself May Be Imaginary ]
[ But The Problems Are Real ]

[ How I Feel Could Be The Gauge Of Whether The Day Will Be
Good Or Bad ]
[ When The Cloud Has That Much Control Of My Day ]
[ It Makes Me Sad ]

[ It Could Also Be The Healing Power For My Soul ]
[ I Always Need To Work On Patching The Hole ]
[ Made By The Actions During An Emotional Event ]
[ Only Then Will I Feel Whole ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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