(1051)▪︎[ Falling … 12•18•2021 ]

[ You Sit There ]
[ Hoping That This Would Help You To Repair ]

[ The Noises That Are Going On In Your Mind ]
[ Because This Is Far From ]
[ Going Dakine ]
[ That Is Something That Your Conscious Mind Has To Tell
Your Subconscious Mind ]

[ So Sit Back & Relax ]
[ Make Sure That You Take Off Your Mask ]
[ So Your Breathing Is Not Taxed ]

[ Let’s Go ]
[ Into A Place That You Really Don’t Know ]

[ & That Is The Place Of Total Relaxation ]
[ The Opposite Form Of Maxation ]

[ Not Letting Your Mind Go Somewhere ]
[ Because It Cannot Go Anywhere ]

[ So You Sit Back & Wait ]
[ For The Gate ]

[ To Be Opened ]
[ Then ]

[ You Start To Fall ]
[ You Don’t Reach For Your Phone, To Make A Call ]

[ Because Then ]
[ You Find ]
[ That Everyone There, Is Irrelevant ]

[ Except One ]
[ The One Sane Person That Is Not Done ]
[ On This Run ]

[ You Are Still Falling ]
[ In Pitch Black Air ]
[ & You Are Not Balling ]

[ Your Eyes Out ]
[ Because This Little Hour Of Time ]
[ You Have No Doubt ]

[ That You Were Safe & Sound ]
[ From All Sides Around ]

[ The Falling Part You Could Not Comprehend ]
[ Was It Supposed To Lead To A Dead-End? ]

[ Or To A New Beginning ]
[ Where There Is Nothing But Winning ]

[ So What Happened To Nice Guys Always Finishes Last? ]
[ Well That Was With Another Cast ]

[ The One Person In Your Life That Is Always Relevant To You
In Your Life ]
[ That Is Nicole, Your Wife ]

[ Forever & Ever … Amen ]
[ She Has Always Been ]
[ The (THEN) & The (WHEN) ]

[ Of Your Past ]
[ Present ]
[ & Future ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1112)▪︎[ Burned Me … 9•2•2019 ]

[ Why Do People Attempt To Tear Down Others? ]
[ Then Some Other People Smother ]

[ Do You Ever Get A Positive Outcome? ]
[ Does It Chase Away Some? ]
[ Getting The Same Result Over & Over Is Pretty Dumb ]

[ Why Not Help Build People Up? ]
[ Instead Of Stand Them Up & Cut ]

[ Trying To Cut People Down To A Specific Size ]
[ Shows You’re Not Very Wise ]

[ What Is Your Time Worth? ]
[ We Only Have So Many Seconds ]
[ Being Upright On This Earth ]

[ Do You Spend Your Time Wisely? ]
[ Surprisingly ]

[ About 90% Don’t ]
[ & @ Least 75% Of Those People Won’t ]

[ Are They The One’s Who Panic When They Hear The [ TIC-TOK ] ]
[ Of Their Life Clock ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1117)▪︎[ Will You Be Free? … 9•3•2019 ]

[ You Need To Free Your Mind ]
[ & The Rest Will Follow ]
[ If You’re Not Kind ]
[ Than Your Words Will Come Out Hollow ]

[ & Speak Well Of Others ]
[ For You Don’t Want To Upset Their Sisters Or Brothers ]

[ So Speak To Them How You Would Want Them To Speak
To You ]
[ Don’t Tell Them To ]
[ [ DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO ] ]
[ When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ You’re Usually The One That Gets Screwed ]

[ You Can’t Go Through Life With A Chip On Your Shoulder ]
[ It Will Only Get Bigger ]
[ As You Get Older ]

[ Short Or Tall ]
[ That Chip Won’t Ever Look Small ]

[ Not To You Or I ]
[ Or Even To The Eye ]
[ Of The Average Guy ]

[ So Do Yourself A Favor ]
[ Do Good Deeds & Savor ]

[ The Good Feelings You Get ]
[ Catch Them In A Fishing Net ]
[ & Let Them Set ]
[ & Then There’s A Good Bet ]

[ That Chip Will Roll Off & Fall To The Ground ]
[ & Then You’ll Show & Tell Everyone Around ]
[ Look What You Found ]

[ The Chip Will No Longer Be There ]
[ If You Dare ]
[ To Care ]

[ Then Will Your Mind Be Free? ]
[ How Can You Prove This To Me? ]
[ Oh, You Say (WHAT WILL BE, WILL BE) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1031)▪︎[ Friendship … 12•10•2021 ]

[ You Feel That A Close Friendship Is A Gift That You Give
& Get From Each Other ]
[ This Is A Relationship Unlike The One’s That You May Have ]
[ With Your Sister Or Brother ]

[ A Relationship With A Relative Can Be Circled With A Very
Thin Line ]
[ & You Could Go Through Life, Always Thinking That Everything
Has Been Just Fine ]

[ No Matter How Many Ladders Climbed ]
[ To The Top ]
[ Or The Amount Of The Dimes ]
[ Dropped ]

[ A Good Friend Would Not Care ]
[ The Friend Just Needs The Assurance ]
[ That You Will Always Be There ]
[ To Share ]
[ & Don’t Say You Are Doing This On A Dare ]

[ To You, A Dare Is To Take A Chance ]
[ On A Dance ]
[ That Is When You Don’t Believe ]
[ That Balance ]
[ Has Not Been Achieved ]
[ You Could Take A Stance ]
[ Before You Leave ]

[ Friends Can Be Way Apart ]
[ On The Chart ]

[ Of Opinions & Views ]
[ But When You Hear The News ]
[ About Someone Who Tried To Drive After Drinking Way To Much
Booze ]

[ You Are In A Hurry ]
[ To Get To Your Phone, Because You Are Worried ]

[ You Called Your Friends, Because In The Past It Was A Problem ]
[ For Some Of Them ]

[ So You Were Just Checking ]
[ Not Correcting ]

[ Friends Do Not Correct ]
[ They Might Suggest ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka =3▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•||

(529)▪︎[ The Loss Was Not Yours … 6•29•2021 ]

[ Whatever Floats Your Boat Is The Saying ]
[ Whatever Suits Your Life Is How It’s Playing ]

[ All’s Fair In Love & War ]
[ Because Some People Are Rotten Down To Their Core ]

[ Rotten Because Of Their Upbringing? ]
[ Or Because Their Mother Did Not Do Enough Singing? ]

[ Singing A Song Is A Way To Soothe ]
[ Singing Is A Way To Smooth ]

[ Out ]
[ & Gives No Doubt ]

[ For Any Kind Of Situation Where Nerves Are Involved ]
[ Or When A Problem Needs To Be Solved ]

[ They Say That Music Can Tame The Wildest Beast ]
[ Even One Headed West ]
[ Since They Wore Out Their Welcome In The East ]

[ I Know That In This Day & Time ]
[ A Dollar Is Not Worth A Dime ]

[ Is Savings Worth Saving? ]
[ Will The Stock Market Start Behaving? ]

[ When Is The Time To Get Out & Run? ]
[ Is It When It Stops Being Fun? ]

[ Or Becomes More Strenuous Than It’s Worth? ]
[ So You Get Out Before Your Families Finances Gets
     Hurt? ]

[ Playing With Your Families Money Is A Tricky Thing
     To Do ]
[ What If You Lost More Than A Dollar Or Two? ]

[ Most Of The Time It’s All That They’ve Got ]
[ So What Would You Say ]
[ When You Come Back Holding An Empty Pot? ]

[ What Can You Say? ]
[ How Do You Explain? ]

[ Now The Boat That They Were Floating In Will Be Their Only
     Possession ]
[ & You Still Have Not Come Up With A Good Explanation ]

[ Find A Way To Explain Yourself ]
[ It Is Like You Gave Their Hard Earned Money To Someone
     Else ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(1030)▪︎[ He Never Wanted To Be … 12•10•2021 ]

[ Does Your Father Know You The Least Or The Best? ]
[ If This Was Asked To You, It Would Come In The Form Of
A Test ]

[ Did Good Ole’ Don, Ever Go To A Single Sporting Event? ]
[ Don Did Drop You Off ]
[ But He Never Went ]

[ He Never Could Be Bothered By Such Trivial Things When You
Were Young ]
[ You Kind Of Guess That Is Why It Stung ]

[ He Never Showed Much Interest In What You Had ]
[ Because Dear Ole’ Don, Never Wanted To Act Like A Dad ]

[ He Never Showed Much Interest In You From The Start ]
[ When Other Men In The Neighborhood Were Being Father’s ]
[ He Had Decided, That He Had Never Wanted, To Play The Part ]

[ That Would Be What It Was To Him,, Play ]
[ Because, You Were Not His Biological Son, Right From The
Very First Day ]

[ In His Mind, Since He Was Not There @ Your Birth ]
[ You Had Absolutely No Worth ]

[ You Were The (& 1) In The Deal ]
[ He Probably Saw You, As Just Another Kid, Wanting A Meal ]

[ He Only Wanted To Be A Father ]
[ For (2) Daughters ]

[ It Did Not Bother Him, Psychologically ]
[ That Individually ]
[ He Was Not Their Father, Physically ]

[ He Probably Would Had Never Thought, That It Would Be Fun ]
[ To Have A Son ]

[ You Always Heard That He Was Quite The Athlete In His Younger
Days ]
[ He Never Thought To Coach You, In Any Of Those Ways ]

[ He Was Never Approachable ]
[ He Probably Thought That You Were, Uncoachable ]

[ It Would Be A Lie ]
[ If You Said, That He Ever Tried ]

[ He Never Wanted To Be A Coach ]
[ He Just Saw You As A Roach ]

[ Something That Should Scurry Away From Him, Everytime That
He Came Into A Room ]
[ If He Needed Help ]
[ You Were Sure, That He Was Good With A Broom ]

[ No, Don Never Really Got To Know You @ All ]
[ When You Moved Out On Your Own ]
[ Did He Ever Drop You A Call? ]

[ Moved Out, Are Not The Words, That Should Be Used ]
[ Kicked Out, Are The Words, That Should Be Used ]

[ He Did Call The Day That He Stopped Talking To You ]
[ If Someone Were To Ask If He Knew You The Best ]
[ That Should Had Been Your Biggest Clue ]

[ Don Never Wanted ]
[ So He Only Taunted ]

[ So It Was Pretty Sad ]
[ That He Never Wanted To Be A Dad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(995)▪︎[ Ewe Should Have Been There … 11•24•2021 ]

[ When You Come Into The Store You Feel Like You Must
Line Up Like Sheep ]
[ Going (7) Deep ]

[ Everyone’s Faces Are Covered By Their Mask ]
[ A Sheep Does Not Say A Word Until A Question Is Asked ]

[ The Mask Never Comes Down ]
[ That Would Startle All Of The Other Sheep Around ]

[ The Line Is Long ]
[ & Wow! ]
[ The Odor Coming From Another Sheep Sure Is Strong ]

[ A Word Is Not Uttered Until You Get To The Magical Window ]
[ The Line Is Moving Steady ]
[ Yet Slow ]

[ You Can See The Magical Window Over The Next Sheep’s
Shoulders ]
[ It Gets Harder As You Grow Older ]

[ Your Height Keeps Melting Away ]
[ & You Always Regret Getting On The Scale ]
[ To See What You Weigh ]

[ The Sheep That Is Looking @ The Christmas Cards ]
[ Looks Like He Has Been Hitting The Cookie Jar Pretty Hard ]

[ The Sheep That Are Aimlessly Pushing Their Grocery Carts
Around The Store ]
[ Looking For More ]

[ More Of What, Is What They Do Not Currently Know ]
[ Some Sheep Shop By Phone ]
[ But These Sheep Need To Be Shown ]

[ Shown What To Shop ]
[ A Greeting Card, Suppositories, Or Soda Pop ]

[ Oh, The Window Is Near ]
[ We Have Been Waiting So Long, You Shed A Happy Tear ]

[ But Then, Because You Seemed To Doze ]
[ When We Got To The Magical Window ]
[ The Sign Said (CLOSED) ]

[ Being The Good Sheep That You Are, You Did Not Blow
Your Top ]
[ You Could Go Outside & Do A Medicine Drop ]

[ You Shop Around For Anything You Needed ]
[ You Saw A Familiar Ewe From High School ]
[ She Always Acted Very Conceited ]

[ When You Wheel The Cart Back Up Where It Belongs, Because
You Could Not Find Anything To Buy ]
[ You Wave @ The Cashier & Say (GOODBYE) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(572)▪︎[ Fire Season … 7•12•2021 ]

[ Well, Let The Stress Begin ]
[ Because It Is Fire Season Again ]

[ You Used To Love This Time Of The Summer Season ]
[ Now You No Longer Have A Reason ]

[ The Smoke Starts To Rise Above The Tree Tops ]
[ Oh How You Wish There Were More Rain Drops ]

[ Why Show Any Refrain ]
[ You Wish For Another Month Of Rain ]

[ Now Your Stomach Will Hurt ]
[ & You Will Sweat Through Your Shirts ]

[ Because Of Your Worry ]
[ You Have Wished For Winter To Come In A Big Hurry ]

[ You Used To Love Spring & Summer ]
[ Now The Seasons Are A Bummer ]

[ All Because Mother Nature Is Pissed Off ]
[ Last Year @ This Time ]
[ You Could Not Count The Number Of Nights Of Sleep That
Was Lost ]

[ You Will Worry From This Night Forth ]
[ Last Year It Wasn’t Even Worth ]
[ Driving Anywhere Up North ]

[ You Hate These Nights ]
[ You Hate Hearing About The Fire Fights ]

[ You Totally Forgot The Fear ]
[ That You Had Last Year ]
[ So Now It’s Back, All Very LOUD & CLEAR!! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(1021)▪︎[ What Is A Loss? … 12•5•2021 ]

[ How Much Is Enough? ]
[ How You Keep Going, Has Got To Be Tough ]

[ When You Have A Loss, You Mourn ]
[ Your Life’s Clock Is Ticking Right When You Are Born ]

[ This Is Inevitable, You Have To Remember ]
[ You Will Forever Have This Bad Memory Of This December ]

[ You Will Write A Story, Then Whatever Thoughts Are Next ]
[ There Will Come A Day Soon, When You Won’t Get Another One
Of Her Texts ]

[ When She Would Come To See You, She Was Always A Breath
Of Fresh Air ]
[ All That She Wanted For You Was Love & Care ]

[ She Did Not Play With Your Heart Or Your Emotions ]
[ All That She Gave Was Love & Devotion ]

[ You Filled A Big Void In Her Life ]
[ She Was Never, Ever A Threat To Your Wife ]

[ & What Does She Do? ]
[ She Loves Your Wife, Too ]

[ It Was Always A Good Bet ]
[ That Your Best Friend, Was Never A Threat ]

[ When Will It Be Enough, To Humble You? ]
[ You Have No Clue ]

[ You Thought That You Were Humbled Years Ago ]
[ Ever Since Then You Just Tried To Go With The Flow ]

[ You Were Never A Leader ]
[ & You Were Never A Defeater ]

[ Someone That Goes Around Making Others Feel Defeated ]
[ That’s Never Needed ]

[ Nobody Needs A Reminder Of A Loss ]
[ That Is Someone That You Would Never Want To Come Across ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1019)▪︎[ Growing Up … 12•5•2021 ]

[ In Life ]
[ @ Least Where There Is Light ]

[ Other People Owe You Nothing ]
[ Especially If You Want Something ]

[ You Have To First Learn ]
[ How To Earn ]

[ @ Your Birth ]
[ You Have No Worth ]

[ Even After Your First Year ]
[ Of Your First Career ]

[ You Probably Have (1) Bowl To Eat From ]
[ After Your Years Of College )
[ You Are Probably Numb ]

[ It Would Be Nice If You Had Someone With Which You Could
      Share Your Life & Bed ]
[ Hopefully Able To Share & Talk About The Monsters That Live
     In Your Head ]

[ Sometimes It Is Okay To Be Going It Alone ]
[ Just Don’t Lose Your Cellphone ]

[ The Growing Up Years ]
[ Is Where You Face Alot Of Your Fears ]
[ Then When You Go Through College ]
[ You Cause & Shed Alot Of Tears ]

[ After College You Start To Fumble & Are Trying To Find Your
     Niche ]
[ Most Careers Don’t Start By Making A Wish ]

[ If You Are Lucky, You Could Start As A Dishwasher @ A Great
     Restaurant With Good Teachers ]
[ Or You Could Go The Seminary Route & Become A Preacher ]

[ A Good Teacher In A Restaurant Is A Patient Chef ]
[ They Would Be Showing You How To Maneuver Around The
    Grill, Right & Left ]

[ Or Work @ The Lowest Level Of A Good Company ]
[ So You Could Learn About Everything That You Hear & See ]

[ If You Are Not Good @ Sports, The Military Could Be Your
     Ticket Out From Your Surroundings ]
[ You Could Live In Different Cities Or Countries ]
[ & See Amazing Things ]

[ Growing Up You Need To Keep Open Your Options ]
[ Then Maybe Later In Life You Could Work With Kids Going
     Through Adoptions ]

[ Try To Keep The Kids From Staying Above Their Doubt ]
[ & Letting Them Know That There Is Always A Way Out ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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