[ I Have This Nephew Named Vladi ]
[ He Is Kind Of Special To Me ]
[ We Have So Much In Common, Except Age ]
[ That Should Be Put On Another Page ]
[ I Took A Chance On Saturday, March 17th, 2018 ]
[ I Noticed You Before You Were A Teen ]
[ I Asked If I Could Come & Talk To You ]
[ Because That Is What I Wanted To Do ]
[ You Were Sitting Almost In The Corner, Beside Your Dad ]
[ I Could Barely See You, I Might Add ]
[ I Told You That Me & You Have Something Important In
Common ]
[ & That Is Adoption ]
[ A Loving Family Became Yours, Too ]
[ When You Are In Foster Care, That’s What You Are Always
Wishing A Family Would Do ]
[ We Talked About Your Hobbies & I Found Out That We Both
Collected Basketball Cards ]
[ My Collection Might Be A Little Bit Bigger ]
[ & Collecting The Older Cards Have Become Kind Of Hard ]
[ Are You Doing Okay In School, This Year? ]
[ Don’t Look @ School With Fear ]
[ Make Sure That You Always Find A Way ]
[ To Get To Your Classes Everyday ]
[ I Would Love To Hear What You Might Think Is A Fun Activity ]
[ Is It Basketball, Football, Baseball, LaCrosse Or Hockey? ]
[ Or Do You Lean More Towards Your Creativity ]
[ Activities Do Not Always Have To Have Sports @ The Center ]
[ I Wish I Lived Closer ]
[ It Would Have Been Fun To Be Your Mentor ]
[ How Was Your Summer? ]
[ Did You Get Enough Slumber? ]
[ How Many States Did You Travel To? ]
[ Did You Only Travel On The Days When The Sky Was Blue? ]
[ Which State Was Your Favorite One? ]
[ Did You Like The Rainy Ones?]
[ Or Only The States That Have Sun? ]
[ I Want You To Know I Have Not Forgotten About You ]
[ & You Make A Fantastic Nephew ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1109)▪︎[ Nothing Too … 9•1•2019 ]
[ People Who Have Things To Hide ]
[ Never Have Much To Say ]
[ They Should Let Their Conscience Be Their Guide ]
[ What Puts Them In The Bad Mood That They’re In? ]
[ Was It Because Of All Of The Sin? ]
[ When They Begin ]
[ Do They Think They’ll Ever Win? ]
[ Maybe That Is The Sin Right There ]
[ If They Ask (WHERE?) ]
[ You’d Say (CHECK THE SPARE) ]
[ (THE SPARE WHAT?) ]
[ You Might Ask ]
[ It’s The One That’s Been Cut ]
[ That Didn’t Last ]
[ & That’s All You Have To Say]
[ On This Day ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1105)▪︎[ All Alone … 8•31•2019 ]
[ You Just Want Be Alone ]
[ You Want To Be Somewhere Secluded ]
[ Where You Couldn’t Even Be Seen By A Giant Drone ]
[ Right Now You Don’t Want To Be Included ]
[ Because Your Heart Has Turned To Stone ]
[ You Won’t Show It Because It Can Be Broken ]
[ To Make It Pump ]
[ It Takes More Than A Token ]
[ Love Is Not What It Would Take ]
[ Beware Of The Woman With The Two Headed Snake ]
[ She’ll Try To Get In With Some Cookies She Baked ]
[ This Will Need Something Better Than A Chocolate Cake ]
[ Is Love Given Only Because It Is A Token Of
Someone’s Gratitude? ]
[ Was It Given With A Loving Attitude? ]
[ We’re They Rude? ]
[ You Could Say You Love A Person & Not Mean A
Thing ]
[ What Positive Feelings Saying (I LOVE YOU) Bring? ]
[ Does That Always Bring Two People Together? ]
[ No Matter The Weather? ]
[ Rain, Snow, Sleet Or Baking Sun ]
[ Staying Inside Is Not Always Fun ]
[ Run Forrest, Run ]
[ When Does A Couple Turn Towards Each Other & Say ]
[ (I THINK WE’re DONE) ]
[ Or Do They Keep Plugging Along To See Where
False Love Can Take Them? ]
[ Does It Take Them To Southern California? ]
[ Or North Salem? ]
[ Given The Examples Of A Man ]
[ They’re Not Really A Big Fan ]
[ Love Comes ]
[ & Love Goes ]
[ @ Times It Makes You Do Something Dumb ]
[ Why, How Or When ]
[ Nobody Knows ]
[ But It Will Happen Again ]
[ Just Wait For The Shows ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1103)▪︎[ Minute After Minute … 8•30•2019 ]
[ You Found That You Could Only Sleep Minute After
Minute ]
[ You Don’t Know Why ]
[ But Your Mind Was Not In It ]
[ A Minute Here & A Minute There ]
[ You’d Open Your Eyes & Just Stare ]
[ If I Woke Her Up ]
[ Would She Care? ]
[ Even Just A Little Bit? ]
[ Would She Just Give Me Lip? ]
[ Would You Just Be A Blip ]
[ On Her Screen Of Life ]
[ What Did She Consider Doing, As Your Wife? ]
[ Would She Even Consider Turning On The Light? ]
[ Would She Make The Room Look Like The Day ]
[ Instead Of It Being Dark As Night? ]
[ Would She Find A Way ]
[ To Turn This Into A Fight? ]
[ Considering How Things Went Today ]
[ She Might ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(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 ]
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(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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