(843)▪︎[ No Sleep … 10•4•2021 ]

[ Everytime That You Go To Bed, Is It Always You -vs-
The Night? ]
[ Is Getting To Sleep Always A Fight? ]

[ When You Close Your Eyes, All You See Is Dark ]
[ The Difference Is Stark ]

[ Dreams Don’t Start ]
[ You Hear The Beats Of Your Heart ]

[ You Open Your Eyes ]
[ & Only (3) Minutes Has Ticked By ]

[ You Can’t Even Count Sheep ]
[ To Get To Sleep ]

[ That Just Doesn’t Work For You ]
[ If It Does Work ]
[ Than For Who? ]

[ You Take The Most Potent Sleep Medication There Is ]
[ It Is Right There, On The Top Of The List ]

[ After Drinking It, You Just Sit There & Wait ]
[ & Wait & Wait & Wait ]
[ You See That It Is Getting Late ]

[ So Much Time Goes By, It Becomes Early The Next Day ]
[ But You Keep Waiting To Drift Away ]

[ Then You Become A Prisoner To Your Medication ]
[ It Changes Your Thinking ]
[ Your Equilibrium Goes On Vacation ]

[ It Is A Very Potent, Mind Changing Drug ]
[ It Is Not A Warm Hug ]

[ It Tastes So Salty You Just Want To Drink It Really Fast ]
[ But The Taste Still Lasts ]

[ It Is Like Pouring ½ A Salt Shaker On Your Tongue ]
[ You Don’t Even Do That When You’re Young ]

[ The Minutes Just Drag On ]
[ ½ The Night Is Gone ]

[ Must You Hold Your Breath? ]
[ To Get Some Rest? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(842)▪︎[ How? … 10•4•2021 ]

[ Just Because You Are Abused, Does Not Mean That You Will
Abuse ]
[ Just Because You Are Around Drugs ]
[ Does Not Always Mean That You Will Use ]

[ One Night Your Older Sister & Her Friends Tried To Get
You High ]
[ But You Flat Out Declined ]

[ You Put Up A Fight ]
[ Because You Did Not Think That It Was Right ]

[ They Thought It Was Their Place ]
[ To Blow Smoke In Your Face ]

[ You Kept These Facts ]
[ Of These Acts ]

[ Under Your Hat ]
[ & You Never Told Barbara About Any Of That ]

[ Statistics Find ]
[ That When You Are Abused As A Child ]
[ It Messes With Your Mind ]

[ You Were Horribly Abused By Barbara, The First ]
[ You Were Denied Food ]
[ & Water, To Quench Your Thirst ]

[ She Would Leave You For Hours On End ]
[ When Would She Come Back? ]
[ That Would Completely Depend ]

[ On How Much Needed To Be Done ]
[ Life As A Toddler ]
[ Was Not Alot Of Fun ]

[ She Would Feed & Nurture The Other Two ]
[ But There Was Nothing Left For You ]

[ You Were Starved So Long, You Grew An Distended
Belly ]
[ You Were Not Even Given Sandwiches Of Peanut Butter &
Jelly ]

[ Barbara Did Not Like You Much ]
[ For Many Days On End She Skipped Your Breakfast &
Lunch ]

[ It Was Not Because She Was Poor ]
[ Maybe She Wanted To See How Much Abuse You Could
Endure ]

[ Your Wicked, Abusive Mother ]
[ Doted On Your Older Sister ]
[ & Baby Brother ]

[ She Helped Them Thrive ]
[ All She Wanted To Do With You, Is Barely Keep You Alive ]

[ Your Father Heard About All Of This ]
[ & Came Back Over To Hawaii ]
[ To Grab You & Your Sis ]

[ After Barbara Signed Off Her Parental Rights For All
(3) Of Us ]
[ She Walked Out Of Court & Caught A Bus ]

[ To Never Be Seen Again ]
[ She Probably Thought That Was A Win-Win ]

[ It Was For A Little While ]
[ She Was No Longer Able To Abuse Her Child ]

[ But Then Your Dad & His Girlfriend Got Into One Of
The Worst Fights ]
[ It Was Like This, For Many Nights ]

[ But Your Dad Thought That He Would Ruin All Of The Fun ]
[ He Left The Room ]
[ But Came Back With His Gun ]

[ He First Put It To His Girlfriends Head ]
[ Click … It Did Not Fire ]
[ It Worked On His Instead ]

[ How Much More Can You Take? ]
[ Why Did You Have To Be Awake? ]

[ Through All Of This, How Have You Been Able To Walk That Thin
Line? ]
[ Why Don’t You Spend Your Nights Passed Out From Too
Much Cheap Wine? ]

[ Why Don’t You Hate Life? ]
[ How Have You Made It Through More Than (25) Years With The
Same Wife? ]

[ It Is That Inner Drive ]
[ That Has Kept You Alive ]

[ You Have Never Abused Anyone ]
[ You Never Laid Your Hands On Your (18) Year Old Son ]

[ How Did You Not Turn To Drugs & Alcohol? ]
[ How Did You Keep That On The Other Side Of The Wall? ]

[ Your Older Sister Succumbed To Them ]
[ Your Younger Brother Had A Drinking Problem ]

[ You Were The (1) Out Of The (3) That Barbara Did Not Want To
Survive ]
[ But You Are The Only (1) That Is Still Alive ]

[ How? ]
[ Why Look @ This Now? ]

[ ? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(841)▪︎[ Not Your Turn, Yet … 10•3•2021 ]

[ When You Wake Up In The Morning Are You Destined
     To Live Up To Your Potential? ]
[ When You Think Back Into Your Past ]
[ Who Was Influential? ]

[ Who Helped Pave Your Path Up To Now? ]
[ Who Helped You In Life? ]
[ Who Showed You How? ]

[ How To Maneuver Around The Curves? ]
[ Who Taught You How To Steady Your Nerves? ]

[ What Got You Out Of Bed To Thrive? ]
[ Was It Internal Drive? ]

[ It All Comes Down To The Reflection In The Mirror ]
[ It Was Always You That Got You To Right Here ]

[ Don Certainly Was Not Your Strong Male Role Model ]
[ He Did Quite The Opposite ]
[ Of Love & Coddle ]

[ He Basically Told You That You Were On Your Own ]
[ He Never Took The Time To Show Any Love ]
[ Or Ever Throw You A Bone ]

[ You Had To Learn From The Few Friends That You Had ]
[ You Envied The Relationships That They Had With Their Dads ]

[ Don Would Take You To Your Games, But He Would Never
     Stay ]
[ All Through The Many Seasons Of Competing In Sports ]
[ He Never Wanted To See You Play ]

[ That Was Just The Way He Was ]
[ No Rhyme Or Reason ]
[ He Was That Way Just Because ]

[ You Learned The Ways Of The World By Watching Other
     Adult Men Interact ]
[ You Would Watch Something Happen ]
[ Then You Would See How They React ]

[ No One Was Around To Tell You Not To Step There ]
[ When You’d Fall ]
[ Don Did Not Care ]

[ You Figured Out How To Interact With Others ]
[ By Watching Others ]

[ That Was Plain & Simple ]
[ You Never Throw A Stone Into A Calm Pond ]
[ Just To Watch It Ripple ]

[ Try To Behave ]
[ By Not Making Waves ]

[ You Might Be Slow ]
[ But It Has Always Been Your Internal Drive That Makes You Go ]

[ You Were Never Taught How To Be A Father Or A Husband ]
[ Sometimes You Don’t Know How To Unwind ]
[ When You Get All Wound Up Like A Tight Rubber Band]

[ It Is Hard Not To Put That Big Wall Up & Go Within ]
[ It Is Tough To Know That You Can’t Talk To Any Kin ]

[ They Are All Gone & Dead ]
[ In Your Head ]

[ You Center Your Life ]
[ On Your Few Friends & Wife ]

[ When You Close Your Eyes @ Night ]
[ Please Remember … ]
[ It Is Not Your Turn To Walk Towards The Light ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(825)▪︎[ Be Gentle … 9•29•2021 ]

[ As The Water Gently Flows ]
[ So Goes ]

[ The Day ]
[ In A Way ]

[ Nobody Can Tell ]
[ When & Where You Fell ]

[ Do You Talk About Your Skinned Knee? ]
[ To He Or She? ]

[ No You Don’t, It Seems ]
[ Because No One Reacted To Your Screams ]

[ A Head Out The Door To Take A Peek ]
[ Nobody Listens To You When You Speak ]

[ Nobody Has Heard ]
[ A Single Word ]

[ That You Say ]
[ During The Day ]

[ Or Night ]
[ So, Please Do Not Pick Another Fight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(824)▪︎[ Pull Your Pants Up! … 9•29•2021 ]

[ What Is The Point Of Wearing His Pants So Low? ]
[ Is It Always To Show ]
[ The Brand Of His Underwear ]
[ For All To Know? ]

[ What Is The Purpose For The Belt? ]
[ Is That So His Butt Won’t Melt? ]

[ You Are Not Curious Of The Brand Or Size ]
[ Maybe It Is So His Butt Will Have A Disguise? ]

[ Disguise From What? ]
[ That He Has An Irregular Butt? ]

[ You Don’t Care ]
[ For Him To Share ]

[ That, He Can Keep To Himself ]
[ So He Does Not Have To Give That HUGE Bit Of Information
     To Anyone Else ]

[ Not Too Many Others Have The Guts ]
[ To Bare Their Butts ]

[ Some Would Be Harassed ]
[ If They Went Around Showing People Their Ass ]

[ But Then, There Are Some Cute Ones Out There That You Would
     Like To Stop & Touch ]
[ Not For Very Long ]
[ & Not Too Much ]

[ Those Cute Butts Are Few & Far In-Between ]
[ & Those Butts Are Not Just On The Bodies Of A Teen ]

[ Since You Are A Man, You Don’t Think That Male Butts Are Nice
     To Look @ ]
[ Most Of Them You Would Guess ]
[ Are All Hairy & Fat ]

[ You Would Think That This Would Be All The Rage For Male
     Teens ]
[ Once You See A Males Buttcrack ]
[ That Is Something That You Can’t Un-See ]

[ Why Wouldn’t Adult Men Grow Out Of This Teen Fad? ]
[ Adult Men, Still Wearing Their Pants Like This, Is Kind
     Of Sad ]
[ Pulling Their Pants Up, Would Not Look All That Bad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(822)▪︎[ Where Are You? … 9•28•2021 ]

[ Is There Always A Plateau ]
[ That Others Will Know? ]

[ Some Never Know What Their Stress Level Is ]
[ They Might Say That It Was That ]
[ Or That It Is This ]

[ A Very Smart Man Once Figured Out That Character Is Defined
By The Weakest Moments In Your Life, Not The Strongest ]
[ The Character Defining Moment Is When You Are @ Your
Lowest ]

[ One Thing That You Must Do Is Create Stability ]
[ & Know Your Own Abilities ]

[ If You Do Not Know ]
[ Then How Do You Expect To Grow ]

[ Don’t Settle On Just Being Alive ]
[ Figure Out What To Do That Helps You Thrive ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(810)▪︎[ Are You Content With Your Day? … 9•24•2021 ]

[ Are Your Today’s ]
[ Filled With Promise ]
[ Or Broken Yesterday’s?]

[ You Can Never Go Back & Correct Yesterday’s (OOPS) ]
[ You Can’t Go Play Basketball & Try To Make Those Missed
     Hoops ]

[ You Will Always Miss Those Shots That Weren’t Taken ]
[ Can You Go Back & Correct The Times When You Were
     Mistaken? ]

[ Mistaken I.D. Or Choice ]
[ A Number Or Who Belongs To That Voice ]

[ Your Today’s Should Get Everything For All Of Those
     Tomorrow’s In Your Future ]
[ Learn How To Love & Nurture ]

[ It Feels Good To Pay It Forward Whenever You Get The
     Chance ]
[ Don’t Always Stay Seated In A Chair ]
[ Get Up & Join The Dance ]

[ Get Your Groove On, Every Once In Awhile ]
[ You Don’t Have To Dance Well ]
[ But You Can Show Everyone That You Have Style ]

[ Yesterday Could Be Filled With Answers For Tomorrow’s
     Tests ]
[ Wake Up Every Morning With The Intentions Of Doing Your
     Best ]

[ Sometimes When You Have The Answers The Questions Are
     Different ]
[ Well, So Much For Feeling Confident ]

[ Some People Think That Confidence Is Good ]
[ Sometimes Confidence Can Be Misunderstood ]

[ There Are A Whole Lots Of People Who Can Talk ]
[ There Are Very Few People Can Do The Walk ]

[ They Only Walk In One Direction ]
[ That Would Be Forward ]
[ Unless Someone Had A Better Suggestion ]

[ No Juking One Way Or The Other ]
[ Be Friendly With People That You Meet ]
[ Then Do Not Smother ]

[ Wash Your Dishes & Your Pans ]
[ Look @ Tomorrow & Make Some Plans ]

[ Do Not Let Your Mistakes Rule Your Life ]
[ Get Your Bicycle Out Of The Garage & Go For A Ride ]

[ Then, When The Moon Takes Over The Day, From The Sun ]
[ Try To Be Happy, With What You Have Done ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(830)▪︎[ On The Right Page … 10•1•2021 ]

[ I Have To Say ]
[ (THANK YOU) For Every Day ]
[ That You Pull A Chair Up Next To Me & Say (YES, I WILL STAY!) ]

[ I Grew Up Thinking That People Don’t ]
[ I Grew Up Being Shown That Parents Won’t ]

[ Hell Yes I Carry Alot Of Baggage With Me ]
[ But Now You Know Why ]
[ Now You Can See ]

[ Don & Barbara Were The Judge ]
[ Of Whether They Would Budge ]
[ About Holding A Grudge ]

[ I Can Talk About All Of What Is In My Head ]
[ & You Would Show Me Understanding Instead ]

[ Thank You For Telling Me That My (GOODNIGHT) Does
     Matter ]
[ & You Weren’t Telling Me Just To Make Idle Chatter ]

[ You Are The Definition Of What A True Friend Is ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me Give Me A Minute & I Will Make You
     A List ]

[ You Have Stuck By Me Through The Good & The Bad ]
[ The Happy & Sad ]

[ You Do Not Judge Me By What I Do ]
[ It Means The World To Me That You Love Me, Too ]

[ You May Live Far Apart ]
[ But I Hold Our Friendship, Near & Dear To My Heart ]

[ I Would Love It If You Moved Back Home ]
[ Then We Would Have More Contact With Each Other ]
[ Than Sending Texts On Our Phones ]

[ Real Live Contact Face To Face ]
[ Thank You For Making The Effort To Come To My Place ]

[ I Surely Want The Doctors To Figure Out The Problems
     With Your Health First ]
[ I Don’t Like Knowing That There Are Times That You Hurt ]

[ You Have So Much Going On, But You Do Not Complain
     @ All ]
[ During Those Times That You Do I Wish That You Would Give Me A Call ]

[ You Have Always Been The Wise One Between Us Two ]
[ When It Is Time To Show Respect ]
[ I Want To Give You What You Are Due ]

[ Maybe I Was Never Mature Enough To Write These Stories
     @ A Younger Age ]
[ I Guess In My Book Of My Life ]
[ I Was Yet To Get To This Page ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(472)▪︎[ Muhammed Ali … 6•5•2021 ]

[ He Said That He Would Float Like A Butterfly ]
[ & Sting Like A Bee ]
[ Your Hands Can’t Hit ]
[ What Your Eyes Can’t See ]

[ He Always Said That He Was The Greatest Of Them All ]
[ When He Hits Someone ]
[ They Always Fall ]

[ Smooth Dancing All Around The Ring ]
[ Nobody Ever Hits So Hard As To Make It Sting ]

[ He Doesn’t Play Fair ]
[ Because His Footwork Is Beyond Compare ]

[ Round One, Round Two ]
[ Not Too Many Other Boxers ]
[ Will Last The Whole Time Through ]

[ Ten Or Fifteen Rounds, It Doesn’t Matter ]
[ Since The First Bell, It Will Be A Battle ]

[ All Through The Pre-Fight Praise ]
[ @ The End It Will Be His Arm That Will Be Raised ]

[ He Was The King Of The Mountain, Times Three ]
[ To Some, He Was The Greatest Boxer That They Would
Ever See ]

[ I Give Him His Props ]
[ Because He Always Walked His Talk ]

[ He Always Said That He Was The Greatest Of All Time ]
[ Yes He Was, While He Was In His Prime ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(1439)▪︎[ The Start Of A Brand New Day … 12•30•2019 ]

[ You Made A Wish Upon A Shining Star When It Was Pitch
     Black Dark, In The Night ]
[ It Was So Dark Outside ]
[ You Were Torn Between Your (FIGHT OR FLIGHT) ]

[ That’s The Frame Of Mind That You Get In When You Feel
     That You Need To Save Your Own Ass ]
[ It Also Is The Kind of Thinking That You Have When You’re Trying
     To Get Away From Your Past ]
[ No One That You Know Likes To Be Passed ]
[ & Then Wind Up Coming In Last ]

[ When The Sun Comes Up, You’re Blinded For A Second Or Two ]
[ Since You’re Not Usually Outside @ This Time ]
[ This Event Was Something New ]

[ You Told Yourself That You Needed To Do This Again ]
[ When It’s A Clear Blue Sky ]
[ With No Rain Or Wind ]

[ You’ve Never Been Fond Of Windy Weather ]
[ It Moves Things All Around ]
[ & That Mixes Things Together ]

[ When You’re Out In Short Sleeves ]
[ Raking Leaves ]

[ Into Piles ]
[ The Wind Comes Along ]
[ & Then Makes A Mess For Miles ]

[ You Guess The Weather Can Put A Crimp In Your Plans For Doing
     Yard Work ]
[ The Wind Is Not One Of Nature’s Perks ]
[ It’s More Like The Kid From Down The Street ]
[ Coming Through & Acting Like A Jerk ]

[ You’ll Take The Calm Weather Of A New Sunny Day ]
[ You Could Only Wish That You Could Start Every Morning
     In That Kind Of Peaceful Way ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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