[ 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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(811)▪︎[ How Is Your Team? … 9•24•2021 ]
[ 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 Is Also 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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(803)▪︎[ Baa Baa Little Sheep … 9•22•2021 ]
[ Look @ All Of The Sheep ]
[ Pushing Their Carts Around The Huge Store, Without Making
A Peep ]
[ Every Sheep Going In The Desired Direction ]
[ Don’t Make Eye Contact ]
[ Because That Might Cause A Connection ]
[ Sheep Do Not Go To The Grocery Store To Connect ]
[ Not A Wave To Each Other To Acknowledge That They
Are Alive ]
[ Out Of Respect ]
[ Each Sheep & Their Given Cart Are All From Different
Flocks ]
[ Being On Borrowed Time, On Their Wall Clock’s]
[ Every Sheep Getting In Place ]
[ Every Sheep Has A Blank Stare On Their Face ]
[ Not One Single Sheep Has Smiled ]
[ For A Good Long Awhile ]
[ Some Days ]
[ Sheep Have Traveled From Miles Away ]
[ There Could Be Trouble ]
[ If (2) Sheep Stand Inside Each Other’s (6) Feet Bubble ]
[ Not One Sheep Will Dare Pull Down Their Mask ]
[ & Ask ]
[ (HEY SHEEP, HAVE YOU’ve BEEN VAX’d?) ]
[ Not One Sheep Dares ]
[ To Share ]
[ The Checkers Try To Avoid A Stampede ]
[ By Going @ Only ½ Speed ]
[ Bagging Is Only Accomplished By The Quick & Nimble Ewe’s ]
[ Why Is That? ]
[ That Is Just What Sheep Do ]
[ Even While The Sheep Walk ]
[ The Sheep Never Talk ]
[ So They Never Join A Union & Become A Flock ]
[ The Few Sheep That Walk Around Blindly ]
[ Do Not Act Very Kindly ]
[ To The Sheep That Do Not Act As Efficient ]
[ & Come In & Tries To Be Different ]
[ It Is Not Very Difficult ]
[ To Think That These Monotonous Sheep Act Like They Have
Joined A Cult ]
[ But Surprisingly That Would Be A (NO) ]
[ Maybe Then It Would Not Look Like A Big Shit-Show ]
[ The Order ]
[ Of The Day ]
[ Is To Cause Disorder ]
[ In The Worst Way ]
[ Make Confusing Suggestions Over The Intercom ]
[ Then Watch How Fast That Shakes Up The Calm ]
[ Disorder Everywhere ]
[ Sheep Going There, There & There ]
[ Searching For Their Shepherd ]
[ But They Cannot Find One Anywhere ]
[ Order Resumes & All The Sheep Continue Taking Their Place
In Line ]
[ One Sheep Shows Some Concern ]
[ During The Disorder One Sheep Drank A ½ Bottle Of Wine ]
[ Drunk Sheep Is What All Sheep Dread ]
[ So Then The Intercom Blares (CODE RED! CODE RED!) ]
[ The Lucky Ones Have Paid & Become Human Again As They Go
To Their Cars ]
[ Some Want To Become Sheep Again When They Frequent The
Bars ]
[ Why Do People Act Like Sheep @ Times In A Grocery Store? ]
[ It Just Makes You Want, To Run, Out The Door ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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