(736)▪︎[ Don’t Go Extinct … 9•1•2021 ]

[ Today You Actually Thought That Your Mind Was Clogged ]
[ But Then You Noticed That You Didn’t Feel Like You
     Were In A Fog ]

[ Sometimes You Think That Your Thoughts Make You Fear ]
[ Then You Don’t Think That They Are Anywhere Near ]

[ Thoughts Come & Go ]
[ Raising Questions That Will Pop Up ]
[ That Have Answers That You Don’t Know ]

[ Is It Really, Important To Know The Answers? ]
[ Do ALL Beautiful Women Make Good Dancers? ]

[ No, Not All The Time ]
[ Watching Some, Definitely Is Not Considered To Be Sublime ]
[ Some Acts Were Not Worth A Dime ]

[ Some Questions, Are Never Answered ]
[ Some Answers, Have Double Standards ]

[ One Way For The Townspeople ]
[ & A Different Way, For The Tribespeople ]

[ Things Like That Are Not Fair ]
[ Sometimes Your Thoughts Float Away On Air ]

[ Thoughts Have Never Been Concrete ]
[ Don’t Get Enamored With Them, Because You Will Never
     Meet ]

[ Your Thoughts Can Be Sexual Or Sensual ]
[ Plain Or Unusual ]

[ Thoughts Are Thoughts ]
[ Sometimes That Is All That Sets You Apart From The Robots ]

[ You Have A Brain That Directs You ]
[ A Brain That Drops A Clue ]
[ On What Is The Next Thing That You Should Do ]

[ But Follow Your Instincts ]
[ That Is Why You Are Not Extinct ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(746)▪︎[ Take Your Swing … 9•3•2021 ]

[ In This Huge Universe Where Do You Fit In? ]
[ Do Good Guys Ever Win? ]

[ It Is Usually Second Or Third @ Best ]
[ Life Feels Like One Big Test ]

[ You Don’t Get A Test Run @ It ]
[ You Never Get The Schematics On Where All Of The Pegs
     Fit ]

[ You Are On The Ground Floor ]
[ You Never Have An Aerial View ]
[ So You Could See More ]

[ There Is No Such Thing As A Cheat Sheet ]
[ There Is No Guarantee Who You Will Meet ]

[ Around Every Corner You Turn ]
[ Through The Years You Have Learned ]
[ To Not Get Any Hopes High ]
[ Until It’s Your Turn ]

[ Take A Step Forward & Always Swing For The Fences ]
[ Because In Most Instances ]

[ You May Not Get Another Swing ]
[ @ Anything ]

[ Until Your Turn Comes Back Around Again ]
[ But You Don’t Know When ]

[ You Always Need To Make The Best Of Things When You
     Get The Chance ]
[ Because Not Everybody Gets Invited To The Dance ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(747)▪︎[ Not My Problem … 9•4•2021 ]

[ You Stand On Your Principles, You Say ]
[ I Say (OKAY) ]
[ (WHAT DO YOU SAY THEY ARE, TODAY?) ]

[ Take A Stand, By All Means ]
[ But You Need To Back Your Play ]
[ After You Stand There & Scream ]

[ Everybody Should Go By Their Own Principles & Way Of
      Thinking ]
[ But As You Sit There Screaming ]
[ Do You Need To Get Liquid Courage From Your Drinking? ]

[ Your Voice Might Be Louder Than Mine ]
[ That Does Not Mean That You Will Be @ The Head Of The Line ]
[ When Everybody Seeks To Go Dakine ]

[ Maybe You Are The Loudest, Because You Feel You Have Less To
     Prove ]
[ Maybe You Become The Loudest, Because You See That You Have
     The Most Opinions To Move ]

[ To Your Point Of View ]
[ Because Loud People Are Nothing New ]

[ If You Don’t Want To Get The Vaccine … That’s Fine ]
[ If You Get The ‘VID 19 ]
[ You Won’t Be A Problem Of Mine ]

[ But Then You Won’t Have To Look @ Your Co-Workers &
     Ask ]
[ Because Of Course They Will Wear A Mask ]

[ Around Others They Won’t ]
[ Around Others They Don’t ]

[ But When It Comes To Being Around You ]
[ They Always Find The Need To ]

[ You Could Double Up With Your Own Free Thinkers In The Same
     Single Occupancy Hospital Room ]
[ It Is A (2) For (1) Place ]
[ Because If You Get Sick Enough, It Could Also Be Your Tomb ]

[ Go Ahead & Play It Close To The Vest ]
[ But What Will You Do When You Have Trouble With Your Next
     Breath ]
[ Not Filling Up Your Chest? ]

[ Get Up On That Soap Box & Preach ]
[ But @ The Same Time ]
[ Why Don’t You Teach ]

[ Do You Want To Make Your Early Reservation Now For A
     Beautiful, Sterile Room @ The (SALEM HOSPITAL INN?) ]
[ They Will Only Wheel You Out In A Body Bag ]
[ After They Check You In ]

[ This Is Great How Some People Play Their Own Role ]
[ On The Troubling Issue Of Population Control ]

[ If You Have The Breath & The Way ]
[ You Can Get Up & Talk All Day ]

[ Will You Bring Your Own Ventilator? ]
[ After Your Tenure ]
[ Of Being The Facilitator? ]

[ So Stand Up & Be Proud ]
[ & While You Still Have The Breath ]
[ Be Loud ]

[ Hopefully ]
[ The Next Voice You Will Hear When You Get Wobbly ]
[ Won’t Be ]
[ (911, WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?) ]

[ Good Talks With Your Friends ]
[ To The Very End ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(745)▪︎[ A Shiny Dime … 9•3•2021 ]

[ The Phone Rings, But All That You Hear Is A Dial Tone ]
[ That Makes You Feel So Much More Alone ]

[ No Music Or Voice ]
[ Not Any Type Of Noise ]

[ That Keeps Happening Throughout The Day ]
[ You Are Trying To Find Someplace To Lift Your Spirits ]
[ But You Cannot Find The Way ]

[ You Feel Lost & Your House Seems So Large & Vacant ]
[ Oh How You Wish You Could Get On The Phone ]
[ & Have Someone Come Over In An Instant ]

[ People Have Moved All Around The State ]
[ Maybe You Feel That This Was Fate ]

[ Or Maybe Karma Catching Up To You Because Of Your
     Raucous Childhood ]
[ When You Always Thought That You Were Vastly
     Misunderstood ]

[ You Tried To Buck Against The System Every Chance You
     Got ]
[ Everytime, That You Were Put On The Spot ]

[ So Now You Spend Your Nights Making Wishes On
     Falling Stars ]
[ You Have Never Taken A Drink When You Were By Yourself ]
[ & You Do Not Want To Hit The Bars ]

[ The Last Drink You Took Was Over 25 Years Ago ]
[ Alot Of People, Through The Years Had Tried To Entice You ]
[ But The Answer Was Always A Simple (NO) ]

[ Getting Drunk Was Never Your Thing ]
[ In Your World ]
[ Alcohol Was Not Your King ]

[ The Silence Gets Loud @ Night ]
[ Especially When The Darkness Takes Your Sight ]

[ Your Hearing Takes The Place Of Your Eyes ]
[ Your Head Remembers All Of The Lies ]

[ How Do You Replace The Silence With Conversation? ]
[ Whenever You Meet Someone New ]
[ You Have Your Reservations ]

[ Your Guard Is Always Up @ First ]
[ & A Simple Taste Of Water Will Quench Your Thirst ]

[ You Fill Your Days Up By Taking Long Walks ]
[ & Silent Talks ]

[ You Feel That You Can Feel & Hear Your Heartbeat @
     The Same Time ]
[ It Was A Good Walk Yesterday, Because You Found A
     Shiny Dime ]

[ Oh, To Want So Much ]
[ Then You Receive So Little ]
[ Of The Human Touch ]

[ You Have So Much To Give ]
[ In The Manner Of Which You Live ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(730)▪︎[ Kirsten, You Are The (1) … 8•30•2021 ]

[ To The Best Physical Therapist Who Gave Me Such Good Care ]
[ When I Came To Therapeutic Associates For Repair ]

[ I Did Not Know Who Would Take On This Monumental
     Task ]
[ & I Never Called Ahead To Ask ]

[ The First Time That I Met You Here ]
[ You Were Full Of Cheer ]

[ You Are Tiny, Yet Strong ]
[ Throw Out All Of Those Misconceptions ]
[ Because They Were All Wrong ]

[ You Maneuvered Me Here, Then There ]
[ I Used To Do Rubberband Pull-Downs ]
[ With You Standing On A Chair ]

[ I Was Hoping That I Wouldn’t Pull You Down ]
[ But You Stood Your Ground ]

[ Well We Come To The End Of Another Body Part ]
[ But When You Come Back @ The End Of January ]
[ We Will Make A Brand New Start ]

[ Everything Will Be Brand New ]
[ For You ]
[ Because In October, You Will Have Child (#2) ]

[ You Have Done So Much In What Seems Like So
     Little Time ]
[ I Have No Idea What I Pay This Place ]
[ But YOU Are Worth Every Dime ]

[ Could You Let Me Know In Some Way ]
[ The Result Of Your Big Day? ]

[ Calling My Cell ]
[ To See If I Am Doing Well ]

[ Because I Was Far In-Between Visits ]
[ & You Were Being Inquisitive ]

[ That Is Just The Type Of P.T. That You Are ]
[ In An Agency Full Of P.T.’s ]
[ You Are The Rock Star ]

[ You Have Been Working On Me For Over A Year  & Then
     Some ]
[ Through All Of The P.T.’s That I Have Had Prior ]
[ Kirsten, You Are The Number (1) ]

[ Never Forget That, Please ]

[ See You When You Return ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(096)▪︎[ Goodbye 2020 … 1•28•2021 ]

[ The Past Year Of 2020 ]
[ Sure Did Teach The World Plenty ]

[ It Taught You To Not Go Around Those That Were Outside
     Of Your Inner Circle ]
[ Not To Play With Your Life ]
[ & Stick To Playing Long, Intense Games Of Quirkle ]

[ You Try To Think That You Are Getting Better @ The Game ]
[ If You Are Not ]
[ You Only Have To Say Your Name ]
[ When You Would Look For Someone To Blame ]

[ You Wouldn’t Know, What A Stranger Did ]
[ In Their Spare Time ]
[ Running A Good Chance, Of Getting The ‘VID ]

[ Once You Have Been Infected, What Should You Do? ]
[ Oh How You Wish, You Got The Vaccine, Like You & You ]

[ Was It Too Late? ]
[ Did You Still Need To Wait? ]

[ They Couldn’t Force Your Name, Onto Their Reservation List ]
[ Even Though ]
[ That Was, Your Biggest Wish ]

[ Since 2020 Is No Longer Here ]
[ It Would Help You Immensely ]
[ If You Put That Year ]
[ In Your Rearview Mirror ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(268)▪︎[ My Unicorn … 8•1•2018 ]

[ When She Came Through That Door, Your Heart Skipped
A Beat ]
[ She Looked So Hot From Over There, You Could Actually
Feel The Heat ]

[ You Tried To Make Your Way Through The Crowd ]
[ You Yelled, For Her To Stop ]
[ But The People Around Her, Were Too Loud ]

[ By The Time That You Got To The Door ]
[ She Was Not In The Room, Anymore ]

[ You Looked Out The Window & You Watched Her Go ]
[ You Were Upset With Yourself, For Being Too Slow ]

[ You Asked The Man @ The Door, For Her Name ]
[ He Was Being An Ass & Thought, This Was A Game ]

[ You Had To Find Out Who She Was, So Maybe You Could Track Down, Who Sent That Car ]
[ You Had Seen Her Four Times Prior ]
[ & This Was The Fourth Bar ]

[ You Asked The Guy @ The Other Door, For Any Information ]
[ He Told You There Was No Such Car Confirmation ]

[ He Looked @ You & Said (MAYBE … )
[ (THIS LADY) ]

[ (DOES NOT EXIST) ]
[ (BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD TOO MANY MOHITOS, WITH
A LIME TWIST) ]

[ You Looked @ Him And Politely Said (I KNOW I SAW HER) ]
[ Then You Mumbled To Yourself (I SAW WHAT I SAW & THAT WAS HER
I AM SURE) ]

[ You Have Seen Her Before & So Far As A Name, You Have
Not Written Down A First, Middle Or Last ]
[ When She Decides To Leave, Wow She Leaves Fast ]

[ When You Say You Have Seen Her In Bars, You Mean The One’s For
The Way Upper Rich Class ]
[ No One Quite Looks Like Her, Especially With That Rock Hard Ass ]

[ Just Thinking About All Of This Made You Needing Some
Food ]
[ Food Is One Of The Things That Puts You In A Better Mood ]

[ Give Me Some Time ]

[ Give Me Some Space ]

[ Because I Will Mourn ]
[ Until I Catch Up To ]
[ … My Unicorn ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(1207)▪︎[ It Is? … 10•3•2019 ]

[ What It Is, Is What It Will Be ]
[ Can You Hear ]
[ What You Can’t See? ]

[ Can You Taste The Air ]
[ That Swirls Through Your Hair? ]

[ What If You Have A Bald Head? ]
[ Do You Always Follow When You Want To Be Left Alone
Instead? ]

[ Or Only Towards The End Of Your Life ]
[ To Take One’s Heart ]
[ Do You Always Need A Knife? ]

[ For When You Finally See The Light ]
[ Does It Always Has To Be Bright? ]

[ They Say That It Is Always The Darkest Before The
Rising Sun ]
[ Even Before You Wake ]
[ Is Your Day Almost Done? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(1187)▪︎[ Soldiers … 9•28•2019 ]

[ There Needs To Be More Sailers & More Soldiers ]
[ Because The Weight Of The World ]
[ Is On Their Broad Shoulders ]

[ The Flyboys, Always Reach For The Sky ]
[ When They’re In Their Fighter Jets ]
[ They Feel So High ]

[ The Ground Soldiers Are In Line Marching Two By Two ]
[ They Go To War ]
[ To Protect Me & You ]

[ The Frogmen Are Soon To Be Treading Water ]
[ When They Get Sent In ]
[ It’s Because The Conflict Got Hotter ]

[ They Send The Marines In When The Going Gets Tough ]
[ Then The Generals ]
[ Wonder If That’s Enough ]

[ Does The Military Have Enough Soldiers To Fall Back On ]
[ When They Go To War ]
[ You Should Consider Them Gone ]

[ They Send These Guys Because, They Are Buffed ]
[ & When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ These Men Are All Made Of The Right Stuff ]

[ They Go In Like King Kong ]
[ & Come Out Like Godzilla ]
[ There’s Something Wrong ]
[ When They Come Home With The Mind Set Of A Killer ]

[ The Military Knows How To Turn It On, But They Don’t Quite
Know How To Turn It Off ]
[ The Problem Is Attempting To Find The Spot ]
[ Where The Mind Is Soft ]

[ That Is Where The Caring Begins ]
[ Unfortunately For Some Soldiers ]
[ War Is Where The Caring Ends ]

[ Every Soldier Goes In Needing To Be Wanted ]
[ Not By The Angry Protesters ]
[ Who Only Yelled & Taunted ]

[ Being A Soldier Is Not What I Want To Be ]
[ When It Comes To Me ]
[ I Already Have PTSD ]

[ PTSD Used To Be For Soldiers That Saw Some Combat ]
[ PTSD Encompasses More Than That ]
[ Military Life Is Not The Only Place Where It’s @ ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(1216)▪︎[ What’s The Answer? … 10•7•2019 ]

[ There Are Some Nights ]
[ When You Just Need Some Rest ]
[ That’s When You Turn Off The Lights ]
[ & Listen To Your Own Breath ]

[ Those Nights When You Lay There Listening ]
[ To Your Breathing ]
[ You Try To Keep Yourself ]
[ From Thinking Of Leaving ]

[ The Thoughts Go In & Out Of Your Head ]
[ That Makes For A Sleepless Night ]
[ In Your Bed ]

[ What Are The Pros? ]
[ & What Are The Cons? ]
[ Is The Answer Right Under Your Nose? ]
[ How Will You Know, What’s Right Or What’s Wrong? ]

[ You Tell Yourself To Go With The First Thought That Comes In To
Your Mind ]
[ But Don’t Put Yourself In A Bind ]
[ Or Maybe You Should Go With Your Gut ]
[ & See What You’d Find ]

[ Decisions Should Not Be Made After Nights With No
Sleep ]
[ Would You Throw Away Something ]
[ That On Another Day You Would Really Want To Keep? ]

[ Maybe What Would Be Best ]
[ Is If You Could Write It Out ]
[ So You Could Get It Off Of Your Chest ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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