(781)▪︎[ Not Numb Yet … 9•15•2021 ]

[ A ][ 781 ][ NOT NUMB YET … 9•15•2021 ]

[ If You Never Loved A Mirror ]
[ Is It Because The Picture Is Too Clear? ]

[ Blemishes, Wrinkles, Freckles & Age Spots ]
[ You Have Never Looked @ Your Reflection ]
[ With Good Thoughts ]

[ You Come Into This World Naked As Can Be ]
[ & You Can Hardly See ]

[ You Have An Open World In Front Of You ]
[ Without A Single Thought Of What You Will Grow Up To Do ]

[ Baby Steps Is Literally What You Learn To Take ]
[ You Have No Idea About The Mistakes You Will Make ]

[ The Places You’ll Go ]
[ The People Who You Think You Will Know ]

[ You Will Find That Not Every Soul Will Be Good ]
[ Not Everybody Succeeded From Where They Stood ]

[ Some Progress ]
[ Some Regress ]

[ You Learn As Grow ]
[ You Will Learn That It Is Good To Sometimes Go Slow ]

[ Fast Is Not Always The Best ]
[ & Keep Your Secrets Close To Your Vest ]

[ It May Take Awhile To Settle Down ]
[ You’re Not Always Content About Everyone That You Have
Around ]

[ Trust Your Judgement, Trust Your Gut ]
[ The Little Voice Inside Your Head Will Tell You What Is What ]

[ It Is Tough To Put Up With Neglect ]
[ It Is Not A Good Feeling To Be Around Someone That You
Suspect ]

[ That Brings A Dark Cloud Over Your Home ]
[ You Wonder How Long Was This Known? ]

[ You Come Into This World Pure & Clean ]
[ Because Of A Pandemic ]
[ You Have To Get The Vaccines ]

[ Look How Far That You Have Come ]
[ You Have Walked Through The Swamp Of Negativity ]
[ & Aren’t Standing There All Numb ]

[ You Keep Going … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(774)▪︎[ Go Duck’s Football! … 9•13•2021 ]

[ That Was Such A Fantastic Football Game U. Of O. Played, (2)
Days Ago ]
[ When They Traveled Across Country, To Ohio ]

[ To Play Ohio State University In Their Own, Hallowed Back
Yard ]
[ & Boy Did The Ducks Play Them Really Hard ]

[ Everyone Thought That The Buckeye’s Would Drag The
Ducks Through Hell ]
[ But The Buckeye’s Did Not Do That Very Well ]

[ The Ducks Came Out & Scored First ]
[ That Single Touchdown Did Not Quench Their Thirst ]

[ By The End Of The Game, They Would Score (4) More Times ]
[ If You Ask Anyone From That University ]
[ The Ducks Came In & Committed One Of The Worst Crimes ]

[ They Had An Over 20-Something Game Winning Streak ]
[ On Opening Day ]
[ So It Had Been Over (20+) Years Since They Got Beat ]

[ The Last Time These (2) Schools Met, O.S.U. Did Not Play
Very Fair ]
[ & The Ducks Did Not Even Give The Buckeye’s A Scare ]

[ Mariota Won The Heisman, But The Ducks Lost The
Championship Game ]
[ Mariota Really Got Beat Up ]
[ & He Never Played The Same ]

[ Again ]

[ But This Time, The Ducks Went Right @ Them ]
[ They Were Shocked, Because That Became A Big Problem ]

[ The Ducks Scored First, Like The First Game ]
[ That Was The Only Thing That Was The Same ]

[ These Ducks Never Let Up ]
[ & They Kept Kicking O.S.U.’s Butt ]

[ It Wasn’t Luck That Won ]
[ After That First Score ]
[ The Duck’s Showed The National Audience That They Were
Far From Done ]

[ (4) More Scores Would Follow That ]
[ They Did Not Want To Be Treated Like A Back Door Doormat ]

[ Again ]

[ The Ducks Were Whole Heartedly Invited To This Dance ]
[ But They Were Never Given Much Of A Chance ]

[ The Odds Were NEVER On The Ducks Side ]
[ If Anyone Said That They Bet On The Ducks To Win ]
[ They Most Likely Lied ]

[ The Ducks Defense Was Missing Their Two Best Players ]
[ The Ducks Had To Peel Back The Buckeye’s Layers ]

[ On Offense ]
[ & Defense ]

[ & Special Teams ]
[ The Ducks Were Having One Wonderful Dream ]
[ & If You Listen Really Hard You Can Still Hear The Buckeye’s
Screams ]

[ You Love It When Your Ducks Football Team Comes Out &
Plays Strong ]
[ You Love It When The U. Of O.’s Football Team Proves All
Of The So-Called Experts, Wrong ]

[ On Saturday, The Ducks Made Alot Of People, Believers ]
[ The Only O.S.U. Team The Ducks Have To Worry About
Will Be The Upcoming Game With The Oregon State
Universities Beavers ]

[ The Buckeye’s Were Not Beat By Luck ]
[ The Buckeye’s Were Beat By A More Dominant Duck! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1375)▪︎[ What Joy … 12•6•2019 ]

[ What Gives You Joy During The Day? ]
[ When People Will Stop, Sit & Listen To What Your Stories
Have To Say ]

[ It’s Not That You’re Trying To Change Their Mind ]
[ You Just Want Them To Hear A Word That Is Kind ]

[ What Gives You Joy Is To Hear & Be Heard ]
[ You Would Like That, On Every Word ]
[ @ Least It’s Not Like Someone Walking Down The Street
Giving You The Bird ]

[ Joy Is When Your Wife Smiles ]
[ It Can Also Be When You Hear Her Singing From Miles & Miles ]

[ Away ]
[ Today, Or Any Day ]

[ You Find Joy When A Story That You Write ]
[ Is Tight ]
[ & Just Sounds Right ]

[ Joy Does Not Come Upon You Easily ]
[ Sometimes You Feel That You Don’t Have Alot Of Joy To Give ]
[ Because You See ]

[ Joy Cannot Be Earned ]
[ But Sometimes The Quest For Joy Can Get You Burned ]

[ Joy Can Be Got ]
[ & To Some, Joy Can Be Bought ]

[ The Quest For Joy ]
[ Can Oftentimes Lead To A Toy ]

[ Now Giving Joy To A Child ]
[ Is fun, To Put It Mild ]
[ @ Times It Causes Them To Go Wild ]

[ Mentioning Joy & Wild In The Same Sentence Is Crazy ]
[ That Proves That Joy Isn’t Always Lazy ]

[ You Can Be Lazy, & Then Joy Can Be Found ]
[ You Don’t Ever Want It Touching The Ground ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1377)▪︎[ What Does It Need? … 12•7•2019 ]

[ You’ll Find That In Life You Either Win Or You
Learn ]
[ @ Times You Have To Begin Again & Again ]
[ To Get Over The Times When You Got Burned ]

[ Sometimes You Have Got To Turn Your Life Completely
Around ]
[ Before You Gain Some Ground ]

[ Using Your Brain Power ]
[ Hour After Hour ]
[ Are You Even Strong Enough To Grow A Flower? ]

[ Keeping A Relationship Going ]
[ Is Alot Harder ]
[ Than Keeping A Flower Growing ]

[ A Flower Needs Water & Sunshine From Above ]
[ A Relationship Needs Affection & Heartfelt Love ]

[ Another Person Can Be Moody & Unpredictable ]
[ You Just Don’t Want The Flower To Be Pick-Able ]

[ Not All Flowers Are Protected By Thorns ]
[ Sometimes You Can’t See The Bad People Coming ]
[ Because They Don’t Wear Horns ]

[ So Give Them A Smile That’s Not Fake ]
[ Hey, For Once, Come In To Give ]
[ Instead Of Take ]

[ You’ve Been Taken For A Ride Too Many Times ]
[ Why Do They Think That You Hide Your Quarters & Dimes? ]

[ Trust Can Be Like The Soggy Bottom Of A Pie ]
[ When You Lie ]

[ It Puts Such A Bad Taste In Your Mouth ]
[ There’s Nothing You Can Do ]
[ To Keep The Relationship From Heading South ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1385)▪︎[ Don’t Preach … 12•10•2019 ]

[ Why Would Anyone Get On A Soapbox To Preach ]
[ You’d Rather Be The Person That Stands On Their Own Two Feet ]
[ & Teach ]

[ Preach To You & The Words Will Burn ]
[ Teach To You & The Words Will Help You Learn ]

[ Teach You How To Better Yourself In The Long Run ]
[ Let You Run Around Yelling (I WON! I WON!) ]

[ People Don’t Usually Win, They Lose ]
[ Not Entering The Race ]
[ Is What Most People Would Choose ]

[ Now They Have Shows Like (MAN -vs- BEAR) ]
[ Who Brought This Idea Up? ]
[ Why Would Anyone Want To Go There? ]

[ Into An Area Full Of Bears All Over The Land ]
[ Who Would Take Charge? ]
[ Will The Bears Follow A Command? ]

[ You Have No Idea How To Survive ]
[ Waiting For Help To Arrive ]
[ You Want To Leave That Show Breathing On Your Own
& Alive ]

[ Someone Could Look @ Your Cowardice & Ask (WHERE’s
YOUR PRIDE?) ]
[ You Live Life Without A Guide ]
[ You Have To Say (I WASN’t SCARED FOR A MINUTE) ]
[ Well, You Lied ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1402)▪︎[ It’s Hard … 12•15•2019 ]

[ Growing Up Is Hard To Do ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter If You’re Almost 12 ]
[ Or Past 52 ]

[ Sometimes You Have To Begin ]
[ With ]
[ Taking A Step Back & Looking Within ]

[ The Problem With Always Looking Back ]
[ Is That You’ll Never Get Passed Your Past ]
[ & You Won’t See What Is Coming @ You From The Front
To Attack ]

[ It Is Hard ]
[ To Always Be On Guard ]

[ But If It Seems You Must ]
[ Because There Is A Large Degree Of Mistrust ]

[ Know It Is Not Always Your Fault ]
[ If You Need To Take Everything That One Person Says
[ (WITH A GRAIN OF SALT) ]

[ There Should Not Be An Ounce Of Guilt ]
[ If You Have Tried Your Hardest ]
[ & Have Had The Attitude That You Just Don’t Quit ]

[ When Some People See Hard Times Ahead ]
[ & Then Find Out Their Drive Is Dead ]

[ They Can’t Figure Out How To Take On A Challenge ]
[ Because They Lose Their Balance ]

[ & Lean Way Too Much To One Side ]
[ Because Someone, Somewhere Lied ]

[ About How To Get Around The Pot Holes ]
[ & Climb The Poles ]

[ That Gets Oneself Out Of Failures Grip ]
[ When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ Alot Of People Are Not Traveling The Same Trip ]

[ You’re Born W/No Shoes, Clothes & A Screaming Voice ]
[ & All Of The Answers To The Questions That Lie Ahead ]
[ Are Made For You Without Giving You A Choice ]

[ When It’s Finally Time To Take That Giant Step All Alone ]
[ Find A Good Person To Live With ]
[ Put Down Some Roots & Call It Your Home ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(768)▪︎[ Sometimes The Words Flow … 9•10•2021 ]

[ Sometimes, Words Just Flows, Down The Chute ]
[ Do You Want To Write, Or Say Them? ]
[ Or Just Sit There, With Your Dial, Set On Mute? ]

[ If You Choose To Not Write, What Good Are Your
Thoughts? ]
[ It Is Like You Are Looking @ A Pure White Canvas ]
[ & You Want To Change It To Polka-Dots ]

[ You Don’t Write, To Make Waves ]
[ But Sometimes, You Have To Tell Your Stylus To Behave ]

[ You Don’t Always Write, What’s On Your Mind ]
[ You Have Learned From Past Mistakes ]
[ That You Can Apologize All Day For Something, But You
Can Never, Hit The Button That Will Rewind ]

[ Of Something, That Was Written Or Said ]
[ Once The Words Are Out There ]
[ They Will Stick, In Someone’s Head ]

[ Life Just Doesn’t Give Out Do-Overs Every Once In Awhile ]
[ Mother Nature Can Do Some Strange Things ]
[ But Giving Do-Overs Are Not Her Style ]

[ Would The Responsibility Fall On Mother Nature Or
Father Time? ]
[ Would One Do Something ]
[ While The Other Would Act Like A Mime ]

[ So You Try To Watch What You Write ]
[ Because You Would Never Want To Start A Fight ]

[ You Are Just Never The Controversial Type So You Would
Do Everything To Avoid One ]
[ If There Ever Was A Situation, When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ You Would Back Away & Say (I’m DONE) ]

[ So You Avoid All Fights @ All Costs ]
[ You Would Be Man Enough, To Admit That You Lost ]

[ So You Watch What You Write & Say ]
[ Making A Stranger Angry ]
[ Is Not How You Want To End The Day ]

[ Words & Gestures Are How People Communicate ]
[ Sometimes You Really Want Something To Say Or Write ]
[ You Have The Patience To Wait ]

[ Sometimes The Thoughts Just Drop ]
[ Then That Is When You Stop ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(769)▪︎[ Lies, Nothing But Lies… 9•11•2021 ]

[ If Someone Tells You That The Sun Sets In The West ]
[ Should You Get A Second Opinion? ]
[ Would That Be What’s Best? ]

[ Sometimes It Is Not Always The Truth ]
[ Lying Is Not Always Reserved For The Youth ]

[ Lying Crosses All Borders & Races ]
[ It Is As Common ]
[ As Having Boots & Shoes With Laces ]

[ Not Everyone Around Would Be Considered A Cool Breeze ]
[ When You Come Around Some People ]
[ You Automatically Freeze ]

[ Because You Have Felt That They Have A Cold Heart ]
[ Those Types Of People Are The Ones That You Want To Stay
     Far Apart ]

[ From ]
[ Or You Will Become ]
[ Numb ]

[ Numb Because Of All Of Their Lies ]
[ There Are So Many ]
[ They Become Like Flies ]

[ Flying Around A Pile Of Rotten Food ]
[ But Then Part Of Their Explanation ]
[ Is Because They Really Feel That They Were Misunderstood ]

[ But Facts ]
[ Are Facts ]
[ You Always Watch On Who Reacts ]

[ When A Liar Is Exposed ]
[ They Will Be How They Have Always Posed ]

[ Wham!! ]
[ They Try To Look Like A Mild, Little Lamb ]

[ But Even In A Crowd ]
[ They Want To Be The Center Of Attention ]
[ While They Are Being Extremely Loud ]

[ You Know That The Sun Sets In The West, But The Person
     Will Lie @ The Drop Of A Hat ]
[ But Then You Ask Yourself (WHY WOULD THEY LIE ABOUT
     THAT?) ]

[ Some People Will Lie About (EVERYTHING & … ]
[ ANYTHING!) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(764)▪︎[ A Man On Your Mind … 9•10•2021 ]

[ A Man That You Never Met, Had To Die, To Wake You Up? ]
[ An Illegal Act, Happened To Interrupt ]

[ Your Life ]
[ & Shine A Light ]

[ On The Message That Drugs Do Kill ]
[ When You Read The Article ]
[ It Told You That It Does It @ Will ]

[ It Will Do That ]
[ It Will Do This ]
[ Reading That Article, Made You Feel That You Could Have
Been Hit By A Baseball Bat ]

[ Could Have, But Wasn’t ]
[ Drugs Kill Sometimes ]
[ But Sometimes, Doesn’t ]

[ You Played Russian Roulette ]
[ It Was A Half Loaded Gun ]
[ & Yet ]

[ You Walked Away Undaunted ]
[ Not Yet Hooked ]
[ The Drug Was Not Yet Craved Or Seriously Wanted ]

[ That Finely Tuned Athlete Should Have Stopped ]
[ Then He Tried The Drug ]
[ & He Just Dropped ]

[ You Tried It (4) Or (5) Times ]
[ It Made You Feel Euphoric ]
[ After Snorting Those Lines ]

[ Why Did His Friend Expose Him To The Drug? ]
[ He Was Supposedly A Friend ]
[ He Didn’t Force Him, Like A Thug ]

[ Being Drafted (#2) In The Draft By Boston ]
[ His Agent Would Have Asked For A Ton ]
[ Earning A Good Living Playing A Game That He Grew Up
Playing For Fun ]

[ Now There Will Not Be Anymore Dribbling A Ball Or
Shooting Jump Shots ]
[ Now His Name Is Just An Aterthought ]

[ Now His Name Is Followed By A (COULD HAVE … )
[ Or (SHOULD HAVE … ) ]
[ & (WOULD HAVE … ) ]

[ His Death Really Had An Affect On Your Future ]
[ It Showed That You Have Also Been That Immature ]

[ You Have Never Done ANY Drugs Since That Article ]
[ Not Smoked Or Even Snorted One Little Particle ]

[ You Keep That Specific Sports Illustrated Magazine On
Your Bookcase ]
[ You Keep That Message Right In Front Of Your Face ]

[ Drugs Are Bad ]
[ Death Is Sad ]

[ Staying Alive … Makes Everyone Happy ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(765)▪︎[ A Cowboy’s Game? Really? … 9•10•2021 ]

[ Today, You Did An Amazing Thing, When Watching A Football
     Game ]
[ You Actually Rooted For A Team, With A Different Name ]

[ Because, You See ]
[ The Cowboys Have Always Been Your Steelers Arch Enemy ]

[ Yes, THOSE ‘Boys ]
[ Yes, This Was Football ]
[ No, Not Toys ]

[ It Is Solely Because Of This Woman, Whom You Call, Your Best
     Friend ]
[ Tonight You Proved To Her ]
[ That You Would Do Anything For Her, Until The Very End ]

[ She Is A Die Hard Dallas Cowboy’s Fan ]
[ & You Are A Pittsburgh Steelers Man ]

[ They Have Battled It Out (3) Times In The Super Bowl ]
[ Beating The Cowboys Was Always The Goal ]

[ But Today You Had To Swim Against Your Stream ]
[ You Pinched Yourself (2) Times To Make Sure This Was Not
     A Backwards Dream ]

[ You Actually Rooted For Them To Win ]
[ All Because Of Your Best Friend ]

[ Don’t Ever Call You A Liar ]
[ When You Say That If You Were Asked ]
[ For Her, You Would Walk Through A Blazing Fire ]

[ You See, This Lady Completely Altered Your Life ]
[ She Told You How To Be Better Father ]
[ & She Helped You, Be A Better Husband To Your Wife ]

[ But Root For The Cowboys To Win, Was A Doozy ]
[ Wish ]
[ When You Rooted For Them To Score, That Made You Quite
     Woozy ]

[ You Actually Got Tongue Tide ]
[ When The Game Started & You Told Yourself What You
     Needed To Do ]
[ You Knew It Was Going To Be A Bumpy Ride ]

[ But It Did Make Sense ]
[ When It Came To Rooting For Tom Brady’s Team ]
[ You Were Never On His Side Of The Fence ]

[ When You Now See That Cowboys Star You Ask ]
[ (I HAVE TO ROOT FOR THAT?) ]
[ Oh Yes, You Were Told ]
[ & You Have To Root For A Quarterback ]
[ Named (DAK) ]

[ You Tell Yourself That This Won’t Be All That Bad ]
[ Their Roster Does Not Make You Feel Sad ]

[ But You Would Walk (10) Miles ]
[ To See One Of Cavarona’s Smiles ]

[ The Love You Have For Your Best Friend Runs Deep ]
[ You Hope That After A Day Rooting For Her ‘Boys ]
[ Doesn’t Keep You From Getting A Good Night’s Sleep ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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