[ 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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(720)▪︎[ What Is The End? … 8•27•2021 ]
[ When Is The End, Not THE END? ]
[ When You Are About Break ]
[ & Can No Longer Bend? ]
[ You Have Bent, Again & Again ]
[ You Have Gone As Far, As Anyone Has Ever Been ]
[ You Get So Tired ]
[ So Much So, You Want To Get Fired ]
[ Fired, From The One Job That You Have ]
[ Because It Seemed Like Someone Was Plotting Your
Life Like You Were On A Graph ]
[ Positive Events ]
[ Or ]
[ Negative Time Spent ]
[ Here, Here & Alot Of Time Spent Over There ]
[ Where People Don’t Share ]
[ They Won’t Care ]
[ You Are, Not Sure, Why They Don’t ]
[ You Are, Fairly Sure, Why They Won’t ]
[ They Don’t, Because No One Tells Them To ]
[ They Won’t, Because No One Shows Them What To Do ]
[ Mindless Sheep, Walking Down The Line ]
[ Not One Of Them, Having An Individual Mind ]
[ Being Herded From One Place To Another ]
[ When They Are There, They Never Think Of The Other ]
[ Place That They Were Just In ]
[ All They Know, Is To Do This Again & Again ]
[ The End, Is Never The End, Because It Is Always @ The Start ]
[ & You Are Only, Playing This Tiny Part ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ It Is Much Bigger Than Anything That You Have Ever Seen ]
[ In Your Dreams ]
[ Much Bigger Than The Land Of The Lost ]
[ But @ A Much Smaller Cost ]
[ Life Is Infinite ]
[ You Are Definite ]
[ Life Keeps Going ]
[ & As You Age ]
[ You Start Slowing ]
[ Slowing Down, To Become Ashes & Dust ]
[ Don’t You Think By Then, Faith Would Be A Must? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(719)▪︎[ Not Your Thing … 8•26•2021 ]
[ How Does One Maneuver Their Way, Through The Masses
Of People Out In Society ]
[ When It Seems Like You Have Nothing In Common With
Anybody? ]
[ You Don’t Care To Know About The Mechanics & Costs Of
Houses Or Cars ]
[ You Have Zero To Talk About, If You Started Hanging Out In
The Local Bars ]
[ You Know Even Less, About Trucks ]
[ Or Shooting @ Ducks ]
[ Excuse Me, What Kind Of Ammunition & Guns Do You Use? ]
[ Would You Ever Call That, Animal Abuse? ]
[ People Don’t See The Problem ]
[ When They Are Shooting @ Them? ]
[ You Guess You Could Cross (DUCK HUNTING) Off Of Your
Bucket List ]
[ By Doing That ]
[ Are You Going To Get A Slap On The Wrist? ]
[ You Have Always Liked One-to-One Conversations Better ]
[ Not Talking About Income Taxes, The Latest (TESLA) Specs
Or The Weather ]
[ You Tend To Stay Silent Because You Have Nothing To Add ]
[ Then That Makes You Look Sad ]
[ Not Sad In A Good Way ]
[ That Is Why You Tend To Walk Away ]
[ Why Should You Just Stand There? ]
[ Why Should You Stay? ]
[ It Is Not That You Sit & Talk, With Yourself ]
[ Or Don’t Want To Talk, With Anyone Else ]
[ People Should Stay With What Works ]
[ So It Hides Their Quirks ]
[ You Would Rather Talk With People (1) @ A Time ]
[ So You Could Ask Them Questions ]
[ & Maybe You Will Read Them A Rhyme ]
[ You Ask Questions, About Them, So They Will Talk ]
[ You Will Never Turn Down A Nice, Simple Walk ]
[ But That Makes Some People Balk ]
[ Some People More Anonymous Being In A Group ]
[ They Fill Much Better As Part Of A Troop ]
[ This Is The Way That Some Are Wired ]
[ & You Are Growing Tired ]
[ The Family Get Together’s Do Not Make You Feel Accepted ]
[ They Never Make You Feel Included ]
[ Only Rejected ]
[ Sometimes It Is Better To Own ]
[ Your Feelings Of Wanting To Be Alone ]
[ & Your Conclusion Is ]
[ Those Family Get Together’s Are A Big Miss ]
[ Sometimes There Is No Such Thing As Family Bliss ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(685)▪︎[ A Good Try … 8•16•2021 ]
[ Have You Ever Run Into An Immovable Object That You
Can’t Go Around? ]
[ There Is Not A Path To Be Found ]
[ Is This Object In Real Life Or Is It Solely In Your Head? ]
[ Is This Just A Problem In Some Of Your Dreams ]
[ That You Have, While Sleeping In Your Bed? ]
[ But It Is Now Consuming Your Thoughts ]
[ & Making You See Spots ]
[ Are The Spots Colorful Or Do They Just Come In Black &
White? ]
[ Do You Go Left? ]
[ Or Do You Go Right? ]
[ Which Way Is Best For Your Sight? ]
[ Okay, Neither ]
[ One Works ]
[ Would Either ]
[ One Have It’s Quirks ]
[ Does This Problem That You See ]
[ Have The Capability ]
[ Of Being Multiplied By (3)? ]
[ Maybe The Problem Could Be Resolved When You Sleep ]
[ Really Deep ]
[ But There Is One Problem With Those Theories ]
[ It Comes With Many Queries ]
[ Can You Ever Get Deep Enough? ]
[ Most Of The Time That Seems To Be Really Tough ]
[ Without Knocking Your Resolve ]
[ This Problem Cannot Be Solved ]
[ It Was A Valiant Try ]
[ From Just An Ordinary Guy ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(226)▪︎[ There Will Come A Day … 3•18•2021 ]
[ I Need To Tell You That The Day Will Come ]
[ When You Are Not Feeling So Numb ]
[ A Memory Wll Bring A Smile To Your Lips Before
A Tear Drops From Your Eyes ]
[ You Will Never Listen To The Lies ]
[ Your Memories Are What You Made ]
[ You Never Listened To Those Who Forbade ]
[ You Believe What You Believe ]
[ & You Never Let Them Force You To Leave ]
[ Always Believe In You ]
[ Always Do What You Need To Do ]
[ Never Show Interest In Only Yourself ]
[ Always Try To Wear The Smallest Belt ]
[ But When You Out Grow Of One, Don’t Throw That
One Away ]
[ Don’t Throw It Out Because That Is Not What You
Currently Weigh ]
[ Because Now You Don’t ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(700)▪︎[ She Now Has A Man … 8•21•2021 ]
[ Dani & Roosevelt, Makes Such The Cute Couple ]
[ They Mesh So Well, It Makes Me Chuckle ]
[ Dani Has (FINALLY), Found Her Man ]
[ He Is The Peanut Butter, To Her Jam ]
[ Whenever Roosevelt Is Near, She Gets Weak In The Knees ]
[ Whatever Decision He Makes ]
[ She Agrees ]
[ The Smile On Her Face Tells Me That She Has So Much
To Say ]
[ All About This One Man That Has Been Nicknamed (TREY) ]
[ Not The Kind That You Serve Food On ]
[ Dani’s Trepidation That She Had About The (C) Word ]
[ Is Now, Long Gone ]
[ Until Roosevelt Came Along, There Had Never Been A Man That
Dani Would Trust With Her Heart ]
[ Now She Does Not Like The Hours & Minutes When They Need
To Be Apart ]
[ I Had Never Heard A Man Call My Friend (BABY) ]
[ If I Would Have Asked Dani If This Would Have Happened (9)
Months Ago ]
[ She Would Not Even Give Me A (MAYBE) ]
[ Sometimes I Rub My Eyes To Convince Myself That This
Was Happening, Before My Very Eyes ]
[ When They Exclaim Sweet Nothings ]
[ Neither One Is Telling The Other One (LIES) ]
[ Roosevelt Seems Like A Good Man With Strong Convictions ]
[ From What I See, He Is Now Dani’s New Addiction ]
[ Dani Has Never Been Seen Here With A Man On Her Arm ]
[ Besides Me ]
[ She Trusts That This Man Was Not Going To Cause Her
Any Harm ]
[ I Told Dani In The The Past ]
[ That Our Friendship Would Last ]
[ Dani Has Had My Back On Many Occasions ]
[ By Giving Me Much Needed Information ]
[ Followed With Explainations ]
[ Dani Has Always Marched To Her Own Beat ]
[ But Now She Figured Out That Roosevelt Makes Her Feel
Complete ]
[ Everytime That They Are Kissing ]
[ Dani Has Finally Found Out What She Had Been Missing ]
[ Dani Has Always Looked Head-On @ Her Fears ]
[ (NOW) She Has Figured Out How Nicole & I Have Lasted
Over (25) Years ]
[ Does She Still Make That (THROWING-UP) Sound ]
[ I Am Not So Sure It Would Be The Same, Since Roosevelt Has
Been Coming Around ]
[ When You Call Him (TREY) It Is Not Because There Are Only (3)
Good Qualities About Him ]
[ He Is Also A Bright Light ]
[ That Never Goes Dim ]
[ Roosevelt Has Never Needed To Whisper A Single Day Of
His Life ]
[ I Guess Dani Knows, If He Hangs To The Left Or To
His Right ]
[ I Count Three Words That I Can Describe Him When He Is
Here, They Are (RESPECTFUL), (QUIET) & (HUMBLE) ]
[ He Seems Like A Really Soft Spoken Man, Who Does Not
Mumble ]
[ Roosevelt Seems Like A Very Special Find ]
[ Dani Loves When Roosevelt Walks In Front Her ]
[ So She Can Stare @ His Behind ]
[ Roosevelt & Dani Are Always Welcomed In My House ]
[ I Am Sure That Goes Double From My Spouse ]
[ You Two Are So Good Together ]
[ Now Dani Has Found Her Missing Feather ]
[ I Am Going To End This Rhyme ]
[ By Saying … Damn Dani, It’s About TIME! ]
[ I Am Glad To Have You Here, Roosevelt ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(699)▪︎[ The Soldier Comes Through … 8•21•2021 ]
[ A Man Once Said That (WAR IS NOT WON BY SENTIMENT,
IT IS WON BY SOLDIERS) ]
[ Would That Be The Thinking Of Our Elders? ]
[ Through All Of Our Wars Soldiers Died Horrible Deaths
On The Fields Of Battle ]
[ Through It All ]
[ It Seemed Like Most Of The Soldiers Were Not Rattled ]
[ A Steady Hand When They Were Firing Their Guns ]
[ The Brave Soldier Rarely Runs ]
[ They Were There For Battle, Only ]
[ Most Of The Soldiers That Died ]
[ Died Cold & Lonely ]
[ Most Never Saw It Coming ]
[ The Numbers Were Mind Numbing ]
[ There Is No One More Loyal Person Than A Soldier Defending The
Only Country That They Have Ever Loved ]
[ That Is The Place Where They Have Not Felt Snubbed ]
[ Trying To Defend Our Flag ]
[ So We Won’t Live In A Country Where People Who Speak
Their Minds Are Bound & Gagged ]
[ The Flag Is A Symbol Of Peace ]
[ Where People Try To Own A Home ]
[ Not Have To Get One On A Lease ]
[ On A Lease, They Eventually Have To Give It Back ]
[ Then When They Get The Option To Buy It ]
[ It Is The Money That They Lack ]
[ When The Lease Is Up They Must Lease Another One ]
[ They Will Find Out That Constantly Moving Is Not
Very Fun ]
[ The Soldier ]
[ As They Grow Older ]
[ Feels Like Others Are So Ungrateful ]
[ & They Also Become Increasingly Forgetful ]
[ Forgetful Of The Sacrifice & Risk That They Made & Took ]
[ The Only Evidence Of The Soldiers Actions ]
[ Are Now Discussed When People Read About Them In
History Books ]
[ The Soldier Is Our First & Last Line Of Defense ]
[ So When It Comes To Studying History ]
[ The Word (SOLDIER) Should Be In The First & Last Sentence ]
[ Weapons Do Not Fight The War, The Soldiers Do ]
[ Give The Veterans, What They Are Due ]
[ It Is Believed, That There Has Been (580,135) Soldiers Who Have
Died Serving Our Country ]
[ That Is Quite A Few Who Has Died, So We Could Walk Around
Being Free ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1149)▪︎[ A Deep Sleep … 9•11•2019 ]
[ Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days, Where You Just
Want To Go Back To Sleep? ]
[ Not A Nap ]
[ But One, Where You’re Under Really Deep ]
[ It Is Like You’re On The Sleep Elevator Where The Level Of
Deep Goes Up, As The Elevator Goes Down ]
[ You Go To The Level, Where There’s No Sound ]
[ You Pass The Level, Where You Dream ]
[ Go Past The Nightmares, That Make You Scream ]
[ Head Towards The Darkness, Where There’s No Light ]
[ Your Hearing Is Amazing ]
[ Compensating, Because You Have No More Sight ]
[ It’s Not Like, You’re Totally Blind ]
[ It’s So Dark ]
[ You See With Your Mind ]
[ You Thought You Heard A Bark ]
[ So You Check Your Behind ]
[ There’s Nothing There ]
[ Except, Cold Air ]
[ Don’t Be Scared Of The Dark, Because There Is Nothing
To Be Afraid Of ]
[ The Last Light You Had, Was From Way Up Above ]
[ You Shiver & The Cold Goes Down To The Bone ]
[ Do You Try To Anticipate, The Not Yet Known? ]
[ Where You Can’t Anticipate, What Goes On Here ]
[ Because, What Goes On Is Never Clear ]
[ You Come To A Room & You Find A Corner Where You Can Sit ]
[ When You Lose Your Sight, Do You Just Want To Quit? ]
[ You Have To Be Confident That You’ll Get Your Sight Back ]
[ So Don’t Worry, If All You Can See Is Black ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1160)▪︎[ Running … 9•14•2019 ]
[ Running From My Shadow ]
[ I’m Running So Hard ]
[ But Things Are Going By Me So Slow ]
[ Running Towards What I Want ]
[ These Are Just Words ]
[ Not A Taunt ]
[ Oftentimes I Don’t Know ]
[ Which Way To Go ]
[ Who Do I Follow? ]
[ Everyone’s Words, Sound So Hollow ]
[ So I Need, To Take The Chance ]
[ & Dance The Dance ]
[ My Gustatory Nerve Cells ]
[ Picks Up The Orders ]
[ & The Bad Smells ]
[ I’ve Always Thought My Nose Would Not Be As Good As
My Eyes ]
[ I Can’t Smell Them ]
[ But I Can See The Lies ]
[ Lies, Lies I Can See The Mouth Moving ]
[ But Your Words Are Not Very Soothing ]
[ What Are You Proving? ]
[ Are You Trying To Prove Me Wrong? ]
[ That’s Worth As Much As A Dance & A Song ]
[ It Is Short On Truth ]
[ But The Lies Are Long ]
[ I Don’t Know How We’ll Ever Get To The End Of The Line ]
[ He’s Doing Okay ]
[ But I Know I’m Doing Fine ]
[ Fine, Fine, Things Are Going Just Fine While We Go Dakine ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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