(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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(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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