[ Today Is The First Day Of The New Year ]
[ Is It Going To Be Full Of Cheer? ]
[ Or Are There Going To Be Problems That Kick You In The Rear? ]
[ To Some This Is The Start Of The 2020 Decade ]
[ Will You Need Or Come To Someone’s Aid? ]
[ If You’re Always Going To Be There @ The Drop Of A Hat ]
[ Are You Able To Let A Stranger Come Up To Bat ]
[ & Take Their Swings? ]
[ That May Help Them Get Their Wings ]
[ When You Randomly Give Things ]
[ You’ll Soon Realize What Happiness It Brings ]
[ But Always Use Your Common Sense ]
[ Don’t Leave Someone Hanging ]
[ In Suspense ]
[ If You Are Going To Give, Then Give ]
[ Make It Easier For Someone To Live ]
[ Will The New Decade Bring New Problems ]
[ That You Won’t Want To Face? ]
[ Can You Solve Them? ]
[ So You Can Put Your Priorities Back In Place? ]
[ Face This New Decade Head On ]
[ If You Run & Hide ]
[ & Then Threw Them Out Onto The Lawn ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(005)▪︎[ What’s Possible … 1•2•2019 ]
[ @ Times I See What’s Possible ]
[ Instead Of What’s Already Here ]
[ When Things Look Attainable ]
[ I Look For Ways To Make The Vision Clear ]
[ Some People Make Things Happen ]
[ Others Look To Dampen ]
[ The Bright Days Of Their Peers ]
[ & They’ve Been Doing That For Years ]
[ They Just Want To Rain On People’s Parades ]
[ They Do This Under The Disguise That They Are Playing
An Innocent Game Of Charades ]
[ Just Never Turn Your Back ]
[ & Watch Out For A Stab ]
[ @ The Beginning Of An Attack ]
[ For It Will Inevitably Come ]
[ Some People Around You Have No Heart ]
[ & Their Emotions Are Cold & Numb ]
[ Sometimes In Life You Have To Play The Game ]
[ It Might Be Different In Name ]
[ But Their Objective Is The Same ]
[ Disrupt The Calm ]
[ Hide Their Intentions In Their Clenched Palm ]
[ Then Let Them Out ]
[ When Others Show Doubt ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1144)▪︎[ Not The Good Kind Of Luck … 9•20•2019 ]
[ You Have Come To Notice That You Have The Luck Of A Cracked Mirror ]
[ The Bad Luck Keeps Showing Up ]
[ Year After Year ]
[ This Bad Luck Doesn’t End @ Seven Years & Then Go Away ]
[ No, This Bad Luck Is Here To Stay ]
[ Day After Long Day ]
[ It Affects Your Everyday Living ]
[ This Kind Of Luck Keeps Being ]
[ The Gift That Keeps On Giving ]
[ The One That You’re Not Seeing ]
[ Bad Luck Has Such A Profound Effect On Your Life ]
[ It’s Like The Switch ]
[ That Turns Out The Light ]
[ It’s Like The Seven Year Itch ]
[ That You Try Your Hardest To Fight ]
[ Bad Luck Trys To Pony Up To Your Side ]
[ Under The Pretense It’s Good Luck ]
[ Until You Figured Out It Lied ]
[ But By Then It’s Too Late ]
[ Because You Were Tricked ]
[ Into Thinking That This Luck Is Great ]
[ Great It Is Not ]
[ This Kind Of Luck Leaves You On The Spot ]
[ & It Usually Is Someplace Hot ]
[ Sometimes It Makes Your Life Be A Living Hell ]
[ This Is Not Something That Makes Your Heart Swell ]
[ This Is Something That Puts Out & Leaves A Bad Smell ]
[ In The Air ]
[ Because Bad Luck Doesn’t Actually Care ]
[ Bad Luck Does Not Do This On A Dare ]
[ You Start Wearing The Smell Like A Bad Suit ]
[ If You Ever Look For The Origin ]
[ It’s The Bad Luck That Took Root ]
[ You Won’t Win ]
[ Because You Can Never Give It The Boot ]
[ So Go Break As Many Mirrors As You Deem Fit ]
[ That Won’t Decrease Your Bad Luck One Bit ]
[ It Wears You Down & Makes You Want To Sit ]
[ & Just Take It ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1140)▪︎[ Same Blood, Not Family … 9•8•2019 ]
[ Just Because They Share The Same Blood ]
[ Doesn’t Always Make Them Family, Because ]
[ Blood Doesn’t Always Connect Your Soul & Heart ]
[ Some People With The Same Last Name ]
[ Have The Ambition To Tear Your Life Apart ]
[ Hatred Can Easily Course Through Their Veins ]
[ You Always Want Sunshine ]
[ While They Only Like It When It Rains ]
[ A Person You Meet By Dumb Luck ]
[ Could Be The Who That Always Keeps You Up ]
[ Even Though You Might Not Have The Same Blood ]
[ Doesn’t Mean You’ll Never Walk Through The Same Mud ]
[ You Can Be One Half Of A Twin Set ]
[ & Later On In Life ]
[ It Could Feel Like You Just Met ]
[ When You Take A Spouse ]
[ & Go Buy A House ]
[ You Start A Family Where The Blood Is Only Half Yours ]
[ But When You Follow Your Course ]
[ You’ll Find The Family That You Need To Find ]
[ & Then You Won’t Mind ]
[ That Some Of Your Family ]
[ Did Not Start Their Life As Part Of Your Family ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(676)▪︎[ Outside Of The Norm … 8•12•2021 ]
[ It May Not Be So Sappy ]
[ That You Don’t Have To Be Okay ]
[ To Strive To Be Happy ]
[ It Is Okay, To Feel Sad ]
[ It Is Okay, To Feel Bad ]
[ Depending On The Reason ]
[ Not The Season ]
[ It Is Okay To Not Always Be @ The Top Of Your Game ]
[ Everyday ]
[ There Is No One To Blame ]
[ On Why Things Might Be That Way ]
[ It Is Okay If You Are Not In The Mood To Talk ]
[ As We Take A Silent Walk ]
[ Silence Is Nice When Others Around You No Why ]
[ You Do Not Need To Smile & Lie ]
[ Be Honest With Those Around You ]
[ Don’t Play Them Like A Fool ]
[ Maybe They Are Not Okay, Too ]
[ & They Look To You For Guidance ]
[ & Being A Good Alliance ]
[ Not Giving Them Defiance ]
[ More Than A Few People Are Not Okay In Some Form ]
[ Because It Is Okay To Live Outside Of The Norm ]
[ If You Are Not Hurting Yourself ]
[ Or Anybody Else ]
[ It Is Quite Okay ]
[ Anyday ]
[ To Not Be Okay ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(674)▪︎[ Not The Ideal Way To Live … 8•12•2021 ]
[ Do You Know What Friends Are For? ]
[ Are They There To Help You Up Off Of The Floor? ]
[ Maybe They Are There To Pat You On The Back ]
[ Or To Always Have Your (6) ]
[ Whenever You Might Be Under Attack ]
[ They Put Out Their Hand When You Need One ]
[ They Spend Time With You When Life Is Not All That Fun ]
[ Not Everyday, Is Filled With Fun & Games ]
[ A Friend Is Always There When You Start Kicking Ass &
Taking Names ]
[ A Good Friend Also Brings Good Conversations ]
[ Talking About Any Subject Without Reservations ]
[ You Can Talk About Most Anything ]
[ & Honesty Is King ]
[ Honor & Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ Helping Those Who Had Less Than Yourself ]
[ Giving Homeless People Food Off Of Your Own Shelf ]
[ Because One Detour Off Of Your Life’s Path Could Find
Yourself There, Too ]
[ It Is What Could Be Done ]
[ Not Because Of What You Do ]
[ A Homeless Man Did Not Wish He Would Be One When He Was
A Young Boy ]
[ Somewhere Along His Path, Something Happened That Took
Away His Joy ]
[ Maybe What Changed His Life ]
[ Was When He Lost His Wife ]
[ That Could Be A Legitimate Reason ]
[ & Then He Had To Live Outside Where The Weather Was Freezing ]
[ Nobody Wants To Get In A Mess ]
[ That Will Cause Them To Be Homeless ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(673)▪︎[ To Choose Or Not To Choose … 8•11•2021 ]
[ Way In The Back Of Your Mind ]
[ You Look For The Answer To The Question That Continues
To Stump All Of Mankind ]
[ Why Are We Here On This Earth? ]
[ Have We All Had A Purpose Here, Ever Since Birth? ]
[ Are We Really Supposed To Get Along With Others? ]
[ Are We Supposed To Grow-Up To Battle With Our Brothers ]
[ Love Thy Neighbor, But To Hell With The Family ]
[ How Can This Be? ]
[ Blood Does Not Always Turn Out To Be The Ones That Are
Around You When Your Life Comes To An End ]
[ Family Usually Tends To Be Made Up Of A Couple Of Good
Friends ]
[ You Grow Up Being Told That You Can’t Ever Pick Your
Family, But Then You Find Out Otherwise ]
[ As You Find Out ]
[ When You Were Young, You Are Told A Handful Of Lies ]
[ Blood Family Members Do Not Always Stick Around ]
[ It Is Usually A Good Friend That Helps You Up Off Of The
Ground ]
[ Family Members All Have Free Will ]
[ If They Ever Want To Stick Around When You Get Ill ]
[ Every Single Person Has Their Own Agenda To Work
Towards ]
[ People Usually Don’t Put Their Hand Out Unless There
Are Personal Rewards ]
[ During The Holidays Do You Think That Most Family Members
Want To Be There? ]
[ Most Do Not Care ]
[ It Is Far More Rewarding To Have People That Want To Come
Over & Spend Time With You ]
[ For An Hour Or Two ]
[ When Nobody Was Forced ]
[ Where Nobody Was Coerced ]
[ Family Get Togethers Are Mind Numbing ]
[ How Many Really Enjoy Coming? ]
[ It So Much More Rewarding To Become Part Of A Family Than
To Be Expected To Be Part Of One ]
[ The Way You Grew Up ]
[ (30) Years Ago, You Were Done ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(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 Are Trying
To Get Away From Your Past ]
[ When The Sun Comes Up, You Are Blinded For A Second Or Two ]
[ Since You Are 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 Have 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
This Peaceful Way ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1)▪︎[ There’s An Ache … 1•1•2020 ]
[ Sometimes We’re Together, Sometimes We Are Split Apart ]
[ When You’re Not With Me ]
[ You Have An Ache In Your Heart ]
[ Everytime That You Feel Strong ]
[ Something Always Happens ]
[ & Then Everything Goes Wrong ]
[ (GET UP, GET UP) Is What You Tell Yourself ]
[ If You Can’t Help Yourself, There’s Nobody Else ]
[ In Times Of Uncertainty ]
[ You Have Found That You Say (I CAN ONLY RELY ON ME) ]
[ Whenever You Look In The Mirror ]
[ & Your Mind Is Thinking Clear ]
[ You Know ]
[ That If You Walk A Steady Walk ]
[ & Keep Things Slow ]
[ You Will Thrive ]
[ As You Struggle Every Second Of Every Minute Of Every Hour ]
[ To Stay Alive ]
[ But There Are Days When You Want To Buy Yourself A Vowell ]
[ & Throw In The Towell ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1430)▪︎[ Better Each Day … 12•25•2019 ]
[ Why Do You Take A Chance & Write Out Your Thought? ]
[ Why Do You Attempt To Distinguish Yourself As Being Different Than A Robot? ]
[ Do Robots Always Have A Story To Tell? ]
[ Sometimes You Just Want To Let Loose & Yell ]
[ Do You Have More Feelings Than A Robot Does? ]
[ If It’s There, It’s There ]
[ If It Were, It Was ]
[ How Do You Differenciate Yourself From Others? ]
[ In Another Life ]
[ Do You Have More Sisters & Brothers? ]
[ You Just Don’t Want Another Useless, Throwaway Mother ]
[ More Brothers You Want, But More Sisters You Don’t ]
[ If It’s In A Fantasy Land That’s A Maybe ]
[ But In Real Life You Won’t ]
[ The Two Females You Grew Up With Were/Are/Made Horrible
Sisters ]
[ They Left Your Life ]
[ Acting Like Tornado Twisters ]
[ They Wreck Havoc With Everything They Touch ]
[ Their Hatred Towards You Was A Little Bit Too Much ]
[ For You To Be Around ]
[ It Seems That If They Had Their Way ]
[ They’d Knock You To The Ground ]
[ But Like Always, You Would Get Up EVERY SINGLE Time ]
[ & You Would Collect Your Wits ]
[ & Write Out Another Rhyme ]
[ You’ll Never Let The Venom They Spewed Ruin The Rest Of Your Life ]
[ You Have Great In-Laws ]
[ & A Great Wife ]
[ As You Grow Older ]
[ You Want To Grow Better ]
[ Not Colder ]
[ With Your Writings There Is Always Room For Improvement ]
[ You Just Don’t Want To Grow Stagnant ]
[ Smarter, Yes ]
[ Not Dormant Or Ignorant ]
[ & Use This God-Given Gift As Long As You Possibly Can ]
[ Or As Long As God Has You Be A Man ]
[ & Not Another ]
[ Other ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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