[ Once The Fog Was Lifted Before Your Very Eyes ]
[ You Saw That All That She Was Telling You Was Nothing
But A Bunch Of Lies ]
[ Lying About Everything That She Had Said ]
[ Just To Put Doubt In Your Head ]
[ That Was Her Main Priority ]
[ Was To Make Your Mind, Starting To Think So Negatively ]
[ To Throw You Off Track ]
[ So You Would Not See ]
[ The Knife That Was Headed For Your Back ]
[ By Someone You Trusted ]
[ It Was The One Person That You Busted ]
[ So Why Did You Let Him Back In? ]
[ You Knew That The Situation Could Never Be A Win-Win ]
[ So Why? ]
[ All That He Does Is Lie ]
[ The Only Way That He Would Tell You The Truth ]
[ It Would Only Be If He Was Placed In A Lie Detector Booth ]
[ Somehow, Somewhere That Would Tell You That He Was Lying ]
[ Somehow, Where He Could Not Be Denying ]
[ What He Says ]
[ Or What He Does ]
[ So How Do You Get The Knife Out His Hand? ]
[ You Could Say It As A Demand ]
[ But You Know That Would Not Work ]
[ You Just Don’t Want Anyone To Get Hurt ]
[ So How Will You Deal With The Fog? ]
[ Stay Closer To Your Dog? ]
[ She Is Very Trustworthy & Wise ]
[ & She Is The Perfect Size ]
[ But The One Who Makes You Foggy ]
[ & Groggy ]
[ You Are Sure ]
[ That Your Life Will Thrive ]
[ Once … You Get Away From Her ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(626)▪︎[ You Try … 7•27•2021 ]
[ Your Head Feels Like A Pressurized Pot, Ready To Blow ]
[ When That Will Happen, Nobody Knows ]
[ The Pressure Keeps Building & Building As The Hours
Tick By ]
[ You Don’t Know The When ]
[ & You Have Never Understood The Why ]
[ It Just Started To Build One Morning Once You Opened
Your Eyes ]
[ When It Was So Hot In The Morning, You Could Have Deep
Fried Some Fries ]
[ It Just Feels Like A Pot Ready To Boil Over ]
[ Making You Sweat So Much ]
[ Your Shirt Starts To Give Off An Odor ]
[ Now You Are Becoming Self-Conscious, Of Yourself ]
[ You Do Not Want To Make The Area Around You Unbareable
For Someone Else ]
[ But What Can Settle Your Boiling Head? ]
[ Why Can’t You Think Some Good Thoughts Instead? ]
[ You Try & Try ]
[ Until It Makes, You Cry ]
[ You Begin To Have An Overwhelming Thirst ]
[ You Need Something To Stop The Hurt ]
[ Before Your Head Bursts ]
[ Eventually You Are Able To Lay Your Head Down On Your
Soft Pillow ]
[ & Turn The Pressure Down To Low ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(648)▪︎[ Life For A Man, Is A Waiting Game … 8•3•2021 ]
[ Sometimes A Good Marriage Is One Big Waiting Game ]
[ Not One Single Person Is To Blame ]
[ You Hear This So Many Times ( PLEASE WAIT ) ]
[ ( NO, YOU HAVE TO WAIT ) ]
[ ( WHY CAN’t YOU WAIT? ) ]
[ ( YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT ) ]
[ Lines That You Will Hear ]
[ Oh One More ]
[ ( PLEASE WAIT HERE ) ]
[ You Wait For Your Wife, To Get Ready ]
[ You Waited For Her, When You Went Steady ]
[ You Can Wait For The Bathroom For Hours ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter If You Are A Super Hero ]
[ You Can’t Move Her Out Of The Bathroom By Using Your
Super Powers ]
[ Even After Standing There For Awhile ]
[ You Are Still Expected To Stand There & Smile ]
[ Then You Might Be Expected To Hold Her Purse &/Or Coat ]
[ Even If That Makes You Want To Choke ]
[ This Annoying Task Is What Is Expected ]
[ If Given This Task ]
[ Never Look Dejected ]
[ When Asked ]
[ That Is Not Like You Are Being Disrespected ]
[ It Is A Sign Of Trust ]
[ Because Having Faith In You, Would Be A Must ]
[ If You Do Not Like Being Pulled By Your Earlobe ]
[ You Better Have The Patience Of Job ]
[ You Also Must Learn How To Wait Without Making A
Sound ]
[ & Never Let Anything That You Are Holding Touch The
Ground ]
[ A Really Nice Branded Purse Can Be $300 Or More ]
[ That Would Be A Good Deal If You Can Get One That Low
Priced In The Store ]
[ Waiting Is Just A Responsibility Of Being A Man ]
[ You Must Wait For Your Wife, Fiance, Or Girlfriend Whenever
You Can ]
[ Part Of Being A Man Is Learning How To Wait ]
[ & When They Ask ]
[ Never Hesitate ]
[ That Would Not Be A Sign Of Respect ]
[ You’re The Man ]
[ Waiting Is Something That You Come To Expect ]
[ Being Called A Gentleman Is Earned ]
[ You Wouldn’t Like To Be In A Big Group & Be The One That
Gets Burned ]
[ Women Would Find It Cute ]
[ If Some Guy Thought That He Was One, Right Out The
Chute ]
[ You Think That A Very Strong Woman Would Put Him In
His Place ]
[ When They Would Be Face To Face ]
[ Being Called A Gentleman Is A Privilege, Not A Right ]
[ After Waiting Awhile, Never Start A Fight ]
[ If Not Waiting Is What You Always Choose ]
[ It Will Be The Female Partner That You Will Continue To Lose ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(649)▪︎[ The Curse Of Being @ The Top … 8•3•2021 ]
[ Sometimes It Is Extremely Hard To Be Ranked @ The Top ]
[ When You Are Ranked That High ]
[ Everybody Wants You To Drop ]
[ Down Is The Only Direction That Your Ranking Can Go ]
[ Everytime That You Compete, You Have To Put On The Best
Show ]
[ You Are Really Only Competing With Yourself ]
[ It Is Just Like Looking In The Mirror ]
[ You Don’t See Anyone Else ]
[ The Pressure, The Pressure ]
[ Is Sure ]
[ To Try To Make You Feel Unsure ]
[ You Don’t Ever Get Support, From The Others ]
[ They Want To Beat You So Bad, It Will Affect Your Brothers ]
[ The Only Support Might Come From Your Mother Or Father ]
[ Most Of The Time, Your Siblings Never Bother ]
[ They Actually, Might Root For You To Fail ]
[ It Was Right When You Became A Teenager ]
[ When All Types Of Support From Your Siblings, Set Sail ]
[ A Kind Word ]
[ Is Never Heard ]
[ Coming From A Siblings Mouth Again ]
[ Usually Siblings, Do Not Want You To Win ]
[ The Other Teams Or Contestants ]
[ Are Always Playing To Make The Game A Statement ]
[ There Is No More Up When You Are @ The Top ]
[ Everyone That You Play ]
[ Wants To Make Your Dreams Pop ]
[ Down Is The Only Direction That Your Team Can Go ]
[ Since You Are The Best ]
[ That Is One Thing You Should Know ]
[ Being The Best, Can Be A Curse ]
[ You Don’t Want To Just Be Asleep When You Get That
One Way Ride In A Hearse ]
[ When Being Number (1), You Cannot Go Any Higher ]
[ If You Start Out The Season Being The Best ]
[ You Start Out The Season Being Thrown In The Fire ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(644)▪︎[ You Never Know … 8•1•2021 ]
[ Life Sure Has Its Ups & Downs ]
[ Filled With Some Nice People & A Few Clowns ]
[ You Never Know What You Are Getting ]
[ Some People You Want To Invest Some Time In ]
[ & Others Prove To Be So Unsettling ]
[ Just Like Opening Up A Book ]
[ You Can’t Always Judge One By It’s Cover ]
[ Until You Open It Up, To Take A Look ]
[ Before The ‘VID, Some People Really Did Hide Behind Masks ]
[ Some Do Not Like Being Asked ]
[ To Do Some Simple Tasks ]
[ But Now, People Really Do Have To Wear A Mask ]
[ & If They Do Not ]
[ That Means That They Would Probably Say Something Rude
Back ]
[ If You Were To Ask ]
[ Yes, Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates, As Forrest Gump Would
Say ]
[ People Sure Can Be Dependable Or Difficult ]
[ Depending On The Day ]
[ Some People Absolutely Hate The Beginning Of The Week ]
[ Unless They Have Had Their Share Of Coffee ]
[ You Don’t Want To Go Around Them & Expect Them To
Speak ]
[ Or As Non-Challantly That Someone Would Cough ]
[ Just Say The Wrong Thing ]
[ & They Will Bite Your Head Off ]
[ Those Types Of People Are Always On Edge ]
[ They Are The Ones That Would Surely Push You Out On
A Ledge ]
[ Some People You Can Judge The Book By Its Cover @ Times ]
[ Have You Ever Seen The Mugshots Of Some Of The Many
People, Who Commit Crimes ]
[ The Eyes Can Give Away Most ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Look As Lively As Burnt Toast ]
[ Some Of My Closest Friends Growing Up Gave Off The Worst
First Impressions ]
[ Later In Our Friendship Is When I Gave Them A Confession ]
[ Of What I First Thought ]
[ I Am Really Glad That I Did Not Make My Decision On That
Spot ]
[ Good Memories Of Those In My Past ]
[ I Would Like To Meet New People ]
[ That Will Help Me Make New Memories That Will Last ]
[ Around Any Corner There Could Be Someone Amazing To Meet ]
[ Down The Block ]
[ Or Over Two Streets ]
[ I Will Keep My Eyes & Ears Open ]
[ I I Will Wait For That Moment ]
[ To Meet & Make A New Friend … ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(501)▪︎[ When You Fall Behind … 6•18•2021 ]
[ If You Were To Go Your Own Way, Which Way Would
That Be? ]
[ Would You Need A Barrel Of Money? ]
[ Or Would It All Be Free? ]
[ Free Of Problems Or Mistakes? ]
[ Don’t Forget To Stop @ Jack ‘n the Box For Their Thick
Chocolate Milkshakes ]
[ Would You Travel By Car Or Train? ]
[ Über, Bus Or Airplane? ]
[ Nothing Good In Life Is Ever Free For Any Period Of Time
Though ]
[ As You Go ]
[ This Will Be One Of The Most Important Things That You
Will Come To Know ]
[ When You Are Out In The World You Might Come In Contact
With Many Different Cultures ]
[ There Are A More Good People To Meet ]
[ Than Predators & Vultures ]
[ Nice People You Can Walk Around ]
[ Vultures & Predators Try To Grind You Into The Ground ]
[ Would You Need To Tell Someone To Their Face ]
[ That They Would Need To Hurry Up Their Pace? ]
[ So They Won’t Whine ]
[ When They Fall Way Back Behind ]
[ In The Lunch Line? ]
[ Some People You Can’t Help ]
[ Those People Try To Drag You Down ]
[ By Grabbing Onto Your Belt ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(505)▪︎[ Things Were Good … 6•19•2021 ]
[ Have You Ever Had Something On Your Mind That You Can’t
Get Away From? ]
[ Something That Bothers You So Much It Makes Your
Brain Numb? ]
[ What Is That Thought That Is Gnawing @ Your Brain ]
[ When You Try To Close Your Eyes ]
[ The Silence Is As Loud As A Passenger Train ]
[ Can You Smell What You Can’t Always See? ]
[ Can You Hear As Well As A Bumble Bee? ]
[ You Go To The Ocean To See The Scenery ]
[ Than You Come Back To The Country To Check Out The
Greenery ]
[ When You Come Back To The City ]
[ You Come Back To Get Some Coffee @ The Beanery ]
[ Than, In A Way ]
[ You Call It A Day ]
[ & Say That Things Were Good ]
[ When Nothing Was Misunderstood ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(520)▪︎[ A Happy Marriage … 6•26•2021 ]
[ Being ½ Of A Successful Marriage Partnership, Has Been The
Hardest Job, You Have Ever Had ]
[ Though Alot More Rewarding, Than Your Failed Attempt @
Being A Dad ]
[ You Can’t Make Somebody, Love You ]
[ No Matter How Hard You Try ]
[ & No Matter, What You Do ]
[ In A Marriage, You Get What You Give ]
[ It All Depends, On How You Want To Live ]
[ Peace & Harmony Are Two Important Ingredients, To Work
For ]
[ If You Don’t Have That, For The Majority Of The Time ]
[ Someone, Would Be Headed For The Door ]
[ One Thing, That People Say ]
[ Is That You Don’t Want To Be Mad @ Each Other @ The End Of
The Day ]
[ That Is Nearly Impossible To Happen ]
[ Once Something Is Said … ]
[ Then … ]
[ An Argument Is Hard To Stop ]
[ A Subject That You Are Talking About, Is Hard To Drop ]
[ Being Understanding & Having Patience Are A Must ]
[ (2) Very Important Tasks, Is To Give & Have Trust ]
[ ( HELLO ) Turns To Like, Then Turns To Love ]
[ A Committment Is Made, That Is As Tight As A Glove ]
[ Through The Years, Each Other Goes Through Changes, But
They Always Need To Adjust As They Come ]
[ Never, You Say Never, Call Your Spouse Dumb ]
[ It Is Imperative ]
[ That In Stressful Times, You Need To Get Creative ]
[ Understand That Each Of You Comes With Emotional
Baggage & Faults ]
[ Always Give, From The Heart ]
[ & Show More Emotions Than A Robot ]
[ Celebrate Milestones & Never Forget Birthdays Or The
Anniversary Of Your Wedding Day ]
[ Stick Together Through The Good & The Bad ]
[ & … Stay ]
[ You Are 25 Years In ]
[ & You Would Do All Of This All Over Again & Again ]
[ But You Would Also Change A Few Events That Blocked
Your Path ]
[ You Would Have Done Better In Your Classes While In
College ]
[ Especially In Math ]
[ Maybe You Would Have Called Out Of Work, The Night Of
The Life-Changing Riot ]
[ & Stayed Home Where There Was Peace & Quiet ]
[ You Would Change How You Raised Your Son ]
[ The Way He Is Now ]
[ You Never Liked How It Was All Done ]
[ Other Than That One Major Thing ]
[ You Sure Picked The Right Woman To Give Your Ring ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(525)▪︎[ Do Things Differently … 6•28•2021 ]
[ Whenever You Felt Like Taking A Walk ]
[ Around The Block ]
[ You Liked To Think Alot ]
[ & @ Times, You Liked To Be Deep In Thought ]
[ Sometimes Your Thoughts Would Travel ]
[ Sometimes Your Ideas Would Unravel ]
[ Not Every Thought Could Be Strong ]
[ Not Every Thought Was Wrong ]
[ There Were Times ]
[ When Your Thoughts Turned Into Rhymes ]
[ The Rhymes That Did Flow ]
[ Were The Times When Things Went Slow ]
[ But Were They Accurate? ]
[ Were They Exact? ]
[ Some Drifted ]
[ Those Were The One’s That Shifted ]
[ A Shift In Thought, In Words, In Topic ]
[ One Day You Were In The Woods ]
[ The Next Day You Had Been In The Tropics ]
[ Not A Barrier In Sight ]
[ No One Telling You ( THAT’s WRONG ) ]
[ ( THAT’s RIGHT ) ]
[ You Made Your Decisions On Your Own ]
[ No One There, Who Gave You A Negative Tone ]
[ Yes, That’s You ]
[ All Alone ]
[ That Is How You Like It Now ]
[ There Is Not A Single Reason To Ask How ]
[ There Is No Reason To Speak ]
[ There Is Not A Reason To Seek ]
[ Anybody Or Anything Out ]
[ No Reason To Pout ]
[ Things Are Turning Out Good ]
[ There Is Not A Thing That Was Misunderstood ]
[ That Is How Things Should Be ]
[ These Are The Things That You See ]
[ Do You Ever Do Things Different? ]
[ Do You Ever Get Stopped By A Deterrent? ]
[ Naw … ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(502)▪︎[ Times … 6•18•2021 ]
[ To Those Who Say ( TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS ) Are
All Wrong ]
[ Those Word’s Are From The One’s Who Think That They Are
Really Strong ]
[ Strong Muscles & Strong Will ]
[ They Would Be The Types That Would Help Jack ‘n Jill ]
[ Bring That Heavy Bucket Of Water ]
[ Up That Steep, Snowy Hill ]
[ How Would Time Heal A Wound That Never Closes ]
[ That Would Be As Easy ]
[ As Getting Water Out Of Some Kinked Up Hoses ]
[ Maybe A Little Here Or A Little There ]
[ Fully Healing Is Extremely Rare ]
[ The Passing Of Time Is Like Putting A Band-Aid On It So It
Could Heal Up ]
[ That Never Works ]
[ Because These Wounds Are Much Bigger Than A Plain Old
Cut ]
[ Time Is Not An Ointment That One Can Apply To A Wound ]
[ Sometimes Time Brings In More Gloom & Doom ]
[ Each & Everyday Is A Reminder Of The Day When You Got
Hurt ]
[ Time Reminds You Of The Day When & Where You Got Kicked
Into The Dirt ]
[ They Sure Did Kick Dirt In Your Eyes ]
[ When You Were Down ]
[ Then Told A Bunch Lies ]
[ To The Crowd ]
[ Not One Accusation That They Made While Interrogating
You ]
[ Was True ]
[ Those Old Women Had Nothing ]
[ So They Brought In A Guy Who Really Thought HE Was
Something ]
[ In Situations Like That, Time Does Not Heal ]
[ Time Actually Steals ]
[ Away From You, While You Are Trying To Learn What’s Real ]
[ Again ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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