[ What Can You Do When You Feel So Broken
Hearted? ]
[ Does It Make You Feel Regret That You Ever Started? ]
[ When You Met Her ]
[ You Seemed So Sure ]
[ That Your Dating Days Were Done ]
[ Because You Thought She Was The One ]
[ The One To Be Your Wife ]
[ The One Who Will Be On Your Arm ]
[ Giving You A Happy Life ]
[ It All Fell Apart When You Caught Her Cheating ]
[ & Then She Refused To Answer Your Questions ]
[ Last Monday Night When You Were Eating ]
[ This Is Not The First Time That You Turned The
Other Cheek ]
[ From The Other Times That She Had Cheated ]
[ Because She Takes Your Kindness As Being Weak? ]
[ This Is Not The First, Second Or Third Time ]
[ All The While Living Off Of Your Dime ]
[ What Has She Done Since You Two Got Married? ]
[ What Part Of The Burden Has She Carried? ]
[ She Gets Money Because Of Her Great Grandfather’s
Trust ]
[ Getting A Job Throughout Her Life Was Never A Must ]
[ She Has Never Had To Live Alone ]
[ She Has Never Had Disconnect Letters Concerning Her
Cell Phone ]
[ Or Wondered When Her Next Meal Will Come ]
[ She Has Never Sat @ An Empty Table & Wondered Where That
Meal Will Come From ]
[ She Has Been Treated Like A Little Princess Every Day &
Night ]
[ How Would She Like Living When PGE Turned Off The Lights? ]
[ She Is Going To Learn Fast ]
[ Because Tomorrow I Am Taking My Life Back ]
[ By Kicking Her Out On Her Ass ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(620)▪︎[ Some People … 7•26•2021 ]
[ Sometimes People Need To Get Out Of Their Own Way ]
[ Like What They Say ]
[ To Make It Through Their Day ]
[ To Even Reach The Norm ]
[ Some People Will Have To Try To Conform ]
[ & Get Rid Of Their Arrogant Attitude ]
[ Because That Ruins Everyone’s Mood ]
[ & When That Does Not Do Them Any Good ]
[ They Think That Everyone Else Is Wrong ]
[ & They Are Misunderstood ]
[ Everybody Else Is Wrong ]
[ Is Their Favorite Song ]
[ They Sing That Song To Themselves Every Night & Everyday ]
[ ( I AM NEVER WRONG! ) Is What They Say ]
[ There Just Seems To Be One Problem ]
[ They Just Can’t Get Anybody To Agree With Them ]
[ Sometimes What They Say Is Misconstrued ]
[ But Then Other Times What They Say, Comes Out Rude ]
[ They’ve Never Met ]
[ Someone Who Could Sit & Go Over Proper Etiquette ]
[ With Them Yet ]
[ They Have Asked Around ]
[ There Are No Volunteers To Be Found ]
[ Nobody Has The Patience ]
[ Their Asks Are Always Met With Silence ]
[ Silence Is Not Their Friend ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(343)▪︎[ It Was All A Shame … 4•25•2021 ]
[ Is Part Of The Healing Process, Showing The Ability
To Keep Moving On? ]
[ Especially After Your Love For One Another Has Gone? ]
[ Gone, But Not Forfotten ]
[ & Thought Of Often ]
[ Could She Ever Budge ]
[ On That Long, Drawn-Out Grudge? ]
[ That Is The Main Reason She Left ]
[ Because Of That One Imaginary Theft ]
[ She Made A Mountain Out Of A Mole Hill ]
[ When She Asked You To Explain ]
[ You Gladly Said ( I WILL ) ]
[ But She Did Not Believe ]
[ A Single Word ]
[ So She Said ( THEN I THINK I WILL LEAVE ) ]
[ @ Least That Is What You Heard ]
[ But After Flipping Her Lid ]
[ That Is Not What She Did ]
[ She Drew This Out For Days ]
[ Then Months ]
[ Trying To Find Different Ways ]
[ To Get The Answer She Wanted ]
[ ( I WILL LEAVE YOU ) Is What She Taunted ]
[ But You Held Your Ground ]
[ You Have Become Tired Of Being Pushed Around ]
[ Many Times You Paced Around The Floor ]
[ How Can You Take Anymore? ]
[ It Has Gotten So Bad That When The Thoughts Stay In
Your Head ]
[ So Much So ]
[ You No Longer Want To Sleep With Her In The Same Bed ]
[ Because From What You Know ]
[ The Romance Has Been Dead ]
[ When She First Made That Accusation ]
[ That You Stole Her Lucky Penny ]
[ That Changed The Whole Direction ]
[ Of Her Faith In You ]
[ But You Know That Stealing Is NOT What You Do ]
[ So She Was Not Giving You The Respect That You Were
Due ]
[ So During One Of Her Many Drunken Nights ]
[ You Put Two Doses Worth Of Xyrem In Her Drink ]
[ So She Would Pass Out Instead Of Starting Fights ]
[ Then It Gave You Time To Think ]
[ Then Your Alarm Clock Goes Off In The Morning ]
[ & You Laugh Because Your Dreams Are Definitely Not
Boring ]
[ But They Are True ]
[ & When She Went Missing They Centered On You ]
[ & Now, Three Years Later ]
[ They Don’t Have A Single Idea Or Clue ]
[ What Happened ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(333)▪︎[ So Much Pain … 4•22•2021 ]
[ There Is So Much Pain Busting @ The Seams In Your Heart ]
[ When Another Dart Is Thrown ]
[ It Continues To Tear You Apart ]
[ It May Be A Word ]
[ That You Heard ]
[ Or An Action That Was Done ]
[ But You Found Out A Long Time Ago ]
[ That Hurtful Words Are Things That You Cannot Out Run ]
[ They Find You By Seeking You Out ]
[ It Could Be A Whisper ]
[ Or It Could Be A Shout ]
[ The Whispered Hurtful Words Do Not Draw A Crowd ]
[ But, What Always Does ]
[ Are The Ones That Are Said Out Loud ]
[ Those Are The Ones That Always Draws Others Attention ]
[ & Because It Does ]
[ There Are Higher Levels Of Contention ]
[ Sometimes Hurtful Words Are Said Because Someone
Lied ]
[ When Hurtful Words Are Said ]
[ You Want To Run & Hide ]
[ Not In A Playful Way Of Another Game Of Hide -n- Seek ]
[ These Words Can Create Such Big Problems ]
[ It Could Cause Two People To Not Want To Speak ]
[ To Each Other ]
[ Like To Your Father ]
[ Like With Your Mother ]
[ That Has Happend So Many Times In Your Past ]
[ Their Grudges Were Created To Last ]
[ You Were Written Off By Both Your Dad & Mom ]
[ @ One Time You Were Dealing With Don ]
[ Then You Had To Deal With Barbara’s Bomb ]
[ Through The Whole Accusatory Conversation You Had
With Barbara You Remained Respectful ]
[ You Did Not Need To Be ]
[ You Did Not Have To Be ]
[ So You Were Careful ]
[ Because You Were Expected To Be ]
[ Because You Were Raised To Be ]
[ You Had So Many Occasions Where You Could Have Laughed
It Off ]
[ & You Had Just As Many Times Where You Could Have Said
( FUCK YOU BARBARA ) In A Fake Cough ]
[ One Problem Is That You Don’t Go Against How You Were
Raised ]
[ This Was The Under The Same Roof Where You Craved ]
[ To Be Praised ]
[ But It Never Came ]
[ That Is Why Mom & Dad Were Never Looked @ The Same ]
[ That Is Why ( MOM ) & ( DAD ) Were No Longer Their
Names ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(349)▪︎[ On An Island … 4•26•2021 ]
[ Being Alone On An Island Causes Depressing Thoughts ]
[ Looking Up To The Blue Sky ]
[ Makes You See Spots ]
[ But There Should Not Be Any There ]
[ Floating In The Air ]
[ But There They Are, Dancing On The Clouds ]
[ & Then The Silence Of It All ]
[ Can Get So Loud ]
[ So Loud, It Hurts Your Ears ]
[ You Have No Idea How Often This Happens ]
[ But This Has Happened Many Many Times Throughout The Years ]
[ It Is Just A Feeling That You Get ]
[ It Is Also A Feeling That You Would Love To Forget ]
[ It Is The Raw Kind ]
[ That Kicks You From Behind ]
[ Because You’ll Find ]
[ It Is Not A Feeling That Easily Leaves My Mind ]
[ You Just Want To Sleep It Away ]
[ But You Always Know ]
[ It Will Come & Visit Me On Another Day ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(342)▪︎[ That One Is The Best To Give & Get … 4•25•2021 ]
[ The Whole Premise Around The Word ( EMPATHY ) Is To Show
That You Know How It Is To Be There ]
[ While @ The Same Time You Show That You Care ]
[ Empathy ]
[ Is A Whole Different Animal Than Sympathy ]
[ It Could Mean Different Things To Different People In Your
Life ]
[ It Can Even Be Different Between A Husband & His Wife ]
[ Unless One Of Them Is A Jerk ]
[ The Successful Couples Learn To Make It Work ]
[ Different Experiences, Brought Them Together ]
[ If People Meet In Oregon ]
[ It Wasn’t, Because Of The Weather ]
[ Then You Have Pity ]
[ That Emotion Oftentimes Makes Others Feel Shitty ]
[ If You Were Really Trying To Get Something Off Of Your
Chest ]
[ & An Emotion You Might Seek From Others ]
[ Getting Empathy, Would Be The Best ]
[ Some People Have No Idea What Empathy Is ]
[ That Has Never Been On Their Emotional List ]
[ But You Bet ]
[ Those That Don’t Give ]
[ Don’t Get ]
[ & The Universe Is Whole Again ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(339)▪︎[ Empathetic … 4•24•2021 ]
[ You Know How Those People In The House Felt When Someone
Broke Into Their Home ]
[ Footprints In The Hallway ]
[ Left By People That Were Unknown ]
[ They Were Not Invited By Anyone In Their House ]
[ You Even Asked Your Kids, The Dog & Your Spouse ]
[ You Feel Violated ]
[ In A Place Where You Used To Feel Validated ]
[ You Look @ The Locks On Your Back & Front Doors ]
[ You Wonder If You Should Get Two More? ]
[ If You Don’t, Will They Come Back Again Sometime In The
Night? ]
[ So You Can’t Take Your Sleeping Meds ]
[ In Case You Will Need To Fight ]
[ So Many Bad Thoughts Are Going Through Your Head ]
[ Even If You’re Tired ]
[ You Would Not Be Able To Lay Down On Your Bed ]
[ Now You Will Find That This Will Be One Of The Hardest
Parts ]
[ You Have To Look For What Is Missing ]
[ Will A ( SOMETHING ) Be So Sentimental It Will Break Your
Heart? ]
[ Was There Just One, Or Two Or Three? ]
[ You Want To Send Them To Prison ]
[ & It Eats @ Your Gut Knowing That They Are Out There Just
Running Around Free ]
[ What Are They Going To Do With What They Just Stole? ]
[ You Have To Know That They Scoped Out Your House
Before ]
[ What Were They After, What Was Their Goal? ]
[ It Would Literally Cause You To Shout ]
[ Repetitively ]
[ If You Tried To Figure Out ]
[ What The Burglary Was Supposed To Be About ]
[ Not To Sound Mean ]
[ But It Was All About The Ammount Of Belongings That Was
Seen ]
[ Holler, Holler ]
[ It Was About The Almight Dollar ]
[ Now You Are Not Misunderstood ]
[ When You Loudly Tell Them ]
[ When It Comes To Residential Burglaries, Sometimes Knowing
Is Not Good ]
[ Sometimes The People That Are There For Protecting ]
[ Are Worthless @ Detecting ]
[ Some Can’t Tell Their Ass From A Hole In The Ground ]
[ They Never Called Back Saying ( GUESS WHAT I FOUND? ) ]
[ Well You Pointed Them In A Specific Direction ]
[ You Wanted To Hear That Those Thieves ]
[ Would Now Be Spending Sometime In Adult Corrections ]
[ But That Wish Was To No Avail ]
[ Those Detectives Could Only Fail ]
[ That Is The One Thing That Those Salem Detectives Were
Good @ ]
[ That ]
[ & Eating Donuts, To Make Them Fat ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(337)▪︎[ To My Friend … 4•23•2021 ]
[ Goodnight To My Friend That Lives Many Many Miles Away ]
[ I Wish That There Will Be A Day ]
[ When We Can Say ( HELLO ) Face To Face ]
[ @ Our Designated Meeting Place ]
[ We Will Be Able To Look Into Each Other’s Eyes ]
[ As We Eat Our Burgers & Fries ]
[ I Think Since The First Time Me Met ]
[ I Am Very Predictable With What I Get ]
[ It Really Doesn’t Matter What I Eat ]
[ But It Definitely Has To Be A Sandwich With Actual Meat ]
[ I Would Have To Pinch Myself Because You Would
Actually Be In Front Of Me ]
[ You Have Stayed With Me Through The Very Worst Of
Times ]
[ & I See ]
[ A Good Friend Is What You Will Always Be ]
[ You Were Never Able ]
[ To Turn Your Back On Me Through The Many Years
When I Was Unstable ]
[ Our Friendship Continues To Last ]
[ & I Love The Memories Of The Past ]
[ When You Moved Away That Would Have Been The Easiest Time
When You Could Have Walked ]
[ Away ]
[ & Never Talked ]
[ To Me On Another Day ]
[ But You Wouldn’t ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(336)▪︎[ The Lonely Man … 4•23•2021 ]
[ Woe Is The Heart Of The Lonely Man ]
[ Walking Through Life Doing The Best That He Can ]
[ He Tries To Put A Smile On The Face Of Someone
Every Single Day ]
[ Each Time Is Different ]
[ & So Is The Way ]
[ Maybe Giving A Much Softer, Kinder Word ]
[ Than The Stranger Has Ever Heard ]
[ In A Long Long Time ]
[ Maybe A Positive Word In A Short Poetic Rhyme ]
[ The Lonely Man’s Sole Intention On This Earth ]
[ Is To Show & Tell Others About Their Worth ]
[ Some May Need A Pick-Me-Up Or A Compliment Or
Two ]
[ Maybe Some Positive Reinforcement About What They
Do ]
[ A Moment In Time That They Will Remember ]
[ A Date In Time Between Now & December ]
[ It Does Not Cost The Lonely Man One Single Cent ]
[ To Show A Stranger That They Only Have The Best
Intent ]
[ & Show Their Best ]
[ Interest ]
[ Does The Lonely Man Ask For Anything In Return? ]
[ Has The Lonely Man Taught The Stranger A Single
Thing To Learn? ]
[ Maybe To Never Judge Another ]
[ Like Others ]
[ Are Prone To Judge A Book By Its Cover ]
[ The Tattered Pages May Look ]
[ Like It May Be An Old Throw Away Book ]
[ But Not By Looks Or The Reading Of A Single Page ]
[ Can A Book Tell The Invaluable Content ]
[ Or The Approximate Age ]
[ Of What May Be The True Intentions That Lie Deep
Down @ The Heart ]
[ If There Was A Finish Line ]
[ When Was The Start? ]
[ A Kind Word From A Stranger May Be Just That ]
[ It Deserves A Thoughtful Thank You ]
[ A Tip Of The Hat ]
[ & Then With A Blink That Lonely Man Is Gone ]
[ Because It Was Past The Time For Him To Move On ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(326)▪︎[ Here’s To My Rock … 4•19•2021 ]
[ You Were Once Told ]
[ That If You Mess With The Woman, You Mess With The Rock ]
[ Through The Many Years As You Are Getting Old ]
[ The Woman Is The Center Of The Family Because She Is The
Mother ]
[ If It Wasn’t For Them ]
[ You Would Not Have A Sister Or Brother ]
[ Women Can Be As Consistent As The Tick-Toc ]
[ Of A Grandfather’s Clock ]
[ You Look @ Your Wife & You Look In Awe ]
[ There Have Been Many Times Through Your Marriage ]
[ When You Deserved A Smack In The Jaw ]
[ Women Hold The Family Together ]
[ No Matter The Weather ]
[ Women Are The Rock Because They Don’t Crumble Under The
Pressure ]
[ That Others Could Measure ]
[ You Went Through About 12 Hellish Years ]
[ Your Actions Caused Many Tears ]
[ You Were Not Your Best Self ]
[ But Your Wife Stood By You ]
[ & Did Not Go & Seek Out The Attention & Love From Someone
Else ]
[ She Held The Family Together, Because You Could Not ]
[ She Never Put You On The Spot ]
[ Or Ever Threw You Under The Much Deserved Bus ]
[ It Was Never About You Or Her ]
[ She Made Everything About Us ]
[ She Held Steady With A Baby & A Husband That Was
Very Mentally Sick ]
[ But She Was & Is Your Rock & Never Quit ]
[ Your Wife ]
[ Of 25 Years ]
[ Saved & Changed Your Life ]
[ You Will Figure Out How ]
[ You Can Be HER Rock Now ]
[ Thank You Mrs. DeVoe ]
[ You May Have Slowed ]
[ Through My 57 Years ]
[ But I Thank You For Not Saying ( NO ) ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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