(609)▪︎[ We Are All Just People … 7•24•2021 ]

[ When It Comes Down To The Base Of All Things, Kindness
Matters ]
[ Just Like A Compliment Flatters ]

[ Both Matter In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ Real Honest Love Is Never Bound By Strings ]

[ Giving Should Come From The Heart ]
[ Words Should Never Be Used To Tear Someone Apart ]

[ Sometimes It Is Hard To Be Seeing ]
[ Someone You Are @ Odds With As A Simple Human Being ]

[ Someone With A Father & A Mother ]
[ A Sister Or A Brother ]

[ Everybody Needs To Put Their Guns Down ]
[ A Bullet Doesn’t Care Who Or What It Found ]

[ It Cannot Be Put Back In The Gun ]
[ A Bullet Is One Thing, That A Person Cannot Out Run ]

[ It Is Not Searching Out A Name ]
[ A Gun Should Never Be Used In The Playing Of A Game ]

[ Words Can Cause Scars That Can Last A Lifetime ]
[ Said In Anger Or A Hurtful Rhyme ]

[ We Are Only On This Earth To Live The Best Life That We
Possibly Can ]
[ Be That A Woman Or A Man ]

[ When You Find Someone In Need, See What You Can Do ]
[ You Never Can Predict When That Person In Need Might
Be You ]

[ There Is Not Much That Separates You From The Next ]
[ Anybody’s Life Can Change By A Simple Text ]

[ A Group Of Words Coming Across The Screen ]
[ Everybody Having A Different Interpretation Of What The
Words Might Mean ]

[ Do Not Ever, Have A Fear ]
[ To Be Nice, To Those That Are Near ]

[ It Won’t Mean That You Are Weak & Feeble ]
[ It Means That We Are Simply People ]

[ Here Today & Then Gone Tomorrow ]
[ Time Is That One Special Commodity That We Cannot Borrow ]

[ Say Something Nice To The Person To Your Right ]
[ Be @ Peace With Your World ]
[ Every Time You Turn In For The Night ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(608)▪︎[ Don’t Let Life Fly By … 7•23•2021 ]

[ I Swear That Everytime That I Look Into Your Eyes ]
[ Time Doesn’t Stop ]
[ Time Flies ]

[ I Do Not Always Know ]
[ Where I Should Go ]

[ Do I Stay & See What The Future Holds? ]
[ Or Do I Walk Away & Forever Regret The Choice That I
Chose ]
[ Do I Open Up My Heart ]
[ Or Do I Keep It Closed? ]

[ Either Way, I See A World Of Hurt ]
[ Because Every Night, My Nightmares Makes Me Sweat
Through My Shirts ]

[ I Lay Awake Worried About What Is Out There, Beyond The
Dark ]
[ Wondering If @ My Age I Have Left My Mark ]

[ How Many More Years Do I Have Down The Line? ]
[ Am I Proud Of All Of The Accomplishments That I Can Say
That Are Mine? ]

[ Have I Affected A Life Or Three? ]
[ Can I Actually Say That I Feel Like I Live My Life Totally
Free ]

[ Have I Left My Footprint In The Sand? ]
[ Do I Live Free Of Any Demands? ]

[ Is My Eyesight 20/20? ]
[ Have I Been Able To Give Away Plenty? ]

[ What Is Out There For Me To Touch ]
[ Will My Future Cost Too Much? ]

[ I Never Envisioned My Life To Be Lived On Easy Street ]
[ I Wonder Who Is Out There In My Future That I Am Still
Destined To Meet? ]

[ A Close Friend That Is Near That I Want To Hold & Keep ]
[ I Am Finding Out That Good Living Isn’t Going To Come
Easy Or Cheap ]

[ I Envision That It Would Be Good For Me If I Tightened
My Inner Circle Soon ]
[ I Need To Stop Shooting For The Moon ]

[ Good Friends Are Not Met Very Frequently ]
[ A Good Friend Is Not Even Made Yearly ]

[ To Get A Friend You Must Be A Friend First ]
[ To Need A Glass Of Water ]
[ You Must Need A Thirst ]

[ Treat Others Like You Would Want To Be Treated ]
[ Don’t Go Through Life, Already Feeling Defeated ]

[ I Shall End This Rhyme ]
[ By Saying That I Don’t Want To Be The Type Of Guy ]
[ That Won’t Take The Time ]
[ To Never Ask ( WHY? ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(607)▪︎[ How Did He Get Involved … 7•23•2021 ]

[ His Sweater Vest Was Gone ]
[ Because It Would Not Be Needed, While He Was Moving On ]

[ Shackled @ The Legs & Hands ]
[ Staring Straight Ahead, So He Could Listen, For More
Commands ]

[ He Wasn’t Moving An Inch ]
[ His Locked Eyes, Never Flinched ]

[ His Mind Was Going A Mile A Minute ]
[ He Could Never Figure Out How, He Got Dragged In To It ]

[ But Now, How Was He Going To Get Himself Out Of This
Problem? ]
[ This Should Not Have Involved Him ]
[ This Was All, On Them ]

[ So Now He Had Doubt ]
[ That He Would Ever Get Back Out ]

[ He Got In This Mess ]
[ All Because He Said ( YES ) ]

[ He Should Have Known ]
[ That He Should Been Shown ]

[ What They Really Wanted Him To Do ]
[ He Thought All That Was Needed Was To Drive Those Two ]
[ & Then He Would Be Through ]

[ But The Police Were Watching Them, The Whole Time ]
[ That They Took, To Commit The Crime ]

[ He Thought That It Was A Quick, In ‘n Out Job ]
[ He Did Not Know, That They Went Inside That 7-11 Store,
To Rob ]

[ But Now, The Two Guys He Thought That He Trusted ]
[ Were With Him, When They Got Busted ]

[ How Come ]
[ He Could Be So Dumb? ]
[ The Amount Of Times He Thinks Back To That Event ]
[ Makes His Brain Go Numb ]

[ Then The Judge Called Out His Name ]
[ He Was Asked ( HOW MUCH ARE YOU TO BLAME? ) ]

[ He Said That All He Did Was Say ( YES, TO GIVING THOSE
TWO GUYS A RIDE ) ]
[ He Was Telling The Truth, He Never Lied ]

[ & Then A Judge That He Didn’t Know ]
[ Said ( I BELIEVE YOU … SO ) ]
[ ( YOU MAY GO ) ]

[ He Didn’t Want To Linger ]
[ Even Though He Wanted To Stand There & Give Those Two
Guys The Finger ]

[ For Getting Him Involved ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(375)▪︎[ Men Might Also … 5•8•2021 ]

[ Is There Such A Thing As ( MALE MENOPAUSE )? ]
[ Or Do Men Constantly ]
[ & Consistently ]
[ Are Moody Every Month Just Because? ]

[ Women Have The Hormone, Estrogen, Flowing Throughout Their
     Bodies Everyday ]
[ Men Have The Hormone,, Testosterone, Flowing Through Their
     Bodies In Kind Of The Same Way ]

[ It Is Quite Possible That Men Rant & Rave ]
[ Every 27 Days ]
[ Because Their Hormones Misbehave ]

[ Hormones Are A Powerful Thing ]
[ Changes In Moods Is What It Can Bring ]

[ Women Can Get Frustrated ]
[ Because Men Have Never Mensturated ]

[ I Guess That Is Where It Is Quite Different ]
[ & More Infrequent ]

[ I Wonder If There Was Ever A Study Done ]
[ About Why Sometimes During The Month Are Absolutely
     Not Very Fun ]

[ Would Men Be Believed? ]
[ Would Most Men Be Relieved? ]

[ Does Relief ]
[ Equate With Belief? ]

[ Some Say ( YAY! ) ]
[ When Others Say ( NAY ) ]
[ To Those You’d Want To Say ( HEY ) ]

[ This Could Explain The Fight ]
[ Why Sweat So Much On Some Nights ]

[ It Could Be Understood ]
[ Why The Moods Are Not Always That Good ]

[ A Study Could Give Alot Answers ]
[ But It Won’t Fortell Any Future Cancers ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(369)▪︎[ She Never Pretends … 5•5•2021 ]

[ She Doesn’t Let People In Because Of Events In Her Past ]
[ She Could Possibly Crack The Door ]
[ Then Let You Peek Inside Really Fast ]

[ You Will See ]
[ That You Have To Give A Non-Verbal Oath To Secrecy ]

[ She Is As Complex As She Is Tall ]
[ She Never Wants The Spotlight Shone In Her Direction ]
[ Because She Would Rather Blend Into The Wall ]

[ As Pretty As She Is, You Would Never Look Past Her ]
[ Her Intentions Are Always Pure ]
[ Most Of The Time ]
[ Her Confidence Is Always Sure ]

[ But If You Look Really Close You Can See Tiny Cracks
     In Her Armored Shield ]
[ She Only Looks For Long Term Relationships ]
[ She Doesn’t Ever Play The Field ]

[ Her Personality Is As Big As The Whole Outdoors ]
[ She Oozes Honesty Out Of All Of Her Pores ]

[ She Is 71″ Of Intelligence, Attitude & Beauty ]
[ She Is All Woman ]
[ So Please Do Not Ever Call Her ( A CUTIE ) ]

[ Any Woman, Part Of Nature Or A Flower Can Have Beauty
     Of Some Sort ]
[ Many People Can Score Two Points On A Basketball
     Court ]

[ It Takes The Whole Package To Be Called ( BEAUTIFUL ) ]
[ It Takes Having Alot Of Something To Say That You
     Have Plentiful ]

[ But She Is A Beautiful Woman As You Can See ]
[ She Is A Whole Level Above Of Just Being Called A Beauty ]

[ It Is Really Hard For Her To Trust ]
[ If She Ever Let’s You Near Her, It Is A Must ]

[ It Is Not Like She Puts You Through A Test ]
[ But She Surely Must Be @ Your Best ]

[ Because She Will Always Give You Hers ]
[ That Is On Thing That You Could Be Assured ]

[ Will She Be A Life Long Friend? ]
[ One Thing She Does Not Do Is Pretend ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(374)▪︎[ You Hurt, Right There … 5•7•2021 ]

[ Sometimes, You Wish You Could Go To The Top Of The Highest
     Building & Cut Open Your Shirt ]
[ Then Point To Your Heart ]
[ & Yell ( THIS IS WHERE I HURT! ) ]

[ You Don’t Know How Or Why ]
[ You Have Become, Such The Insecure Guy ]

[ It Is Clear ]
[ That You Do Not Feel ]
[ That You Have Stood On Firm Ground, In Years ]

[ When You Go Away ]
[ For The Day ]
[ Will Your Life Change, Without Your Say? ]

[ From What Others Tell & They Can See ]
[ That Everything In Your Life, Has Become Cheugy ]

[ Out Of Date ]
[ In Their Natural State ]

[ Where Does Your Life, Go From Here? ]
[ You Feel Like Some Bright Headlights Were In Your Eyes ]
[ Showing Your Fear ]

[ Do You Stand Tall? ]
[ Even Through Those Times Where You Feel, Like You Are So
     Off Balanced ]
[ You Were Going To Fall ]

[ Who Will Be There, To Lend YOU A Hand? ]
[ You Have Been There For So Many Others All Across
     The Land ]
[ It Is Not Like Your Plea For Help, Has Turned Into A Demand ]

[ For Attention ]
[ Sympathy Or Affection ]

[ That Was Never, Your Style ]
[ Not For A Single Minute ]
[ Not Even For Awhile ]

[ From What You Know ]
[ About Yourself ]
[ That May Be So ]
[ For Someone Else ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(368)▪︎[ Very Unusual … 5•5•2021 ]

[ I Heard Someone Say That They Put Their Foot In
     Their Mouth Unintentionally ]
[ That Made No Sense ]
[ Who In Their Right Mind Would Do It Intentionally? ]

[ C’mon, Really? ]
[ Freely? ]

[ That Would Be Like Someone Saying That They Made Themselves
     Look Like A Horses Ass Because They Thought It Would Look
     Good ]
[ As A Child ]
[ Were They Always Misunderstood? ]

[ Like Eating Paint ]
[ Is Good For The Brain? ]

[ Does Anyone Ever Like To Embarrass Themselves? ]
[ I Know That Some People Want To Embarrass Everyone Else ]

[ Some People Like To Do That For Sport ]
[ Driving Some Where To Hide Behind Their Own Imaginary Fort ]

[ Some Of The Walls ]
[ Can Be 40 Feet High ]
[ With Skinny Long Halls ]

[ The Inner Sanctum Is Seen By Very Few ]
[ Definitely Not By Anyone New ]
[ & If By Chance Anyone Is Let In ]
[ They See The Person That Nobody Knew ]

[ Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]

[ If Someone Is Let In, They Usually Will Not Like What They See ]
[ How Things Look ]
[ & How Things Seem To Be ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(361)▪︎[ Things Are Easier … 4•29•2021 ]

[ It Is So Easy To Live In The Land Of Make Believe ]
[ Looking For Someone Or Something That Will Give You A
     Second Of Relief ]

[ Sometimes It Is Really Hard To See ]
[ The Forest In The Trees ]

[ When In Fact The Trees Make It A Forrest ]
[ & You Are Trying To Find What Works The Best ]

[ Do You Believe What You’ve Heard? ]
[ Or Do You Only Go By The Written Word? ]

[ But By Whom? ]
[ Is Your Only Physical Contact With Society Is Your Weekly Get
     Togethers On Zoom? ]

[ It Is Much Easier To Be A Recluse ]
[ Than Turning Away Invitations With The Latest, Made Up Excuse ]

[ You Can’t Say That You Have To Stay Home To Wash Your
     Hair ]
[ Because You Personally Shave Your Head Twice A Week So you
     Won’t Have Any Hair There ]

[ Staring @ The Same Six Walls ]
[ Then Getting Your Food Delivered To You Everyday By Making
     The Same Four Calls ]

[ You End Up Having Long Conversations With Your Vacuum ]
[ Spending 25 Hours In The Same Pair Of Pajamas ]
[ On Your Unmade Bed In Your Back Bedroom ]

[ Your Imagination Still Runs Wild ]
[ You’ll Resort Back To The Many Behaviors You Had When
     You Were A Child ]

[ Your Imagination As A Child Was Amazing ]
[ Then You Started Vaping ]
[ & You Now Have Zero Control Of The Child That You Are
     Raising ]

[ That Is Your Biggest Downfall ]
[ When You Think Of It All ]
[ He Never Once Let You Coach Him In How To Catch/ Run
     With/ Field/ Throw/ Kick/Hit/Dribble/Pass Or Bounce
    A Ball ]

[ & You Could Show Everyone Through Your Shirt ]
[ How Much That Hurts ]

[ But Nobody Seems To See You Being Sad In The Shadows ]
[ Nobody Ever Knows ]
[ About The Hurt That Never Physically Shows ]

[ So Then What Do You Do? ]
[ Are There Any Clues? ]

[ You Just Relax In Your Own Space ]
[ Not Letting Others See Your Face ]

[ Your Family Wonders What Really Went Wrong ]
[ They Now Compare Your Life To A Sad Country Song ]

[ Of Course ]
[ This Doesn’t Mean You Lost Your Horse ]

[ You Just Let Your Life Move Along @ A Snails Pace ]
[ Not Interacting With Anyone @ Your Place ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(360)▪︎[ The Weather … 4•29•2021 ]

[ Inside Every One Of Us Is A Storm Waiting To Rage ]
[ Are You The Rain, The Thunder, The Lightning ]
[ Or The Next Ice Age? ]

[ When There Are Storms @ The Beach ]
[ The Waves Crash So Hard & So Loud ]
[ You Cannot Hear Anyone Speak ]

[ Some People Have A Fascination With Storms ]
[ That Is Just Slightly Out Of Other Peoples Norms ]

[ Is It The Driving, Blinding Rain ]
[ That Floods The Outside Drains ]
[ That Drive Those People Insane? ]

[ Is The Flash Of The Lightning Or The Thunderous Boom ]
[ That Makes People Hide ]
[ Or Run Into The Inside Rooms? ]

[ The Weather Guy ]
[ Tells No Lies ]
[ When He Predicts That The Lightning @ Night ]
[ Will Light Up The Sky’s ]

[ Others Like The Calm & The Warmth That The Sun Brings ]
[ That Seems To Be When All Of The Birds Sing ]
[ It Also Has You Wonder ]
[ What Opportunities A New Day Will Bring ]

[ The Opportunities Would Be Endless ]
[ & If You Tried ]
[ It Would Knock You Senseless ]

~~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(606)▪︎[ The Mind … 7•22•2021 ]

[ It Is Not Very Fun When You Get Lost In Your Own
Thoughts ]
[ It Is Disconcerting That When You Open Your Eyes
You See Spots ]

[ Feeling Like A Square Peg Being Pushed Into A Round Hole ]
[ It Burns You So Much Being Pushed & Pushed ]
[ It Aches @ Your Soul ]

[ You Set Off Flares & Yelling That You Don’t Fit ]
[ No One Listens ]
[ Or Even Cares Just A Little Bit ]

[ Then You Feel Pushed Aside & Being Told To Go Stand
With The Other Misfits ]
[ You Quickly Found Out That You Don’t Sit Near The Fan
When Someone Throws In The Shit ]

[ Pails Of Bullshit Being Thrown @ The Fan Night & Day ]
[ One Day Of Sitting Next To The Fan ]
[ You Will Try Really Hard To Get Up To Get Away ]

[ Where Do You Run Without Leaving A Trail A Mile Long ]
[ After Sitting Next To The Fan, The Stench Is Really Strong ]

[ A (30) Minute Shower Might Do You Some Good ]
[ Seeing What You Have Been Through ]
[ Everyone Understood ]

[ Being Put Under So Much Stress Flicks A Switch With
Your P.T.S.D. ]
[ That, Is Always, A Wait & See ]

[ Will It Awaken With The Slightest Touch? ]
[ How Can You Tell ]
[ When The Stress Is Too Much? ]

[ It Could Be A Noise? ]
[ A Voice? ]

[ A Combination Of The Two? ]
[ You Can Never Predict ]
[ What Your Mind Will Do ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]