[ Today Could Be A Really Sad Day, If I Let It ]
[ The Thoughts In My Head Have Not Taken A Grip ]
[ Actually My Thoughts Have Been Completely Split ]
[ Which Way Do I Go, What Am I Expected To Do ]
[ Why Should I Ask You? ]
[ What Kind Of Experience Do You Have In These
Kinds Of Things? ]
[ I’d Like To See ]
[ What Your Experience Brings ]
[ When Someone Brings Me Their Story ]
[ As They Are Telling Me About P.T.S.D. ]
[ I Get A Little Wary ]
[ Do You Really Have The Disorder ]
[ Or A Really Harmful Memory? ]
[ Okay, You Experienced, Saw Or Heard Something That
Made It A Bad Event ]
[ So, Now Does Your Mind Get Bent? ]
[ When You Start To Relive How It All Went? ]
[ Or You Just Remember It Well ]
[ You’re Not Reliving The Sight, Sounds Or Smells ]
[ Is It Hard To Get Some Sleep? ]
[ & It’s Next To Impossible To Get Some That’s Very Deep ]
[ I Can’t Let What Has Happened The Last Couple Of Days Get Me
Down ]
[ Send Me Crawling On The Ground ]
[ I’ll Get Up On Own ]
[ To Keep My World Going Around ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(541)▪︎[ Happy Birthday … 7•4•2021 ]
[ Just Because You Are Out Of Sight ]
[ Doesn’t Mean That You Are Out Of My Mind ]
[ It Is A Fight ]
[ Of The Hardest Kind ]
[ Hard, Because Oftentimes Memories Can Fade ]
[ There Is Not Always A Frame Of Reference ]
[ When Those Memories Were Made ]
[ It Is Not Like It Is A Fade To Black ]
[ Like I Have Ever Turned My Back ]
[ Quite To The Contrary My Friend ]
[ Because I Don’t See An End ]
[ Our Friendship Was Sealed Many Years Ago ]
[ How Do I Know ]
[ This? ]
[ It Is Because That Is How I Said It To Be So ]
[ We Used To Talk For Hours ]
[ When It Was Sunny In The Sky ]
[ & Through The Dark Sky & Thunder Showers ]
[ But Now … ]
[ How? ]
[ You Have Project On Top Of Project ]
[ & Then Work ]
[ How Would We Ever Have Time To Connect? ]
[ I Am Always Just Sitting Here ]
[ Ready To Talk ]
[ Or Just Lend An Ear ]
[ I Am Not Just One Of Those Ordinary Guys ]
[ That You Deal With Everyday ]
[ Because When I Listen To Your Eyes ]
[ You Always Have An Ice Cold Mt. Dew On Its Way ]
[ It Is So Uncanny ]
[ That There Has Never Been Another Dani ]
[ I Find It Extremely Hard ]
[ To Tone Down How I Really Feel About You ]
[ To Saying ( WITH DEEPEST REGARDS ) ]
[ You Know By Choice ]
[ That In Your Book ]
[ I Am Not Qualified To Raise My Voice ]
[ so I will just say, much love & respect ]
[ this is the softest Whisper I can get! 🤫🤫🤫 ]
[ through text ]
[ Happy Birthday To My Good Friend … Dani ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(542)▪︎[ Can You Write About It? … 7•4•2021 ]
[ How Can You Write About Love If You Can’t Write About
Overcoming Loss? ]
[ There Is Never A Day That You Get Over Love Lost With Just
An Over-The-Shoulder Toss ]
[ Whenever You Write, You Have To Write From The Heart ]
[ Then You Can’t Worry About Some Jerk ]
[ Tearing Your Written Word Apart ]
[ When You Step Into A Relationship You Must Be
Fearless ]
[ When You Write About Love You Can’t Be Any Less ]
[ You Must Stay True To Who You Are ]
[ You Can’t Think That Love Will Be Sugary & Sweet ]
[ As A Candy Bar ]
[ If You Are Filled With Alot Of Emotion ]
[ Than Be Emotional ]
[ Then Show Your Devotion ]
[ Never Let ]
[ Yourself To Fall, For A False Propet ]
[ When It Goes For Money & Lovin’ ]
[ They Are A Dime A Dozen ]
[ You Have Found That To Grow ]
[ You Have To Accept The Things That You Do Not Know ]
[ Nobody Knows Everything ]
[ & Until You Dip Your Toe In The Water ]
[ You Won’t Learn A Thing ]
[ You Will Never Earn ]
[ Someone’s Love & Respect ]
[ Until You Learn ]
[ What You Should Not Always Expect ]
[ You Should Not Expect Anything ]
[ & Everybody Has Something Unique & Different To Bring ]
[ To The Big Party ]
[ Some Come In Eating Light ]
[ Others Come In, Eating Hearty ]
[ It Was Always The Hearty Eater That You Would Pick ]
[ Not Because They Would Eat Until They Got Sick ]
[ They Have Always Been More Natural ]
[ Sometimes They Are Also More Factual ]
[ You Won’t Understand Loss Until You Lose Someone ]
[ Or They Leave Because They Figured Out That They Were Done ]
[ Then You Have To Deal With Being Alone ]
[ Silence Has It’s Own ]
[ Uncomfortable Tone ]
[ There Is An Annoying Hush ]
[ But Nobody Was Around, To Tell You To ( SHUSH ) ]
[ You Settle Into Going To Bed With Nobody Sleeping To
Your Right ]
[ You Really Don’t Like The Sight ]
[ But, Now This Is Your Plight ]
[ Is This Something You Would Be Comfortable Writing
About? ]
[ If You Have Doubt ]
[ Then Don’t ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(540)▪︎[ Lies … 7•3•2021 ]
[ When I Wake-Up & Open Up My Tired Eyes ]
[ I Will Wonder How Many Times People Will Try To Get By Me
By Telling Their Many Lies ]
[ Why Do So Many People Have An Allergy With The Truth? ]
[ They Would Even Try To Tell You That There Are No Peanuts
In A Candy Bar Called ( BABY RUTH ) ]
[ Some People Just Lie & Lie Some More ]
[ They Would Even Lie About The Color Of A Door ]
[ That Is Until The Truth Comes Out ]
[ Then They Will Be Asked ( WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? ) ]
[ Why? ]
[ Do People Lie? ]
[ Is It Just To One Up Another? ]
[ While Growing Up To Being An Adult ]
[ Do Most People Lie To Their Father Or Mother? ]
[ How Far Does That Get You In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things? ]
[ Not Very Far I Guess ]
[ You Don’t Always Have To Say ( YES ) ]
[ That Is The Quickest Way To Getting Yourself In A Mess ]
[ Some People Lie To Get False Bravado ]
[ Then How Far Does That Go? ]
[ Not Very Far ]
[ That Would Be Like Having ( LIQUID COURAGE ) In A Bar ]
[ Lies Can Catch Up To You Really Fast ]
[ You Need To Have A Good Memory Of What You Said Last ]
[ But Most Don’t ]
[ Will People Stick Around? ]
[ Most Won’t ]
[ Then You Are Back To Being Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(539)▪︎[ To You, My Wife … 7•3•2021 ]
[ Well The Year Was 1994 ]
[ I Was In A Tumultuous Relationship ]
[ So I Decided That I Didn’t Want Anymore ]
[ I Moved To A New City For A Fresh Start ]
[ To Lick My Wounds ]
[ & Try My Hardest To Mend My Bruised Heart ]
[ Then This Nice Fellow Employee That I Worked With
Came Up To Me & Asked Me Out For Her Good Friend ]
[ I Smiled & Told Her That I Was Flattered ]
[ But I Said ( NO ) & Told Her It Was Because My Heart
Was On The Mend ]
[ Then I Met This Girl In The Breakroom For Employees
One Day ]
[ I Guess I Only Had A Few Words To Say ]
[ That Chance Meeting Completely Changed The Trajectory
Of My Life ]
[ That Chance Meeting Was With My Future Wife ]
[ It Took Me A Few Months To Realize Who She Was Going
To Turn Into ]
[ Because Throughout The Years I Had Unsuccessful
Relationships With Quite A Few ]
[ I Finally Found The Cinderella That Would Fit Into My
Slipper Of Glass ]
[ My Heart Was Telling Me That This Relationship Will Last ]
[ & She Is Nothing Like Any Of Those Women In My Past ]
[ If Women Have Dreams Of A Knight In Shining Armor, What
Do Men Have To Dream Of? ]
[ How About A Beautiful, Caring, Understanding Princess
That Is Full Of Love ]
[ That Lady That I Met In The Break Room By Chance ]
[ Is The Only Woman Who Makes My Heart Dance ]
[ She Has A Beautiful Soul ]
[ & She Is The Reason That I Feel Whole ]
[ We Have Been Through Our Ups & Downs ]
[ & Through The Last 27 Years We Have Covered Alot Of
Ground ]
[ But From What I’ve Found ]
[ My Only Role ]
[ In Life ]
[ Is To Try To Be The Best Husband To Nicole ]
[ My Wife ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(232)▪︎[ The Cup … 3•6•2020 ]
[ Is What You Are About To Do Greater Or Less Than The Benefit
That You Seek? ]
[ Would It Benefit You Week After Week? ]
[ Or Only For A Minute Of Time? ]
[ As You Write This Rhyme? ]
[ Say What You Feel ]
[ Don’t Be Fake ]
[ When Keeping It Real ]
[ You Can Never Feel That You’ve Tied Every Loose End Up ]
[ There’s Bound To Be Something Left In The Cup ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(303)▪︎[ We Miss You … 3•24•2020 ]
[ We’re Sending A Heartfelt Message To You, Mom & Dad ]
[ It’s Been So Many Days Since We’ve Seen You ]
[ & That Makes Us Sad ]
[ We Would Never Want To take That Dangerous Chance ]
[ Of Making You Sick ]
[ So That’s Why We’ve Taken This Stance ]
[ As They Say That Our Greatest Wealth ]
[ Is Our Good Health ]
[ When Will This Pandemic End, Nobody Knows ]
[ If We Go By What The Facts That The A.G. Shows ]
[ Nobody Knows Yet When & How This Virus Slows ]
[ Mom, You Said That You Wished That You Could Have
Given Me A Hug When You Read That Story About My Brother ]
[ You Have No Idea How Important It Has Been For Me To
Be Able To Look @ You Like A Mother ]
[ & Once They Have Control Of This Virus Bug ]
[ I Will Collect That Hug ]
[ Ever Since I Met Your Daughter I Knew She Would Be My Wife ]
[ & Throughout Our Marriage You Two Have Been Such Positive
Influences In My Life ]
[ I Look Back & Think It Was A Shame ]
[ That It Took Me So Long ]
[ To Ask You For The Honor To Carry On Your Last Name ]
[ It Has Been Awhile ]
[ Since You’ve Been Able To Welcome Us Into Your House ]
[ Always Having A Smile ]
[ Nobody Knows When ]
[ This Self-Quarentine Will End ]
[ My First Words Will Be ( HOW HAVE YOU TWO BEEN? ) ]
[ I Feel So Bad ]
[ For Others ]
[ Who Don’t Feel That Their In-Laws Love Them Like A Mom & Dad ]
[ You Two Have Never Needed To Persist ]
[ That Such Wonderful In-Laws ]
[ Like Your Family Exists ]
[ If I Could Store Love In A Bank ]
[ I’d Be Rich ]
[ I’d Have Your WHOLE Family To Thank ]
[ Your Family Has Truly Shown & Taught Me What Family Love Is ]
[ So I’ll End This ]
[ With A Virtual Hug ]
[ Love, Your Son-In-Law ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(536)▪︎[ Live Your Life … 7•2•2021 ]
[ It Is Okay, Today ]
[ To Not Be Okay ]
[ It Is Okay To Be A Little Lost ]
[ It Is Okay To Be A Dreamer ]
[ No Matter The Cost ]
[ There Are Days When You Feel A Little Off ]
[ It Is Okay To Take A Sick Day Even Though You Don’t
Have A Cough ]
[ Even Though You Are A Man ]
[ It Is Okay If You Search For The Sun Because You Want
To Get A Tan ]
[ Days Can Feel A Little Foggy ]
[ Because There Are Nights When You Don’t Sleep ]
[ Making Your Mornings A Little Groggy ]
[ It Is Okay To Be 58 & Still Wear Only Shorts ]
[ It Is An Achievement That Your Record Is Clean ]
[ Because You Have Been Able To Stay Out Of The Criminal
Courts ]
[ You Try To Find Humor, In The Hardest Situations ]
[ You Try To Help Others, When They Have Complications ]
[ You See That Laughter Is Always In Style ]
[ You Have Found That A Compliment To A Complete
Stranger, Makes Them Smile ]
[ Because They Are So Unexpected, Coming From A Stranger
Such As You ]
[ Until You Say The Last Word ]
[ They Have No Clue ]
[ It Is Okay That It Makes You Smile When That Is What You
Are Able To Do For Others ]
[ Maybe Doing That, Helps You Get Over The Pain That You Have
Because Of The Death Of Your Brother ]
[ You Have Found That Complimenting Someone Else ]
[ Helps Yourself ]
[ It Is Okay To Warm Your Own Heart ]
[ By Trying To Warm Another Person’s ]
[ Heart, An Art ]
[ Give ]
[ Don’t Take ]
[ Live ]
[ By Never Being Fake ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(250)▪︎[ Alot Of Don’ts … 3•10•2020 ]
[ Don’t Hate What You Do Not Understand ]
[ Don’t Expect A Thing When You Demand ]
[ Don’t Judge What You Do Not Know ]
[ Don’t Parent By Always Say ( BECAUSE I SAID SO ) ]
[ Don’t Say ( I LOVE YOU ) Just To Get Respect ]
[ Do Things That You Want Done So You Don’t Expect ]
[ Don’t Take What You Have Not Bought ]
[ Don’t Take For Granted All That You’ve Got ]
[ Don’t Look To Others ]
[ To Be A Surrogate Mother ]
[ Don’t Say You Live Alone ]
[ When You Have Someoout Waiting For You ]
[ When You Get Home ]
[ Don’t Say You’re Honest, When You’ve Lied Plenty ]
[ Don’t Say That You Tell The Truth, When Your Lies Have Been Many ]
[ Don’t Say You Are A Person Of God When All You Do Is Judge ]
[ Don’t Say That You Are A Forgiving Person, When All You Do Is Hold A Grudge ]
[ Don’t Hate, What You Can’t Have Today ]
[ Work Hard For Your Pay ]
[ Then Feel Good That You Found A Way ]
[ To Get It Some Day ]
[ Treat My Dog With The Same Respect As You Do Me ]
[ I Want Her To Be As Happy As Can Be ]
[ Don’t Say You Do Hard Labor When Your Hands Are Soft ]
[ Don’t Say You Have An Upstairs ]
[ When All That You Have Is A Loft ]
[ Don’t Say You’re A Peaceful Person, When All You Do Is Yell ]
[ & Through Your Actions, Put Others Through Hell ]
[ Don’t Turn On Cold Water Expecting It To Be Hot ]
[ Don’t Say ( I’ve HAD A HARD DAY ) When All You Have Done
Is Sit & Play X-Box ]
[ Don’t Say That You Can Build When All That You Do Is Tear Down ]
[ Don’t Say That You Love The Circus When You Are Always Afraid Of The Clowns ]
[ Don’t Say You’re Rich, When You Can’t Spare A Penny ]
[ Don’t Say You Have Alot, When You Can’t Show Any ]
[ Don’t Put Your Faith Into Something/Someone You Don’t Believe ]
[ Don’t Say ( BELIEVE ME ) & Then Deceive ]
[ Them ]
[ If You Want To Pay For Someone’s Time ]
[ Expect To Pay More Than A Nickel Or A Dime ]
[ If You Are Allowed To Read What Someone Wrote ]
[ Do Not Say That You Can Do Better & Gloat ]
[ Maybe Someone’s Written Word ]
[ Is Not The Best You’ve Ever Heard ]
[ But, You Found There Was A Nice Mixture Of Nouns & Verbs ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hono mom u mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(246)▪︎[ The Spark … 3•9•2020 ]
[ When The Sun Goes Down & The Moon Comes Out ]
[ What Do You Think About? ]
[ Do You Reminisce About How The Day Went? ]
[ & How You Were Able To Call Your Partner & Vent? ]
[ Did They Listen With Open Ears? ]
[ Or Did It Seem Like You Were Talking About Subjects
That They Didn’t Want Hear? ]
[ Did It Seem Really Clear? ]
[ That They Didn’t Want To Listen Here? ]
[ Were The Problems Solved? ]
[ Was Your Partner Involved? ]
[ If So, How Much? ]
[ Did They Always Try To Avoid Talking About Such & Such? ]
[ How True Were These Last Lines? ]
[ Do You Think Your Relationship Is Still Doing Fine? ]
[ Sometimes They Come Across Aloof & Vacant ]
[ You Want Them To Stay 10 More Minutes ]
[ But They Quickly Say ( I CAN’t ) ]
[ You Wonder Where It All Went Wrong? ]
[ Your Talks Used To Be Deep & Long ]
[ Now You Don’t Know What’s Going On ]
[ Are You Thinking That The Spark Is Gone? ]
[ Did It Blow Out Long Ago? ]
[ Or Didn’t You See It ]
[ Because The Regression Was So Slow? ]
[ So How Do You Make A Spark That Starts A Flame? ]
[ First Thing You Do Is Stop The Blame ]
[ Game ]
[ That Does Not Help Each Other ]
[ To Stay Together ]
[ It Doesn’t Help Trying To Be Their Father Or Mother ]
[ You Must Let Them Be Themselves ]
[ & Don’t Try To Make Them Like Someone Else ]
[ Like Someone From Your Past ]
[ Since You Are Not Still With That Person ]
[ Obviously That Relationship Did Not Last ]
[ But Everyone Has Advice That You Don’t Have To Take ]
[ & Sometimes Some People Come Across Aloof & Fake ]
[ Can You Do Anything About That? ]
[ Maybe The Next Time That You Come Up To Bat ]
[ You Can Wipe Your Shoes Off @ The Doormat ]
[ That’s Better Than Wiping Them Off On Somebody’s Back ]
[ You Have To Stop The Hurt ]
[ & Give Him Back His Shirt ]
[ But You Could Wash It First ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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