[ In Today’s Turbulent Times, It Is Okay To Feel Kind Of
Lost ]
[ It Is Okay To Feel A Little Off ]
[ What Is Considered The Norm? ]
[ In Today’s Ever Changing World ]
[ How Does Someone Conform ]
[ To What, To Whom? ]
[ If You Pause To Ask ( OKAY, BUT … ) ]
[ You May Clear The Room ]
[ It Clears The Room Because No One Wants To Step
Forward ]
[ Especially If No One Gets A Reward ]
[ Money Makes An Irresistible Carrot To Grab ]
[ Unless They Have To Catch A Cab ]
[ You Can’t Depend On Those Who You Thought You Could
Depend On ]
[ Those Days Are Long Gone ]
[ The Only Person You Can Depend On Is The Person That
You See In The Mirror ]
[ That Reflection Should Be Crystal Clear ]
[ When You Look Behind You For Some Support ]
[ There Is Not Anyone To Report ]
[ Or Supply Comfort ]
[ It Has Looked This Way For Years ]
[ There Has Been No One To Wipe Away Your Tears ]
[ Get Used To Being On Your Own ]
[ Get Used To Being All Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(518)▪︎[ Quite The Guy … 6•25•2021 ]
[ You Seem To Be An Awfully Strong Young Man Walking
Around Out In Society ]
[ Wrapped Up With Problems & Struggling Just To Remain Free ]
[ Free From Poverty & Feeling Handcuffed By Other People’s
Anger & Oppressive Ways ]
[ Sometimes You Do Not Feel Free For Days ]
[ Oppressed ]
[ Unimpressed ]
[ Culminating Into Being Depressed ]
[ You No Longer Have A Father Or Mother ]
[ To Go To ]
[ God Took Your Only Brother ]
[ Away From You, Too ]
[ Overdrawn On Your Two Checking Accounts From Different
Banks ]
[ No One Around To Give You A Hand Up ]
[ So There Would Be No One To Tip Your Hat To, So There Is
No Need To Say ( THANKS ) ]
[ Each Task Becomes One More Added On To Make The Number On
The List Look Numerous ]
[ & Each Task Becomes Onerous ]
[ You Watch Out For Others While You Attempt To Put Your
Friends Problems On Your Broad Shoulders ]
[ During An Age Of Selfish Times ]
[ & Because You iAre In The Times ]
[ Everywhere On Your Body, Exudes Pain ]
[ A Pain Free Day Is Something That You Will Never Obtain ]
[ But You Persevere & Walk With Your Head Held High ]
[ (9) Out Of (10) People That You Come Into Contact With ]
[ Turn Their Back & Says ( GOODBYE ) ]
[ But Does What Others Do ]
[ Really Bother Or Affect You? ]
[ When You Hold Up Your Shield ]
[ Does That Make Others Yield? ]
[ Whenever You Think That They Don’t ]
[ You Go To A Place Where They Won’t ]
[ Which Is Behind Your Emotional, Protective Wall ]
[ Where Most People Are Not Allowed Behind ]
[ Even If They Attempt To Call ]
[ A Call That Would Go Directly To Your Voicemail Folder ]
[ But You Won’t Listen To Them Until You Get Older ]
[ Sometimes Your Thoughts Get Lost In The Maze ]
[ Of Your Brain ]
[ Sometimes In Your Haze ]
[ You Fail To See The Light Of The Oncoming Train ]
[ One Problem With His Way Of Thinking ]
[ Could Lead Most People To Start Drinking ]
[ & He No Longer Gets Any More Deep ]
[ Sleep ] I
[ Leaving Him Staggering Throughout The Day Half Awake ]
[ Inches Away From Making Serious Mistakes ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(511)▪︎[ Doing What? … 6•22•2021 ]
[ Live, Laugh Cry ]
[ The First Two Seem Doable ]
[ But The Third One You Have To Ask ( WHY? ) ]
[ Because It Is Inevitable ]
[ You Collapse On The Kitchen Table ]
[ After All The Fun Stops ]
[ The Smiles Drop ]
[ Do You Have A Strong Shoulder To Lean On? ]
[ Or Is It Gone? ]
[ Ran Away To Look For One Of Their Own ]
[ Leaving You All Alone ]
[ Again ]
[ But You Are A Rock ]
[ You Are The Strongest Around ]
[ But Sometimes, Not Clear Around The Clock ]
[ You Rebound Better Than Most ]
[ You Are Like The Best Setting For Toast ]
[ Done, But Not Burnt ]
[ Even Though You Are Normally The Rock ]
[ Words Can Still Hurt ]
[ Others Usually See The Live & Laugh ]
[ They Don’t See The Cry When Hurtful Comments ]
[ Cut You In Half ]
[ You Keep That Calm, Cool Look On Your Face ]
[ All The While Standing Tall & Proud In Place ]
[ Live, Laugh, Cry One After The Other ]
[ After One, Wait For Another ]
[ Just Don’t Give Up & Let The Cry Piece Bring You Down ]
[ Walk Around Being The Smiling Clown ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(513)▪︎[ Life, By Itself … 6•23•2021 ]
[ What Makes The World Go ‘Round For You These Days? ]
[ Is It Being Able To Touch Others In Different Ways? ]
[ Are You The Friend & Protector, So Others Can Feel Safe? ]
[ From Assaults, Robberies & Rape? ]
[ Are You The Rock? ]
[ Because You Have A Good Shoulder To Lean On Around
The Clock? ]
[ Who Listens To You When You Need To Talk? ]
[ Do You Have To Go Outside & Write ( S.O.S. ) In Chalk? ]
[ To Get Someone’s Attention? ]
[ Is That The Only Way That You Are Able To Get Some
Affection? ]
[ What Is Your Calling In Life? ]
[ What Do You See As Your Guiding Light? ]
[ You Cannot Sit Back & Expect The World To Come @ You ]
[ Sometimes You Get As Much As You Do ]
[ Not As Much As You Think That You Are Due ]
[ There Is A Big Problem ]
[ When Some Sit Back & Think That The World Should
Go To Them ]
[ The World Does Not Owe You A Dime ]
[ & You Cannot Ever Stock Up On Time ]
[ One Continuum In Life Is That Time Never Stops ]
[ & Everybody Drops ]
[ It Is Just A Matter Of When ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(338)▪︎[ Good Times … 4•4•2020 ]
[ Life Is So Short, Make It Sweet ]
[ When Things Are Good ]
[ It Can’t Be Beat ]
[ So Let’s Put This In Drive ]
[ Instead Of Keeping It In Park ]
[ To See If This Is Worth Bringing It Into The Light ]
[ Out Of The Dark ]
[ What Needs To Be Done ]
[ To Make This All Work? ]
[ Let’s Make Life Fun ]
[ So Nobody Gets Hurt ]
[ I’ll See Things Your Way ]
[ If You Could Also Consider Mine ]
[ Let’s Make Every Day ]
[ Fulfilling & Kind ]
[ I Remember Sitting On Your Sofa Laughing & Talking
Into The Wee Hours ]
[ The Sun Would Come Up ]
[ & We Would Listen To The Rain & Watch The Showers ]
[ That Doesn’t Seem To End ]
[ We Know We Need To Get Up & Start The Day ]
[ But We Just Don’t Want To Know When ]
[ I Just Decide To Get Up To Leave ]
[ But You Catch Me @ The Door ]
[ Then Say ( DON’t GO, PLEASE ) ]
[ I Go Back To Sit On The Couch, Next To You ]
[ I Peer Into Your Eyes ]
[ & Look For A Clue ]
[ I Can’t Help But Say ( WOW! ) ]
[ & That Makes You Blush & Smile ]
[ Then You Ask ( OKAY, WHAT NOW? ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(352)[ Not Good Company … 4•8•2020 ]
[ You Don’t Really Think That You Can Be Around Anyone Right Now ]
[ What You Want To Say ]
[ Probably Would Not Be Allowed ]
[ That Kind Of Counseling Sure Does Bring Up Alot Of Hurt ]
[ While Sitting There ]
[ You Were Sweating Through Your Two Shirts ]
[ Why Should He Respect You When She Shows That She Doesn’t ]
[ Through All These Years Where She Didn’t ]
[ He Sure Wasn’t ]
[ He Has Been Given So Many Opportunities To Say That He Does ]
[ Was He Ever Planning To? ]
[ Because He Acts Like He Never Was ]
[ She Has Been Given Every Opportunity To Believe
What She Can See ]
[ She Hasn’t In The Past ]
[ Because She Questions Your Honesty ]
[ & Questions You, Even Though You’ve Never
Given Her Any Cause ]
[ If You Had Anything To Say Then ]
[ You Are Now @ A Loss ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(353)▪︎[ Wow … What? … 4•8•2020 ]
[ I Felt Like I Just Had A Near Death Experience ]
[ When It Came To Almost Having A Heart Attack Or Not ]
[ I Couldn’t Tell The Difference ]
[ When Put On The Spot ]
[ Could That Have Been ]
[ The End? ]
[ I Really Found That I Wasn’t Ready Yet ]
[ So I Lost A Bet ]
[ With Myself ]
[ Because My Feet Were Not Set ]
[ Neither Was My Heart ]
[ I Didn’t Want It To Explode ]
[ Apart ]
[ Did We Ward It Off @ The Pass? ]
[ Because Panic ]
[ Was Kicking My Ass ]
[ I Got The Scare Of My Life ]
[ I Was Saved By My Wife ]
[ She Really Kept A Calm Head ]
[ & Gave Me A Calming Med ]
[ Her 911 Training Really Paid Off ]
[ Her Thoughts Never Got Lost ]
[ I Think I Found Out Something Tonight ]
[ & That Is … ]
[ I’m Not Ready To Extinguish The Pilot Light ]
[ Was This A Wake-Up Call For Me? ]
[ Could This Really Be? ]
[ We Shall See ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(361)▪︎[ You … 4•10•2020 ]
[ I Love You More Than Life Itself ]
[ Not Her Or Him ]
[ Or Anyone Else ]
[ Every Second, Of Every Hour, Of Every Day ]
[ I Listen To Every Word That You Say ]
[ & I Love The Way That You Love Me In Your
Own Unique Way ]
[ Love & Marriage Does Not Come With An Instruction Booklet ]
[ There Was No One To Get Answers To The Questions When
We Met ]
[ There’s No ( GO ) After Someone Says ( READY, SET ) ]
[ After Adjusting To Our Married Name ]
[ I Saw That Nothing Was Ever Going To Be The Same ]
[ From Day One To 25 Years ]
[ There’s Been Good & Bad Times ]
[ & Many Cheers & Tears ]
[ As I’ve Grown Older ]
[ I’ve Seen ]
[ You Always Gave Me Your Shoulder ]
[ To Cry & Lean On ]
[ I Am Glad That Your Magic Touch Is Not Gone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(290)▪︎[ Not Again … 3•21•2020 ]
[ Oh Brother, Where Did You Go? ]
[ What Happened? ]
[ Only You & God Know ]
[ Why Can’t I Get You Out Of My Head ]
[ @ Night I Need A Potent Sleeping Med ]
[ To Turn My Waking Hours To Sleep ]
[ But It’s Never Too Deep ]
[ So Many Memories Of You Are Always Pleasant ]
[ You Were My Anti-Depressant ]
[ I Would Laugh So Much During Your Calls ]
[ It Would Shake The Walls ]
[ What Am I Supposed To Do Now ]
[ I Want To Laugh Out Loud Again ]
[ But I Don’t Know How ]
[ They Say ( LAUGH OUT LOUD & THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH
YOU ) ]
[ Tell Me How, Send Me A Clue ]
[ I Need To Treasure Those Around Me More ]
[ I Need To Be More @ Ease ]
[ To Open The Door ]
[ I Love Calling Las Vegas To Talk To My Niece ]
[ It Gives My Mind A Little Peace ]
[ Because When I Talk To My Brothers Daughter ]
[ Sanoe Reminds Me So Much Of Her Father ]
[ She Too, Makes Me Laugh ]
[ For The Time That We Talk ]
[ It Cuts My Grief In Half ]
[ I Know I Talk About My Brother Alot ]
[ I Just Can’t Get My Thoughts To Stop ]
[ Have You Ever Been Able To Stop The Thoughts That Come
Into Your Mind? ]
[ How Do You Rewind? ]
[ What Do I Need To Do To Remind? ]
[ Myself To Remember? ]
[ What If The Calendar Says It’s Already December? ]
[ Oh, Wait ]
[ I’m Too Late ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(305)▪︎[ Thank You Lynn … 3•25•2020 ]
[ I Conversed On FB With A Dear ]
[ Friend ]
[ From Yesteryear ]
[ The Memories Of Her Smile ]
[ Lifted My Mood ]
[ For Awhile ]
[ Then She Put Up A Picture ]
[ Of Her ]
[ With Her Hair Rearranged ]
[ Her Looks Weren’t Aged ]
[ Or Changed ]
[ It Took Me Back To When The Impression Was Made ]
[ Way Back In The First Grade ]
[ Back Then I Was One Shy ]
[ Little Pudgy Guy ]
[ Nobody Knew My Past ]
[ & She Never Asked ]
[ You See, I Had Just Moved There From Being In A Very
Physically Abusive Foster Home ]
[ My New Parents Were The Only People That Had Known ]
[ I Was Just Getting Used To My New Name ]
[ But My New Friend Treated Me Just The Same ]
[ As She Did Everybody Else ]
[ That Helped This Lost New Kid On The Block ]
[ To Just Be Himself ]
[ My New Friend Accepted Me For Me ]
[ If You’d Never Been One ]
[ You Don’t Know How Hard Being The New Kid Can Be ]
[ I Went From Living On A Big Farm To Living On A City Block ]
[ So I Kind Of Had Some Culture Shock ]
[ & I Found It Extremely Hard To Open Up & Talk ]
[ But My New Friend Never Made Fun ]
[ I Learned To Play & Run ]
[ Not Just Running From Someone ]
[ Physical Abuse Can Cause Internal Screams ]
[ @ My New Families Home The Nightmares Stopped ]
[ & Were Replaced With What Kinds Of Things That Makes Kids
Dreams ]
[ @ School Every Single Day ]
[ My New Friend Always Said ( HELLO ) To Me ]
[ In The Nicest & Most Accepting Way ]
[ My Friend & I Stayed Close Clear Through Graduation Of
High School ]
[ I Loved Standing Back From My Friend & Watch The Other Guys
Acting Like Fools ]
[ Other Guys Tried To Act So Cool ]
[ All Being So Sure ]
[ They Were Somehow, In Some Small Way ]
[ Impressing Her ]
[ She Never Got Arrogant Or Let Her Stunning Beauty Go To
Her Head ]
[ She Stayed Extremely Modest & Grounded Instead ]
[ So Just On A Whim I Went On Her FB Tonight To Make A
Comment ]
[ I Paid Her A Compliment ]
[ That I Truly Meant ]
[ She Paid Back The Compliment Back By Saying She Considers
Me A Close Friend Through All Of These Years ]
[ She’s Always Been Head & Shoulders Above All Of Her Peers ]
[ Thank You Lynn For Always Being The Cherry On The Top ]
[ You’ve Been A Good Friend Down To The Last Drop ]
[ Thank You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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