[ Have You Ever Been @ A Loss For That One Word? ]
[ Because Of Something You Just Heard? ]
[ It Was So Bizarre, You Did A Double Take ]
[ When You Thought About It Real Deep ]
[ You Said ( WHAT SENSE DOES THAT MAKE? ) ]
[ When You Think Of Such ]
[ Of A Comment ]
[ You Know That It Was Not So Much ]
[ So It Was About Time ]
[ That He Went His Way ]
[ & You Went Home To Get A Glass Of Wine ]
[ & In Some Weird Way ]
[ That Helped ]
[ You Have A Better Day ]
[ So When You ]
[ Look @ That Clue ]
[ You Knew ]
[ What To Do ]
[ The Next Time You See Him, Say ( HI ) ]
[ & Then Also ]
[ Say Your ( GOODBYE ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(431)▪︎[ Have You Ever? … 4•29•2020 ]
[ Have You Ever Been So Out Of Sync ]
[ That When Someone Gives You A Wink ]
[ It Causes You To Blink? ]
[ Where Do You Look? ]
[ To Help You Explain ]
[ That You May Need To Find The Answer When You Read The
Right Book ]
[ Have You Stopped Giving A Damn? ]
[ So You Just Want To Go Back Outside ]
[ & Bury Your Head In The Sand? ]
[ How Do You Fill The Hole ]
[ In Your Soul? ]
[ What Would Fill The Hole Up ]
[ Real Tight ]
[ So It Stays Shut ]
[ Past Tonight? ]
[ Starting Above ]
[ The Middle Line ]
[ It Needs Lots Of Love ]
[ To Be Better Than Fine ]
[ Then You Find That You Do Not Like The Taste Of Dirt ]
[ So You Pull Your Head Out ]
[ & Deal With The Hurt ]
[ Hurt Can Eventually Subside ]
[ & Once Again You Feel Dignified ]
[ Unless Someone Lied ]
[ Then You Are Back To Where You Began ]
[ But This Time You Stand ]
[ Like A Grown Man ]
[ Without The Fear ]
[ Of Feeling Ridiculous & Ashamed ]
[ If You Happen To Shed A Tear ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(407)▪︎[ A Bad Flash … 4•23•2020 ]
[ I Just Came Out Of A Really Long, Hard Flashback ]
[ Now My Shoulder Hurts ]
[ But Not Even Close To The Pain That I Hurt In My
Lower Back ]
[ I Do Not Know What Is Causing These ]
[ If Anyone Knows ]
[ Could You Give Me The Answer Please? ]
[ & Right Away ]
[ If Not Today ]
[ Could You Bless Me With One Tomorrow? ]
[ Before I Have More Pain ]
[ & Sorrow? ]
[ Bad Back, Bad Back Go Away, Please ]
[ & If It’s For Only One Day ]
[ That Would Be A Tease ]
[ In Anyway ]
[ I Wish This Pain Would Ease ]
[ What Point Is It Trying To Make? ]
[ Subtracting Years Off Of My Life ]
[ Is What It Takes ]
[ & In It’s Place ]
[ Now I Have Much More ]
[ Wrinkles On My Face ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(395)▪︎[ If You Say So … 4•21•2020 ]
[ What Do You Do Next, When You Know What You Know ? ]
[ Do You Go ]
[ Where Others Say So? ]
[ Why Is That? ]
[ Why Not Be As Unpredictable & Wirey ]
[ As An Alley Cat? ]
[ What Is Holding You Down? ]
[ To Keep You Tied To A Tree In The Ground? ]
[ Can’t You See ]
[ How You Have Wanted & Needed To Be ]
[ Set Free? ]
[ To See The Things ]
[ That You Can Bring ]
[ You Can Be Colorful ]
[ & Loveable ]
[ But Sometimes That Is Not Very Fun ]
[ For Everyone ]
[ Nobody Likes To Be In A Place ]
[ Where Someone Is In Their Face ]
[ & It Makes Them Cough ]
[ So Others Back Off ]
[ Back Off & Back Up ]
[ When You Walk Out Through That Door ]
[ You Need To Make Sure That It Shuts ]
[ Behind You ]
[ Because That Will Undoubtedly Show ]
[ That You Do NOT Want To See This Through ]
[ Okay ]
[ You Say? ]
[ Okay ]
[ They Say ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(370)▪︎[ Too Dense … 4•14•2020 ]
[ Where Does Your Mind Go, When Your Body Falls Asleep ]
[ Does Your Mind Tell Your Mouth ]
[ To Not Make A Peep? ]
[ With All Of These Days Of Continuous Isolation ]
[ Do You Feel The Desolation? ]
[ Is There Confusion? ]
[ Or Is There Delusion? ]
[ What To Do, What To Do, With All Of This Free Time? ]
[ I Will Spend It All ]
[ Writing Rhyme After Rhyme ]
[ Not Making A Call ]
[ Just To Drop A Dime ]
[ Not All The Stories Are Worth Repeating ]
[ Don’t Turn Those Attempts ]
[ Into A Psychological Beating ]
[ But Where Does Your Mind Go ]
[ When Things Are Slow? ]
[ Do You Ever Know? ]
[ When My Mind Checks Out? ]
[ I Wonder ( WHAT’s THAT ALL ABOUT? ) ]
[ I Can Never Get An Answer That Makes Sense ]
[ Maybe I’m Too Dense ]
[ Or Others Don’t Want Me To Know What
Happens On That Side Of The Fence ]
[ So I Can Understand ]
[ The Demand ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(487)▪︎[ Where Did It All Go? … 6•13•2021 ]
[ I Should Have Summoned Up The Powers ]
[ To Give You All My Hours ]
[ Time Slips By Way Too Fast ]
[ & Memories Oftentimes Do Not Last ]
[ Sometimes Gravity ]
[ Keeps Ahold Of Me ]
[ Just When I Want To Float ]
[ I Turn To Grab My Coat ]
[ But Gravity Is Like An Ankle Weight ]
[ Holding Me Down In A Frozen State ]
[ I Always Needed You Be My Side ]
[ I Liked To Walk With You ]
[ Smiling, With Alot Of Pride ]
[ Sometimes Things Were Hot With Us ]
[ Then They Weren’t ]
[ & I Have No Idea When The Wheels Came Off The Bus ]
[ I Used To Think Our Bond Was Strong ]
[ Which One Of The Past Years Was To Blame ]
[ For When Everything Went Wrong? ]
[ All Of My Future Plans Went Up In Smoke ]
[ All Of Our Pinkie Deals Are Now Forever Broke ]
[ ( HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? ) Is What I Yell ]
[ All Of My Dreams Have Gone To Hell ]
[ When We Were Together, I Felt That I Was Living The Dream ]
[ Now I Feel Like I Am In A Paddleless Canoe ]
[ Trying To Travel Upstream ]
[ Who Would Have Thought That Everything Would Have
Been Swept Down The Drain ]
[ With The Next Big Rain ]
[ Dreams Come ]
[ & Dreams Go ]
[ I Feel So Dumb ]
[ With The Things That I Now Know ]
[ Will This Affect Me In My Next Relationship ]
[ Well Maybe Next Time, I Won’t Want To Be Connected @ The Hip ]
[ Maybe Give Her Alot More Room ]
[ Before I Start Picturing Myself As Her Groom ]
[ Whoever Said That Time Heals All Wounds Was Not Always
Right ]
[ Sometimes After The Darkness Comes ]
[ It Is Hard To See The Light ]
[ Maybe I Will Have Better Luck Next Time ]
[ Unless You Can Only Find Luck In Stories That Rhyme ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(489)▪︎[ Wow, Did I Mess Up … 6•13•2021 ]
[ Sometimes I Need To Remember To Hold On To What I’ve Got ]
[ Even Though There Are Times When I Act Like I Forgot ]
[ I Apologize All Over Myself ]
[ Because My Eyes Were Looking @ Someone Else ]
[ I Could Never Realize ]
[ How Much Hurt That You Had In Your Eyes ]
[ When You Saw Me Walking With Her Hand In Mine ]
[ I Could See By Your Expression ]
[ You Definitely Did Not Look Like You Were Going Dakine ]
[ When You Caught Me There ]
[ I Immediately Thought That Our Love Was Beyond Repair ]
[ You Waited Several Days ]
[ To Talk To Me About The Error Of My Ways ]
[ I Never Should Have Let That Other Thing Begin ]
[ I Never Want To Commit That Sin ]
[ On You, Ever Again ]
[ I Will Not Tell Another Lie ]
[ But I Have Seen Her Pass By ]
[ Just To Say ( HI ) ]
[ That Was My Only Other Interaction ]
[ I Never Made Another Infraction ]
[ Now My Sole Effort Is With You ]
[ Because That Is The Only Thing That I Want To Do ]
[ There Will Not Be Any Other Females Crossing My Path ]
[ that Is Part Of My History ]
[ Because I Do Not Want To Experience Your Wrath ]
[ Like I Have In The Past ]
[ One Time Is Enough To Last ]
[ I Let You Down In The Biggest Way ]
[ I Never Wanted The Hurt In Your Heart To Stay ]
[ The Way That You Looked @ Me The Next Day, Made Me Wince ]
[ I’ve Had Horrible Dreams About That, Ever Since ]
[ I Know That I Can Never Erase What You Saw ]
[ & I Know That Ever Since That Day Your Nerves Have Been Raw ]
[ Will We Keep Moving On? ]
[ Or Is The Connection Gone? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(485)▪︎[ Why Do We Wake-Up? … 6•11•2021 ]
[ What Do We Really Wake Up For ]
[ Is There More In Life Than What Is Behind The Bedroom
Door? ]
[ What Is It, Can It Be Exciting? ]
[ If It Isn’t ]
[ Will We Need To Start Fighting? ]
[ What If Some People Can’t ]
[ Keep Writing? ]
[ Fighting For What & With Whom? ]
[ Will It Be Worth Walking Out Of This Room? ]
[ If We Go Out Into The Living Room, Will We Find Something
Living? ]
[ If We Do Not Acknowledge Them ]
[ Will They Be Very Forgiving? ]
[ Forgiving Is, As Forgivness Does ]
[ There Are A Whole Bunch Of People Out There That Won’t
Forgive Others, Just Because ]
[ Some People Always Need A Carrot In Front Of Them Before
They Pull Someone’s Cart ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Do Not Do That Out Of The Kindness
Of Their Heart ]
[ About A ¼ Of Society Will ]
[ The Other 3/4 Would Never Pull Another Person’s Cart Up
A Hill ]
[ But They Will Be The First To Pull Down Their Paper Thin Mask ]
[ & Ask ]
[ Will Ask For Help, Than They Will Be A Bother ]
[ The Language They Will Use, Would Surely Offend Their
Mother ]
[ Society As A Whole Do Not Care For Each Other ]
[ It Seems To Have Become Really Easy ]
[ To Turn Their Back On Their Only Brother ]
[ Mother’s Kicking Their Children Out Of Their Lives ]
[ Not Even Making Amends While, Or Before, They Die ]
[ That Makes That Grudge Carry-On For An Eternity & A Day ]
[ They Get A Concord Jet Ride To Hell ]
[ While The Children Stay ]
[ That Should Not Sit Well ]
[ In Any Way ]
[ But It Does Happen ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(480)▪︎[ The Back Of Your Mind … 6•9•2021 ]
[ Welcome To The Back Of Your Mind ]
[ You Should Look Around To See What You Could
Find ]
[ Will You Find Your Long Lost Putter ]
[ Or Thoughts That Were All Cluttered ]
[ Maybe It Will Be Your Replacement House Keys ]
[ Or That Sex Talk Explaining The Birds & The Bee’s ]
[ There Could Be Some Faraway Thoughts ]
[ Or Some Footage Of You & A Friend Dancing Like
A Pair Of Robots ]
[ There May Be Memories From Your Fabulous Honeymoon
Trip ]
[ Or That Mental Picture Of When You Saw That Blimp ]
[ Sometimes Memories Will Just Flash ]
[ Then Disintegrate Into Ash ]
[ There Is That Picture Of You Kissing That Red-Haired Girl
Named Tina, One Day After School ]
[ You Were No Fool ]
[ Even @ Six Years Old ]
[ You Thought That Was Pretty Cool ]
[ All Kinds Of Memories Float Around In The Back Of Your
Head ]
[ Some You Like To Write About ]
[ But Most You Don’t Mind If You Forget About Them Instead ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(425)▪︎[ Was The Dream Real … 4•27•2020 ]
[ Sometimes I Wake Up In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ & I Have To Wipe The Fog Out Of My Eyes ]
[ So I Can Adjust To The Light ]
[ Then I See Something In The Shadows ]
[ I See Two Eyes & A Nose ]
[ Then I See ]
[ That I’m Looking In The Mirror ]
[ & It’s Me ]
[ I Look So Old ]
[ My Eyes Look So Cold ]
[ How Did Time Go By So Fast? ]
[ I Knew My Youthful Looks Wouldn’t Last! ]
[ But This Was Much Worse Than I Ever Expected ]
[ It Looked Very Obvious Up Close ]
[ It Was My Health That Was Neglected ]
[ My Skin Was Wrinkled & Gray ]
[ I Screamed @ The Mirror ]
[ Why Did I Let Myself Get This Way? ]
[ & It Became Clear ]
[ That I Didn’t Want To See What I Weighed ]
[ Then I Heard A Noise ]
[ It Was The Soft Sound ]
[ Of My Wife’s Voice ]
[ It Seemed ]
[ Like ]
[ She Was Startled Awake By My Scream ]
[ She Soothed Me ]
[ By Saying { YOU WERE JUST HAVING A BAD DREAM } ]
[ I Looked In The Mirror Once Again ]
[ I Saw That I Did Not Look Like Sin ]
[ Oh This Was A Win-Win ]
[ I Thanked My Wife For Waking Me Up ]
[ That’s When She Lifted Her Head ]
[ & Asked { I DID WHAT? } ]
[ So All That Was Real? ]
[ Now I Can’t Describe How Old I Feel ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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