(421)▪︎[ My Dog … 4•27•2020 ]

[ My Dog Is So Protective Of Me ]
[ Sometimes She ]
[ See’s Something That I Can’t See ]
[ & Oftentimes ]
[ I Have No Idea What That Can Be ]

[ Am I Going To Have A Long Flashback? ]
[ Is She Warning Me About A Possible Attack? ]
[ Maybe She Senses That I Might Need A Snack ]

[ Whatever It Is, She Can Be Persistent ]
[ When It Comes To My Safety ]
[ She Is Consistent ]

[ Sometimes She Senses Something Before I Know ]
[ I Guess Because Human Brains Are So Slow ]

[ Whatever It Is, She Can Read My Chart ]
[ That’s One Of The Many Reasons She Always Has ]
[ A Big Place In My Heart ]
[ & She Has Been There ]
[ From The Very Start ]

[ I Was The First Of Us Three To Find Her ]
[ When I Did ]
[ I Knew That She Was The One, For Sure! ]
[ Our House Felt Empty ]
[ & She Would Be Our Cure! ]

[ But Then An Unknown Voice Came Out Of The Blue ]
[ { ONE OF HER BROTHERS WOULD BE BEST FOR YOU } ]
[ What To Do, What To Do? ]

[ But In The End ]
[ We Figured Out What Dog & What To Spend ]

[ That’s When Freckles, The Female One ]
[ Became My Dog ]
[ & It’s Been Fun … ]

[ Ever Since! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(410)▪︎[ In My Head … 4•24•2020 ]

[ Sometimes There Are whole Days Where I Want To Climb
Up In ]
[ My Head ]
[ Where The Guys Always Win ]

[ Then I Know, In Some Small Way ]
[ I Will, @ Least Partially, Have A Good Day ]

[ Because, In My Mind ]
[ All Of The People That I Meet & Greet ]
[ Will Be Nice & Kind ]

[ I Can Walk ]
[ With Him Or Her ]
[ & Have A Good Talk ]

[ But Then I Eventually Have To Come Back To Reality ]
[ & Deal With Society ]

[ I Have To Deal With Self-Involved Hardy ]
[ Pity Parties ]

[ COVID-19 Is Real & In Some Parts Of The Country Is
Really Kicking Their Butts ]
[ I Don’t Think That There Is A Soul ]
[ Still Staring @ The T.V. Asking { COVID, WHAT? } ]

[ So Self-Isolate & Batten Down The Hatches ]
[ Where Are The Spare Batteries? ]
[ & Who Hid The Matches? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(381)▪︎[ It Was Her … 4•16•2020 ]

[ Mourning The Inevitable, Seems Like a Waste Of Time ]
[ That’s Like Taking A Pair Of Old Tennis Shoes ]
[ & Trying To Make Them Shine ]

[ How Much Time & Effort Do You Put In? ]
[ If You Don’t Know When It Ends ]
[ How Do You Know Where To Begin ]

[ Quite A Conundrum That You Stepped Into ]
[ Does It Make You Blue? ]
[ Do You Know What To Do? ]

[ Then You Feel Like You Stepped Into Quicksand ]
[ If You Can ]
[ Can You Stand? ]

[ When You Struggle, You Sink ]
[ When You Relax ]
[ You Stay On Top, So You Can Blink ]

[ When You Try To Relax, You Have Cognitive Dissonance ]
[ Your Body Wants To Struggle ]
[ & You Don’t Have Any Confidence ]

[ Get Up & Get Out ]
[ Your Mind Tries To Shout ]

[ Will Anyone Miss You? ]
[ Will Anyone Come To Help You? ]
[ Will Anyone Save You? ]

[ Do You Deserve To Be Saved? ]
[ If You Get Out Will You Behave? ]

[ Now You See Someone On The Horizon ]
[ Do They Have A Phone ]
[ & Their Service Is Through Verizon? ]

[ You Try To Shout, But You Can’t Make A Sound ]
[ You Struggle & Start Sinking Down ]
[ Then Your Hand Feels A Rope ]
[ & You Are Pulled Out To Dry Ground ]

[ & You Feel Through Happenstance ]
[ You’ve Been Given A Second Chance ]

[ @ Life ]
[ When You Look Up To See Who Was There ]
[ You See Your Wife ]

[ Then You Are Startled Awake & It Seems ]
[ You Were Having One Of Your Bad Dreams ]

[ Then You Look @ Your Wife & You Know Something You Should
Give ]
[ You Give Her This Look ]
[ That Tells Her She’s The Reason You Live ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(385)▪︎[ Who Doesn’t Get Picked? … 4•18•2020 ]

[ Everyone Needs A Laugh Every Day ]
[ If There Was Such A Way ]

[ To Get Each & Everyone To Laugh ]
[ It Would Cut The Violence In Half ]

[ It Would Be About Time ]
[ That Someone Would Come Up With A Remedy For Violent Crime ]

[ But Who Would Poke ]
[ Everyone ]
[ In Their Side With A Joke? ]

[ I Think People Would Draw ]
[ Straws ]

[ To See Who Would Get The Honor Of It ]
[ But Those Who Don’t Get Picked ]
[ Might Throw A Fit ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(490)▪︎[ I Am Just Hoping … 6•14•2021 ]

[ Why Did Things Have To Come To This? ]
[ In Life, This Was Not @ The Top Of My Wish List ]

[ We Were Rolling Along So Well ]
[ But Now Our Relationship Is Now Just A Shell ]

[ Of What It Used To Be ]
[ Am I The Only One Who Can See ]

[ How Things Have Now Become? ]
[ Feeling So Numb ]
[ Because We Keep Arguing About Things That Are So Dumb ]

[ No, I Am Not Calling You That ]
[ See That Is What I Mean ]
[ I Am Just Stating A Fact ]
[ & Then I Am Seen ]
[ As Coming @ You With A Baseball Bat ]

[ Ready To Take A Swing ]
[ This Is Not What I Bring ]

[ To The Table ]
[ This Is Like Trying To Compare Dish To Cable ]

[ Both Have Their Good Points ]
[ & Both Cost Alot Of Coins ]

[ I Am Not Making A Demand ]
[ But We Need To Get Back To The Issues @ Hand ]

[ It Has Become Crystal Clear ]
[ That We Need To Figure Out Where We Are Going To Go
From Here ]

[ Do We Go Forward, Or Stay Put ]
[ Do We Open Mouth & Then Insert Foot? ]

[ Putting A Foot In The Mouth Kind Of Shuts Everything
Down ]
[ Look Around ]
[ Who Looks Like The Clown? ]

[ Believe Me, It Is Not Any Fun ]
[ To Look Like One ]

[ Where Do We Go From Here Was The Question Raised ]
[ Will The Answer Make Me Feel Afraid? ]
[ Or Praised? ]

[ I Am Not Trying To Be A Dick ]
[ But Sometime In The Next Few Days ]
[ We Need To Pick ]

[ Go Forward Or Throw In The Towel ]
[ Will The Word Have Three Letters? ]
[ Or Will It Be Two Letters Ending With A Vowel? ]

[ I Hope … I Hope … The Answer Won’t Be No! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(487)▪︎[ Where Did It All Go? … 6•12•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 ]

(384)▪︎[ Death & Taxes … 4•17•2020 ]

[ Life Can Be So Fleeting ]
[ For Those Left Behind ]
[ So Defeating ]

[ Death & Taxes Are The Only Sure Things In Life They
Say ]
[ & When Your Time Is Up ]
[ There Will Not Be Another Day ]

[ Tik-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ Goes The Life Expectancy Clock ]

[ Just Like A Heart Attack ]
[ There’s No Going Back ]

[ You Can’t Expand The Given 24 Hours ]
[ No One Can Do That ]
[ No One Has Any Of Those Powers ]

[ You Can’t Avoid Taxes Or Death ]
[ You Can Hasten The Journey ]
[ By Shooting & Smoking Meth ]

[ There’s No Way In Hell That Will Happen To Me ]
[ I’m Just Trying To Be Who I Think I Should Be ]

[ But Who Or What Is That? ]
[ I Just Want To Take A Good Swing ]
[ When It’s My Turn, Up To Bat ]

[ See The Ball, Take A Step Toward Your Goal & Swing ]
[ Give It All That You Can Bring ]

[ Just Try, Try, Try ]
[ Don’t Settle On Just Getting By ]

[ But If You Get The Feeling That You Are Going To The Ground ]
[ Don’t Reach Out ]
[ To Pull Others Down ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(396)▪︎[ Be Careful Of … 4•21•2020 ]

[ Sometimes People Will Hate You Just Because You Are
Being Real? ]
[ Maybe They Can’t Accept How The Truth Can Feel ]

[ Is It How You Play Your Part? ]
[ & The Truth Hurts Their Heart? ]

[ You Can Never Please Everyone ]
[ But Do Not Hurt Anyone Just For Fun ]

[ Just Go About Your Day ]
[ In The Only Way ]

[ That Pleases You ]
[ & Gives Your Friends & Loved Ones Their Due ]

[ Figure Out What Makes YOU Click ]
[ & Don’t Just Listen To The Clock Tik ]

[ Tok ]
[ As Time Walks ]

[ Right By ]
[ Without Saying { HI } ]
[ Or { GOODBYE } ]

[ & Then Before You Know It ]
[ Another Day Is Gone ]
[ While You Just Sit ]
[ Without Moving On ]

[ While You You Are Saying The Truth Can You Handle It
Yourself? ]
[ Will It Affect Your Health? ]

[ Sometimes The Truth Can Hurt ]
[ It Can Also Be How It’s Presented ]
[ That Could Blow Up Your Skirt ]

[ If The Truth Is Presented In A Friendly Tone ]
[ That In Itself Can Prevent ]
[ Your Skirt From Being Blown ]

[ Beware Of How You Give It ]
[ Or You May Not Like ]
[ How You Get It ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(382)▪︎[ Belief Or Faith Based? … 4•17•2020 ]

[ Faith Is Believing In Something You Just Can’t See ]
[ It Is Also A Belief ]
[ In What You Could Be ]

[ Does It Seem ]
[ Like One Big Dream? ]

[ Faith Is A Hope For Something In The Future To Happen ]
[ If It Comes True ]
[ Do You Wonder ( WHERE HAS THIS BEEN? ) ]

[ Do You Really Want To Pin Down An Exact Time? ]
[ If You Saw The Need ]
[ Would That Make It Sublime ]

[ Faith Is Having Confidence In Something In Your Mind ]
[ It’s Having Confidence ]
[ Of The Best Kind ]

[ Is It The Future That Made The Past The Present From The Past? ]
[ How Do You Make Ideas From Yesterday Last? ]

[ When You Have An Idea You Must Have Faith In Your Thoughts ]
[ You Can’t Think So Hard ]
[ Or You Will Begin To See Spots ]

[ Ideas About The Future Can Send Them Sky ]
[ High ]
[ Just Make Sure That You Are Not Telling Yourself Any Lies ]

[ Once You Bring Your Ideas Back Down To Earth ]
[ Put Them Into Action ]
[ To Show Their Worth ]
[ & Prove That You Are More Than A Fraction ]
[ Better Since Birth ]

[ So Try To See What You Can Hear ]
[ But Don’t Always Believe In All The Words ]
[ That Goes In Your Ears ]

[ Believe What You Have Faith In ]
[ & Have Faith In What You Believe ]
[ That’s When Your Mind Begins ]
[ To Get Any Kind Of Relief ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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