[ When Your Name Comes Into My Mind ]
[ I Always Smile ]
[ Because Each & Every Day You Have Been So Kind ]
[ Please Remind Me How I Got So Lucky To Have You
As My Best Friend? ]
[ When I Wished That I Could Find Someone To Be Special For
Me ]
[ I Never Knew That It Would Be Someone Like You That God Would
Send ]
[ I’ve Always Thought I Was Born Under A Dark Cloud ]
[ I Never Thought That I Would Find A Friend ]
[ Out Of The Crowd ]
[ You Are The Only Thing That Your Agency Got Right ]
[ You Give & Show Me Love ]
[ Every Single Night ]
[ That You’ve Been Here ]
[ Do I Make That Perfectly Clear? ]
[ You Are A Stubborn & No Nonsense Woman Through & Through ]
[ When You Tell Me To Do Do Something ]
[ That’s What I Do ]
[ Because, Well … ]
[ It’s Because You Are You ]
[ You Got It Backwards Today ]
[ I’m Not Stuck With You! ]
[ It’s The Opposite Way ]
[ We Will Remain In Each Others Lives For As Long As We Try ]
[ & I’m Not Even Close ]
[ To Wanting To Say Goodbye! ]
[ Because The Only Word I Chose ]
[ Was ( HI ) ]
[ Effort Is The Key ]
[ I’m Not Ready For You To Walk Away From Me ]
[ So I Will Text & Text ]
[ To Ask You ]
[ ( SO, WHAT IS NEXT? ) ]
[ Is It A Reach ]
[ To Still Take A Drive To The Beach? ]
[ I Want To Sit Where Your Dad Sat ]
[ I Want You To Also Remember Me ]
[ When That’s Where You’re @ ]
[ Years & Years Down The Road ]
[ If I May Be So Bold ]
[ That We Will Still Be Close ]
[ But, Nobody Really Knows ]
[ The Main Reason Why I Worry ]
[ Is Because Many Times I’ve Been Told This Story ]
[ But You Are Definitely Different From All Of The Others Previously ]
[ You Take Our Friendship Seriously ]
[ & You Have Never Made Me Feel Used ]
[ & Abused ]
[ You Have NEVER Asked For A Single Thing ]
[ Alot Of Times ]
[ It Was Lunch That You Would Bring ]
[ Thank You For Earning My Trust ]
[ To Be In My House ]
[ That Is A Must ]
[ I Never Had To Have My Guard Up ]
[ Never Had To Keep Things Shut ]
[ You Showed Me & My House Respect ]
[ But That Was Also What You Came To Expect ]
[ You Never Brought A Purse Or A Big Bag To Leave On The Floor ]
[ I Never Had Any Questions ]
[ When You Walked Out The Door ]
[ Thank You For Always Being There ]
[ Thank You Maria ]
[ For Showing Me You Care ]
[ I Hope I Show It Back! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(178)▪︎[ Desperation … 2•27•2021 ]
[ Right Now, It Seems That Desperation Fills The
Air ]
[ & I Am Finding It Hard To Care ]
[ I Don’t Want To Succumb To This Virus ]
[ & Lay Down In Front Of A Speeding Bus ]
[ This Virus Has Complete Control ]
[ & It Has Me Trying To Claw Myself Out Of This Hole ]
[ Will Someone Throw Me A Rope? ]
[ Will Anyone Put Their Arm Around Me & Help Me Cope? ]
[ Giving Me Empathy ]
[ Not Pity ]
[ Or Sympathy ]
[ I Need A Phone Call From My Best Friend ]
[ So I Am Not Alone Towards The End ]
[ The End Of The Day, Week Or My Life? ]
[ Will My Eyes Stay Open While I Am Watching The Fading
Light? ]
[ Will My Wife ]
[ Help Me Fight? ]
[ Sometimes I Feel That She Is Oblivious To What I Am
Going Through ]
[ Because She Has A Handful Of Her Own Problems
Too ]
[ So She Might Have Blinders On, That May Narrow Her
Sight ]
[ She Has No Ability To See From Side To Side ]
[ So I Am Back To Being Alone ]
[ Eating Alone ]
[ Sleeping Alone ]
[ Drinking Alone ]
[ & … Dieing Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(163)▪︎[ Question Your Intuition … 2•23•2021 ]
[ Some People Have Shown That They Will Stick With You When
Things Are Bad ]
[ Some People Try To Cheer You Up Whenever You Are Sad ]
[ Those People Are The Ones That You Should Always
Consider Your Friends ]
[ Through All Of The Good Or Bad ]
[ They Never Say ( IT JUST DEPENDS ) ]
[ Depends On What? ]
[ On The Feeling That They Have In Their Gut? ]
[ Their Gut Should Say To Help & Stand By Me ]
[ Not ( WELL, LET’s WAIT & SEE ) ]
[ See What Kind Of Trouble I’m In? ]
[ Or See If This Could Turn Out To Be A ( WIN-WIN )? ]
[ Since When Did This Type Of Thinking Start? ]
[ When Did You Start Playing This Part? ]
[ The Part Of ( THE HESITATING GUY OR GIRL ) ]
[ Or Is This Just Something That You Are Giving A Whirl? ]
[ Why Do Some Stay? ]
[ While Others Run Away? ]
[ Maybe It Is What They Have Inside ]
[ Maybe They Tell Others They Courageous & Loyal ]
[ But Then You Find They Lied ]
[ Lies That Can Hurt & Scar ]
[ When Others Figure Out Who They Really Are ]
[ Then There Is A Major Disappointment & Let Down ]
[ So You Question Your Decision ]
[ To Ever Keep Them Around ]
[ All You Have To Say Is ( NO MORE ) ]
[ Then Show Them The Door! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(158)▪︎[ Never The First … 2•21•2021 ]
[ A ][° 158 °][ NEVER THE FIRST … 2•21•2021 ]
[ Why Don’t The Good Guys Ever Win? ]
[ & The Bad Guy Can Always Walk Away From Their Sins? ]
[ It Is Never Fair ]
[ That The Good Guy Is Always Left Standing Back There ]
[ Left @ The Starting Line Holding The Bag ]
[ They Are Always The Last One That Is Picked When Playing
The Game Of Tag ]
[ Why Does The Good Guy Always Finish Last ]
[ Even Though They Don’t Have Any Negativity In Their Past ]
[ First Place Is Not In The All-Cosmic Universal Plans ]
[ Because The Good Guy Is Damned ]
[ Never Having The Slightest Chance ]
[ To Do The Champions Dance ]
[ The Guy Will Never See ]
[ A Picture Of Himself Proudly ]
[ Holding That 1st Place Trophy ]
[ But Everytime The Evil Person Prevails ]
[ While The Good Guys Try, But Always Fails ]
[ Given An ( A ) For His Effort ]
[ To Show On The Report ]
[ The Evil Person Is Like A Tornado Running Through A
Trailor Park ]
[ Breaking Out All Of The Lights ]
[ Turning The Sky Dark ]
[ But Then It’s Gone ]
[ Moving On ]
[ The Evil Person Does Seem To Have The Ability ]
[ To Take Any Personal Responsibility ]
[ No Moral Compass There ]
[ No Signs Of Care ]
[ Anywhere ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(154)▪︎[ A Big Handbasket … 2•20•2021 ]
[ Is America Going To Hell In A Handbasket? ]
[ Rapidly Sending Most Of Us To Stay In A Casket? ]
[ I Did Not Say ( TO LIVE IN ONE ) ]
[ Because That Is Not How Things Are Done ]
[ When Alive, We Must Have Air ]
[ When We Are Dead, Few Really Care ]
[ That Is How We Are, Now As A Society ]
[ Nobody Really See’s ]
[ You Or Me ]
[ We Are Seen As Strangers With A Mask Covering Our
Faces ]
[ We Are Never Recognized By Who Goes To What Places ]
[ We Are Seen, Then Forgotten ]
[ We No Longer Recall Where We Have Been ]
[ With Who & When? ]
[ We Have No Identities & No Names ]
[ If We Get Sick, We Look For Someone To Blame ]
[ But Isn’t It Crystal Clear ]
[ That We Should Lay Blame On The Face We See In The
Mirror? ]
[ As A Whole, People Do Not Like The Finger Pointed
@ Their Own Chest ]
[ They Believe That Blaming Someone Else ]
[ Is Always What Is Best ]
[ Personal Responsibility Is So Tough For Most To
Swallow ]
[ Nobody Wants To Lead ]
[ & Most Just Want To Follow ]
[ Follow The Leader Down The Path ]
[ Towards The Cliff ]
[ Forgetting About The Past ]
[ That Made Our Thinking Rigid & Stiff ]
[ @ The End Of The Day What Has Been Accomplished? ]
[ Was Their Anything Crossed Off Of Your Wish ]
[ List? ]
[ Or Did You Just Stay Like A Blind Sheep? ]
[ Walking Through Life ]
[ In A Continuous Sleep? ]
[ Young & Naive Like A Little Lamb ]
[ Not Being Polite Enough ]
[ To Say ( NO SIR ) Or ( YES MA’AM ) ]
[ Not Making The Best Of Your Time On This Earth ]
[ Starting To Die Since Birth ]
[ Never Getting Your Money’s Worth ]
[ Oh Well ]
[ This Whole World Is Going To Hell ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(151)▪︎[ Not Always … 2•19•2021 ]
[ When Someone Sets Out To Write A Speech ]
[ Are They Out To Teach? ]
[ Or Preach? ]
[ Some Do Neither ]
[ Some Could Use The Help From A Good Teacher ]
[ Were The Words All Wrong? ]
[ Or Was The Message Not Very Strong? ]
[ Some Messages Meaning Is Hidden From Plain
Sight ]
[ Some Cause A Fight ]
[ Because Those That Are Completely Wrong Think
That They Are In The Right ]
[ Some Do Not Have A Message @ All ]
[ But Who Actually Makes That Call? ]
[ The Writer? ]
[ Or The Reader? ]
[ The One With The Yellow Highlighter? ]
[ Or The Cheater? ]
[ The Cheater Is Always The One That Doesn’t Like
To Get Caught ]
[ They Hate Being Put On The Spot ]
[ When Speeches Are Made Do They Also Need
To Be Heard? ]
[ Must You Hang On Every Word? ]
[ No ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(020)▪︎[ Just Don’t … 1•7•2021 ]
[ Don’t Back Down ]
[ Don’t Make A Sound ]
[ When You look Around ]
[ Be Thankful For What You Have Found ]
[ Treasure The People Who Have Decided To Stay ]
[ Wave Goodbye To Those Who Chose To Walk Away ]
[ You Should Never Spend One More Minute Of Your Time ]
[ Or Spend One More Dime ]
[ On Those Fair Weather Friends ]
[ Because When A Storm Starts ]
[ Their Care & Concern Ends ]
[ They Always Want & They Just Take ]
[ They Would They Would Even Eat The Last Two Blueberry
Muffins That I Baked ]
[ Oftentimes What They Give, Is Always Attached By Invisible
Strings ]
[ You Just Want To Cut Those Things ]
[ & Then, Give Those Thoughts Wings ]
[ & Without Worry ]
[ This Is The End Of This Very Short Story ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(007)▪︎[ Who Is Talking? … 1•3•2021 ]
[ Today It Seems Like Everyone Is Talking ]
[ But Does Anyone Know What They Are Talking
About? ]
[ Is Everyone Just Walking ]
[ With A Head Full Of Doubt? ]
[ When You Are Paying ]
[ Are You Sure The Person That You Picked ]
[ Knows What They Are Saying? ]
[ There Is So Much ( HE SAID, SHE SAID ) ]
[ Running Around In People’s Heads ]
[ How Do You Know Who Is Right? ]
[ Is It From What You Have Heard? ]
[ Or Because You Like What They Write? ]
[ Sometimes Personal Experience Is The Best Thing ]
[ Because Sometimes Personal Experiences Can Go Wrong
& Sting ]
[ But Those Are The Best Things You Can Bring ]
[ To The Table Of Life ]
[ Everything Might Be Dark ]
[ & You Are The Only Person Who Brought The Light ]
[ Years Of Experience Trumps Youth & Enthusiasm Every Day ]
[ & In Every Way ]
[ So Then Maybe Others With Look @ You For Corrections ]
[ Then When You Get Mail ]
[ You Follow & Then Listen For Your Directions ]
[ Then Others Would Soon Catch A Clue ]
[ & See The Obvious Social Cues ]
[ That Everyone Should Be Paying & Listening To You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(462)▪︎[ The Center … 5•7•2020 ]
[ You Are The Center Red Rose In My Bouquet ]
[ I’ve Been In Love With You Ever Since That One Day ]
[ I Woke Up That Morning Well Rested ]
[ I Didn’t Realize How I Was About To Be Tested ]
[ In My Defense ]
[ I Was Walking The Fence ]
[ There I Was Getting To Know You As A Friend ]
[ But When I Woke Up ]
[ I Wondered { WAS ALL OF THIS PRETEND? } ]
[ It Began When You Became The Only One I Could
Think Of ]
[ My Question Was { AM I IN LOVE? } ]
[ You Were My Friend & From Past Experience I Knew That
Never Worked Out ]
[ You Were My Friend, So This Is Something That I Needed To Really
Think About ]
[ Was This Just Happenstance ]
[ When There Must Be @ Least 50 Apartment Complexes
In Salem ]
[ & You Picked The One I Lived In, By Chance ]
[ Then We Walked ]
[ & We Talked ]
[ I Asked { ARE WE READING FROM THE SAME BOOK? } ]
[ { WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE THIS A LOOK? } ]
[ When You Said { SURE } ]
[ I Knew You Were Her ]
[ Ever Since That Night ]
[ You Have Been My Guiding Light ]
[ When You Said You Were In ]
[ I Chalked Up The Win ]
[ So Now After A Tad Bit More Than 8,950 Days & Nights ]
[ We Have Survived Some Dark Days ]
[ & Celebrated 100’s Of Times Under Some Very Bright Lights ]
[ Through The Darkest Of Times ]
[ You Were Always My Guilding Light ]
[ That’s How I’m Able To Write All Of These Rhymes ]
[ That One Day When I Asked You To Be My Wife ]
[ I Was Also Asking You, If I Could Be Your Husband ]
[ For The Rest Of Your Life ]
[ When It Comes To Marriage There Are Only A Few ]
[ Who Last Past Year 22 ]
[ But Here We Are Going On Year 25 ]
[ & Our Marriage Is Still Very Much Alive ]
[ We Take It Day By Day, Year By Year ]
[ We Walk Hand In Hand ]
[ When We Stare Down A Fear ]
[ We Have Lots Of Fun ]
[ Because We Both Signed Up ]
[ For The Long Run ]
[ That Is Just What We Do ]
[ There Is No Us ]
[ Without You, Too ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(455)▪︎[ Sleep Is Way Overrated … 5•5•2020 ]
[ In The Morning Light ]
[ I Get Up ]
[ & Shake Off Another Sleepless Night ]
[ Now, How Many Is That In A Row? ]
[ 3 Or 4? ]
[ I Just Don’t Remember Or Know ]
[ It Seems That When I Look Down @ The Floor ]
[ Everything Is Moving So Slow ]
[ @ Night, It’s The Clock ]
[ It Seems Like Every 45 Minutes ]
[ I’d Feel The Need To Stand-Up & Take A Walk ]
[ Sometimes I’d See How Many Laps I Can Do In Our Small House ]
[ When I Look @ The Bed ]
[ I Envy My Sleeping Spouse ]
[ I Don’t Like To Think Where I’d Be In My Life ]
[ Right Now ]
[ Without My Son & Wife ]
[ I Actually Don’t Remember Or Yearn For A Day When I Was
Single & Alone ]
[ I Lived In Apartments ]
[ Not A Home ]
[ But Like The Saying Goes { HOME IS WHERE YOU HANG YOUR HAT } ]
[ I Can Really ]
[ Relate To That ]
[ I Think This Time I Did 4 Laps ]
[ Before I Stopped ]
[ I Opened The Door To My Room & Looked @ All Of My Hats ]
[ Then I Go & Stand By Our Bed & Climb Up On It ]
[ & Just Sit ]
[ When I Look @ My Pillow I Mumble { WHAT’s THE USE? } ]
[ Trying To Go To Sleep ]
[ Just Feels Like Abuse ]
[ Of My Mind ]
[ So I Will Be Kind ]
[ & Try To Remember & Rewind ]
[ About The Last Morning That I Woke Up Refreshed & Revitalized ]
[ I Couldn’t Remember ]
[ Or Realize ]
[ When ]
[ It Had Last Been ]
[ As I Age ]
[ I Think It Has Been @ Least Two Decades ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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