[ The Beach Waves Have Such A Calming Sound ]
[ As The Waves Crash Onto The Ground ]
[ Then They Go Slowly Back Into The Sea ]
[ The Way They Move ]
[ Baffles Me ]
[ Is It The Pull Of The Moon ]
[ That Makes The Waves ]
[ Or The Heat Of The Sun @ Noon ]
[ That Makes The Water Concave ]
[ The Motion Of The Water Is Mesmerizing ]
[ The Sound Is Tranquilizing ]
[ I Can See How The Ocean Looks So Tame ]
[ But If You Turn Your Back ]
[ You Yourself Would Take The Blame ]
[ Sneaker Waves Are Properly Named As They Are ]
[ When A Wave Takes A Person By Surprise ]
[ It Can Drag Them Out Really Far ]
[ & Usually They Are Never To Be Seen Again ]
[ When A Wave Starts A Fight ]
[ It Usually Wins ]
[ Then The Mourning Period Starts ]
[ Because People Are Not Used To Being Apart ]
[ Yet ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(440)▪︎[ Rise Up, Down Frown … 5•2•2020 ]
[ Do You Know What Starts Up But Eventually Goes Down? ]
[ It’s The Smile Of A Clown ]
[ When It Turns Into A Frown ]
[ Why Are Clowns Either Glad? ]
[ Or Sad? ]
[ There’s Not One Of Them In-Between ]
[ I’ve Even Seen Ones ]
[ Who Looked Angry & Mean ]
[ The One’s Who Are Not There For Fun ]
[ Sometimes Come Alive In My Dreams ]
[ Then I Find That The Screams Are Coming From Within
Me ]
[ It’s Because Of What Those Nightmares Make Me See ]
[ It Is Not A Fun Ride Inside My Head ]
[ But I Cannot Disengage From It ]
[ Before I Go To Bed ]
[ Sleepless Nights Have Become Commonplace ]
[ & It’s Starting To Show On My Face ]
[ Falling Asleep ]
[ Turns Into A Race ]
[ Before The Sunrise ]
[ I Need My Sleep ]
[ To Stay Witty & Wise ]
[ When I Do Get Up, My Eyelids Are Heavy ]
[ Sometimes I Put My Arm Out To Balance ]
[ & Keep Me Steady ]
[ Then It Is A Challenge ]
[ To Get To The Phone To Call Eddy ]
[ I Want Eddy To Come Over Quick ]
[ Being Around Him ]
[ Is Always A Kick ]
[ He’s The Opposite Of Nancy’s Son Jim ]
[ Because Jim Has Always Been A Dick ]
[ He Always Has Been Mean To Every One Of My Friends ]
[ When He Shows Up ]
[ The Fun Always Ends ]
[ Way Too Soon ]
[ He Sucks All Of The Air Out ]
[ Like A Deflating Balloon ]
[ Just Like A Sonic Boom ]
[ That’s How Fast The Air Leaves The Room ]
[ Forever To Be Sealed ]
[ In An Ancient Egyptian Tomb ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(439)▪︎[ It Reminds Me … 5•1•2020 ]
[ Somedays Things Around Me ]
[ Remind Me Of The Day I Took My Vows ]
[ I Didn’t Know How Wonderful This Would Turn Out To Be ]
[ Saying My Vows Did Not Get Me A { HOW TO } Booklet As A Prize ]
[ Everything That Happened ]
[ Came As A Big Surprise ]
[ On Page One ]
[ The Topic Is ]
[ { HOW TO GET THINGS DONE? } ]
[ What If I Did THIS Instead Of Doing THAT? ]
[ How Will I Know ]
[ Where She Likes To Put The Used Bathmat? ]
[ Does She Hang All Of Her Clothes ]
[ Or Does She Fold Them ]
[ Only She Knows ]
[ But I Eventually Found After That First Time ]
[ & I Found Out That She Likes A Single Lemon ]
[ Better Than She Like Limes ]
[ Now I’ve Even Learned To Do THAT Instead Of Doing THIS ]
[ What I’ve Learned Through The Years ]
[ Is That There’s No Such Thing As { MARITAL BLISS } ]
[ Every Couple Has There Ups & Downs ]
[ But Does Every Husband Do Stupid Things ]
[ That Make Them Like A Clown? ]
[ I Don’t Think That I’ve Screwed Up That Bad ]
[ I’d Like To Think That I’ve Given Her More Glad ]
[ Days ]
[ Than Ones That Left Her Sad ]
[ We Are Not In Wonderland Looking For Perfection ]
[ We Just Need To Stop The Talk ]
[ That Sounds Like A Correction ]
[ & Have Much More Talks That Make A Connection ]
[ Much Less Correct ]
[ & Much More Connect ]
[ I Put My Wife Way Way Up Above ]
[ & First ]
[ I Want To Fill Her Up With Love ]
[ So It Quenches Her Thirst ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(446)▪︎[ Just Show Them … 5•27•2021 ]
[ Sometimes It Is So Hard To Feel Capable, When Others
Keep Saying That You Are Not ]
[ In The Bigger Picture ]
[ That Makes You Feel That You Are Seen As Just A Dot ]
[ Non-Existent ]
[ Insufficient ]
[ Does Not Measure Up ]
[ Doesn’t Make The Cut ]
[ You Have Heard Them All ]
[ Because You Try & Fall ]
[ But, You Get Back-Up Everytime ]
[ You Show That You Are Pretty Good @ Saving Dimes ]
[ How Do You Ever Know That You Have Finally Become
Successful ]
[ When Others Sound & Are, So Hurtful ]
[ Sometimes The Words ]
[ Said To You, Are The Worst You Have Ever Heard ]
[ ( YOU ARE WORTHLESS ) ]
[ ( YOU’ll NEVER MAKE IT, YOU SHOULD JUST GIVE UP, NO
TALENT ) ]
[ ( YOU ARE TOO SHORT, YOU’re USELESS ) ]
[ You Have Heard Those Comments Over & Over Again
Multiplied By Four ]
[ Each & Everytime It Rocks You ]
[ To Your Core ]
[ What Are The Words Meant For? ]
[ If Not To Cut You In Half? ]
[ Something To Give Them & Their Friends A Laugh ]
[ Nothing Shuts Up Critics Faster Than Being Successful ]
[ But, Not Becoming Boastful ]
[ Becoming Successful Through Alot Of Hard Work ]
[ Let Them Be Who They Are … A Bunch Of Jerks ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(455)▪︎[ My Respectful Son … 5•30•2021 ]
[ He Walked Right By ]
[ Without Saying A Simple ( HI ) ]
[ Have We Really Grown That Far Apart? ]
[ Should Being Ignored, Hurt My Heart? ]
[ The Father-Son Bond Was Broken Years Ago ]
[ He Told Me That He Didn’t Respect Me As His
Father @ 10 Years Old ]
[ As For The Broken Heart Question, That Would Be A ( NO! ) ]
[ There Was No ( ANYMORE )( TODAY ) Said ]
[ But Ever Since Then … ]
[ I Have & Get So Much Disrespect From Him ]
[ The Respect & Love I Get, Is Paper Slim ]
[ He Does Not, Just Not Respect Me ]
[ He Does Things To Disrepect Me, For All To See ]
[ He Doesn’t Care Of The Place Or In Front Of Whom ]
[ He Really Liked It, Anytime I Sent Him To His Room ]
[ He Would Go In There & We Wouldn’t Hear A Peep ]
[ Whenever I Checked On Him, He Was Asleep ]
[ He Doesn’t Play With Much ]
[ So I Could Not Take Away, Such ‘n Such ]
[ He Has Had No Incentive To Job Hunt ]
[ Sometimes I Have Just Wanted To Step Back & Punt ]
[ I Threatened Him With Military Enlistment ]
[ I Didn’t Get A Single Smart-Ass Comment ]
[ For That, I Gave Him A Compliment ]
[ Maybe I Found, His Kriptonite ]
[ Because When I Said The Word ( MILITARY ) ]
[ There Was Not A Single Sign Of Disrespect In Sight ]
[ He Has Had The Easiest Of Anybody’s Childhood ]
[ After 25 Years The Mom & Dad Connection Is Still Really
Good ]
[ He Has A Father That Has Stayed ]
[ He Has A Father That Always Asked If He Could Join Him
Whenever He Played ]
[ I Had Heard Enough ]
[ & Stopped Asking ]
[ After So Many Years Of Being Rebuffed ]
[ He Wanted To Watch Movies With Me ]
[ One Time ]
[ Then When Asked ]
[ He Just Wanted To Watch The T.V. ]
[ He Said It Did Not Matter If I Was There Or Not ]
[ He Was Never Touched In Anger ]
[ He Was Never Hit By A Belt Or A Hangar ]
[ I Do Believe The Quest To Raise A Respectful Adult Son,
Was Foiled ]
[ Because He Was & Is, Oh So Spoiled ]
[ He Has Never Been In A Situation When Things Were Hard
To Come By ]
[ He Has Never Been In A Situation When It Was Hard To Get By ]
[ He Has Never Been Made To Get Through Things On
His Own ]
[ He Has Never Picked Up A Phone ]
[ When There Was No Dial Tone ]
[ Because The Phone Bill Had Not Been Paid ]
[ Because There Was Not Enough Wages, Made ]
[ His Cupboards Have Never Been Bare ]
[ He Has Never Looked In The Kitchen ]
[ & Opened The Refrigerator To Not Find Any Food In There ]
[ He Does Not Do What He Is Asked To Do ]
[ I Guess To Him I Ghost Speak ]
[ & All He Hears Is ( BOO ) ]
[ So Him Not Acknowledging Me Does Not Pull On My Heart-
Strings ]
[ Ignoring Me Is Very Minor ]
[ If Someone Wanted To Compare It To Other Things ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(518)▪︎[ What Goes Around … 5•28•2020 ]
[ My Best Friend & Wife Are What Makes My World Go Around ]
[ They Are Who I Turn To ]
[ Especially When I Need A Pick Me Up Off Of The Ground ]
[ Each One Of These Women Love Me In Completely Different
Ways ]
[ & They Have Loved Me For ]
[ Many Many Years, Months & Days ]
[ Nicole Is My Wife ]
[ & Maria Is My Closest Friend ]
[ I Want Each One Of Them In My Life ]
[ Until The Very End ]
[ Nicole Has Been Here For Over 26 Years & Counting ]
[ Maria Came Into My Life Late ]
[ But The Days Are Mounting ]
[ It Is Not A Reach ]
[ To Say That ]
[ I Want Alot More Memories With Each ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(517)▪︎[ What Are Dreams Made Of? … 5•27•2020 ]
[ If You Could Dream, Any Dream, What Would You Dream? ]
[ Would It Be Endless Trucks In Your Neighborhood ]
[ Filled With Your Favorite Ice Cream? ]
[ Chocolate, Vanilla, Orange Sherbet Or A Combination Swirl? ]
[ Covered With Hot Fudge ]
[ & The Tip Ends With A Curl? ]
[ My Dream Has So Many Moving Parts ]
[ It Would Never End ]
[ But I Really Don’t Know Where It Starts ]
[ The First Part Would Involve My Friend Maria, My Son, Some
Relatives Of My Wife & Nicole Of Course ]
[ Those Three Names ]
[ Are My Life Source ]
[ & I Feel No Shame ]
[ In Saying That Is Quite The Force ]
[ I’d Wish Eternal Happiness To My Best Friend ]
[ I Would Hope For Marital Bliss For Her To The Very End ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(514)▪︎[ All Shapes & Sizes … 5•27•2020 ]
[ People Come In All Sizes & Shapes ]
[ Some Look Like Pears & Oranges ]
[ Some Look Like Grapes ]
[ The Same Goes With How Some Can Come & Affect
Your Life ]
[ Now I’m Not Talking About The Love From My Wife ]
[ I’m Talking About When Some Come In With A
Simple ( HI ) ]
[ For Some You Just Know That You Want To Get To Know
Them ]
[ It’s Just That You Don’t Quite Know Why ]
[ Is It The Way That They Look @ You? ]
[ Is It That They Seem Honest ]
[ Through & Through? ]
[ You Try To Find The Write Comment ]
[ That Answers The Question Of ( WHAT DO THEY DO? ) ]
[ You Just Can’t Put Your Finger On ( IT ) ]
[ & It’s Giving You Fits ]
[ It’s The Look In Their Eyes ]
[ That Make Them Seem So Wise ]
[ It’s The Look ]
[ That Tells You They Don’t Think That You Are Not Just
One Of Those Ordinary Guys ]
[ That Will Feed Them ]
[ Nothing But Lyes ]
[ They See & Give You An Honest Look ]
[ That Was Gained Through Living Life ]
[ Not From Reading & Learning It From A Book ]
[ A Look That Asks You If You Want To Take The Chance ]
[ To Do The Friendship Dance ]
[ & The Name ]
[ Of The Game ]
[ Will Not Be Centered Around Shame & Blame ]
[ Shame & Blame Are Two Badges That No One Needs To
Wear ]
[ While They Are Here ]
[ & If They Care ]
[ Care To Share Are Big Parts ]
[ Of Breaking Down The Walls ]
[To Get Close To Someone’s Heart ]
[ & Gaining Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ Or The Friendship Could Be A Bust ]
[ It Should Never Be Pushed Or Thrust On Another ]
[ Or You May Feel Untrust ]
[ Of The Other ]
[ Good Friendship Is Definitely An Added Plus ]
[ When Two Separate Strangers ]
[ Become An Us ]
[ When You See That Person That Causes A Spark ]
[ Get The Answers You Need ]
[ To Get Rid Of That Question Mark ]
[ But Sometimes Not All ]
[ Gets Their Picture On Your Wall ]
[ That’s When You Walk Away ]
[ Holding Your Head High ]
[ Thinking That There Was No Way ]
[ That Was Going To Work Out That Day ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(473)▪︎[ That One Day … 5•12•2020 ]
[ There Are Days When I Have Regrets ]
[ But Not One Of Them ]
[ Was The Day That We Met ]
[ The Day When It Dawned On Me About How Beautiful
You Are ]
[ It Felt Like The First Time ]
[ That I Saw A Shooting Star ]
[ The Chills That Went Down My Spine ]
[ Was Like The Time I Went Dakine ]
[ The State That I Was In ]
[ Before I Met You ]
[ Was A Situation That I Couldn’t Figure Out How I
Could Win ]
[ Was Time Running Out In Finding Mrs. Right? ]
[ Would I Ever See Her ]
[ In My Sight? ]
[ Part Of Me Was Saying { NOPE } ]
[ But I Did Have Just A Sliver Of Hope ]
[ But We Were Only Friends ]
[ @ That Time ]
[ & Those Relationships Never End ]
[ In A Good Way ]
[ So That One Day ]
[ I Didn’t Really Know What To Say ]
[ Or How I Could Get My Point Across ]
[ But Also Prepare Myself ]
[ For A Loss ]
[ So I Took The Chance & Spoke ]
[ My Mind ]
[ & You Didn’t Think That It Was Joke ]
[ Or That I Was Being Out Of Line ]
[ Once I Knew ]
[ That The Mrs.Right I Had Been Waiting To Find
All Of My Life ]
[ Was You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(453)▪︎[ You Just Do Not See It … 5•29•2021 ]
[ I Am Just Trying To Get Through ]
[ To You ]
[ Everynight @ 8:00 O’clock]
[ I Would Try To Call ]
[ But There Were Times When I Found Out Later That I Was
Blocked ]
[ After That Happened More Than Twice ]
[ I Told You That Was Not Very Nice ]
[ You Would Never Like It If That Was Turned Around ]
[ You Should Look For What Is Lost ]
[ But Was Never Found ]
[ It Would Be A Tough Go, Looking For Your Heart ]
[ It Would Be Much Easier To Put The Pieces Together ]
[ Of The Ones That You Tore Apart ]
[ Very Few Were By Accident ]
[ Most Were On Purpose ]
[ Because Of Some Kind Of Incident ]
[ That You Perceived ]
[ But Was Actually Never Received ]
[ You Listen To Your Head Talk ]
[ … Alot ]
[ Sometimes Scenarios Play Out Only In Your Head ]
[ Is It Because You Are No Longer Taking All Of
Your Meds? ]
[ You Have To Realize ]
[ That When You Don’t Take Them ]
[ You Are A Real Ass, When You Try To Socialize ]
[ Nobody Invites You To Get-Togethers Anymore ]
[ When You Come Up On Their Doorbell Cam ]
[ They Go Quiet & Nobody Approaches The Door ]
[ If You Feel Sad Because You Live A Lonely Existence ]
[ Blame Yourself, Not Others ]
[ Because You Never See The Difference ]
[ Between Their Fault Or Yours ]
[ What Was The Last Straw ]
[ Was When You Called Your Last 3 Female Friends ( A HUGE
PACK OF WHORES ) ]
[ That Did It ]
[ They Did Not Deserve That One Bit ]
[ That Is Why You Sit ]
[ Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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