(258)▪︎[ Don’t Take A Drink … 3•1•2023 ]

[ How & Why Do I Stay Sober? ]
[ It’s Not Because I Found A Field Covered With Four Leaf Clover ]

[ Every Day That I Do Not Take A Drink ]
[ That Is Another Day That My Head Is Not In The Sink ]
[ Or Spend One Minute Living On The Brink ]

[ Of Ruining My Life ]
[ Because I Cherish My Son & Wife ]
[ & I Want To Continue To Write ]

[ In College I Became A Week-End Drinker ]
[ But That Didn’t Cause Me To Be A Foggy Thinker ]

[ It Did Seem That I Got Drunk Really Quick ]
[ I Was Always Thankful That Come Morning ]
[ I Never Had A Hangover Or Got Sick ]

[ I Never Did Aquire A Taste For Beer Or Wine ]
[ Even When We Went Out To Dine ]
[ I Took That As A Good Sign ]

[ I Don’t Think That I Ever Had A Drink When We Were Out About The Town ]
[ I Never Threw Up Or Fell Down ]
[ I Never Was Mistaken Me For A Clown ]

[ My Dad Shot Himself When He Came Home Drunk From The Bar ]
[ @ Least He Didn’t Kill Anybody With His Car ]
[ The Walk Home Was Not Very Far ]

[ Not Far Enough To Sober Up ]
[ I Wish The Bar Would Has Given My Dad A Full Coffee Cup ]

[ That’s One Of The Reasons Why Alcohol Has No Place In My Life ]
[ I’m So Thankful I Have A Like-Minded Thinking Wife ]
[ Alcohol Caused No Strife ]

[ I’ve Celebrated With Alcohol Once In The Last 34 Years ]
[ Getting Hooked & Addicted Brings Me No Fears ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Pushes People To Tears ]

[ Alcohol Alcohol, It’s Not For Me ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Is Not Something That I Will Be ]
[ If I Was Ever Doubted ]
[ I Would Say (LOOK @ MY PAST HISTORY) ]

[ Are You Always Able ]
[ To Push Your Chair Away From The Table? ]

[ If Others Were Drinking ]
[ Would That Cause You To Start Thinking? ]

[ Thinking About Which Way To Go? ]
[ Are You Confident About Being Strong? ]
[ Would You Ever Know ]
[ What Would Happen If You Were Wrong? ]

[ Would You Have Any Kind Of A Plan? ]
[ Do You Remember The Last Time That This Happened? ]
[ You Ran ]

[ You Would Hope So ]

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~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo E Ka hoa  ]
[  A hui hou  ]
[  Aloha  ]

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(250)▪︎[ Alot Of Don’ts … 3•10•2020 ]

[ Don’t Hate What You Do Not Understand ]
[ Don’t Expect A Thing When You Demand ]


[ Don’t Judge What You Do Not Know ]
[ Don’t Parent By Always Say ( BECAUSE I SAID SO ) ]


[ Don’t Say ( I LOVE YOU ) Just To Get Respect ]
[ Do Things That You Want Done So You Don’t Expect ]


[ Don’t Take What You Have Not Bought ]
[ Don’t Take For Granted All That You’ve Got ]

[ Don’t Look To Others ]
[ To Be A Surrogate Mother ]

[ Don’t Say You Live Alone ]
[ When You Have Someoout Waiting For You ]
[ When You Get Home ]

[ Don’t Say You’re Honest, When You’ve Lied Plenty ]
[ Don’t Say That You Tell The Truth, When Your Lies Have Been Many ]
[ Don’t Say You Are A Person Of God When All You Do Is Judge ]
[ Don’t Say That You Are A Forgiving Person, When All You Do Is Hold A Grudge ]

[ Don’t Hate, What You Can’t Have Today ]
[ Work Hard For Your Pay ]
[ Then Feel Good That You Found A Way ]
[ To Get It Some Day ]

[ Treat My Dog With The Same Respect As You Do Me ]
[ I Want Her To Be As Happy As Can Be ]

[ Don’t Say You Do Hard Labor When Your Hands Are Soft ]
[ Don’t Say You Have An Upstairs ]
[ When All That You Have Is A Loft ]

[ Don’t Say You’re A Peaceful Person, When All You Do Is Yell ]
[ & Through Your Actions, Put Others Through Hell ]

[ Don’t Turn On Cold Water Expecting It To Be Hot ]
[ Don’t Say ( I’ve HAD A HARD DAY ) When All You Have Done
Is Sit & Play X-Box ]

[ Don’t Say That You Can Build When All That You Do Is Tear Down ]
[ Don’t Say That You Love The Circus When You Are Always Afraid Of The Clowns ]

[ Don’t Say You’re Rich, When You Can’t Spare A Penny ]
[ Don’t Say You Have Alot, When You Can’t Show Any ]

[ Don’t Put Your Faith Into Something/Someone You Don’t Believe ]
[ Don’t Say ( BELIEVE ME ) & Then Deceive ]

[ Them ]

[ If You Want To Pay For Someone’s Time ]
[ Expect To Pay More Than A Nickel Or A Dime ]

[ If You Are Allowed To Read What Someone Wrote ]
[ Do Not Say That You Can Do Better & Gloat ]

[ Maybe Someone’s Written Word ]
[ Is Not The Best You’ve Ever Heard ]
[ But, You Found There Was A Nice Mixture Of Nouns & Verbs ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ]
[  A hui hono mom u mākou  ]
[  Aloha  ] ‎ 
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[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe ]

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