Tag: #don’t

(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 ]

______________________

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(57)▪︎[ Don’t … Or Won’t … 1•15•2020 ]

[ Help Me Up When I Fall ]
[ Answer The Phone When I Call ]

[ Be Excited To Think About What’s Next ]
[ Answer Me In A Timely Manner, When I Text ]

[ Be Quick ]
[ To Help Me When I’m Sick ]

[ When I’m Waiting For You @ The Door ]
[ Come Running Across The Floor ]

[ Please Don’t Make A Peep ]
[ When I’ve Finally Gone Into A Deep ]
[ Sleep ]

[ Don’t Blatantly Watch The Clock ]
[ When We’re Finally Able To Sit Down & Talk ]

[ You Can Never Go Wrong ]
[ When You Take A Little Time Out Of Your Day ]
[ To Sing Me A Song ]

[ I Thank The Big Man Above ]
[ For Giving You The Want & Ability To Show Me Your Love ]

[ Thank You God For Not Letting Me Be Done ]
[ When There Are Those Times ]
[ When Life Was No Fun ]

[ The Joy That It Brings ]
[ Comes Out When You Act Like A Kid ]
[ Playing On The Swings ]

[ Never Make Up An Excuse ]
[ When You Point The Finger & Accuse ]

[ Help Me Be The Man ]
[ That I Think I Can ]

[ Please Spend The Rest Of Your Life ]
[ Putting Forth The Effort To Be The Very Best Wife ]

[ I Try Every Night ]
[ To Be Your Guiding Light ]

[ Then During The Day ]
[ I’ll Make A Path To Show You The Way ]

[ I Have A Son, Not A Daughter ]
[ So Please Give Me The Strength ]
[ To Be A Loving, Understanding, Non-Judgmental Father ]

[ Don’t Push Our Love Off Of A Cliff ]
[ Just Because We Have A Rift ]

[ I Hope I Never Give You The Shaft ]
[ By Not Giving You An Oar ]
[ In Life’s Raft ]

[ Your Love ]
[ Covers My Heart ]
[ Like A Tight Fitting Glove ]

[ You Are Worth Every Dime ]
[ Of My Time ]

[ I Don’t Ever Want You To Run ]
[ When You’re Angry ]
[ & Think That We’re Done ]

[ You Never Needed A Book ]
[ To Teach Yourself How To Cook ]

[ Always Think That Is The Norm ]
[ When I Want To Protect You ]
[ From An Incoming Storm ]

[ Never Think Of It Is A Joke ]
[ When It’s Cold Outside ]
[ & I Offer You My Coat ]

[ I Won’t Give A Hoot ]
[ If You Want To Go Out & Buy ]
[ A Brand New Pair Of Boots ]

[ I Always Feel That I’m Doing A Good Deed ]
[ When I Help Those In Need ]

[ During The Times That We Fight ]
[ I Don’t Ever Want To Lose Sight ]
[ Of What We Both Know Is Right ]

[ Please Help Me Show My Son ]
[ That He & I Are Not Done ]

[ You’ve Had My Heart ]
[ From The Very Start ]

[ I’ve Always Known That You Could ]
[ Once You Agreed That You Would ]

[ When We’re Apart ]
[ I Feel An Ache In My Heart ]
[ I’ve Tried To Do My Part ]
[ Since The Very Start ]

[ When You Used Come Over & Talk For Hours Every
Night ]
[ It Made My Outlook On The Next More Bright ]

[ Please Don’t Build A Fence
[ With A Long Silence ]

[ All Of The Time That I Spend With You, Is A Play ]
[ Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ 41 ][ Don’t Take The Blame … 1•10•2020 ]

[ There’s Something About Intense Pain That Brings
Everything Into Focus ]
[ There’s No Magic Words Like (HOCUS POCUS) ]

[ That Doesn’t Make The Picture Any Clearer ]
[ I Guess That’s What Starts The Emotion, Called Fear ]

[ Fear Of The Unknown ]
[ Regret Because Of The Past Opportunities That Were
Blown ]
[ Were There Any Opportunities Shown? ]

[ Do You Believe That Things Can Seem Fine ]
[ Even Though Your Thinking Doesn’t Fall In Line? ]

[ With Those That Are All Around You @ The Time ]
[ Even Though Your Thinking Is Benign ]

[ Even Though Others Feel Like You’re A Cancer ]
[ They Really Don’t Know That You Have The Answers ]

[ Just Because You Don’t Think Like Them, Doesn’t
Make Your Thoughts Wrong ]
[ & Even If Your Explainations Are In Depth & Long ]
[ What You Say Makes Your Points Strong ]

[ So You Should Keep Marching To Your Own Beat ]
[ & Keep Moving Your Feet ]

[ Keep Holding Their Hand To That Open Flame ]
[ If You Didn’t Do It ]
[ Never Take The Blame ]
[ & Don’t Care One Bit ]
[ If You Don’t Feel Ashamed ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ 46 ][ They Just Don’t … 1•12•2020 ]

[ People Don’t Change, Times Do ]
[ When You Have Food In Your Mouth ]
[ Can You Do Anything But Chew? ]

[ The World Can Chew You Up & Spit You Out ]
[ It Will Show You What Pain Is All About ]
[ You Can Shout ]
[ All You Want ]
[ & Pout ]
[ Until Your Face Looks Gaunt ]

[ When Your Body Runs Out Of Energy ]
[ & You Fall To Your Knees ]
[ How Will You Be? ]

[ Your Eyes Have Witnessed Quite Alot For Someone @
Your Young Age ]
[ Happiness, Sadness, Joy, Frustration ]
[ & An Awful Lot Of Rage ]
[ Sometimes You’ve Come Across People So Angry ]
[ You’d Think They Had Spent The Last Couple Of Years
Locked Up In A 10′ By 10′ Cage ]

[ But They Say That’s What Prison Can Do To A Guy ]
[ Especially When He Gets Convicted Of A Crime ]
[ That Makes Everybody Asks Each Other (WHY?) ]

[ Why Was He Convicted, Everyone Knows He Was Framed? ]
[ The Powers That Be Said That He Did It ]
[ & They Put Him Out There To Be Blamed ]
[ When He Was Put Into A Pit ]
[ Things For Him, Were Never The Same ]

[ When Society Put Him Into That Role ]
[ He Lost His Soul ]
[ He Was Put Into An Impossible Situation ]
[ Like Trying To Climb A Greased Pole ]

[ How Could He Do That Task? ]
[ He Definitely Could Not Do It Fast ]
[ Even When Asked ]

[ So How Do You Bring Someone Back ]
[ After They’ve Been Mentally Attacked? ]

[ Can Anyone Come Back & Be Like They Were? ]
[ That Is One Thing Where People Are Not So Sure ]

[ But They Try, Try, Try Their Best ]
[ Most Eventually Give Up ]
[ & Put Their Past Life To Rest ]

[ Then They Become A Shell Of The Person That They
Used To Be ]
[ & In Their Mind ]
[ Their Soul Will Never, Ever Be Totally Free ]

[ Give Up, Give In & Then Say Goodnight ]
[ All They Can Say ]
[ Is That They Have No More Fight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(942)▪︎[ Don’t Let Them … 7•13•2019 ]

[ Let ‘Em Laugh ]
[ Let ‘Em Spin ]
[ But Don’t Let Them Cut You In Half ]
[ & Win ]

[ Where Do You Start? ]
[ When Do You Finish? ]
[ Do You Give It Your Heart? ]
[ Or Is That Just A Wish? ]

[ When You Watch What You Say ]
[ & Then Figure Things Out ]
[ You’ll Come To The Day ]
[ When You Figure Out What Life Is All About ]

[ When You Play To Win, Not Lose ]
[ You Make The Conscious Choice ]
[ To Choose ]
[ Of Whether Or Not To Use Your Voice ]
[ Or Drown Your Sorrows In Booze ]

[ Alcohol Is Not The Choice That You Should Make ]
[ There Could Be ]
[ The Chance When You Wake ]
[ Your Head Could Feel Like You’ve Been Through An
Earthquake ]

[ When Your Head Rattles & Rolls ]
[ It’s Your Body That Takes The Toll ]
[ Each & Everytime You Come To ]
[ You Are Less Than Whole ]

[ In Today’s Society ]
[ Much Less Your Own Family ]
[ One Day You’ll Wake & See ]
[ How Things Are No Longer Free ]
[ & How Destructive Your Behavior Can Be ]

[ To Yourself ]
[ & To Everyone Else ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(736)▪︎[ Don’t Go Extinct … 9•1•2021 ]

[ Today You Actually Thought That Your Mind Was Clogged ]
[ But Then You Noticed That You Didn’t Feel Like You
     Were In A Fog ]

[ Sometimes You Think That Your Thoughts Make You Fear ]
[ Then You Don’t Think That They Are Anywhere Near ]

[ Thoughts Come & Go ]
[ Raising Questions That Will Pop Up ]
[ That Have Answers That You Don’t Know ]

[ Is It Really, Important To Know The Answers? ]
[ Do ALL Beautiful Women Make Good Dancers? ]

[ No, Not All The Time ]
[ Watching Some, Definitely Is Not Considered To Be Sublime ]
[ Some Acts Were Not Worth A Dime ]

[ Some Questions, Are Never Answered ]
[ Some Answers, Have Double Standards ]

[ One Way For The Townspeople ]
[ & A Different Way, For The Tribespeople ]

[ Things Like That Are Not Fair ]
[ Sometimes Your Thoughts Float Away On Air ]

[ Thoughts Have Never Been Concrete ]
[ Don’t Get Enamored With Them, Because You Will Never
     Meet ]

[ Your Thoughts Can Be Sexual Or Sensual ]
[ Plain Or Unusual ]

[ Thoughts Are Thoughts ]
[ Sometimes That Is All That Sets You Apart From The Robots ]

[ You Have A Brain That Directs You ]
[ A Brain That Drops A Clue ]
[ On What Is The Next Thing That You Should Do ]

[ But Follow Your Instincts ]
[ That Is Why You Are Not Extinct ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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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 Saying ( BECAUSE I SAID SO ) ]

[ Don’t Say ( I LOVE YOU ) Just To Get Respect ]
[ Do Things, That You Want Done Yourself, 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 Someone 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 ]
[ Before You Found That There Was A Nice Mixture Of Nouns & Verbs ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(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  ] ‎ 
  ‎
[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(612)▪︎[ Bend, Don’t Break … 7•7•2020 ]

A[ Sometimes To Survive In Life, You Have To Have The Attitude
Of ( WHATEVER IT TAKES ) ]
[ Your Mind Can’t Get The Mental Shakes ]

[ But How Do You Continue To Stay Strong ]
[ In A World ]
[ Where There Is So Much Wrong? ]

[ Is Strength Only In The Mind Of The User? ]
[ Is Violence Only In The Hand Of The Abuser? ]

[ Mind Over Matter Is Something People Say ]
[ When You Mind ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter In Its Own Special Way ]

[ Feeling Pain ]
[ Does Not Have To Make You Feel Insane ]
[ In The Brain ]

[ Sometimes The Blame ]
[ Can Only Be Its Name ]
[ & When That Is Tame ]
[ There Should Be No Shame ]

[ In How You Feel ]
[ With That Deal ]
[ But Only If The Feelings Are Real ]

[ Dealing With The Feelings Is The Real Catch ]
[ They Must Be Under Control ]
[ Before New Problems Hatch ]

[ Out Of Cracked Eggs ]
[ Look @ Them Head On ]
[ Before They Grow Legs ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]