(331)▪︎[ There Are Lies Behind Those Eyes … 2025 ]

[ Sometimes You Feel Like Your Whole Life Has Been Filled With A Whole Bunch Of Liars ]
[ Going Around Starting Fires ]
[ Handing Out Love ]
[ That Is Held Up By Wires ]

[ Everything That Has Been Shown ]
[ Or Briefly Told ]
[ In The Most Obnoxious Tone ]
[ Ever Has The Longevity Of Growing Old ]
[ Or Has Been Set In Stone ]

[ There Is No Warmth (6ft) Down ]
[ Under The Ground ]
[ Nobody Has The Chance To Drown ]
[ When There Is Not A Single Drop Of Water To Be Found ]

[ No One Blinks Because They All Have Hollowed Out Eyes ]
[ Nobody Seems Wise ]
[ When You Look @ Their Disguise ]

[ Who Are They Running From? ]
[ Everybody’s Resons For Doing Things Sounds Kind Of Dumb ]
[ When Others Reach Out ]
[ Their Brain Goes Numb ]
[ Then Everyone Walks Away Filled With Doubt ]

[ When People Reach Out, It Is Because They Are In Pain ]
[ What Do They Have To Gain? ]
[ When They Find That The Effort Was All For Naught ]
[ Because They Became An Open Book All In Vain ]

[ Reciprocity Was Supposed To Be Built Around Trust ]
[ Like A Brand New Bicycle That Sits Out In The Rain ]
[ The Chrome Turns To Rust ]
[ They Can Dream That They Could Polish It Again & Again ]
[ But The End Result Is A Bust ]

[ Effort Does Not Always Equal Success ]
[ Every Day You Take A Full Bucket & Dry Mop ]
[ & Try To Clean Up The Mess ]
[ Only To Watch Your Jaw Drop ]
[ Because The Amount Of Effort You Give, Causes You Extreme Stress ]

[ Effort Given ]
[ & A Great Result Is Not Always In The Same Sentence ]
[ Quite Often ]
[ It Just Keeps People Who Have Doubt From Ever Riding The Fence ]
[ Just When ]
[ Others Show That They Do Not Have The Confidence ]
[ Then ]
[ There Is No Difference ]
[ Because There Is Nothing To Reference ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha

Na
Lopaka DeVoe

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(014)▪︎[ The Unsolved … 2024 ]

[ Sometimes People Can Be So Cruel ]
[ To Each Other ]
[ Nobody Wants, Chooses Or Feels The Need To Apply The Golden Rule ]
[ Especially When People Drink With Their Brother ]

[ Family In-Fighting ]
[ Is Like A Storm ]
[ Constant Rain, Loud Thunder & Lots Of Lightning ]
[ This Is What The Young Kids See Is The Norm ]

[ During The Day People Are Filled With Charm ]
[ After Introducing The Slightest Bit Of Alcohol ]
[ Family Members Can Set Out To Do Alot Of Harm ]

[ There Are Some People Who Always Want What Others Have ]
[ Maybe When They Know That Their Older Mom Is Taking A Bath ]
[ They Do Not Want To Wait Until Their Mom Passes ]
[ Because Then They Would Only Inherit Half ]

[ Of What Their Mother Ended Up Being Worth ]
[ They Never Knew How Lucky They Have Been Throughout Their Lives ]
[ Because They Had Been In Their Mother’s Will Shortly After Their Birth ]

[ There Is A Big Part Of Society That Wants To Cut Corners In Their Quest To Getting Wealthy ]
[ But Just Like A Person’s Body ]
[ People Are Not In Too Much Of A Hurry To Get Healthy ]

[ You Can Be Sure ]
[ That You Can Never Hurry ]
[ Or Fool Mother Nature ]

[ That Is Why There Will Always Be Nations @ War ]
[ Even Though It Is Filled With Death & Horror ]
[ Though Most Countries Are Prospering Now ]
[ There Are Alot Of Countries That Like To Want More ]

[ Need ]
[ & Greed ]

[ Are Not Too Far Apart ]
[ One Does & One Doesn’t ]
[ Have Or Show Alot Of Heart ]

[ People Do Not Think With That Organ, Though ]
[ So ]
[ The Leaders Of Those Countries Do Not Surround Themselves With Alot Of Men ]
[ That Continue To Say, “Uh, No!” ]

[ Why Do People Argue & Oftentimes Fight With Another Family Member? ]
[ From What Some People & Statistics Say ]
[ Alot Of This Occurs Around The Holdays That Happen In November & December ]

[ That Is During The Times That Alot Of People Fear ]
[ Whoever Thought Up The Stupid Idea ]
[ Of Bringing People Together That They Do Not Want To Deal With The Rest Of The Year ]

[ Then Someone, Years Ago, Decided To Bring Alcohol Into This Almost Explosive Mixture ]
[ Give A Man Of Any Age Several Drinks ]
[ They Start Acting Really Immature ]
[ Then No One Can Figure Out What He Thinks ]

[ There Are Alot Of Single Or Divorced ]
[ That Are Constantly Looking For Their Lifetime Mate ]
[ If A Woman Rebuffs Their Advances, Than They Might Be Forced ]
[ Because Instead Of Love, They Are Filled With Nothing But Hate ]

[ For Some Offenders, That Much Hate Cannot Ever Be Counseled Out Of Their Head ]
[ The One Sure Way To Know If The Counseling Will Ever Work ]
[ When He Is Found In His Apartment, Dead ]
[ Then Women Will No Longer Have To Put Up With The Jerk ]

[ It Seems That The Police Were Not Too Enthused About Signing Off On This Case ]
[ They Don’t Want To Walk Quickly Through A Crime Scene ]
[ Then Overlook A Clue ]
[ As They Shut The Door In Haste ]

[ So It Was Decided By Everyone Involved ]
[ This Case Will Never Be Solved ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(1066)▪︎[ My Nephew, Vladi … 12•23•2021 ]

[ I Have This Nephew Named Vladi ]
[ He Is Kind Of Special To Me ]

[ We Have So Much In Common, Except Age ]
[ That Should Be Put On Another Page ]

[ I Took A Chance On Saturday, March 17th, 2018 ]
[ I Noticed You Before You Were A Teen ]

[ I Asked If I Could Come & Talk To You ]
[ Because That Is What I Wanted To Do ]

[ You Were Sitting Almost In The Corner, Beside Your Dad ]
[ I Could Barely See You, I Might Add ]

[ I Told You That Me & You Have Something Important In
     Common ]
[ & That Is Adoption ]

[ A Loving Family Became Yours, Too ]
[ When You Are In Foster Care, That’s What You Are Always
     Wishing A Family Would Do ]

[ We Talked About Your Hobbies & I Found Out That We Both
     Collected Basketball Cards ]
[ My Collection Might Be A Little Bit Bigger ]
[ & Collecting The Older Cards Have Become Kind Of Hard ]

[ Are You Doing Okay In School, This Year? ]
[ Don’t Look @ School With Fear ]

[ Make Sure That You Always Find A Way ]
[ To Get To Your Classes Everyday ]

[ I Would Love To Hear What You Might Think Is A Fun Activity ]
[ Is It Basketball, Football, Baseball, LaCrosse Or Hockey? ]
[ Or Do You Lean More Towards Your Creativity ]

[ Activities Do Not Always Have To Have Sports @ The Center ]
[ I Wish I Lived Closer ]
[ It Would Have Been Fun To Be Your Mentor ]

[ How Was Your Summer? ]
[ Did You Get Enough Slumber? ]

[ How Many States Did You Travel To? ]
[ Did You Only Travel On The Days When The Sky Was Blue? ]

[ Which State Was Your Favorite One? ]
[ Did You Like The Rainy Ones?]
[ Or Only The States That Have Sun? ]

[ I Want You To Know I Have Not Forgotten About You ]
[ & You Make A Fantastic Nephew ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(858)▪︎[ Nature -vs- Nurture? … 10•10•2021 ]

[ I Often Wonder About Nature -vs- Nurture ]
[ Which One Really Drives Me Into The Future? ]

[ Which One Do I Have To Thank ]
[ About How Much My Dad Drank? ]

[ His Dad Or His Mom? ]
[ Which One Was Responsible For Him Getting Bombed? ]

[ It Seemed Like My Dad Had A Temper When He Would Drink ]
[ He Did Impulsive Things Before He Would Think ]

[ He Seemed To Become A Mess ]
[ When He Would Drink To Excess ]

[ But Then I Look @ My Brother & My Sisters Lives ]
[ They Drank ]
[ & Did Drugs For Many Many Nights ]

[ The (3) Of Us Have The Same Gene’s, From The Same Mom
& Dad ]
[ But (2) Out (3) Of Us Turned Out Sad ]

[ Our Mom Signed Off Her Parental Rights One Day ]
[ Then She Ran Away ]

[ She Wiped Her Hands Of Us ]
[ Walked Out Of The Courthouse ]
[ Then Caught A Bus ]

[ I Was Once Asked What I Would Say To Her If She Was To
Someday Knock On My Door ]
[ I Would Ask (1) Question ]
[ (WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR?) ]

[ A Relationship As Her Son? ]
[ It Was My Belief That Once She Signed That Document ]
[ Her Relationship With Any Of Us, Was Done ]

[ The Whole Reason Why My Dad Came Over To Hawaii To Get My
Sister & I, Was To Raise Us As His Own ]
[ When He Came Home Drunk That Fateful Night, He Should Have
Left That Gun Alone ]

[ He All Of A Sudden Got This Homicidal Thirst ]
[ Because He Tried To Kill His Girlfriend First ]

[ To His Dismay ]
[ The Gun Did Not Fire ]
[ So Things Did Not Go His Way ]

[ The Situation Became Dire ]
[ So When He Put It To His Head, This Time It Did Fire ]

[ He Was Drunk The Night That He Died ]
[ My Brother Was Drunk The Night That He Died ]
[ Was My Sister High The Night That She Died? ]

[ I Actually Do Not Know If My Sister Has Passed Yet ]
[ But With Her Lifestyle Being What It Is ]
[ It Is A Good Bet ]

[ Becoming A Drug Addict Or Alcoholic Has Never Been One Of
My Biggest Fears ]
[ The Last Time That I Touched Any Drugs Was Around 1984 ]
[ The Last Time I Touched Alcohol Has Been Over (25) Years ]

[ Why Did Both Of My Siblings Go That Route? ]
[ Should I Sleep With Doubt? ]

[ With (1) Eye Open & (1) Eye Shut? ]
[ Wondering If This Was My Destiny ]
[ No Matter What? ]

[ My Sister Was Given The Same Upbringing As Me ]
[ Why Couldn’t She ]
[ Stay & Live Drug Free? ]

[ As We Grew, There Was No Drug Use ]
[ We Were Both Raised In A Home That Was Free Of Child Abuse ]

[ What Pointed Me To Have A Love For Playing Sports? ]
[ & She Went To Drugs & Days In Courts? ]

[ I Really Believe It Was The People That We Chose ]
[ & The Ones Who Remained Close ]

[ My Sister Chose To Follow The Footprints From The Kids
Down The Street ]
[ I Chose To Make A Path From My Own (2) Feet ]

[ My Brother Was Passed Out Drunk The Last Night That He Was
Alive ]
[ Thankfully His Daughter Did Not Allow Him To Drive ]

[ So He Did Not Kill Anyone Else ]
[ That Was Not How He Killed Himself ]

[ So The Addiction Part Flows Through My System ]
[ But I Am Not Letting It Cause A Problem ]

[ I Tried Drugs Several Decades Ago ]
[ Knowing What I Do Now Know ]
[ I Am So Thankful When I Said (NO!) ]

[ Drugs And Alcohol Use Are Not (2) Things That I Fight ]
[ Even Though My Dad & Brother Were Drunk On Their Last Night ]
[ But My Sister Has Been Nowhere In Sight ]

[ For The Last (10) Years Or So ]
[ Her Drug Use Got So Bad & The Relationship Turned Toxic ]
[ I Told Her To Go ]

[ Take Her Lifestyle Elsewhere ]
[ But Now, I Don’t Know Where ]

[ Is Addiction In The Nurture Or In The Nature? ]
[ I Am Not Sure ]

[ Maybe It Is The Mind-Set ]
[ That I Get ]

[ Addiction Can Come On Fast ]
[ I Know How To Keep Alcohol & Drugs In The Past ]

[ I Know In My Heart ]
[ I Just Won’t Start ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(183)▪︎[ What Says The Signs? … 3•1•2021 ]

[ One Person Said That If A Man Has Never Discovered Something
     That He Would Die For ]
[ Then, He Isn’t Fit To Live? ]
[ It Is A Shame That He Would Never Open His Own Front Door ]
[ To Give ]

[ To A Stranger, A Friend Or A Family Member ]
[ He Has Not Done Anything Good Enough To Remember ]

[ He Either Dies For Something ]
[ Or Dies For Nothing ]

[ Dying Is Not Always The End Game ]
[ Just Like All Lives Are Not The Same ]

[ Is He Only Good ]
[ When He Is @ Peace With Himself? ]
[ Not When He Is Misunderstood ]
[ By Everyone Else ]

[ Sometimes He Makes His Own Heaven & Hell While He Is Still
     Alive On This Earth ]
[ Because He Has Been Hurting People Since His Birth ]

[ The Heaven He Makes, Is When He Makes Others Happy & Smile ]
[ One Thing About Happiness ]
[ It Is Short Lived & Fragile ]

[ Hate Is Like A Really Heavy Chain & Lock Around His Neck ]
[ Whenever Hate Gets Loose & Unchecked ]

[ It Ages His Face ]
[ & Ruins His Name All Over The Place ]
[ Where He Was Once Accepted ]
[ Now He Is A Disgrace ]

[ Then He Will Figure Out Really Quick That Money Can’t Buy Him
     Love ]
[ He Should Always Try To Soar Like An Eagle ]
[ Instead Of Flying Low Like A Dove ]

[ Money Sometimes Causes People Pain ]
[ Because They Can’t Keep Up With All The People That Have
     Latched Onto People ]
[ That Are Only There For Financial Gain ]

[ Blank Faces With Different Names ]
[ But The ( WANT ) Is Always The Same ]

[ When The Room Is Empty The Silence Can Be Deafening ]
[ It Does Not Look Like Anyone Is Listening ]

[ Then He Feels That Nobody Has Heard ]
[ A Single Word ]

[ Said Or Written ]
[ Making Him Feel Like He Has Been Twice Bitten ]

[ Nobody Hears A Word, Because Nobody Is There ]
[ Everyone Left ]
[ Because They Found That He Did Not Care ]
[ To Share ]

[ Then That Causes Him To Question The Whole Idea About The
     Hereafter ]
[ Because To Reach It ]
[ Some May Need A Really Tall Ladder ]

[ He Will Find That The Ones That He Figured Out Have To Really
     Reach ]
[ Are Those The Loudest One’s Who Preach? ]

[ Maybe He Figures Out That It Is Time To Lay Low ]
[ Because Of The Actions Of Others ]
[ That Is What Others Says Is So ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(719)▪︎[ Not Your Thing … 8•26•2021 ]

[ How Does One Maneuver Their Way, Through The Masses
Of People Out In Society ]
[ When It Seems Like You Have Nothing In Common With
Anybody? ]

[ You Don’t Care To Know About The Mechanics & Costs Of
Houses Or Cars ]
[ You Have Zero To Talk About, If You Started Hanging Out In
The Local Bars ]

[ You Know Even Less, About Trucks ]
[ Or Shooting @ Ducks ]

[ Excuse Me, What Kind Of Ammunition & Guns Do You Use? ]
[ Would You Ever Call That, Animal Abuse? ]

[ People Don’t See The Problem ]
[ When They Are Shooting @ Them? ]

[ You Guess You Could Cross (DUCK HUNTING) Off Of Your
Bucket List ]
[ By Doing That ]
[ Are You Going To Get A Slap On The Wrist? ]

[ You Have Always Liked One-to-One Conversations Better ]
[ Not Talking About Income Taxes, The Latest (TESLA) Specs
Or The Weather ]

[ You Tend To Stay Silent Because You Have Nothing To Add ]
[ Then That Makes You Look Sad ]

[ Not Sad In A Good Way ]
[ That Is Why You Tend To Walk Away ]
[ Why Should You Just Stand There? ]
[ Why Should You Stay? ]

[ It Is Not That You Sit & Talk, With Yourself ]
[ Or Don’t Want To Talk, With Anyone Else ]

[ People Should Stay With What Works ]
[ So It Hides Their Quirks ]

[ You Would Rather Talk With People (1) @ A Time ]
[ So You Could Ask Them Questions ]
[ & Maybe You Will Read Them A Rhyme ]

[ You Ask Questions, About Them, So They Will Talk ]
[ You Will Never Turn Down A Nice, Simple Walk ]
[ But That Makes Some People Balk ]

[ Some People More Anonymous Being In A Group ]
[ They Fill Much Better As Part Of A Troop ]

[ This Is The Way That Some Are Wired ]
[ & You Are Growing Tired ]

[ The Family Get Together’s Do Not Make You Feel Accepted ]
[ They Never Make You Feel Included ]
[ Only Rejected ]

[ Sometimes It Is Better To Own ]
[ Your Feelings Of Wanting To Be Alone ]

[ & Your Conclusion Is ]
[ Those Family Get Together’s Are A Big Miss ]
[ Sometimes There Is No Such Thing As Family Bliss ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(683)▪︎[ He Did Finally Move Out … 8•17•2021 ]

[ Getting Him Out Of Your House Became All-Consuming @
     Times ]
[ When He Was About To Be Placed, You Found Out That You
     Did Not Have Enough $’s & Dimes ]

[ Even With All Of His Strange Quirks ]
[ Everybody Knew That He Had To Go To Work ]

[ That Began To Be The Only Thing That You Were Thinking
     About ]
[ You Were Stressing Because You Had ALOT Of Doubt ]
[ That He Would Never Move Out ]

[ He Would Have Never Moved Out On His Own ]
[ Even Though He Was (18) & Grown ]

[ It Became Perfectly Clear ]
[ Most Of The Time, You No Longer Wanted Him Living Here ]

[ You Know He Is Your Son ]
[ & You Love Him As One ]

[ But Then He Became Your Number (1) Agitator ]
[ & Your Number (1) Aggravator ]

[ He Aggravated You To No End ]
[ You Know, As The Father, You Are Supposed To Bend ]

[ But You Almost Broke ]
[ & He Could See That ]
[ Then All He Did Was Poke & Poke & Poke! ]

[ He Also Knew What Buttons To Push Down On, Hard ]
[ There Were Some Times When You Really Wanted To Go
     Toe-to-Toe With Him In The Back Yard ]

[ Oh So Close ]
[ But You Did Not Grow Up To Be As Dumb As A Post ]

[ You Knew Where That Would Have Led ]
[ So You Used Your Head ]
[ Instead ]

[ You Had To Wait & Wait & Wait ]
[ You Have Been Disappointed So Many Times In Your Life ]
[ It Was Tough To Have Faith ]

[ You Are Not Disowning Your Son By Any Means ]
[ He Has Stolen From You So Many Times & Had Said So
      Many Things ]
[ But Nobody Heard Your Screams! ]

[ But Now July 14th Is Being Named As Your Independence
     Day ]
[ Someone Finally Heard You Say ]

[ (HE CAN’t LIVE HERE ANYMORE!) ]
[ He Needed To Be Shown The Other Side Of The Door ]

[ So He Was Doing Well @ His New House ]
[ & You Were Loving, Living With Just Your Spouse ]

[ When He Was Coming Over We Asked Him To Mow Our Small
     Yard ]
[ While He Was Doing It ]
[ He Made A Simple Thing, Be So Hard! ]

[ Then He Exploded With Anger & Demanded To Be Taken Home ]
[ Once That Was Known ]

[ You Told Him Then, That Would Be What We Will Do ]
[ He Started Crying, Saying (I DIDN’t MEAN IT!) ]
[ You Wanted To Say (WELL BOO WHO WHO!) ]

[ You Have Always Told Him That There Is No Such Thing As
     (TAKE-BACKS IN REAL LIFE!) ]
[ Especially Since He Did Not Say It Very Nice ]

[ It Was So Nice To Take Him & His Bad Attitude To A
     Different Address ]
[ & Then You Do Not Have To Deal With His Mess ]

[ The First Visit Sure Did Sink Down The Drain ]
[ Pretty Quick ]
[ When His Anger Comes On Like A Run Away Train ]
[ You Won’t Have To Deal With Him Whenever He Starts
     Being A D–k ]

[ Right Away On Any Visits, You Could Tell Him To His Face ]
[ That If He Gets An Attitude ]
[ You Can Quickly Return Him To His Own Place ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1140)▪︎[ Same Blood, Not Family … 9•8•2019 ]

[ Just Because They Share The Same Blood ]
[ Doesn’t Always Make Them Family, Because ]

[ Blood Doesn’t Always Connect Your Soul & Heart ]
[ Some People With The Same Last Name ]
[ Have The Ambition To Tear Your Life Apart ]

[ Hatred Can Easily Course Through Their Veins ]
[ You Always Want Sunshine ]
[ While They Only Like It When It Rains ]

[ A Person You Meet By Dumb Luck ]
[ Could Be The Who That Always Keeps You Up ]

[ Even Though You Might Not Have The Same Blood ]
[ Doesn’t Mean You’ll Never Walk Through The Same Mud ]

[ You Can Be One Half Of A Twin Set ]
[ & Later On In Life ]
[ It Could Feel Like You Just Met ]

[ When You Take A Spouse ]
[ & Go Buy A House ]

[ You Start A Family Where The Blood Is Only Half Yours ]
[ But When You Follow Your Course ]

[ You’ll Find The Family That You Need To Find ]
[ & Then You Won’t Mind ]

[ That Some Of Your Family ]
[ Did Not Start Their Life As Part Of Your Family ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(603)▪︎[ Family … 7•22•2021 ]

[ How Would I Describe ( FAMILY ) That Doesn’t Drop You With A
     A Thud ]
[ It’s What You Make ]
[ & Every Member Does Not Always Have To Be Blood ]

[ A Family Member Could Be A Longtime Friend Who Always Had
     Their Place Set ]
[ A Family Member Could Also Be This Great Person That You
     Just Met ]
[ An Automatic Place @ The Table For Blood Relatives Is Not
     Something They Get ]
[ & Those Are The People That Are The Most Shocked, I Bet ]

[ The First 16 Years Of My Life I Grew Up Side-By-Side With My
     Bio Older Sister ]
[ But Then Drugs & Alcohol ]
[ Turned Her Into A Category (5) Tornado Twister ]

[ Wrecking Havoc Of Everything In Her Path ]
[ She Did This Just As Well ]
[ As She Used To Solve Problems In Math ]

[ She Used To Be The Good Child ]
[ With So Little Restraints ]
[ She Decided To Turn Wild ]

[ I Used To Be The Troubled One ]
[ I Did Not Want To Spend My Time Studying ]
[ I Wanted To Play Sports & Have Fun ]

[ We Were Both Given The Same Chances ]
[ She Decided To Spend Her Weekends Smoking & Drinking ]
[ While I Enjoyed Going To The School Dances ]

[ She Used To Be Strong ]
[ I Wonder ]
[ If She Ever Wonders Where It All Went Wrong ]

[ Does She? ]
[ Or Doesn’t She? ]
[ I Wonder, What That Answer Would Be ]
[ Either Way, I Have Put That Question Behind Me ]

[ While I Was Competing In Sports ]
[ She Was Off Drinking ]
[ & Doing Snorts ]

[ She Would Be Telling Me Lies ]
[ If She Said That It Wasn’t Because Of Those Bad Boy Guys ]

[ That Lived Down The Street ]
[ Weren’t Those The Ones That She Snuck Out In The Middle Of
     The Night To Meet ]

[ Instead Of Spending The Last 25 Years Working On A
     Relationship With My Wife ]
[ I Could Have Just As Easily Been Sucked Into That Life ]

[ Anybody Could Have ]
[ But … Just Anybody Would Have? ]

[ In My Younger Years, I Tried A Thing Or (2) ]
[ But Then I Told Myself That Wasn’t Anything That I No Longer
     Wanted To Do ]

[ I Had Times When I Sunk ]
[ I Had Times When I Got In A Funk ]
[ But I Did Not Turn Those Times Into Being A Drunk ]

[ I Have Survived The Worst Of Times ]
[ I Have Survived After Being Down To My Last Dime ]
[ Right Now, I Have Been Blessed With The Ability To Write Stories
     That Rhyme ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(573)▪︎[ Almost Moving Day … 7•13•2021 ]

[ Well, Tomorrow Is The Big Day ]
[ & What Can I Say? ]

[ Good Luck! ]
[ Go Ducks! ]

[ I Don’t Really Know ]
[ This Day Took A Really Slow ]

[ Time, Getting Here ]
[ & Now It Is Near ]
[ & The Date Is Marked So Clear ]

[ I Am Not Jumping Up & Down For Joy ]
[ Like A Wind-Up Toy ]
[ Because He Will Always Be My Boy ]

[ But There Is The Fact ]
[ About How Dangerous He Acts ]

[ To Me & Others ]
[ Even Towards His Mother ]

[ Clear To His Soul ]
[ He Has Become Out Of Control ]

[ When He Gets Confronted, He Clenches His Fists ]
[ & That Shows That He Is Pissed ]

[ Off ]
[ & All Of His Common Sense Is Lost ]

[ So, Yes It Is About Time That He Takes His Groove ]
[ & Move ]

[ See How He Deals With Others After The Honeymoon
Stage ]
[ Is Over ]
[ & He Acts (4) Years Younger Than His Actual Age ]

[ Than They Will See The Actual, Real Him ]
[ & He Becomes A Problem ]

[ I Was & Am Tired Of The Rampant Disrespect That He
Shows ]
[ & How He Thumbs His Nose ]

[ @ Whatever I Have Said ]
[ & Does Whatever He Wants To Do Instead ]

[ Just Like It Is Almost Moving Time ]
[ This Is The End Of This Specific Rhyme ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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