[ What Is It About A Man That Really Makes Him A Man? ]
[ Is There A Test To Be Taken ]
[ Just To Show How Much He Can? ]
[ Hammer In A Nail? ]
[ Deliver Milk Or The Mail? ]
[ Stay Away & Out Of Prison Or Jail? ]
[ You Have Never Seen That Test ]
[ That Would Help You Be The Best ]
[ You Always Thought That You Would Be Taught How To Be
A Man By Your Father ]
[ But Ever Since They Took You Into Their House ]
[ Don Asked Himself ( WHY SHOULD I BOTHER? ) ]
[ Don Would Had Rather Forget ]
[ The Day The Both Of You Met ]
[ You Thought You Were Supposed To Eventually Walk In
His Shoes ]
[ But You Saw All Of The Social Cues ]
[ That Showed You All Of The Clues ]
[ Don Did Not Gain A Son ]
[ He Gained An Annoyance ]
[ You Guess To Know When He Was Done ]
[ You Needed To Be Clairvoyant ]
[ Don Never Wanted To Teach Or Coach ]
[ He Looked @ You As If You Were A Roach ]
[ He Just Wanted To Sweep This Life Size Bug ]
[ Right Under The Rug ]
[ Not Ever Taking The Time ]
[ & Give You Direction In Life ]
[ On How To Save A Dime ]
[ Never Showing You How To Make A Roast ]
[ Or Even Teaching You How To Make Perfect Toast ]
[ All He Ever Did Was Dream Of Living @ The Coast ]
[ Not One Single Day Did He Invest ]
[ So All That He Did ]
[ Was To Move To The Beach To Enjoy The Sunsets ]
[ Every Wednesday Night He Would Leave The House To Be A
Mentor To Boys That He Didn’t Know ]
[ Where Were Your Oats That You Deserved To Sow? ]
[ He Was Always Happy When He Was There ]
[ But @ Home, He ALWAYS Showed That He NEVER Cared ]
[ Not One, Tiny, Little Bit ]
[ So All The While That You Were Growing Up ]
[ You Must Have Not Been Worth A Shit ]
[ So You Always Bit ]
[ Your Lip ]
[ & Put Up With All Of It ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Tag: #father
(865)▪︎[ Good To See Tonight … 10•12•2021 ]
[ Tonight We All Went Out For A Birthday Dinner For
Our Son ]
[ He Turned (2) Years Prior Of (21) ]
[ The Food Was Good & Plenty ]
[ I Can’t Believe My Son Is (1) Year Shy Of (20) ]
[ We Had Good Laughs & Really Good Food ]
[ Nobody Said Or Did Anything That Was Misunderstood ]
[ BD Is Growing Up To Be Quite The Adult ]
[ I Hope He Won’t Go Wandering & Join A Cult ]
[ I Try My Best To Be A Good & Fair Dad ]
[ I Don’t Ever Try To Make Anyone Mad ]
[ He Has Kind Of Made It Known ]
[ That He Is Settling Nicely Into His New Home ]
[ He Has (2) Roommates Around The Same Age ]
[ So Far He Has Controlled His Rage ]
[ BD Seems To Have Found His Spot ]
[ (1) Of His Roommates Likes To Watch Movies ALOT! ]
[ When I Have Visited, It Seems To Be Clear ]
[ That They Have A Very Casual Atmosphere ]
[ It Gives Him Room & Time To Grow ]
[ & He Is Able To Get The Answers To Things That He Wants
To Get To Know ]
[ One Thing I Noticed While Sitting @ The Table ]
[ My Son Is Becoming Strong & Able ]
[ When It Comes To Food He Still Is As Picky As Ever ]
[ So When Can I See Him Eat A Small Dinner Salad? ]
[ I Am Sure The Answer To That Is … NEVER!! ]
[ I Am Sorry For This Kind Of Funny Jab ]
[ Hey When Will You Get A Good Paying Job? ]
[ So Next Time You Can Pick-Up The Tab? ]
[ I Am Sure That Will Come In Time ]
[ He Has Many Other Reasons To Save His Dimes ]
[ Well Last June He Crossed Off Graduating From High
School On His Long To-Do List ]
[ That Was Definitely Worth A Bump Of The Fist ]
[ But Right Now He Is Working & Taking (2) College Classes ]
[ He Needs To Keep His Eyes On His Homework ]
[ & Away From That Co-Ed That Is Batting Her Eyelashes ]
[ Nah, Maybe He Will Find A Girl Who Will Become Important In
His Life ]
[ But Hey Slow Down Now ]
[ He Is Way To Young To Make That First Girlfriend His Wife! ]
[ I Do Wish Someday That He Will Find As Great Of A Woman As I
Have Found In His Mom ]
[ After 25+ Years Of Marriage, I Still Think She’s Da Bomb! ]
[ I Do Hope That He Will Get Lucky Like That ]
[ Always Remember To Be Polite Around ALL Women By Giving
Them A Tip Of Your Hat ]
[ Well Son, It Was Good To Break Bread With You Tonight ]
[ Always Remember That I Love You ]
[ Everytime I Text You Goodnight ]
~ 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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(841)▪︎[ Not Your Turn, Yet … 10•3•2021 ]
[ When You Wake Up In The Morning Are You Destined
To Live Up To Your Potential? ]
[ When You Think Back Into Your Past ]
[ Who Was Influential? ]
[ Who Helped Pave Your Path Up To Now? ]
[ Who Helped You In Life? ]
[ Who Showed You How? ]
[ How To Maneuver Around The Curves? ]
[ Who Taught You How To Steady Your Nerves? ]
[ What Got You Out Of Bed To Thrive? ]
[ Was It Internal Drive? ]
[ It All Comes Down To The Reflection In The Mirror ]
[ It Was Always You That Got You To Right Here ]
[ Don Certainly Was Not Your Strong Male Role Model ]
[ He Did Quite The Opposite ]
[ Of Love & Coddle ]
[ He Basically Told You That You Were On Your Own ]
[ He Never Took The Time To Show Any Love ]
[ Or Ever Throw You A Bone ]
[ You Had To Learn From The Few Friends That You Had ]
[ You Envied The Relationships That They Had With Their Dads ]
[ Don Would Take You To Your Games, But He Would Never
Stay ]
[ All Through The Many Seasons Of Competing In Sports ]
[ He Never Wanted To See You Play ]
[ That Was Just The Way He Was ]
[ No Rhyme Or Reason ]
[ He Was That Way Just Because ]
[ You Learned The Ways Of The World By Watching Other
Adult Men Interact ]
[ You Would Watch Something Happen ]
[ Then You Would See How They React ]
[ No One Was Around To Tell You Not To Step There ]
[ When You’d Fall ]
[ Don Did Not Care ]
[ You Figured Out How To Interact With Others ]
[ By Watching Others ]
[ That Was Plain & Simple ]
[ You Never Throw A Stone Into A Calm Pond ]
[ Just To Watch It Ripple ]
[ Try To Behave ]
[ By Not Making Waves ]
[ You Might Be Slow ]
[ But It Has Always Been Your Internal Drive That Makes You Go ]
[ You Were Never Taught How To Be A Father Or A Husband ]
[ Sometimes You Don’t Know How To Unwind ]
[ When You Get All Wound Up Like A Tight Rubber Band]
[ It Is Hard Not To Put That Big Wall Up & Go Within ]
[ It Is Tough To Know That You Can’t Talk To Any Kin ]
[ They Are All Gone & Dead ]
[ In Your Head ]
[ You Center Your Life ]
[ On Your Few Friends & Wife ]
[ When You Close Your Eyes @ Night ]
[ Please Remember … ]
[ It Is Not Your Turn To Walk Towards The Light ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(798)▪︎[ Will The Real Dad, Please Stand Up? … 9•21•2021 ]
[ Growing Up In Foster Care ]
[ Felt Like Going To The Dinner Table ]
[ & You Didn’t Have A Designated Chair ]
[ You Always Felt Wrong ]
[ Because You Felt Like You Were A Tag Along ]
[ You Grew Up Feeling So Alone ]
[ You Couldn’t Call Anybody ]
[ Because You Never Could Get A Dial Tone ]
[ You Found Out Late In Life That You Were Not Planned ]
[ By The Only Man ]
[ That Mattered In Your Life Growing Up ]
[ As You Grew, You Were Only Handed A Paper Cup ]
[ You Could Never Get A Glass ]
[ Even When You Asked ]
[ You Grew Up Yearning For Any Of His Attention ]
[ He Also Gave You The Same Amount Of Affection ]
[ You Did Not Grow Up Feeling He Was Your Hero ]
[ Because The Affection, Attention & Direction Was Zero ]
[ You Never Had Dreams When You Slept ]
[ He Gave You Zero Comforting When You Wept ]
[ You Were The (AND ONE) In The Adoption Deal ]
[ He Probably Dreaded The Thought That You Were Just
Another Meal ]
[ Another Mouth To Be Fed ]
[ Clear Out A Room & See The Need To Buy Another Bed ]
[ You Were Treated As An Outcast ]
[ He Saw That You Had So Much Emotional Baggage From
Your Past ]
[ He Knew That Your Biological Father Was Dead ]
[ He Never Helped With The Nightmares ]
[ Of Seeing Your Father Shoot Himself In The Head ]
[ He Never Helped Console ]
[ He Never Wanted A Son ]
[ So He Refused To Take On That Father Figure Role ]
[ When Do Foster Kids Ever Get To Have Good Dreams? ]
[ Why Didn’t He Ever Help With The Screams? ]
[ Do They Go Away When They Legally Adopt & Let You Know? ]
[ You Would Think So … ]
[ But The Answer Is (NO) ]
[ Why Did Barbara Give You That Hurtful Piece Of Information? ]
[ Your Wife Put All Of The Pieces Together ]
[ Because That Was For Confirmation ]
[ All Of Those (18) Years When You Yearned For Approval ]
[ All He Wanted Was The Removal ]
[ Of The Boy He Never Wanted ]
[ You Stung Him Later In Life ]
[ When You Dropped His Last Name From Your Family ]
[ & Replaced It With The Maiden Name Of Your Wife ]
[ Now My Father-In Law, Is A Real Father ]
[ He Accepts You As A Son ]
[ He Has Taken On The Role That To You Thought Was Such
A Bother ]
[ It Is Really Sad ]
[ & You Hoped It Made Him Really Mad ]
[ That You Truly, Respectfully, Now Call Gary DeVoe, Dad! ]
[ Now That Has A Good Sound To It ]
[ The Last Name You Grew Up With ]
[ Now Sounds Like S–t ]
~ 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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(207)▪︎[ Full Circle … 3•12•2021 ]
[ There Are Some Things In Life That Come Full Circle ]
[ It Is Like The Gamble You Take When You Put Your
Hand In The Bag ]
[ To Pull Out Some Good Tiles While You Are Playing
The Game Called Quircle ]
[ I Tried & Tried To Be Accepted By Don ]
[ I Never Knew If I Was Doing Good ]
[ But I Sure Found Out If I Was Doing Something Wrong ]
[ I Have Come @ My Son From Every Angle That I Know ]
[ The Results Don’t Come In Slow ]
[ They Quickly Fly Into My Face As A ( NO ) ]
[ When I Was Around Don I Would Always Hold My Tongue ]
[ But My Son Has Been Cursing @ Me Since He Was
Really Young ]
[ I Never Did Anything To Don That Would Have Given Him Any
Reason To Permanently Walk Away ]
[ My Son Gives Me Many Reasons To Walk, Many Times A Day ]
[ Don Walked Away Because He Was Miffed ]
[ I Have Never Gone Anywhere When I Have Been So Pissed ]
[ My Son Never Gives Me A Single Reason To Want To Stay ]
[ Some Days I Just Smile & Say ]
[ ( OKAY! ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(601)▪︎[ What A Horrible Visit … 7•21•2021 ]
[ This Home Visit Was A Disaster From The Get-Go ]
[ The When, Was What We Did Not Know ]
[ So … ]
[ It Was Within The First (2) Hours ]
[ When Everything Went Sour ]
[ Then His Actions & Words Reminded His Mom About Why
He Was Moved ]
[ He Came Here To Knock Me Out Of My Groove ]
[ When He Turned Into A Problem ]
[ I Would Not Let Him! ]
[ To Continue On This Path ]
[ He Was Making As Much Sense ]
[ As Trigonometry Math ]
[ When He Demanded That We Take Him Home ]
[ My Reaction Was Soon To Be Shown ]
[ I Told Him ( OKAY, LET’s GO! ) ]
[ He Counted On Me Saying ( NO! ) ]
[ The Way That I Was In The Past ]
[ I Knew Could Not Last ]
[ He Used To Leave Footprints On My Back ]
[ A Straight, Solid Spine Is What I Lacked ]
[ So Into My Life Came This Strong Willed, Stubborn & No
Nonsense Caregiver For Me ]
[ She Really Taught Me How Things SHOULD Be ]
[ One Time Her Grandson Stole Her Credit Card ]
[ She Did Not Just Dismiss It Because He Was A Kid ]
[ No, She Let The Justice System Come Down On Him,
Really Hard ]
[ I Listened & Learned From This Woman Who Seemed So Wise ]
[ This Woman Does Not Bullshit Through Her Life ]
[ Or Let Anybody Get Over On Her By Telling A Handful Of Lies ]
[ She Taught Me Well ]
[ She Told Me To Use My Five Senses ]
[ Especially My Sense Of Smell ]
[ If A Situation Smells Like Bullshit, It Probably Is ]
[ & To Never Get Bent Out Of Shape ]
[ From An Occasional Diss ]
[ But B.D. Loved To Test My Patience To No End ]
[ Now When He Does Something That I Don’t Like ]
[ I Know Longer Pretend ]
[ That Something He Did Does Not Bother Me Now ]
[ When I React With A ( WOW! ) ]
[ ( WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS RIGHT HERE? ) ]
[ I No Longer React With A Submissive ( OH DEAR ) ]
[ Maybe He Does Not Like This Straight, Strong Spine ]
[ Of Mine ]
[ It Has Been Rough ]
[ Being On The Path, To Becoming This Tough ]
[ When I Kept Saying That It Was Time For Him To Say
( BYE-BYE ) ]
[ All He Did Was Sit There & Cry ]
[ When I Went Near Him & Asked ( WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? ) ]
[ He Would Stop & Shout ]
[ ( I WANT TO HAVE A DO-OVER! ) ]
[ When I Would Say ( THEY DO NOT EXIST IN REAL LIFE )
He Would Pout ]
[ Then I Said ( THIS IS THE REASON WHY YOU WERE MOVED
OUT! ) ]
[ I Kept Moving Him Towards The Door ]
[ I Kept Telling Him ( DON’t BRING YOUR DRAMA HERE
ANYMORE ) ]
[ He Thought He Could Come Here To Throw A Rock Into Our
Calm Pond ]
[ That, Right Then & There ]
[ Was When His Thinking Went Wrong ]
[ He Quickly Found ]
[ That His Thinking Errors Were Abound ]
[ & One Thing That He Did Not Figure On ]
[ Was That I Would Stand My Ground ]
[ We Were Finally Able To Drive Him Back To Where He Now
Lives ]
[ When He Comes Here ]
[ He Still Has No Respect To Give ]
[ But He Can Now Take His Circus Act On The Road ]
[ Because Of His Temper ]
[ This Visit Was Blown ]
[ Better Luck Next Time ]
[ So Be On The Look-Out For Another Rhyme ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(102)▪︎[ I Thought So … 2•3•2020 ]
[ Have You Ever Found Yourself In A Situation You Can’t
Talk About? ]
[ Does It Make You Pout? ]
[ Or Do You Just Want To Stand Up & Walk Out? ]
[ Does Either One ]
[ Make You Want To Run? ]
[ Because This Is No Longer Fun? ]
[ Who Says That You Have To Find A Way ]
[ & Reasons ]
[ To Stay? ]
[ Nobody Is Forcing Your Hand ]
[ Or Making Demands ]
[ What Will It Take For You To Stay Put? ]
[ Another Inch Or A Foot? ]
[ But Things Like This, Can Make You Sad ]
[ Because, You No Longer Have A Dad ]
[ But That Positional Role Model Left Your Life A Long, Long
Time Ago ]
[ For The Exact Reasons You Never Did Know ]
[ He Made Up Some Big Scenario In His Brain ]
[ That He Told Himself Again & Again ]
[ But What Was There To Gain? ]
[ For Shame, For Shame ]
[ Putting It On Your Shoulders That You Were To Blame ]
[ He Had The Wrong Name ]
[ He Should Have Picked Up A Mirror ]
[ & Looked ]
[ Then Said ( THE PERSON TO BLAME IS RIGHT HERE! ) ]
[ But He Just Couldn’t & Wouldn’t Do That To Himself ]
[ He Only Had The Balls To Blame Someone Else ]
[ What Should You Expect ]
[ Him Feeling Guilty Of Neglect? ]
[ That Would Take Away From His Own Self-Respect ]
[ & Give Him Time To Reflect? ]
[ It All Comes Full Circle Back To You ]
[ What Would You Do? ]
[ Would You Have Reacted The Same Way, Too? ]
[ I’d Have To Say ( NO ) ]
[ I Thought So ]
~ 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 ]
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