(355)▪︎[ True Family … 2026 ]

[ True Family Are The People You Pick Up Along The Way ]
[ True Family Stick By You Every Minute ]
[ Of Every Day ]
[ True Family Do Not Care How Tall You Are Not ]
[ Or Care About How Much You Weigh ]

[ True Family Will Walk With You On Your Path ]
[ True Family Will Even Help You With Math ]

[ True Family Will Share The Same Dirt ]
[ True Family Will Stop & Help Mend The Hurt ]
[ That You Feel Under Your Shirt ]

[ True Family Will Let You Quench Your Thirst ]
[ First ]

[ True Family Will Never Abort ]
[ Your Fort ]
[ True Family Will Stand By You In Court ]
[ When You Are Going Through A Divorce ]

[ True Family Do Not Turn Into Liars ]
[ True Family Always Stands By Your Side ]
[ While You Put Out The Fires ]
[ That Somebody Else Started When They Lied ]

[ True Family Does Not Start Lying ]
[ When Nosy People Are Prying ]
[ True Family Don’t Start Crying ]
[ Because It Might Be Hard To Keep Trying ]

[ True Family Sticks With You Through Thick & Thin ]
[ True Family Can Always Be Counted On For Support ]
[ Everytime You Begin ]
[ True Family Will Be The First People That Will Console You When You Don’t Win ]

[ True Family Will Write A Note ]
[ That Tells You That You Always Have A Vote ]
[ True Family Will Listen To You Read ]
[ What You Just Wrote ]
[ True Family Will Let You Take The Lead ]
[ The First Day You Are Showing Your Boat ]

[ True Family Will Stand With Pride ]
[ Because You Have Always Tried ]
[ True Family Won’t Lash Out @ You If You Cried ]
[ When Somebody Died ]

[ True Family Will Cry ]
[ During The Last Time That You Will Ever Drive By ]
[ True Family Won’t Question Why ]
[ You Have To Say, “Goodbye” ]

[ True Family Will Think ]
[ Before They Serve You Too Much To Drink ]
[ True Family Won’t Raise A Stink ]
[ Just Because Your Favorite Color Now, Is Pink ]

[ True Family Won’t Push Very Hard ]
[ For You To Play Your Last Card ]

[ True Family Will Welcome You In ]
[ When You Go To Visit Them In “The City Of Sin” ]

[ True Family Will Never Let ]
[ You Place That One Bet ]
[ That Could Put You In Debt ]

[ True Family Will Cut The Tension In ½ ]
[ By Sharing What They Have ]
[ True Family Will Always Make You Laugh ]

[ When Times Look Dark ]
[ True Families’ Bite Is Always Much Worse Than Their Bark ]
[ True Family Will Never Let You Be An Easy Mark ]
[ When They Walk With You In The Park ]

[ True Family Can Always Get You To Smile ]
[ For Awhile ]

[ True Family Is What You Make ]
[ True Family Gives ]
[ A Whole Lot More Than They Take ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(352)▪︎[ Family Can Be A Negative Word … 2026 ]

[ As Far As You Are Concerned ]
[ Through All The Way Too Many Times That You’ve Been Burned ]
[ You Have Finally Learned ]

[ That What Will See You Through To The Very End ]
[ Won’t Be Family ]
[ It Will Be A Good, Close Friend ]

[ From What You Have Seen & Heard ]
[ “Family” Can Be A Negative Word ]

[ It Comes Close To Being One Of Those Bad (4) Letter Words That Most People Try To Refrain From Saying ]
[ Because Most People Lay Awake Praying ]

[ & Waiting ]
[ Trying To Get An Explaination About What Someone Is Stating ]

[ The Family That You Are Raised With Could Even Be A Curse ]
[ & The Worst ]

[ For You ]
[ Not Everyone Needs A Friend To Drop A Clue ]
[ From What You Have Experienced Through Your (63yrs) ]
[ That Part Is Very True ]

[ You Don’t Have To Be A Mind Reader Or Artistic ]
[ To See ]
[ That Your Biological Family ]
[ Can Be Downright Caustic ]

[ You Might Grow Up Wearing Rose Colored Glasses ]
[ That Could Be Why You Are Giving Those Asses ]
[ So Many Passes ]

[ Family Never ]
[ Lasts Forever ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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[159]▪︎[ When You Know It Is True … 4•6•2021 ]

[ What Does The Word (LOVE) Mean To Me Or You? ]
[ Does Love Make The Sky Blue? ]
[ How Do I Know When The Love Is True? ]

[ Love Comes In Many Shapes & Sizes ]
[ Sometimes Love Hides Behind Disguises ]

[ A Disguise That Does Not Hide Love For Very Long ]
[ There Eventually Comes The Day ]
[ Where I Feel & Know Where That Person Belongs ]

[ One Day, This Woman Took A Chance & Knocked On My Door ]
[ It Took Me A Few Days ]
[ Before I Figured Out What She Came To My House For ]

[ She Came To Spend Some Time With Me & To Enhance My
Life ]
[ After She Became My Friend ]
[ She Then Became My Wife ]

[ Then One Day This One Woman Showed Up To Be A Caregiver
For Me ]
[ I Had No Clue ]
[ Who She Would Turn Out To Be ]

[ I Did Not Know, That Was My Best Friend Hiding Behind Those Kind Eyes ]
[ I Did Not Know That My Wife To Be ]
[ Thought That I Was Any Kind Of A Prize ]
[ I Thought That Plain Old Me Was Seen ]
[ As Just One Of Those Ordinary Guys ]

[ Two Different Times, Two Different Effects ]
[ I Find That I’m A Lucky Man ]
[ As I Take Time To Reflect ]
[ About These Two Different Women ]
[ That I’ve Come To Highly Respect ]

[ Granted These Two Occurrences Happened 26 Years Apart ]
[ My Wife Is In & My Friend Is Near ]
[ & Dear ]
[ To My Heart ]

[ I Would Walk Through Fire For Both Of Them If That’s What
I Was Called Up To Do ]
[ Because When It Comes To These Two ]
[ I’d Walk Through That Fire ]
[ Without Any Shoes ]

[ My Feet Would Be Hurting, But My Smile Would Be Wide ]
[ If I Said That I Wasn’t Scared ]
[ That Would Had Been A Lie ]

[ It Is Not Like I Would Have, Something To Prove ]
[ But For Both Of Them ]
[ I’d Show That It Wouldn’t Matter If It Was Heaven Or Hell I’d
Have To Move ]

[ Each Woman Is In My Life For The Same Reason ]
[ To Enhance My Life Through Season After Season ]

[ My Wife Loves Me Because Of This & My Friend Loves
Me Because Of That ]
[ My Wife Is The Only One That I Kiss ]
[ But Both Of Them Could Say ]
[ That Sometimes I’m A Brat ]

[ I Don’t Want Either One Of Them To Go Anywhere ]
[ Because They Both Very Much Care ]

[ If Either One Uped & Left Me Here ]
[ That Would Cause Me To Tear ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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