(1088)▪︎[ Falling … 12•18•2021 ]

[ You Sit There ]
[ Hoping That This Would Help You To Repair ]

[ The Noises That Are Going On In Your Mind ]
[ Because This Is Far From ]
[ Going Dakine ]
[ That Is Something That Your Conscious Mind Has To Tell
Your Subconscious Mind ]

[ So Sit Back & Relax ]
[ Make Sure That You Take Off Your Mask ]
[ So Your Breathing Is Not Taxed ]

[ Let’s Go ]
[ Into A Place That You Really Don’t Know ]

[ & That Is The Place Of Total Relaxation ]
[ The Opposite Form Of Maxation ]

[ Not Letting Your Mind Go Somewhere ]
[ Because It Cannot Go Anywhere ]

[ So You Sit Back & Wait ]
[ For The Gate ]

[ To Be Opened ]
[ Then ]

[ You Start To Fall ]
[ You Don’t Reach For Your Phone, To Make A Call ]

[ Because Then ]
[ You Find ]
[ That Everyone There, Is Irrelevant ]

[ Except One ]
[ The One Sane Person That Is Not Done ]
[ On This Run ]

[ You Are Still Falling ]
[ In Pitch Black Air ]
[ & You Are Not Balling ]

[ Your Eyes Out ]
[ Because This Little Hour Of Time ]
[ You Have No Doubt ]

[ That You Were Safe & Sound ]
[ From All Sides Around ]

[ The Falling Part You Could Not Comprehend ]
[ Was It Supposed To Lead To A Dead-End? ]

[ Or To A New Beginning ]
[ Where There Is Nothing But Winning ]

[ So What Happened To Nice Guys Always Finishes Last? ]
[ Well That Was With Another Cast ]

[ The One Person In Your Life That Is Always Relevant To You
In Your Life ]
[ That Is Nicole, Your Wife ]

[ Forever & Ever … Amen ]
[ She Has Always Been ]
[ The (THEN) & The (WHEN) ]

[ Of Your Past ]
[ Present ]
[ & Future ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1089)▪︎[ I Can’t Wait … 12•29•2021 ]

[ Oh, Cavarona Cavarona ]
[ I Sure Am Going To Miss Ya ]

[ I Know That Several Weeks Can Go By ]
[ In Between The Days When You Can Stop By To Say (HI) ]

[ The Main Point There Is That You CAN Do That ]
[ But You Can’t When You Are In The State Where Men
     Primarily Wears A Cowboy Hat ]

[ Cavarona You Are Often A Ray Of Sunshine When All
     There Is Outside Is Rain ]
[ Sometimes Your Texts Or Phone Calls Are Able To Wash
     Away My Internal Pain ]

[ You Are Able To Look Inside Of Me ]
[ & You Are Not Afraid Of What You See ]

[ I Have Always Given Credit Where Credit Is Due ]
[ I Give The Credit For My Growth To You ]

[ You Challenged Me Around Every Corner ]
[ I Was Not Able To Hide No Longer ]
[ Like Little Jack Horner ]

[ You Are Able To Lift My Spirits ]
[ You Taught Me To No Longer To Take Any Shit ]

[ Because I’ve Taken Shit For Way Too Long ]
[ You Showed Me How That Was Wrong ]
[ With Your Encouraging Words ]
[ I’ve Been Able To Stand Up & Stay Strong ]

[ There Is Absolutely Nothing About You That I Don’t
     Like ]
[ Before You, I Was Only Able To Ride A Trike ]
[ Now I Have Graduated To Maneuvering ]
[ On An Expensive Mountain Bike ]

[ You Inspire Me With How You Are So Alive ]
[ & How You Always Strive ]
[ To Thrive ]

[ You Know Me Almost As Well As You Know Yourself ]
[ You Have Been The Best Best Friend ]
[ Alot Better Then Anyone Else ]

[ I Will Have To Find A Way ]
[ To Keep Myself From Wanting To See You ]
[ While You Are Away ]

[ I Hope The Best For Your Family, Especially Concerning
     The Health Of Your Mother ]
[ I Know That You Have Really Missed Seeing The Smiling
     Faces Of Your Sisters & Brother ]

[ Wrap Them In A Hug & Hold Them Tight ]
[ Then Step Back & Enjoy The Sight ]
[ Always Show Them Love ]
[ Before You Part For The Night ]

[ Always Know That I Can’t Wait For You To Return ]
[ Because Through Our Friendship I Have Come To Learn ]
[ When I Don’t See That Beautiful Face For A Long Time
     My Stomach Will Burn ]

[ When You Come Back I Will Greet You With Excitement
     @ My Door ]
[ & Tell You That I’ve Missed You More ]
[ Than Ever Before ]

[ & Then I Will Give You A Great Big Hug & Not Let Go ]
[ Because I Always Want You To Know ]
[ I Was Sad That You Went ]
[ But I Do Understand Why You Had To Go ]

[ Now I’ll Be Ecstatic When You Get Back Here ]
[ & Once Again You Will Be Near ]

[ & When You Come To My Place ]
[ You Will See A Big Smile On My Face ]

[ Because You Are Home ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1031)▪︎[ Friendship … 12•10•2021 ]

[ You Feel That A Close Friendship Is A Gift That You Give
& Get From Each Other ]
[ This Is A Relationship Unlike The One’s That You May Have ]
[ With Your Sister Or Brother ]

[ A Relationship With A Relative Can Be Circled With A Very
Thin Line ]
[ & You Could Go Through Life, Always Thinking That Everything
Has Been Just Fine ]

[ No Matter How Many Ladders Climbed ]
[ To The Top ]
[ Or The Amount Of The Dimes ]
[ Dropped ]

[ A Good Friend Would Not Care ]
[ The Friend Just Needs The Assurance ]
[ That You Will Always Be There ]
[ To Share ]
[ & Don’t Say You Are Doing This On A Dare ]

[ To You, A Dare Is To Take A Chance ]
[ On A Dance ]
[ That Is When You Don’t Believe ]
[ That Balance ]
[ Has Not Been Achieved ]
[ You Could Take A Stance ]
[ Before You Leave ]

[ Friends Can Be Way Apart ]
[ On The Chart ]

[ Of Opinions & Views ]
[ But When You Hear The News ]
[ About Someone Who Tried To Drive After Drinking Way To Much
Booze ]

[ You Are In A Hurry ]
[ To Get To Your Phone, Because You Are Worried ]

[ You Called Your Friends, Because In The Past It Was A Problem ]
[ For Some Of Them ]

[ So You Were Just Checking ]
[ Not Correcting ]

[ Friends Do Not Correct ]
[ They Might Suggest ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka =3▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•||

(805)▪︎[ Maybe They Were Not One … 9•23•2021 ]

[ It Is Hard When People Leave ]
[ But When You Look, Were They Ever Here? ]
[ Did They Have To Reach Up Their Sleeve ]
[ To Ever Show Some Cheer? ]

[ Were They Just A Shell Of Their True Self ]
[ When They Were With You ]
[ Were They Wishing They Were Talking With Someone Else? ]

[ No One Gives Their Undivided Attention All Of The Time ]
[ You May Have Thought That They Were Giving You $1’s Worth ]
[ When They Were Only Giving You A Dime ]

[ If Their Eyes Were Going Half Shut ]
[ That May Have Felt Like A Punch In The Gut ]
[ & Their Backhanded Compliments Always Included A
(YES, BUT …) ]

[ They Gladly Accepted A Gift Or Two ]
[ From You ]

[ Even Though It May Have Been Anticipated ]
[ Your Generosity ]
[ Was Never Reciprocated ]
[ In The End ]
[ Maybe They Never Were Your Friend ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(801)▪︎[ To My Friend … 9•22•2021 ]

[ Saying (I AM SORRY) Just Doesn’t Cover It ]
[ Not Even A Little Bit ]

[ The Sorrow Cannot Be Measured ]
[ But The Memories Are Really Treasured ]

[ You Might Feel Like Your Life Is Tumbling Out Of
Control ]
[ What Can Fill The Hole ]

[ You Have In Your Heart? ]
[ You Ask (WHEN CAN THAT START?) ]

[ Gather Your Friends & Family, Then Hug Them Tight ]
[ Please Remember The Friends That Are Not Always In
Your Sight ]

[ Do Not Fight What You Feel ]
[ Because Mourning Is Real ]

[ & Oh Yea ]
[ I Have To Give A Shout Out To Where & When Our Friendship
Started ]
[ The Year Was (1998) & The Unit Was Omega ]

[ I Did A (2) Term, (12) Weeks Practicum ]
[ For College ]
[ & The 1st Week I Felt So Dumb ]

[ The 1st Day I Was There, I Knew You Were The Alpha Dog ]
[ The Way That You Dealt With The Kids ]
[ & By What & How You Wrote In The Log ]

[ You Took Me Under Your Wing & Taught Me The Ways ]
[ You Showed Me How To Work The Nights ]
[ & Then The Days ]

[ You & Carla Were The Main Reasons That I ONLY Interviewed
For That Unit ]
[ I Couldn’t See That The Others Would Be A Good Fit ]

[ I Always Knew That You Had Higher Aspirations ]
[ That Was One Of The Reasons That You Were Such An
Inspiration ]

[ Then It All Crumbled ]
[ But You Wouldn’t Let Me Stumble ]

[ You Were The ONLY ONE That Stuck By Me When The Shit Hit
The Fan ]
[ You Sent Me Short, Uplifting Texts With (4) Words ]
[(HANG IN THERE, MAN!) ]

[ I Have Admired You Since That 1st Day On The Floor ]
[ Please Know That You Will Always Be Welcomed @ My
Door ]

[ We May Not Be Good @ Keeping In Touch ]
[ Much ]

[ I Still Love You Even Though You Root For The Las Vegas
Raiders ]
[ Since They Left California, Are They Now Called The
(TRAIDERS?) ]

[ I Miss The Short Text (HEY BUDDY) From You Come
Across My Screen ]
[ Those Are (2) Words That Would Stop My Daily Routine ]

[ When Things Get Rough ]
[ Remember The Friends That Helped When Things Were
Tough ]

[(HANG IN THERE, MAN!) ]

[ Much Respect & Love ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(337)▪︎[ To My Friend … 4•23•2021 ]

[ Goodnight To My Friend That Lives Many Many Miles Away ]
[ I Wish That There Will Be A Day ]

[ When We Can Say ( HELLO ) Face To Face ]
[ @ Our Designated Meeting Place ]

[ We Will Be Able To Look Into Each Other’s Eyes ]
[ As We Eat Our Burgers & Fries ]

[ I Think Since The First Time Me Met ]
[ I Am Very Predictable With What I Get ]

[ It Really Doesn’t Matter What I Eat ]
[ But It Definitely Has To Be A Sandwich With Actual Meat ]

[ I Would Have To Pinch Myself Because You Would
     Actually Be In Front Of Me ]
[ You Have Stayed With Me Through The Very Worst Of
     Times ]
[ & I See ]
[ A Good Friend Is What You Will Always Be ]

[ You Were Never Able ]
[ To Turn Your Back On Me Through The Many Years
     When I Was Unstable ]

[ Our Friendship Continues To Last ]
[ & I Love The Memories Of The Past ]

[ When You Moved Away That Would Have Been The Easiest Time
     When You Could Have Walked ]
[ Away ]
[ & Never Talked ]
[ To Me On Another Day ]

[ But You Wouldn’t ]

~ The End ~

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

(550)▪︎[ Big M Is My Hero … 7•5•2021 ]

[ Wow, It Is Fire Season Again? ]
[ Why Does It Even Have To Begin ]

[ I Meant It When I Said That You Are One Of The Hardest
     Working Men That I Know? ]
[ You Don’t Even Know How To Go Slow ]

[ When You Start A Project You Are Done Sooner Than
     Projected ]
[ When You Start A Project The End Result Is Always
     Better Than Expected ]

[ It Takes A Special Kind Of Man To Be A Wildlife Fire
     Fighter Such As Yourself ]
[ With The Exception Of You Guys ]
[ There Is Nobody Else ]

[ Hey This Summer Could I Get A Cool Sweatshirt That
     I Could Count As My Own? ]
[ If I Do, My Mind Will Be Blown! ]

[ I Have Just Gotten Used To You Being Around ]
[ I Have Really Been Enjoying Having You Around ]
[ I Have Been Liking The Visits When You Come Around ]

[ Your Job Is Not Done Here ]
[ We Still Need To Get Him Out Of Here ]

[ It Started With Him Looking Up To You ]
[ Then You Gave Him What Was Way Overdue ]

[ When We Met You Were Kind Of Reserved & Quiet ]
[ Now You Are A Riot! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(571)▪︎[ So Many Textures!! … 7•12•2021 ]

[ ( OH NO, THERE ARE SO MANY TEXTURES HERE! ) Is
What You Scream ]
[ Four Or Five @ The Same Time Has Never Been A Dream ]

[ It Is More Like A War Going On In Your Mouth ]
[ You Quickly Spit It Out ]

[ Who Dared To Talk You Into Eating That One? ]
[ Think It Was Me, Because I Wanted To Have Some Fun ]

[ It Was Something That Was Was Totally Harmless ]
[ It Would Have Disolved In Your Mouth Under (3) Seconds
@ Best ]

[ I Can’t Get Very Much By You These Days ]
[ & Believe Me, I Try To, In All Different Ways ]

[ But It So Much Fun To See & Hear Your Reactions ]
[ It Is More Fun Than Throwing You An Issue That Involves
Math Fractions ]

[ Because I Am A Much Better Friend To You Than Math Has
Ever Been ]
[ I Have Never Asked You To Multiply, Then ]
[ Divide 3.1638953079473 By Ten ]

[ I Am A Much Better Friend Than That ]
[ & No I Never Disliked When You Were Wearing A Hat ]

[ Your Hat Selection Was Always Very Amusing ]
[ How They Fit Into The Ambiance Of Your Outfits Was
Always Confusing  ]

[ You Always Came Here For My Son ]
[ But You Would Eventually Come Back To Talk To Me
Because You Were So Done ]

[ You Never Stood In Front Of Me Being Mild & Meek ]
[ & Through Your Time Here ]
[ I Think That I Have Almost Become An Expert @
( ASHA SPEAK ) ]

[ If You Were An Outsider, The ( HMMs, EMs HMMs, & MMs )
Might Drive You Delirious ]
[ But I Come To Call That ( PART OF THE ASHA EXPERIENCE ) ]

[ I Guess To Some It Would Be Like ( GOING DAKINE ) ]
[ To Alcohol Drinkers It Would Be Like The Feeling You Get
When You Dink Fine Wine ]

[ Enough Of The Hawaiian Coming Out From Me ]
[ Whenever You Eat Something New, It Is So Fun To Sit
Back & See ]

[ How You Look It Over ]
[ Then How You Smell It All Over ]

[ Then There Is THE First Small Taste ]
[ Then If You Like It, There Will Be No Waste ]

[ When It Comes To Have An Experience With A ( FOODY ) You
Are My First ]
[ I Loved It When It Took You (3) Days To Get Up The Nerve
To Ask Me For A Water ]
[ To Quench Your Thirst ]

[ The ( ASHA EXPERIENCE ) Will Not Stop Here ]
[ Ash, Do I Make My Point Clear? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(559)▪︎[ I Gained A Friend … 7•8•2021 ]

[ I Entered Into A Friendship Many Months Ago ]
[ With A Young Lady That I Did Not Know ]

[ We Were Quite The Opposite Of Each Other ]
[ I Grew Up With (2) Sisters ]
[ & She Grew Up With More Than ½ A Dozen Brothers ]

[ I Am Quite Short & She Is Quite Tall ]
[ I Don’t Say A Thing About Her Height ]
[ & She Has Never Called Me Small ]

[ We Grew-Up In Vastly Different Towns ]
[ We Grew-Up Probably Saying Different Verbs & Nouns ]

[ Describing & Seeing Things Through Different Eyes ]
[ So Of Course We Had Different Lives ]
[ She Will Find Out That I Am Not An Ordinary Guy ]

[ But Then In November, Fate Put Her In My House ]
[ She Had A Great Interview With Me & My Spouse ]

[ Very Business Like, Is How She Came Off ]
[ We Threw Alot Of Information @ Her During Those Two
Hours ]
[ & She Never Got Lost ]

[ She Came Into Our Lives To Be Our Son’s ABC ]
[ Then She Became A Really Good Friend To Me ]

[ She Started Here Being Extremely Reserved ]
[ I Was A Grumpy Old Man Is How I Was Observed ]

[ Through Time ]
[ She Became The Main Subject Of Many Of My Rhymes ]

[ I Have Found That There Is A Beautiful, Fragile, Hilarious
Woman Under That Hard Shell ]
[ In Everything & Everyday She Does Mean Well ]
[ She Doesn’t Have A Negative Thought In Her Head ]
[ Even Though, I Have Felt That In Her Past She Was Put
Through Hell ]

[ My Heart Hurts When I Have Those Thoughts About Her ]
[ I Am Never Sure ]

[ I Will Never Ask ]
[ I Won’t Take On That Personal Task ]
[ Those Questions Will Stay Behind My Mask ]

[ She Calls Herself An Introvert ]
[ That Could Be Her Protective Armor ]
[ Because Of All Of Her Hurt ]

[ She Is Caring & Protective ]
[ She Is Finding Out That We Love To Give ]
[ That Is Just How We Choose To Live ]

[ We Were Once In Need In Our Younger Years ]
[ When We Give Now, Our Hearts Let Out Three Cheers ]

[ My Friend’s Employment Will End Here Within A Week ]
[ That Is Hard To Say ]
[ So This Story Was Written Because I Wanted To Write
Every Word That My Heart Speaks ]

[ So You See ]
[ Your Protective Armor Was Not Meant To Be Worn For Me ]

[ As This Story Comes To An End ]
[ I Want To Tell Her Thank You For Calling ME Your Friend ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(527)▪︎[ Friendship … 6•28•2021 ]

[ Friendship Is Not Something That Can Be Explained ]
[ It Is A Subject Where People Have Complained ]

[ This Is Not A Subject That Was Taught In School ]
[ But If You Did Not Learn This, You Look Like The Fool ]

[ Friendship Lines Are Sometimes Set By Race ]
[ Sometimes It Really Does, Go By The Color Of Your Face ]

[ That Is Sad, But True ]
[ This May Or May Not, Affect Someone That Looks Like
     You ]

[ Looks Can Affect Everything ]
[ But Sometimes Looks Does Not Mean A Single Thing ]

[ Friendship Is Often Drawn Down Monetary Lines ]
[ Sometimes It Matters To Others If Your Piggy Bank Is
     Full Of Pennies Or Dimes ]

[ Some People Can Be Total Bitches ]
[ If You Are Not One Of The Richest ]

[ Friendship Should Be Based On The Person, Not What
     Is In Their Wallet ]
[ Or The Coins In Someone’s Pocket ]

[ If You Do Not Know How To Be A Friend, How Can They
     Get One? ]
[ If You Are Not Fun ]
[ Would That Make Someone Run? ]

[ To You, Or Away From You? ]
[ If You Knew ]
[ What Would You Do? ]

[ Some Follow & Some Lead ]
[ Some Step Up, In Times Of Need ]

[ When Those That Follow ]
[ Try To Speak ]
[ Do Their Words Come Out Sounding Hollow? ]
[ Or Weak? ]

[ Is It Possible To Teach Someone That Has No Soul ]
[ How To Step Into A Leadership Role? ]

[ @ Times, That Is An Impossible Task ]
[ @ Times, Some People Are Well Hidden Behind Their ‘VID 19 Mask ]

[ School Teaches People Many Things ]
[ How To Read, How To Play The Trumpet ]
[ & How To Group People Together That Sings ]

[ But It Won’t Teach You How To Make A Friend, Though ]
[ Those Kinds Of Life’s Lessons ]
[ You Have To, Grow ]
[ To Know ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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