[ Just Because You Are Out Of Sight ]
[ Doesn’t Mean That You Are Out Of My Mind ]
[ It Is A Fight ]
[ Of The Hardest Kind ]
[ Hard, Because Oftentimes Memories Can Fade ]
[ There Is Not Always A Frame Of Reference ]
[ When Those Memories Were Made ]
[ It Is Not Like It Is A Fade To Black ]
[ Like I Have Ever Turned My Back ]
[ Quite To The Contrary My Friend ]
[ Because I Don’t See An End ]
[ Our Friendship Was Sealed Many Years Ago ]
[ How Do I Know ]
[ This? ]
[ It Is Because That Is How I Said It To Be So ]
[ We Used To Talk For Hours ]
[ When It Was Sunny In The Sky ]
[ & Through The Dark Sky & Thunder Showers ]
[ But Now … ]
[ How? ]
[ You Have Project On Top Of Project ]
[ & Then Work ]
[ How Would We Ever Have Time To Connect? ]
[ I Am Always Just Sitting Here ]
[ Ready To Talk ]
[ Or Just Lend An Ear ]
[ I Am Not Just One Of Those Ordinary Guys ]
[ That You Deal With Everyday ]
[ Because When I Listen To Your Eyes ]
[ You Always Have An Ice Cold Mt. Dew On Its Way ]
[ It Is So Uncanny ]
[ That There Has Never Been Another Dani ]
[ I Find It Extremely Hard ]
[ To Tone Down How I Really Feel About You ]
[ To Saying ( WITH DEEPEST REGARDS ) ]
[ You Know By Choice ]
[ That In Your Book ]
[ I Am Not Qualified To Raise My Voice ]
[ so I will just say, much love & respect ]
[ this is the softest Whisper I can get! 🤫🤫🤫 ]
[ through text ]
[ Happy Birthday To My Good Friend … Dani ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Tag: #friend
(509)▪︎[ Mahalo, Ash … 6•21•2021 ]
[ My Friend, Ash, Has As Big A Heart, Like The Whole Outdoors ]
[ If She Were A Food Treat, She Would Be A Big Piece Of S’mors ]
[ Melted Chocolate & Marshmellow Combined ]
[ Ash Is Considered A Good, Close Friend Of Mine ]
[ She Has That Hard Graham Cracker Crust ]
[ Wearing Kid Gloves, When With Ash, Is A Must ]
[ It Takes Alot To Get Ash To Lower Her Wall Just A
Little Bit ]
[ Because Ash Has Seen & Been Through So Much Shit ]
[ But She Perseveres Everytime, Everyday ]
[ She Wears That Big Smile ]
[ & She Stays Positive In So Many Ways ]
[ She Never Comes In Our House Being Overpowering ]
[ She Is Even Polite, When She Is Monitor’s His Showering ]
[ Asha Does Her Job Proud ]
[ She Is Full Of Fun ]
[ But She Is Never Too Loud ]
[ She Has Her Own Strong Opinions, But They Are Never
Forced ]
[ On Others ]
[ & She Gives It Freely Without Being Coerced ]
[ Sometimes She Shows A Sweet Tooth, But That Is Not Too
Often ]
[ But Mention Pie In A Conversation Just Once ]
[ & She Will Have One In The Oven ]
[ Cake Just Doesn’t Float ]
[ Her Boat ]
[ Give Her A Cupcake & Watch With Anticipation ]
[ But Put Sprinkles On Top ]
[ Then Watch Her Apprehension ]
[ There Is Nothing To Dislike Or Argue About ]
[ Once She Got Comfortable In Our House ]
[ She Removed All Doubt ]
[ About Her Qualifications & How Well She Would Do
With Our Challenging, Troubled Child ]
[ One Thing That I Would Not Call Her Personality & Strengths ]
[ & That Would Be Mild ]
[ She Has The Right Tone ]
[ & We Love Her Strong Backbone ]
[ Good, Consistent Upbringing Is What She Gives The Credit
For This ]
[ Meeting Her Three Years Ago Would Have Been @ The Top
This Parents Wish List ]
[ So I Bring This Story To An End ]
[ By Saying]
[ I Am So Glad That I Can Proudly Call Asha Hakeem A Good
Friend ]
[ Hey Ash, Here Is Something New ]
[ Pew, Pew, Pew ]
[ Mahalo, Ash ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(507)▪︎[ To My Friend … 5•23•2020 ]
[ My Cavarona, I So Wish I Could Give You Five More Minutes ]
[ But I Have No Say In This ]
[ You Are So Important In My Life ]
[ You Are Just A Step Away ]
[ From My Wife ]
[ I Have Always Had Good Female Friends In The Past ]
[ But As I Look Around ]
[ Not A Single One Could Last ]
[ If We Do, Time Will Tell ]
[ When It Comes To Keeping Friends ]
[ I Do Not Do That Very Well ]
[ When They End ]
[ Everything Just Goes To Hell ]
[ I Know That I’m No Peach ]
[ & Finding That A True Friend ]
[ Is Always A Reach ]
[ But I Feel That You See ]
[ The Real Me ]
[ & Being A Real Friend To You ]
[ Is All That I Want To Be ]
[ I Think I Always Show You How I Want To Be Seen ]
[ I’ve Got A Big Heart ]
[ & I’m Not Mean ]
[ I’ve Been Told In The Past That I Have Mean Eyes ]
[ Inside I Yell ( THOSE ARE ALL LIES! ) ]
[ I’m Just Not One Of Those Guys ]
[ I Have Alot Of Feelings & So It Shows In What & How
I Write ]
[ So I Never Write A Story ]
[ Just To Cause A Fight ]
[ Cavarona, I Always Want You To Be Here ]
[ It Is So Clear ]
[ That The Thought Of You Will Always Be Near ]
[ You Have Shown Me Your Vulnerable Side Again & Again When ]
[ You Feel Comfortable ]
[ To Do It Over & Over Again ]
[ I Keep Our Friendship Close To My Heart ]
[ Especially In The Upcoming Days ]
[ When We Are Physically Apart ]
[ I Will Always Be Just A Phone Call Away ]
[ & I’ll Take Your Call ]
[ Every & Any Day ]
[ You’ve Left Your Mark On Me Since Day One ]
[ You Have Been So Much Fun ]
[ & I Never Want To Say Our Days Are Done ]
[ On Monday Night, When You Walk Out My Door ]
[ I Wish I Could Ask The Man ]
[ For Just Five Minutes More! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(58)▪︎[ My Friend, Rita … 1•15•2021 ]
[ Yes My Friend, People Come & Go ]
[ Some That You Will ]
[ But Probably Most You Won’t Make The Effort
To Get To Know ]
[ But Every Once In A Blue Moon ]
[ You Will Meet Someone Who Dances To The
Same Kind Of Tune ]
[ Maybe You Talk To See What You Both Have in
Common ]
[ Maybe They Like Pasta ]
[ While You Like Top Ramen ]
[ Well It Is Kind Of The Same ]
[ & You Laugh As You Tell Each Other, Your Name ]
[ A Good Friend ]
[ Really Does Stick With You Through Thick
Or Thin ]
[ & They Say Good Job ]
[ No Matter If You Lose Or Win ]
[ They Give You A Strong Shoulder To Lean
On Or Cry ]
[ When Your Eyes Fill Up With Tears ]
[ They Never Ask You For A Reason Why ]
[ Somethings You May Not Agree On & Neither One
Will Budge ]
[ Just Because You Don’t Agree On Something ]
[ Does Not Mean That They Will Judge ]
[ There Are A Few Topics That You Each Stay Away
From ]
[ You Never Want a Heated Argument Over Something
That Is So Dumb ]
[ Your Friend Doesn’t Disown You Because Of Who You
Date ]
[ If They Think That You Are Headed For A Fall ]
[ They Bite Their Lip & Patiently Wait ]
[ Because When You Date A Woman That You Came To
Call ( SATAN IN A DRESS ) ]
[ They Will Try Their Damndest To Get You Out Of Your
Mess ]
[ They Stick With You For Almost 28 Years ]
[ They Help You Conquer Many Fears ]
[ You Give Them All The Support & Love That You
Can ]
[ Even Though Your Friend Is A Woman ]
[ & You Are A Man ]
[ Sometimes Opposites Come Together ]
[ No Matter The Time Of Day ]
[ No Matter The Weather ]
[ Even Physically Moving Far Apart ]
[ Won’t Pull Them Out Of Your Heart ]
[ I Am So Glad I Met Ya ]
[ My Friend Rita ]
[ I Sure Miss You, Down In Arizona ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(790)▪︎[ One HUGE Surprise! … 9•16•020 ]
[ Today, Was An Amazing Day ]
[ A Long Time Ago Friend ]
[ Popped Onto To My Messenger To Say ( HEY! ) ]
[ I Had Always Wondered If She Was ( OKAY? ) ]
[ My Curiosity Was Spent ]
[ Because I Had Wondered For Many Years ]
[ Where She Went ]
[ One Minute She Was There ]
[ & Then ]
[ She Was Nowhere ]
[ To Be Found ]
[ She Must Have Had Her Reasons ]
[ So I Never Asked Around ]
[ There Has Never Been Hard Feelings To Hold ]
[ That Would Have Been Uncalled For & Cold ]
[ We Lost Touch Then ]
[ I Always Wondered How She’s Been ]
[ Then She Had A Good Man Come Into Her Life ]
[ He Wanted To Be Her Husband ]
[ & She Really Wanted To Be Steve’s Wife ]
[ She Found In Steve ]
[ That He Would & Could Be Her Rock ]
[ & He Would Never Leave ]
[ After Many Hours Of Talk ]
[ She Found Out That He Had Nothing To Hide Up His Sleeve ]
[ Their Solid Union Will Last ]
[ Because She Is Able To Get Over Her Past ]
[ She Says She Knows She Is So Sure ]
[ That His Heart & Intentions Are Pure ]
[ & He Is So Good To & For Her ]
[ When She Wrote All Of This, I Was So Glad ]
[ To Hear That The Last 20 Years Have Not Been Sad ]
[ Or Bad ]
[ I Do Not Say This In Jest ]
[ I Had Always Wanted Her To Have The Best ]
[ Her Writings Sounded Happy ]
[ & That Pleases Me ]
[ I Am Happy That It Has Been All Aces That She Holds In Her Hand ]
[ & Things Are Going Well, As Planned ]
[ Her Friendship Meant Alot To Me Back Then ]
[ Nothing Says That We Can’t Be Friends, Again ]
[ I Have Room In My Life To Let Her Come In ]
[ We Were Always Honest & Blunt ]
[ & Kept Everything Up Front ]
[ My Respect For This Woman Cannot Be Measured ]
[ Her Friendship Has Always Been Treasured ]
[ & Will Be Again, Pam ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(351)▪︎[ Ash, You Are My Friend … 4•26•2021 ]
[ I Guess I Can’t Be Mad ]
[ Ash Is Leaving ]
[ & That Makes The Future Look Really Sad ]
[ Ash Was A Really Hard Nut To Crack ]
[ She Hasn’t Even Left ]
[ & I Already Wish That She’d Come Back ]
[ She Is 5 Feet 11, Of Pure Attitude ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Could Show Her Enough Gratitude ]
[ For All Of Those Times That She Was So Nice ]
[ Well I Think … ]
[ That It Was, @ Least Twice ]
[ When She Is Here, She Is Nothing But Fun ]
[ But I Have To Accept Reality ]
[ In Two Weeks From Today, Her Time Will Be Done ]
[ Every Night That She Leaves Through Our Door ]
[ Always Makes Me To Want For Her To Come Back
For More ]
[ I Have Never Had A Bad Night When She Has Been Here ]
[ When I Know That She Is Coming ]
[ I Let Out A Quiet Cheer ]
[ She Is A Challenge To Banter With, Back & Forth ]
[ In Two Weeks She Will No Longer Be Driving Down
From The North ]
[ I Have Never Looked @ Ash As A Younger Woman
While She Has Been Here ]
[ I Have Tried To Treat Her, As A Peer ]
[ I Know That Ash Will Go Far In Life ]
[ & I Think I Can Say That She Is Loved By Me & My Wife ]
[ Me Saying That I’ll Miss Her Is The Biggest Understatement
I Could Say Of All Time ]
[ I’m Very Very Sad As I End This Rhyme ]
[ P.S. ]
[ One Thing That I Love & Respect About Ash Above All Else ]
[ She Has Always Been Herself ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(979)▪︎[ The Best, Best Friend … 11•24•2020 ]
[ My Best Friend Is Always Watching Over Me ]
[ She Is My Protector & Best Friend ]
[ & That Is Who I Want Her To Be ]
[ She Cares For Me As Much As She Does Herself ]
[ She Will Always Care For Me Better Than
Anyone Else ]
[ She Can Be Tough & Firm ]
[ She Has Reminded Me Many Many Times ]
[ That I Have ALOT To Learn ]
[ She Definitely Leads By The Example Of How
She Lives Her Life ]
[ It Took Me Many Talks With Her ]
[ For Me To See The Light ]
[ She Helped Me See That When Things Were Wrong ]
[ I Had To Stand Up ]
[ & Stay Strong ]
[ I Have Become Sure ]
[ That I Get My Inner Strength From Her ]
[ She Has Challenged Me To Be The Man ]
[ Of The House ]
[ & Now I Show Her I Can ]
[ When It Comes To My Child & Spouse ]
[ I Am No Longer Weak & Spineless ]
[ She Has Helped Me Be Strong & Fearless ]
[ For Those That Live Here That Don’t Like It ]
[ They Can Just Throw A Temper Tantrum ]
[ Because Now, I Don’t Give A Shit ]
[ Cavarona ]
[ I Could Never Repay Ya ]
[ One Thing That She Can Always Expect ]
[ From Me ]
[ Is Alot Of Love & Respect ]
[ From Everything I Can See ]
[ My Best Friend Is The Strongest Person That
I Have Ever Met! ]
[ Cavarona ]
[ I Love You My Friend ]
[ This Story Will ]
[ But Our Friendship Will Never End! ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
[ 10 ][ To Big M, From A Friend … 1•4•2021 ]
[ Big M, I Really Want To Put You In Your Place ]
[ & Tell You So Many Things To Your Face ]
[ I Don’t Like Your Tone ]
[ Whenever You Tell Yourself That You Are Going
Through Life All Alone ]
[ I Would Stop ]
[ & Put You On The Spot ]
[ & Say In Big Letters ( THAT YOU ARE NOT! ) ]
[ You Are Not By Yourself ]
[ Because My Friend ]
[ I Am That Someone Else ]
[ I Don’t Lie ]
[ When I Say That Real Men DO Cry ]
[ I Shed Tears ]
[ Tonight ]
[ When I Talked To Z About My Fears ]
[ About You Going Back Into The Fire Fight ]
[ I Worry ]
[ That I Always Want You To Come Home Safe
In A Hurry ]
[ Your Well Being Is Always In My Thoughts ]
[ That Is All I Can Do ]
[ That Is All That I’ve Got ]
[ We Could Probably Get Together & Talk For Hours ]
[ I Can’t Come & See You ]
[ So You Have All The Powers ]
[ We Each Grew Up In Different Lands ]
[ We Each Grew Up Listening To Different Demands ]
[ But, I Want You To See ]
[ That You Have A Loving Friend & Brother In Me ]
[ But Only You Can Let That Be ]
[ I Have Always Wanted To Meet This Man ]
[ Whose Only Motto Is ( YES, I CAN ) ]
[ You Are The Kind Of Man That I Admire ]
[ & You Will Never Call Me A Liar ]
[ I Admire What You Do & What You Have Done ]
[ You Never Turn & Run ]
[ You Do The Things That Are Never Fun ]
[ I Want To Look This Guy ]
[ In The Eyes ]
[ & Tell Him That There Is Not Usually An Answer
To All His ( WHY’s?) ]
[ I Have Walked The Life Or Death Line ]
[ More Than 7 Times, In My Past Life ]
[ But I Have Survived ]
[ & Am Still, Very Much Alive ]
[ So I Could Meet You My Friend ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
[ 376 ][ What I Will Miss … 4•29•2021 ]
[ What I Will Miss When Asha Leaves After Her Last
Shift ]
[ I Will Miss Everything About Having This Gift ]
[ She Is A Gift Because Everytime She Comes I Have No
Idea What I’ll Get ]
[ She Is One Of The Most Complex & Wonderful Person
That I Have Met ]
[ Yet! ]
[ Asha Has Never Been About Being An Ordinary ( ABC ) ]
[ Just Watch This Poetry In Motion & You Will See ]
[ She Is 5′ 11″‘s Of Sure Confidence ]
[ She Is Very Decisive ]
[ She Never Straddles The Fence ]
[ I Will Miss The Times When She Puts Her Blonde Haired
Wig On ]
[ Sometimes She Does Get The Punch Line Before The
Joke Has Been Completely Gone ]
[ I Will Miss How Protective Of Me That She Has Become ]
[ I Will Miss How She Makes Me Feel Young ]
[ When It Is Just Me & Asha, We Could Talk For Hours ]
[ We Will Talk About Any Subject ]
[ Except Flowers ]
[ That Would Be Where I Would Draw A Blank ]
[ I Think It Is My Purple Thumb To Thank ]
[ I Will Miss Asha’s Intellegence & Personal Incite ]
[ I Will Miss Asha’s Fire & Fight ]
[ When She Gives You An Inch, Never Dare To Take
A Mile ]
[ She Will Yank That Rope Back So Fast ]
[ Still Giving You That Beautiful Smile ]
[ I Will Miss The Quiet Time When Asha Is Near ]
[ Ha, Quiet Time? ]
[ Really? When Asha Is Here? ]
[ Asha’s Sense Of Humor Is Beyond Compare ]
[ I Know That This Young Woman Is Going To Go
Somewhere ]
[ What Will I Miss About Asha When She Clocks Out
That Last Day? ]
[ @ The Beginning Of May? ]
[ Everything That I Prior Said ]
[ Memories Of Asha Will Always Be In My Head ]
[ So She Will Need To Visit A Whole Lot Instead ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
[ 184 ][ What To Do … 3•2•2021 ]
[ Frustration Sets Out All Over The Land ]
[ Whenever This Happens ]
[ Things Seem To Get Out Of Hand ]
[ When The Frustration Rises To The Top ]
[ Everything That Is Going Right ]
[ Comes To An Abrupt Stop ]
[ It Oozes Out Of The Sides, Front & Back ]
[ That Always Means That My Self-Esteem ]
[ Becomes Aware Of An Attack ]
[ A Punch To The Gut Is What Always Happens First ]
[ Then My Body Is Overcome With Thirst ]
[ The Thirst That Only Validation Will Quench ]
[ Something, Anything To Get My Fists To Unclench ]
[ Fists So Tight ]
[ Making My Knuckles Turn White ]
[ How Does Frustration Take Over My Brain? ]
[ It Gets My Thoughts Going So Fast ]
[ They Have The Momentum Of An Oncoming Train ]
[ Then The Dark Clouds Roll In ]
[ Turning The Sky Black ]
[ Right Before The Storm Begins ]
[ The Rain Comes Down Like A Shower ]
[ Completely Dampening All Of My Powers ]
[ Making Me Lose Control Of Each & Every Thought ]
[ Making Me Have Questions ]
[ About Every So-Called Friend That I’ve Got ]
[ Is There Even A Single Person That I Could Always Call? ]
[ Who Could Be That One Person Who Be There ]
[ Anytime I Was Backed Up Against The Wall? ]
[ That One Person Would Be My Best Friend That Lives
In The City ]
[ Of Albany ]
[ She Is The One Person Who Has Never Done Me Wrong ]
[ Over These Last Couple Of Years ]
[ She Has Taught Me How To Be Strong ]
[ She Taught Me How I Can ]
[ Stand Tall In Front Of My Spouse ]
[ She Taught Me How To Be The Man ]
[ Of This House ]
[ & She Calls Me Out ]
[ Whenever I Have Doubt ]
[ Just Thinking Of Her Puts My Frustrationd To Bed ]
[ That Are Inside Of My Head ]
[ Thank You Maria For Teaching Me To Fight ]
[ For Myself & Equality ]
[ When I Don’t Think That Something Isn’t Right ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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