Tag: #friendship

(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 ]

(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 ]

(305)▪︎[ Thank You Lynn … 3•25•2020 ]

[ I Conversed On FB With A Dear ]
[ Friend ]
[ From Yesteryear ]

[ The Memories Of Her Smile ]
[ Lifted My Mood ]
[ For Awhile ]

[ Then She Put Up A Picture ]
[ Of Her ]

[ With Her Hair Rearranged ]
[ Her Looks Weren’t Aged ]
[ Or Changed ]

[ It Took Me Back To When The Impression Was Made ]
[ Way Back In The First Grade ]

[ Back Then I Was One Shy ]
[ Little Pudgy Guy ]

[ Nobody Knew My Past ]
[ & She Never Asked ]

[ You See, I Had Just Moved There From Being In A Very
Physically Abusive Foster Home ]
[ My New Parents Were The Only People That Had Known ]

[ I Was Just Getting Used To My New Name ]
[ But My New Friend Treated Me Just The Same ]

[ As She Did Everybody Else ]
[ That Helped This Lost New Kid On The Block ]
[ To Just Be Himself ]

[ My New Friend Accepted Me For Me ]
[ If You’d Never Been One ]
[ You Don’t Know How Hard Being The New Kid Can Be ]

[ I Went From Living On A Big Farm To Living On A City Block ]
[ So I Kind Of Had Some Culture Shock ]
[ & I Found It Extremely Hard To Open Up & Talk ]

[ But My New Friend Never Made Fun ]
[ I Learned To Play & Run ]
[ Not Just Running From Someone ]

[ Physical Abuse Can Cause Internal Screams ]
[ @ My New Families Home The Nightmares Stopped ]
[ & Were Replaced With What Kinds Of Things That Makes Kids
Dreams ]

[ @ School Every Single Day ]
[ My New Friend Always Said ( HELLO ) To Me ]
[ In The Nicest & Most Accepting Way ]

[ My Friend & I Stayed Close Clear Through Graduation Of
High School ]
[ I Loved Standing Back From My Friend & Watch The Other Guys
Acting Like Fools ]
[ Other Guys Tried To Act So Cool ]

[ All Being So Sure ]
[ They Were Somehow, In Some Small Way ]
[ Impressing Her ]

[ She Never Got Arrogant Or Let Her Stunning Beauty Go To
Her Head ]
[ She Stayed Extremely Modest & Grounded Instead ]

[ So Just On A Whim I Went On Her FB Tonight To Make A
Comment ]
[ I Paid Her A Compliment ]
[ That I Truly Meant ]

[ She Paid Back The Compliment Back By Saying She Considers
Me A Close Friend Through All Of These Years ]
[ She’s Always Been Head & Shoulders Above All Of Her Peers ]

[ Thank You Lynn For Always Being The Cherry On The Top ]
[ You’ve Been A Good Friend Down To The Last Drop ]

[ Thank You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(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 ]

(513)▪︎[ Friends … 5•26•2020 ]

[ Friends Come In All Sizes & Shapes ]
[ A Good Friend Doesn’t Go By The Wayside ]
[ Like Records & Cassette Tapes ]

[ They Are Not Fly By Nights ]
[ They Always Continue To Be ]
[ The Brightest Lights ]

[ Oh Sure, Some People Grow Apart ]
[ As Life Moves On ]
[ The Memories Of Them Don’t Stay In Your Heart ]
[ When They Are Gone ]

[ When You Get To That Place ]
[ In A Friendship ]
[ Where You Would Never Forget Their Smiling Face ]

[ It Is A Wonderful Feeling When You Meet A Person That’s True ]
[ Through & Through ]
[ The Sky Will Be The Only Thing In Your Life That’s Blue ]

[ No More Dark Days That You Dread ]
[ Now You See Nothing But Hope Up Ahead ]

[ But Fake People Can Mislead ]
[ They’d Take Your House & Deed ]
[ If That’s What They Want ]
[ & Need ]

[ The Friends Want Or Ask For Nothing ]
[ That Is Why I Feel So Good ]
[ Giving Them Everything ]

[ Nothing Gets Stolen, Nothing Comes Up Lost ]
[ You Don’t Watch Them Leave ]
[ & Wonder How Much Did That Day Cost ]

[ You Can Turn Your Back & Not Expect A Knife ]
[ To Be There When You Turn Around ]
[ A Special Friend Adds To Your Life ]

[ Good Friendship Is Nothing ]
[ To Some ]
[ & Really Something ]
[ To Those When It Comes ]

[ When Your Best Friend Shows Up It’s Like A Beacon Of
Light ]
[ When She Arrives ]
[ The Clouds Show Sunlight ]

[ Looking Out Over The Ocean & Watching The Sun Set ]
[ With Your Best Friend ]
[ This Will Happen Many More Times, I Bet ]

~ 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 ]

[ 192 ][ Money Just Can’t … 3•5•2021 ]

[ A ][° 192 °][ MONEY CAN’t  … 3•5•2021 ]

[ Some People Actually Think That Money Can Buy
     Them Love ]
[ Especially If Romance Is Not The Number One Thing
     That They’re Thinking Of ]

[ In Those Situations, Everything Will End ]
[ When There Is No More Money To Spend ]

[ As Long As They Have A Dollar ]
[ They Think That Everyone Is Supposed To Listen
     To Them Holler ]

[ Every Single Day ]
[ They Think That They Have Something Important
     To Say ]

[ When Some Of These People Yell ]
[ They Just Don’t Get The Point That They Are Trying
     To Make, Across Very Well ]

[ Who Would Want To Love Someone When Every Word ]
[ They Said ]
[ Was Never Heard? ]

[ Because The Words ( WAA WAA WAA ) ]
[ Comes Across As Well As ( BLAH BLAH BLAH ) ]

[ Does ]
[ Because ]
[ Money Can’t Ever Buy Someone Friends Or Love ]

~ The End ~

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

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