[ Life Is Mostly (1) Constant Conundrum ]
[ & It Is Each Persons Responsibility To Not Stand Still &
Go Numb ]
[ Should Someone Live To Give? ]
[ Or Should You Give While You Live? ]
[ When You Are Able To See Someone That You Feel Is Truly
In Need ]
[ It Feels So Good To Do A Good Deed ]
[ This (1) Night, While Downtown, A Guy Came Up To You From The
Back ]
[ For Some Reason It Did Not Bother You ]
[ You Never Felt That You Were Being Attacked ]
[ He Acted Embarrassed & Ashamed To Ask For Some Change ]
[ You Gave Him A Couple Of Dollars ]
[ But Something Bothered You About That Exchange ]
[ You Felt In Your Pocket & Remembered That You Were Actually
Pretty Flushed ]
[ So You Looked & Walked Around The Area, In A Rush ]
[ Then You Saw Him Further Down The Sidewalk, To Your Right ]
[ You Wanted His Attention ]
[ But You Really Did Not Want To Startle Him To Where He
Would Feel That He Had To Fight ]
[ You Calmly Got His Attention, So He Stopped Walking & He
Turned Around ]
[ You Asked Him If He Remembered You, As He Continued To Look
@ The Ground ]
[ He Was Shaking When He Asked If You Wanted The Money
Returned Now? ]
[ You Said (NO) As You Handed Him (2) More Bills ]
[ He Quietly Said (WOW) ]
[ You Understood Why ]
[ He Did Not Want To Get Mugged By Another Guy ]
[ He Finally Looked Up & We Locked Eyes ]
[ What You Saw On His Face Was Pure Gratitude ]
[ Then His Face Had To Turn Back Into His Street Attitude ]
[ As You Walked Away, It Felt Like You Were Given A Gift ]
[ & A Much Needed Lift ]
[ @ The Same Time ]
[ Thank You To The Man That Was The Central Reason For This
Rhyme ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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[ ( YOU GAVE AWAY YOUR LAST PIECE OF PIZZA ) Is What You
Said ]
[ Now Being Hungry Tomorrow, Is What You Dread ]
[ It Is Not Like You Gave Away, Tomorrows Meal ]
[ But Now, You Might Know, How Hunger Will Feel ]
[ Maybe It Was, For A Good Cause ]
[ It Definitely Made The Man, That You Gave It To, Pause ]
[ He Looked Hungrier Than You’ve Ever Been ]
[ You Gave Him The Food Because Of What He Said ]
[ He Knew Someday That He Would Get A Meal Again ]
[ But He Just, Did Not Know, When ]
[ You Told Him The When, Because You Knew It Was Now ]
[ Then You Would Fend For Yourself, Somehow ]
[ You Would Go Back To Your Humble Home To See What
You Could Do ]
[ You Know With What You Have In Your Cabinets Or
Refrigerator You Could Fix Something New ]
[ But First ]
[ You Must Take Care Of Your Thirst ]
[ You Remembered That When You Were Younger ]
[ It Was Much Easier To Deal With Hunger ]
[ Back Then, You Could Always Count Of A Friend Or Two ]
[ Back Then, Like Now, Real Friends Are Few ]
[ @ Least One Friend That You Have,, Can Be Counted On To Help
You Out ]
[ This One Friend Was The One Who Gave You No Reason To
Ever Doubt ]
[ She Has Always Been There In Times Of Need ]
[ She Has Always Been There Whenever You Have Needed
Something To Eat ]
[ She Gave Like She Lived ]
[ She Has Spent Her Whole Life, Looking For Ways To Give ]
[ She Would Always Do Her Part ]
[ To Give From The Heart ]
[ She Is The One That Taught You How To Give To Those That
Have Really Needed It ]
[ & She Showed You How To Weed Through Others Piles Of
Bullshit ]
[ A Good Friend In Your Life ]
[ Beats 10 Fake Friends Holding A Knife ]
[ Always Ready To Attack ]
[ But Always & Only From The Back ]
[ That Is Why You Always Keep Your Friend Near ]
[ Either In Sight ]
[ Or By Phone, So You Can Hear ]
[ Your Friends Voice ]
[ Put A Joke In Your Ear ]
[ Only Good Folk ]
[ Are Quick With A Joke ]
[ & Contrary To Others Beliefs ]
[ She Knows What She Is Doing ]
[ When It Comes To Giving Others, Some Relief ]
[ If There Is Ever Talk Of Reimbursement ]
[ That Always Ends In A Disagreement ]
[ She Says That There Never Is An Argument To Be Made ]
[ She Never Thinks About Getting Back What She Gave ]
[ With No Regrets ]
[ She Has Said, That Is The End Of The Subject ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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