(265)▪︎[ Looks Go Away … 2024 ]

[ Your Legs Feel Heavy, Because Both Of Your Feet Hurt ]
[ This Is The Last Time ]
[ That You Would Have To Give Up Your Shirt ]

[ When You Have Been Suckered By Some Of The Best ]
[ You Were Always Ready To Face Most Of The Rest ]
[ You Could Always Feel The Energy Coming Off Of Your Chest ]
[ You Flick Each One To The Side Like They Were A Flying Pest ]

[ Somewhere Down The Lìne ]
[ Some People Started Thinking That They Could Help Themselves ]
[ That Was Bad Sign ]
[ For Everyone Else ]

[ People Need To Remember That “Yours Is Not Mine & What Is Mine Is Not Yours!” ]
[ When People Come Through Your Front Door ]
[ They Think That It Is Another One Of Those Free For All (7-11) Stores ]

[ Where Nothing Costs A Dollar Or (2) ]
[ Everything Looks Used ]
[ Nothing Feels Brand New ]

[ You Feel Weak, But What’s Wrong … ]
[ With That? ]
[ Must You Always Be Feeling Strong? ]
[ Look Rail Thin, With Zero Fat ]

[ Is That The Typical Person In Todays Day & Age? ]
[ Isn’t The Typical Person Out Of Shape ]
[ & Full Of Rage? ]

[ Because Of The Jerks ]
[ That Has All These Coffee Quirks ]
[ That They Have To Deal With @ Their Work ]

[ Through The Line Of Gossip ]
[ Everyone Thinks That It Is Really Hip ]
[ To Get Weekly Collagen Shots Into Their Lips ]

[ Making Them Swell ]
[ & Leaving The Woman Not Feeling Very Well ]

[ They Feel That A Little Discomfort, Is The Price For Looking Good ]
[ That Seems To Be What Is Understood ]
[ In Their Neighborhood ]

[ Then With A Sneeze , & A Cough ]
[ Eventually Looks Can Wear Off ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(212)▪︎[ Time To Go … 2026 ]

[ You Don’t Get Married In Hopes Of Preparing For Divorce ]
[ That Would Be Like Putting The Cart In Front Of The Horse ]
[ Of Course ]

[ Life Is Full Of Long Periods Of Boredom, Followed By Sudden Twists ]
[ One Day You Feel Sedentary ]
[ The Next Day You Are Running All Over Town Finishing Your To-Do Lists ]

[ You Want To Drop Her One Big Clue ]
[ By Saying, “ABCDEF-You” ]

[ You Don’t Want To Cause A Scene ]
[ By Being Mean ]
[ So You Keep Your Temperment Somewhere In-Between ]

[ Being Mean & Nice ]
[ Some Comments You Have To Say Twice ]
[ But Not Thrice ]

[ It Is Not That You Are Angry Or Emotional ]
[ You Gave Up Being Devotional ]
[ When You Started Being Rational ]

[ Curves In The Road Are Common Place ]
[ Just Don’t Turn Into A Disgrace ]
[ & Do Something That Blows Up In Your Face! ]

[ You Want To Walk With Your Head Held High ]
[ Don’t Tell Lies ]
[ So You Can Be The One That Says, “Goodbye” ]

[ When You Know ]
[ It’s Time To Go ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

▪︎ •• •• ▪︎

(1164)▪︎[ Go … 9•16•2019 ]

[ Have You Ever Felt Alone In A Crowd? ]
[ & Then When You’re All By Yourself ]
[ You Find That The Silence Is So Loud? ]

[ @ Night When You Find Yourself Laying On The Bed ]
[ & You Want To Wrap Your Pillow Around Your Head ]

[ What Can You Do Instead? ]
[ Go To Sleep ]
[ After You Take Your Sleeping Med? ]

[ But Can You Sleep? ]
[ Why Do You Weep? ]

[ You’re So Awake You Feel That Life Is Passing You By ]
[ Why Now? Why? ]

[ You Thought For A Quick Instance Yesterday That You’ve
Found Your Niché In Life ]
[ You Met Her For A Brief Moment ]
[ But Did You Finally Meet The Woman That Will Become Your Wife? ]

[ Will The Dream Continue Or Pop? ]
[ When You’re Going Downhill, Do You Yell (STOP?) ]
[ Does The Fast Pace Make Your Heart Drop? ]

[ Then Go Directly To Jail Without Passing (GO) ]
[ Speed It Up ]
[ Stop Dragging Your Feet & Going Slow ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(490)▪︎[ I Am Just Hoping … 6•14•2021 ]

[ Why Did Things Have To Come To This? ]
[ In Life, This Was Not @ The Top Of My Wish List ]

[ We Were Rolling Along So Well ]
[ But Now Our Relationship Is Now Just A Shell ]

[ Of What It Used To Be ]
[ Am I The Only One Who Can See ]

[ How Things Have Now Become? ]
[ Feeling So Numb ]
[ Because We Keep Arguing About Things That Are So Dumb ]

[ No, I Am Not Calling You That ]
[ See That Is What I Mean ]
[ I Am Just Stating A Fact ]
[ & Then I Am Seen ]
[ As Coming @ You With A Baseball Bat ]

[ Ready To Take A Swing ]
[ This Is Not What I Bring ]

[ To The Table ]
[ This Is Like Trying To Compare Dish To Cable ]

[ Both Have Their Good Points ]
[ & Both Cost Alot Of Coins ]

[ I Am Not Making A Demand ]
[ But We Need To Get Back To The Issues @ Hand ]

[ It Has Become Crystal Clear ]
[ That We Need To Figure Out Where We Are Going To Go
From Here ]

[ Do We Go Forward, Or Stay Put ]
[ Do We Open Mouth & Then Insert Foot? ]

[ Putting A Foot In The Mouth Kind Of Shuts Everything
Down ]
[ Look Around ]
[ Who Looks Like The Clown? ]

[ Believe Me, It Is Not Any Fun ]
[ To Look Like One ]

[ Where Do We Go From Here Was The Question Raised ]
[ Will The Answer Make Me Feel Afraid? ]
[ Or Praised? ]

[ I Am Not Trying To Be A Dick ]
[ But Sometime In The Next Few Days ]
[ We Need To Pick ]

[ Go Forward Or Throw In The Towel ]
[ Will The Word Have Three Letters? ]
[ Or Will It Be Two Letters Ending With A Vowel? ]

[ I Hope … I Hope … The Answer Won’t Be No! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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