[ As Another Year Goes By ]
[ Talk Of A Reunion Floats Around In The Sky ]

[ This Will Be The 40th One Already ]
[ It Seems Like We Were Just Trying To Go Steady ]

[ Some Are Still Working, While Others Have Retired ]
[ Some Have Become Famous & Are Greatly Admired ]

[ Others Are Too Shy To Go ]
[ As I Look In The Mirror ]
[ I Ask (IS THAT ANYONE YOU KNOW?) ]

[ One Of The Main Reasons Why I’m Not There ]
[ I Don’t Really Feel That I Have Anything Worthwhile To Share ]

[ In 2017 I Was Given A Gift ]
[ All Of A Sudden I Could Write Poetic Stories ]
[ That Oftentimes Give People A Lift ]

[ Since I Started Way Back Then ]
[ I Have Written An Average Of (1100) Stories Each Year ]
[ Of What, Why Or When ]

[ The Stories Are Very Ecletic Because I Just Write My Thoughts ]
[ That Would Be Like Telling Me To Connect The Dots ]

[ My Biggest Accomplishment Has Been Staying Married For (26)
Years Plus ]
[ There Is No Me Or Her ]
[ There Is Only Us ]

[ I Wish I Had The Confindence To Join My Class Of ’81 ]
[ As Introverted As I Have Become ]
[ I Don’t Think That Would Be Very Fun ]

[ In 2002 A Work Related Incident Caused My Mind To Be
Enveloped By PTSD ]
[ So Crowds & Noise Can Really Get To Me ]

[ It Is Easiest For Me To Express Myself Through My Stories
Now ]
[ I Wish I Could Be There To Give Or Recieve Handshakes & Hugs ]
[ I Just Don’t Know How ]

[ I Hope I Explained Myself In A Simple Way ]
[ I Do Wish I Could Be There To Say (HEY!) ]

[ Love To All Of You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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