[ Dani & Roosevelt, Makes Such The Cute Couple ]
[ They Mesh So Well, It Makes Me Chuckle ]
[ Dani Has (FINALLY), Found Her Man ]
[ He Is The Peanut Butter, To Her Jam ]
[ Whenever Roosevelt Is Near, She Gets Weak In The Knees ]
[ Whatever Decision He Makes ]
[ She Agrees ]
[ The Smile On Her Face Tells Me That She Has So Much
To Say ]
[ All About This One Man That Has Been Nicknamed (TREY) ]
[ Not The Kind That You Serve Food On ]
[ Dani’s Trepidation That She Had About The (C) Word ]
[ Is Now, Long Gone ]
[ Until Roosevelt Came Along, There Had Never Been A Man That
Dani Would Trust With Her Heart ]
[ Now She Does Not Like The Hours & Minutes When They Need
To Be Apart ]
[ I Had Never Heard A Man Call My Friend (BABY) ]
[ If I Would Have Asked Dani If This Would Have Happened (9)
Months Ago ]
[ She Would Not Even Give Me A (MAYBE) ]
[ Sometimes I Rub My Eyes To Convince Myself That This
Was Happening, Before My Very Eyes ]
[ When They Exclaim Sweet Nothings ]
[ Neither One Is Telling The Other One (LIES) ]
[ Roosevelt Seems Like A Good Man With Strong Convictions ]
[ From What I See, He Is Now Dani’s New Addiction ]
[ Dani Has Never Been Seen Here With A Man On Her Arm ]
[ Besides Me ]
[ She Trusts That This Man Was Not Going To Cause Her
Any Harm ]
[ I Told Dani In The The Past ]
[ That Our Friendship Would Last ]
[ Dani Has Had My Back On Many Occasions ]
[ By Giving Me Much Needed Information ]
[ Followed With Explainations ]
[ Dani Has Always Marched To Her Own Beat ]
[ But Now She Figured Out That Roosevelt Makes Her Feel
Complete ]
[ Everytime That They Are Kissing ]
[ Dani Has Finally Found Out What She Had Been Missing ]
[ Dani Has Always Looked Head-On @ Her Fears ]
[ (NOW) She Has Figured Out How Nicole & I Have Lasted
Over (25) Years ]
[ Does She Still Make That (THROWING-UP) Sound ]
[ I Am Not So Sure It Would Be The Same, Since Roosevelt Has
Been Coming Around ]
[ When You Call Him (TREY) It Is Not Because There Are Only (3)
Good Qualities About Him ]
[ He Is Also A Bright Light ]
[ That Never Goes Dim ]
[ Roosevelt Has Never Needed To Whisper A Single Day Of
His Life ]
[ I Guess Dani Knows, If He Hangs To The Left Or To
His Right ]
[ I Count Three Words That I Can Describe Him When He Is
Here, They Are (RESPECTFUL), (QUIET) & (HUMBLE) ]
[ He Seems Like A Really Soft Spoken Man, Who Does Not
Mumble ]
[ Roosevelt Seems Like A Very Special Find ]
[ Dani Loves When Roosevelt Walks In Front Her ]
[ So She Can Stare @ His Behind ]
[ Roosevelt & Dani Are Always Welcomed In My House ]
[ I Am Sure That Goes Double From My Spouse ]
[ You Two Are So Good Together ]
[ Now Dani Has Found Her Missing Feather ]
[ I Am Going To End This Rhyme ]
[ By Saying … Damn Dani, It’s About TIME! ]
[ I Am Glad To Have You Here, Roosevelt ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Tag: #life
(681)▪︎[ The Bad Years … 8•16•2021 ]
[ There Were Years When All You Wanted To Do Was Just
Lay Down & Drift Off Into A Deep ]
[ Long Sleep ]
[ Could Anybody Take Your Pain Away? ]
[ Even For A Day? ]
[ If You Took All Of Those Pills, Would That Do The Trick? ]
[ You Had All Of Those Bottles From Which To Pick ]
[ Days Were Dark ]
[ You Had No Drive ]
[ You Felt Like You Were Stuck In Park ]
[ You Failed To Thrive ]
[ The Nights Were Even Darker ]
[ The Bad Images In Your Mind Were Always Larger ]
[ The Sounds Of That Person In Pain ]
[ You Heard Over & Over Again ]
[ Being Stuck In A (3) Hour Riot ]
[ Has Stolen All Of The Times When You Needed It To Be Quiet ]
[ There Was Nothing You Could Do ]
[ The Whole System Failed You ]
[ You Had To Listen To That Kid Getting Beat ]
[ All The While The Powers That Had Been There ]
[ Directed You To Take A Seat ]
[ This All Became Your PTSD In A Nutshell ]
[ So For So Many Years Your Memory Dragged You Through
Hell ]
[ You Can’t Say (& BACK) Because Sometimes Your Memory
Left You There ]
[ These Kinds Of Memories You NEVER Share ]
[ Unless You Wanted To Scare ]
[ Whoever You Were Talking To ]
[ Whenever You Were In A Flashback You Never Knew ]
[ What To Do ]
[ So Your Dark Days Extended To (21) Or (22) Hours Long ]
[ Everything In Your Head Was Wrong ]
[ You Stopped Feeling Strong ]
[ You Never Turned To Alcohol Or Any Illicit Drugs ]
[ You Never Turned Into A Thug ]
[ But You Did Turn Into Your Worst Enemy ]
[ You Could Not See ]
[ How Things Should Be ]
[ All Because Of Your PTSD ]
[ If Only You Could Go To Sleep For A Day Or Two ]
[ Would All Of These Sleeping Pills See You Through? ]
[ They Almost Did That ]
[ I Was @ The Count Of (2) On The Mat ]
[ But Then You Woke Up One Day ]
[ Then Decided That Wasn’t The Way ]
[ Everyday Since Then, You Walk The Fine ]
[ Imaginary Line ]
[ Do You Want To Go? ]
[ Or Do You Want To Stay? ]
[ Do You Always Know ]
[ That It Is Okay If You Are Not Feeling Okay? ]
[ You Say That Only The Wise ]
[ Recognize ]
[ The Prize ]
[ Through All The Angst & Strife ]
[ The Prize Is Living Your Life ]
[ The Best That You Possibly Can ]
[ & Try To Be Your Biggest Fan ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(648)▪︎[ Life For A Man, Is A Waiting Game … 8•3•2021 ]
[ Sometimes A Good Marriage Is One Big Waiting Game ]
[ Not One Single Person Is To Blame ]
[ You Hear This So Many Times ( PLEASE WAIT ) ]
[ ( NO, YOU HAVE TO WAIT ) ]
[ ( WHY CAN’t YOU WAIT? ) ]
[ ( YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT ) ]
[ Lines That You Will Hear ]
[ Oh One More ]
[ ( PLEASE WAIT HERE ) ]
[ You Wait For Your Wife, To Get Ready ]
[ You Waited For Her, When You Went Steady ]
[ You Can Wait For The Bathroom For Hours ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter If You Are A Super Hero ]
[ You Can’t Move Her Out Of The Bathroom By Using Your
Super Powers ]
[ Even After Standing There For Awhile ]
[ You Are Still Expected To Stand There & Smile ]
[ Then You Might Be Expected To Hold Her Purse &/Or Coat ]
[ Even If That Makes You Want To Choke ]
[ This Annoying Task Is What Is Expected ]
[ If Given This Task ]
[ Never Look Dejected ]
[ When Asked ]
[ That Is Not Like You Are Being Disrespected ]
[ It Is A Sign Of Trust ]
[ Because Having Faith In You, Would Be A Must ]
[ If You Do Not Like Being Pulled By Your Earlobe ]
[ You Better Have The Patience Of Job ]
[ You Also Must Learn How To Wait Without Making A
Sound ]
[ & Never Let Anything That You Are Holding Touch The
Ground ]
[ A Really Nice Branded Purse Can Be $300 Or More ]
[ That Would Be A Good Deal If You Can Get One That Low
Priced In The Store ]
[ Waiting Is Just A Responsibility Of Being A Man ]
[ You Must Wait For Your Wife, Fiance, Or Girlfriend Whenever
You Can ]
[ Part Of Being A Man Is Learning How To Wait ]
[ & When They Ask ]
[ Never Hesitate ]
[ That Would Not Be A Sign Of Respect ]
[ You’re The Man ]
[ Waiting Is Something That You Come To Expect ]
[ Being Called A Gentleman Is Earned ]
[ You Wouldn’t Like To Be In A Big Group & Be The One That
Gets Burned ]
[ Women Would Find It Cute ]
[ If Some Guy Thought That He Was One, Right Out The
Chute ]
[ You Think That A Very Strong Woman Would Put Him In
His Place ]
[ When They Would Be Face To Face ]
[ Being Called A Gentleman Is A Privilege, Not A Right ]
[ After Waiting Awhile, Never Start A Fight ]
[ If Not Waiting Is What You Always Choose ]
[ It Will Be The Female Partner That You Will Continue To Lose ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(644)▪︎[ You Never Know … 8•1•2021 ]
[ Life Sure Has Its Ups & Downs ]
[ Filled With Some Nice People & A Few Clowns ]
[ You Never Know What You Are Getting ]
[ Some People You Want To Invest Some Time In ]
[ & Others Prove To Be So Unsettling ]
[ Just Like Opening Up A Book ]
[ You Can’t Always Judge One By It’s Cover ]
[ Until You Open It Up, To Take A Look ]
[ Before The ‘VID, Some People Really Did Hide Behind Masks ]
[ Some Do Not Like Being Asked ]
[ To Do Some Simple Tasks ]
[ But Now, People Really Do Have To Wear A Mask ]
[ & If They Do Not ]
[ That Means That They Would Probably Say Something Rude
Back ]
[ If You Were To Ask ]
[ Yes, Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates, As Forrest Gump Would
Say ]
[ People Sure Can Be Dependable Or Difficult ]
[ Depending On The Day ]
[ Some People Absolutely Hate The Beginning Of The Week ]
[ Unless They Have Had Their Share Of Coffee ]
[ You Don’t Want To Go Around Them & Expect Them To
Speak ]
[ Or As Non-Challantly That Someone Would Cough ]
[ Just Say The Wrong Thing ]
[ & They Will Bite Your Head Off ]
[ Those Types Of People Are Always On Edge ]
[ They Are The Ones That Would Surely Push You Out On
A Ledge ]
[ Some People You Can Judge The Book By Its Cover @ Times ]
[ Have You Ever Seen The Mugshots Of Some Of The Many
People, Who Commit Crimes ]
[ The Eyes Can Give Away Most ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Look As Lively As Burnt Toast ]
[ Some Of My Closest Friends Growing Up Gave Off The Worst
First Impressions ]
[ Later In Our Friendship Is When I Gave Them A Confession ]
[ Of What I First Thought ]
[ I Am Really Glad That I Did Not Make My Decision On That
Spot ]
[ Good Memories Of Those In My Past ]
[ I Would Like To Meet New People ]
[ That Will Help Me Make New Memories That Will Last ]
[ Around Any Corner There Could Be Someone Amazing To Meet ]
[ Down The Block ]
[ Or Over Two Streets ]
[ I Will Keep My Eyes & Ears Open ]
[ I I Will Wait For That Moment ]
[ To Meet & Make A New Friend … ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(608)▪︎[ Don’t Let Life Fly By … 7•23•2021 ]
[ I Swear That Everytime That I Look Into Your Eyes ]
[ Time Doesn’t Stop ]
[ Time Flies ]
[ I Do Not Always Know ]
[ Where I Should Go ]
[ Do I Stay & See What The Future Holds? ]
[ Or Do I Walk Away & Forever Regret The Choice That I
Chose ]
[ Do I Open Up My Heart ]
[ Or Do I Keep It Closed? ]
[ Either Way, I See A World Of Hurt ]
[ Because Every Night, My Nightmares Makes Me Sweat
Through My Shirts ]
[ I Lay Awake Worried About What Is Out There, Beyond The
Dark ]
[ Wondering If @ My Age I Have Left My Mark ]
[ How Many More Years Do I Have Down The Line? ]
[ Am I Proud Of All Of The Accomplishments That I Can Say
That Are Mine? ]
[ Have I Affected A Life Or Three? ]
[ Can I Actually Say That I Feel Like I Live My Life Totally
Free ]
[ Have I Left My Footprint In The Sand? ]
[ Do I Live Free Of Any Demands? ]
[ Is My Eyesight 20/20? ]
[ Have I Been Able To Give Away Plenty? ]
[ What Is Out There For Me To Touch ]
[ Will My Future Cost Too Much? ]
[ I Never Envisioned My Life To Be Lived On Easy Street ]
[ I Wonder Who Is Out There In My Future That I Am Still
Destined To Meet? ]
[ A Close Friend That Is Near That I Want To Hold & Keep ]
[ I Am Finding Out That Good Living Isn’t Going To Come
Easy Or Cheap ]
[ I Envision That It Would Be Good For Me If I Tightened
My Inner Circle Soon ]
[ I Need To Stop Shooting For The Moon ]
[ Good Friends Are Not Met Very Frequently ]
[ A Good Friend Is Not Even Made Yearly ]
[ To Get A Friend You Must Be A Friend First ]
[ To Need A Glass Of Water ]
[ You Must Need A Thirst ]
[ Treat Others Like You Would Want To Be Treated ]
[ Don’t Go Through Life, Already Feeling Defeated ]
[ I Shall End This Rhyme ]
[ By Saying That I Don’t Want To Be The Type Of Guy ]
[ That Won’t Take The Time ]
[ To Never Ask ( WHY? ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(599)▪︎[ What In Life … 7•20•2021 ]
[ You Have Spent Your Whole Life Trying To Figure Out
What You Want Out Of Life ]
[ Everyday, You Have Looked For That Light ]
[ To Be A Guide ]
[ Many People Cannot Accept, Or See ]
[ The Hypocrisy ]
[ Of Other People’s Lives, Or Even Their Own ]
[ Because, In The Dead Of The Night, When They Wake ]
[ They Then See, That They Are In Fact, All Alone ]
[ It Is Critical ]
[ To See ]
[ How Hypocritical ]
[ Others Can Be ]
[ Most People Can Never See Themselves In Others ]
[ When They Make Mistakes ]
[ They Think That They Can Hide Amongst Their Sisters &
Brothers ]
[ When They See That Others Might Have Some Success ]
[ They Forget About Their Own Mess ]
[ & Spend To Excess ]
[ On Credit Cards With High Interest Rates ]
[ Hoping Some Day ]
[ That Their Debts Magically Dissipates ]
[ Hoping To Be Fortuitous In Life ]
[ Hoping To Be Lucky In Love ]
[ When Or If They Find Their Husband Or Wife ]
[ Then Hoping That They Hit Every Green Light On The
Road ]
[ Going To & From Their Happy Abode ]
[ Then Finding That Such Luck Does Not Even Exist ]
[ No Matter How Much They Insist ]
[ That It Does, Or Doesn’t ]
[ Because If There Was ]
[ They Will Quickly Find, That There Wasn’t ]
[ People Have A Hard Time Looking Within ]
[ They Never Want To Look In The Mirror & See Their Own
Sin ]
[ When They Peer Deeply In Their Own Eyes ]
[ Do They See Their Lies? ]
[ That They Have Told To Themselves? ]
[ Or Told Someone Else? ]
[ I Bet They Won’t ]
[ I Bet They Don’t ]
[ So They Quickly Put The Handheld Mirror Down ]
[ Then They Look Around ]
[ Silence Is What They Hear ]
[ Because Nobody Is Near ]
[ So … No Harm, No Foul ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(247)[ The Rose … 3•9•2020 ]
[ How Can One Tell That Someone Is Trying To Get One
Over On Them? ]
[ They Act Like They Are The Beautiful Head Of The Rose ]
[ & I Am Just The Stem ]
[ But The Head Can’t Survive With The Stem Cut Off ]
[ They’d Look Around Their Surroundings & Feel Lost ]
[ So This Person Thinks They Have Everything Wrapped
Up Tight & Safe ]
[ But If Things Are Wrapped Up Too Tight ]
[ They May Chafe ]
[ Why Would They Want This Done? ]
[ Should I Get Up & Run? ]
[ I Don’t Think This Is Very Fun ]
[ Anymore ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(560)▪︎[ Where Time Goes To Die … 7•8•2021 ]
[ Sometimes Life Comes @ You So Fast ]
[ That It Makes You Do A Double Take ]
[ As It Flies Into Your Past ]
[ It Is Like That When You Are Doing Something Fun ]
[ One Minute You Start Something ]
[ & The Next Minute You Are Done ]
[ But If It Is Boring Or Hard To Do ]
[ One Hour Could Go By ]
[ But It Felt Like Two ]
[ Memories Sometimes Don’t Last Forever ]
[ Unless You Try To Remember ]
[ A Scent Can Trigger A Memory From Years Passed ]
[ That Would Be One Way To Make A Memory Last ]
[ Some Memories Are Never Meant To Be Remembered ]
[ Some Memories Are Best Left In September ]
[ Is It Life Or Time That Flies By ]
[ All Of A Sudden A Year Is Gone With A Blink Of An Eye ]
[ You Can Never Stock Up On Time ]
[ Like You Can A Penny Or A Dime ]
[ A Dime Here Or A Dime There ]
[ Soon You Will Have Enough Change To Share ]
[ You Can’t Hold Back The Tic Tok ]
[ Of The Wall Clock ]
[ Sometimes There May Come A Time When It Becomes Hard
For You To Walk ]
[ Never Surrender To Your Aches & Pains ]
[ Do Not Let Time Fly By That You Can’t Explain ]
[ Do Not Spend Time Being Known As The One Who Complains ]
[ That Would Be Time Wasted ]
[ That Would Be Like Food Being Thrown In The Garbage
Without Being Tasted ]
[ Sometimes Time Just Flies By You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(189)▪︎[ You’re Still Here … 2•26•2020 ]
[ Damn! ]
[ Man ]
[ We Had Made So Many Plans ]
[ Now I Have None! ]
[ Where’s The Fun? ]
[ It’s Gone! ]
[ You’ve Moved On ]
[ There Goes The Wheelchair Races That We Had Planned When
We Got Old ]
[ Now A Chunk Of My Heart Has Gone Cold ]
[ Who Am I Going To Give A Hard Time When They Vote For
Trump & Pence? ]
[ C’mon, Don’t Leave Me In Suspense! ]
[ Because That Vote Just Doesn’t Make A Bit Of Sense! ]
[ So I See By Her Shirt That You Have Politically Infected
Your Daughter ]
[ Oh, It’s Always The Youngest Who Pays For The Sins Of
The Father ]
[ What About Our Hours Long Talks? ]
[ What About Our Hours Long Walks ]
[ You Were My Brother! ]
[ You Are My Brother! ]
[ You Will ALWAYS Be My Brother! ]
[ Even Though You Are No Longer On This Earth ]
[ You Have Not ]
[ Will Not ]
[ Ever Lose Your Worth ]
[ We Have Not Seen Each Other In Years ]
[ & It Was A Long Time Ago Since We Were Conversing ]
[ But Your Voice Is Still In My Ears ]
[ I Miss You So Much, Little Bro! ]
[ Why Did You Have To Go? ]
[ Nobody Can Answer That ]
[ So I Will Never Know ]
[ We Were Coming Out To See You In A Week Or Two ]
[ Oh, If I Would Have Known ]
[ I Would Have Come To See You ]
[ Earlier ]
[ I Will Always Miss You ]
[ I’m Always Thinking Of You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(542)▪︎[ Can You Write About It? … 7•4•2021 ]
[ How Can You Write About Love If You Can’t Write About
Overcoming Loss? ]
[ There Is Never A Day That You Get Over Love Lost With Just
An Over-The-Shoulder Toss ]
[ Whenever You Write, You Have To Write From The Heart ]
[ Then You Can’t Worry About Some Jerk ]
[ Tearing Your Written Word Apart ]
[ When You Step Into A Relationship You Must Be
Fearless ]
[ When You Write About Love You Can’t Be Any Less ]
[ You Must Stay True To Who You Are ]
[ You Can’t Think That Love Will Be Sugary & Sweet ]
[ As A Candy Bar ]
[ If You Are Filled With Alot Of Emotion ]
[ Than Be Emotional ]
[ Then Show Your Devotion ]
[ Never Let ]
[ Yourself To Fall, For A False Propet ]
[ When It Goes For Money & Lovin’ ]
[ They Are A Dime A Dozen ]
[ You Have Found That To Grow ]
[ You Have To Accept The Things That You Do Not Know ]
[ Nobody Knows Everything ]
[ & Until You Dip Your Toe In The Water ]
[ You Won’t Learn A Thing ]
[ You Will Never Earn ]
[ Someone’s Love & Respect ]
[ Until You Learn ]
[ What You Should Not Always Expect ]
[ You Should Not Expect Anything ]
[ & Everybody Has Something Unique & Different To Bring ]
[ To The Big Party ]
[ Some Come In Eating Light ]
[ Others Come In, Eating Hearty ]
[ It Was Always The Hearty Eater That You Would Pick ]
[ Not Because They Would Eat Until They Got Sick ]
[ They Have Always Been More Natural ]
[ Sometimes They Are Also More Factual ]
[ You Won’t Understand Loss Until You Lose Someone ]
[ Or They Leave Because They Figured Out That They Were Done ]
[ Then You Have To Deal With Being Alone ]
[ Silence Has It’s Own ]
[ Uncomfortable Tone ]
[ There Is An Annoying Hush ]
[ But Nobody Was Around, To Tell You To ( SHUSH ) ]
[ You Settle Into Going To Bed With Nobody Sleeping To
Your Right ]
[ You Really Don’t Like The Sight ]
[ But, Now This Is Your Plight ]
[ Is This Something You Would Be Comfortable Writing
About? ]
[ If You Have Doubt ]
[ Then Don’t ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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