(536)▪︎[ Live Your Life … 7•2•2021 ]

[ It Is Okay, Today ]
[ To Not Be Okay ]

[ It Is Okay To Be A Little Lost ]
[ It Is Okay To Be A Dreamer ]
[ No Matter The Cost ]

[ There Are Days When You Feel A Little Off ]
[ It Is Okay To Take A Sick Day Even Though You Don’t
Have A Cough ]

[ Even Though You Are A Man ]
[ It Is Okay If You Search For The Sun Because You Want
To Get A Tan ]

[ Days Can Feel A Little Foggy ]
[ Because There Are Nights When You Don’t Sleep ]
[ Making Your Mornings A Little Groggy ]

[ It Is Okay To Be 58 & Still Wear Only Shorts ]
[ It Is An Achievement That Your Record Is Clean ]
[ Because You Have Been Able To Stay Out Of The Criminal
Courts ]

[ You Try To Find Humor, In The Hardest Situations ]
[ You Try To Help Others, When They Have Complications ]

[ You See That Laughter Is Always In Style ]
[ You Have Found That A Compliment To A Complete
Stranger, Makes Them Smile ]

[ Because They Are So Unexpected, Coming From A Stranger
Such As You ]
[ Until You Say The Last Word ]
[ They Have No Clue ]

[ It Is Okay That It Makes You Smile When That Is What You
Are Able To Do For Others ]
[ Maybe Doing That, Helps You Get Over The Pain That You Have
Because Of The Death Of Your Brother ]

[ You Have Found That Complimenting Someone Else ]
[ Helps Yourself ]

[ It Is Okay To Warm Your Own Heart ]
[ By Trying To Warm Another Person’s ]
[ Heart, An Art ]

[ Give ]
[ Don’t Take ]
[ Live ]
[ By Never Being Fake ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(513)▪︎[ Life … 6•23•2021 ]

[ What Makes The World Go ‘Round For You These Days? ]
[ Is It Being Able To Touch Others In Different Ways? ]

[ Are You The Friend & Protector, So Others Can Feel Safe? ]
[ From Assaults, Robberies & Rape? ]

[ Are You The Rock? ]
[ Because You Have A Good Shoulder To Lean On Around
     The Clock? ]

[ Who Listens To You When You Need To Talk? ]
[ Do You Have To Go Outside & Write ( S.O.S. ) In Chalk? ]

[ To Get Someone’s Attention? ]
[ Is That The Only Way That You Are Able To Get Some
     Affection? ]

[ What Is Your Calling In Life? ]
[ What Do You See As Your Guiding Light? ]
[ Who Was The Person That Taught You Wrong From Right? ]

[ You Cannot Sit Back & Expect The World To Come @ You ]
[ Sometimes You Get As Much As You Do ]
[ Not As Much As You Think That You Are Due ]

[ There Is A Big Problem ]
[ When Some Sit Back & Think That The World Should Go To
     Them ]

[ The World Does Not Owe You A Dime ]
[ & You Cannot Ever Stock Up On Time ]

[ One Continuum In Life Is That Time Never Stops ]
[ & Everybody Drops ]

[ It Is Just A Matter Of When ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(513)▪︎[ Life, By Itself … 6•23•2021 ]

[ What Makes The World Go ‘Round For You These Days? ]
[ Is It Being Able To Touch Others In Different Ways? ]

[ Are You The Friend & Protector, So Others Can Feel Safe? ]
[ From Assaults, Robberies & Rape? ]

[ Are You The Rock? ]
[ Because You Have A Good Shoulder To Lean On Around
     The Clock? ]

[ Who Listens To You When You Need To Talk? ]
[ Do You Have To Go Outside & Write ( S.O.S. ) In Chalk? ]

[ To Get Someone’s Attention? ]
[ Is That The Only Way That You Are Able To Get Some
     Affection? ]

[ What Is Your Calling In Life? ]
[ What Do You See As Your Guiding Light? ]

[ You Cannot Sit Back & Expect The World To Come @ You ]
[ Sometimes You Get As Much As You Do ]
[ Not As Much As You Think That You Are Due ]

[ There Is A Big Problem ]
[ When Some Sit Back & Think That The World Should
     Go To Them ]

[ The World Does Not Owe You A Dime ]
[ & You Cannot Ever Stock Up On Time ]

[ One Continuum In Life Is That Time Never Stops ]
[ & Everybody Drops ]

[ It Is Just A Matter Of When ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(338)▪︎[ Good Times … 4•4•2020 ]

[ Life Is So Short, Make It Sweet ]
[ When Things Are Good ]
[ It Can’t Be Beat ]

[ So Let’s Put This In Drive ]
[ Instead Of Keeping It In Park ]
[ To See If This Is Worth Bringing It Into The Light ]
[ Out Of The Dark ]

[ What Needs To Be Done ]
[ To Make This All Work? ]
[ Let’s Make Life Fun ]
[ So Nobody Gets Hurt ]

[ I’ll See Things Your Way ]
[ If You Could Also Consider Mine ]
[ Let’s Make Every Day ]
[ Fulfilling & Kind ]

[ I Remember Sitting On Your Sofa Laughing & Talking
Into The Wee Hours ]
[ The Sun Would Come Up ]
[ & We Would Listen To The Rain & Watch The Showers ]

[ That Doesn’t Seem To End ]
[ We Know We Need To Get Up & Start The Day ]
[ But We Just Don’t Want To Know When ]

[ I Just Decide To Get Up To Leave ]
[ But You Catch Me @ The Door ]
[ Then Say ( DON’t GO, PLEASE ) ]

[ I Go Back To Sit On The Couch, Next To You ]
[ I Peer Into Your Eyes ]
[ & Look For A Clue ]

[ I Can’t Help But Say ( WOW! ) ]
[ & That Makes You Blush & Smile ]
[ Then You Ask ( OKAY, WHAT NOW? ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(382)▪︎[ Belief Or Faith Based? … 4•17•2020 ]

[ Faith Is Believing In Something You Just Can’t See ]
[ It Is Also A Belief ]
[ In What You Could Be ]

[ Does It Seem ]
[ Like One Big Dream? ]

[ Faith Is A Hope For Something In The Future To Happen ]
[ If It Comes True ]
[ Do You Wonder ( WHERE HAS THIS BEEN? ) ]

[ Do You Really Want To Pin Down An Exact Time? ]
[ If You Saw The Need ]
[ Would That Make It Sublime ]

[ Faith Is Having Confidence In Something In Your Mind ]
[ It’s Having Confidence ]
[ Of The Best Kind ]

[ Is It The Future That Made The Past The Present From The Past? ]
[ How Do You Make Ideas From Yesterday Last? ]

[ When You Have An Idea You Must Have Faith In Your Thoughts ]
[ You Can’t Think So Hard ]
[ Or You Will Begin To See Spots ]

[ Ideas About The Future Can Send Them Sky ]
[ High ]
[ Just Make Sure That You Are Not Telling Yourself Any Lies ]

[ Once You Bring Your Ideas Back Down To Earth ]
[ Put Them Into Action ]
[ To Show Their Worth ]
[ & Prove That You Are More Than A Fraction ]
[ Better Since Birth ]

[ So Try To See What You Can Hear ]
[ But Don’t Always Believe In All The Words ]
[ That Goes In Your Ears ]

[ Believe What You Have Faith In ]
[ & Have Faith In What You Believe ]
[ That’s When Your Mind Begins ]
[ To Get Any Kind Of Relief ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(995)▪︎[ Do You Know? … 11•30•2020 ]

[ What Does A Comfortable Life Consist Of? ]
[ Money, Expensive Toys, Fast Cars? ]
[ Or Familial Love? ]

[ Some Say That Money Can Buy Happiness ]
[ & Some Say Money Can Be A Mess ]

[ If I Was Able To Afford The Best ]
[ Am I Able To Get Any Rest? ]
[ Money Can Never Take Away That Nagging Pain In My Chest ]

[ I’ve Never Had Money, So I Wouldn’t Know That Side ]
[ If I Ever Said That I Would Not Like Money ]
[ I Lied ]

[ Enough Money To Pay My Bills ]
[ Would Be Nice ]
[ Would I Go On Vacations For Exciting Thrills? ]
[ Uh … That I Would Have To Think About Twice ]

[ To Some, I Don’t Have Alot ]
[ But If You Put Me On The Spot ]
[ I’d Say That I Am Really Happy With What I’ve Got ]

[ I Have A Loving Wife That Has Stood By Me For Almost
25 Years ]
[ I Have A Great Son Who Keeps Up With His Peers ]
[ I’m Not Drunk From Drinking Whiskey & Beers ]
[ But I Do Have My Fears ]

[ The Fear Of Where Is Society Going? ]
[ Why Isn’t This Virus Slowing? ]

[ Society Is Filled With So Much Hate Nowadays ]
[ We’ve Lost The Human Touch ]
[ in So Many Ways ]
[ For So Many Days ]

[ A Comfortable Life Never Saw This Coming ]
[ The Way That Our Leaders Are Constantly Mumbling &
Grumbling ]
[ Makes This All Mind Numbing ]

[ This Is Almost The Quality ]

[ Laurel & Hardy Bumbling ]

[ Everything Is Upside Down ]
[ The Politicians Are Not Leading ]
[ Because Washington Is A Circus Full Of Clowns ]

[ In America’s Biggest Crisis They Don’t Feel The Need ]
[ To Lead ]
[ Or Give More Money For Families To Feed ]

[ Their Own ]
[ Or Pay On Their Loans ]
[ For Their Homes ]

[ That Totally Changes What A Comfortable Life Looks
Like ]
[ Now It Is An Inflation Hike ]
[ & A Virus Spike ]

[ Life Has Changed ]
[ Priorities Need To Be Rearranged ]

[ But Don’t Come Closer Than Six Feet ]
[ Until This Virus Can Be Beat ]

[ I’ll Grab My Family & Stay Home ]
[ Because On The Other Side Of That Door ]
[ Is The Scary Unknown ]

~ The End ~

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

(991)▪︎[ It Is An Art … 11•29•2020 ]

[ Is Life The Art Of The Possible? ]
[ Always Finding What’s Plausible? ]

[ Is It Figuring Out What Is Real? ]
[ Or Going With What You Feel ]

[ & Finding The Right Path ]
[ After Doing All Of The Math ]

[ Then Finding Out That 1 + 1 Does Not Always Add
Up To 2 ]
[ Going With What Your Gut Is Telling You ]

[ But Maybe Your Gut Has Not Always Been
Right ]
[ Making Your Mind Put Up A Fight ]

[ How Can You Decide? ]
[ When The Method Is Not Very Precise? ]

[ Maybe You Could Use A Totally Different Method ]
[ By Getting Out Of Your Head ]

[ Thoughts Can Get Cloudy Or You Could Get
Cloudy Thoughts ]
[ One Minute Your Eyesight Is Clear ]
[ The Next Minute You’re Brain Is Seeing Spots ]

[ During Those Times When You Feel You Don’t Have
Complete Control ]
[ You Should Take A Deep Breath ]
[ Then Go With The Flow ]
[ Until You Feel Whole ]

~ The End ~

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

(344)▪︎[ Life Comes After You … 4•25•2021 ]

[ How Do You Stop Life From Getting The Best Of You? ]
[ Do You Just Lie Down? ]
[ & Let Life Do What It Has Got To Do? ]

[ It Would Be Easier Than Putting Up A Fight ]
[ With Something That Is Not In Your Sight ]
[ & So It Seems, Night After Night ]

[ Every Single Time That You Get Knocked Down ]
[ You Have To Rise ]
[ When You Stand Up On The High Ground ]
[ Don’t Look @ All Surprised ]

[ Because Life Throws You So Many Punches ]
[ A Queasy Feeling ]
[ Has Ruined Many Lunches ]

[ Through The Days, Weeks & Years ]
[ Life Causes The Shedding Of Many Tears ]
[ During Your Life You Constantly Try To Face Your Worst
     Fears ]

[ But The Best Part Is That Your Eyes Are Open Wide ]
[ You Can Hold Your Head High ]
[ Knowing That You Never Did Run & Hide ]

[ So How Do You Survive? ]
[ How Do You Grow & Thrive? ]
[ How Do You Show Your Friends & Loved Ones That You
     Still Have Alot Of Drive?

[ Fight The Good Fight Is What You Need To Do Now ]
[ But Don’t Be Impatient ]
[ To Try To Figure Out How ]

[ It Might Be Some Time Before The Answers Come By ]
[ Beware Of People That Always Tell Lies ]
[ Don’t Be Too Quick To Demand The Answer To The Question
     ( WHY? ) ]

[ Find The Ones That Really Care ]
[ Find The Ones That Has Always Been There ]
[ Then You Realize That Those Are The Ones With Which
     You Can Share ]

[ Your New Life, With The Ones That You Love ]
[ Show Everyone How You Fly Free Like A White Dove ]

[ Rise Above The Turmoil ]
[ & Reward Those Who Have Stayed Loyal ]

[ Keep Moving Along ]
[ Show Those Who Thought That You Were Never Strong ]
[ The Best Part Of This Part ]
[ Is That You Prove Them All Wrong ]

~ The End ~

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