(001)▪︎[ Loss … 2025 ]

What would you do if you lost all your possessions?

[ The First Thing That I Would Do If I Lost All Of My Possessions Would Go To My Knees & Cry ]

[ There Have Been Many Nights When A Nightmare Of Losing Everything By An Act Of Mother Nature Woke Me In A Cold Sweat ]

[ Yes, Insurance Will Pay Out ]

[ But Only A Fraction Of The Monetary Value That I Would Ever Have ]

[ What About Possessions That Money Can’t Buy, Or Replicate? ]

[ Physical Pictures, Lifting Awards, Pictures, Money (Over Said Amount), Actual Letters &/Or Cards, Jewelry, Collections, All Clothing, etc… ]

[ I Never Want To Be Put In That Position ]

[ Being Burglarized Was Hard Enough ]

[ The Way Insurance Companies Pay Out Is Another Criminal Act Committed Against You ]

[ Misrepresenting Their Policies ]

[ Making It SO Hard To File, Then Collect On A Claim ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

[352]▪︎[ Loss … 5•13•2022 ]

[ How Does One Deal With Loss? ]
[ @ First It Feels Like Pain Is The Boss ]

[ Nothing Moves Without Permission ]
[ Relief Is Your Own Mission ]

[ It Is Hard To Think ]
[ That You Will Never Go Over To Their House For A Drink ]

[ No More Going For A Ride ]
[ Now You Want To Stay Home & Hide ]

[ Hide From The Pain & The Despair ]
[ Because You No Longer Want To Care ]

[ Care Is A Funny Word ]
[ Sometimes It Is The Worse ]
[ That You Have Ever Heard ]

[ You Want To Lock That Feeling Into A Silent Cage ]
[ Along With The Word Rage ]

[ You Won’t Be Able To Afford The Effort ]
[ Because In (30) Days You Will Find Yourself In Court ]

[ For You Were The Driver, When Your Best Friend Died ]
[ Ever Since, You Have Cried ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(529)▪︎[ The Loss Was Not Yours … 6•29•2021 ]

[ Whatever Floats Your Boat Is The Saying ]
[ Whatever Suits Your Life Is How It’s Playing ]

[ All’s Fair In Love & War ]
[ Because Some People Are Rotten Down To Their Core ]

[ Rotten Because Of Their Upbringing? ]
[ Or Because Their Mother Did Not Do Enough Singing? ]

[ Singing A Song Is A Way To Soothe ]
[ Singing Is A Way To Smooth ]

[ Out ]
[ & Gives No Doubt ]

[ For Any Kind Of Situation Where Nerves Are Involved ]
[ Or When A Problem Needs To Be Solved ]

[ They Say That Music Can Tame The Wildest Beast ]
[ Even One Headed West ]
[ Since They Wore Out Their Welcome In The East ]

[ I Know That In This Day & Time ]
[ A Dollar Is Not Worth A Dime ]

[ Is Savings Worth Saving? ]
[ Will The Stock Market Start Behaving? ]

[ When Is The Time To Get Out & Run? ]
[ Is It When It Stops Being Fun? ]

[ Or Becomes More Strenuous Than It’s Worth? ]
[ So You Get Out Before Your Families Finances Gets
     Hurt? ]

[ Playing With Your Families Money Is A Tricky Thing
     To Do ]
[ What If You Lost More Than A Dollar Or Two? ]

[ Most Of The Time It’s All That They’ve Got ]
[ So What Would You Say ]
[ When You Come Back Holding An Empty Pot? ]

[ What Can You Say? ]
[ How Do You Explain? ]

[ Now The Boat That They Were Floating In Will Be Their Only
     Possession ]
[ & You Still Have Not Come Up With A Good Explanation ]

[ Find A Way To Explain Yourself ]
[ It Is Like You Gave Their Hard Earned Money To Someone
     Else ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(1021)▪︎[ What Is A Loss? … 12•5•2021 ]

[ How Much Is Enough? ]
[ How You Keep Going, Has Got To Be Tough ]

[ When You Have A Loss, You Mourn ]
[ Your Life’s Clock Is Ticking Right When You Are Born ]

[ This Is Inevitable, You Have To Remember ]
[ You Will Forever Have This Bad Memory Of This December ]

[ You Will Write A Story, Then Whatever Thoughts Are Next ]
[ There Will Come A Day Soon, When You Won’t Get Another One
Of Her Texts ]

[ When She Would Come To See You, She Was Always A Breath
Of Fresh Air ]
[ All That She Wanted For You Was Love & Care ]

[ She Did Not Play With Your Heart Or Your Emotions ]
[ All That She Gave Was Love & Devotion ]

[ You Filled A Big Void In Her Life ]
[ She Was Never, Ever A Threat To Your Wife ]

[ & What Does She Do? ]
[ She Loves Your Wife, Too ]

[ It Was Always A Good Bet ]
[ That Your Best Friend, Was Never A Threat ]

[ When Will It Be Enough, To Humble You? ]
[ You Have No Clue ]

[ You Thought That You Were Humbled Years Ago ]
[ Ever Since Then You Just Tried To Go With The Flow ]

[ You Were Never A Leader ]
[ & You Were Never A Defeater ]

[ Someone That Goes Around Making Others Feel Defeated ]
[ That’s Never Needed ]

[ Nobody Needs A Reminder Of A Loss ]
[ That Is Someone That You Would Never Want To Come Across ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(802)▪︎[ A Loss Is A Loss … 9•22•2021 ]

[ A Man Doesn’t Know Loss, Until He Has Lost Somebody He
Loved ]
[ A Loss Is Not Losing His Left Glove ]

[ A Loss When Someone Went To Sleep Deeper ]
[ Than Ever Before ]
[ Because He Got A Knock On The Door By The Grim Reaper ]

[ No More Calls, No More Text ]
[ He Will No Longer Be Around To Find Out What Happens Next ]

[ Who Are You Going To Call … Now? ]
[ He Was There Yesterday ]
[ But Then, WOW! ]

[ He Was Gone ]
[ He Moved On ]

[ Nobody Even Had A Hunch ]
[ That Yesterday He Was Getting His Ticket Punched ]

[ (BUT HE ONLY HAD A COUGH!) ]
[ Now, You Get The Hard Part ]
[ Because You Are Still Alive & Have To Deal With The Loss! ]

[ You Are Still Alive! ]
[ But Are You Stuck In Park? ]
[ Or Running In Drive ]

[ You Will Never Get Over Your Loss, Ever ]
[ The Person Is Gone, Forever ]

[ You Will Learn To Live With Him Being Part Of Your Memories ]
[ Part Of Several Stories ]

[ He Would Not Want You To Sink Into Despair ]
[ & Go Beyond Repair ]

[ Hitting The Bottle More Than The Times You Hit The Gym? ]
[ Can They Get You Back? ]
[ Your Family & Friends Both Say (THE CHANCES ARE SLIM) ]

[ Sometimes A Death Breaks Up A Marriage Or A Family ]
[ The Odds Show That Could Happen ]
[ Is That Your Destiny? ]

[ Then Drugs & Alcohol Come In To The Picture ]
[ Yes, You Should Be Sure ]
[ It Is A Band-Aid For The Hurt ]
[ Not The Cure ]

[ There Is NOT One ]
[ What Is Done Is Done! ]

[ Lean On Those That You Trust ]
[ That Is A Must ]

[ Pain Doesn’t Go Away, But It Can Fade ]
[ This Journey Back Is Not Easy ]
[ It Sure Makes You Look Within, To See How You Are Made ]

[ Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds ]
[ Unless You Decide To Live In A Cocoon ]

[ That Is Impossible ]
[ Make A Better Life Where Anything Is Possible ]

[ Be Happy With The Memories ]
[ & Don’t Take Everything So Seriously ]

[ Live, Laugh & @ Times Let Yourself Cry ]
[ Sometimes There Is Not An Answer For Every (WHY?) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(521)▪︎[ It Cost Everything … 6•26•2021 ]

[ If You Were Asked ( WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN
     YOU GROW UP? ) What Would You Say? ]
[ Would It Be The Type Of Job That Drives You Or Would
     It Be The Pay? ]

[ Money Does Drive Some People’s Lives @ Times ]
[ Everyday They Only Push To Earn More Dimes ]

[ Grabbing All Of The Money Possible ]
[ Taking The Time To Stop To Smell The Flowers ]
[ Becomes Nearly Impossible ]

[ Some People Do Not Grow-Up By Choice ]
[ Some Lucky Few Have A Natural Singing Voice ]

[ Some Never Want To Grow Up ]
[ They Spend Their Nights Going From Club To Club ]

[ Some People Never Grow Up, But Have No Problem
     Mooching Off Of Their Parents ]
[ To Pay Their Bills & Rent ]

[ Those Are The One’s That Have No Drive Or Aspirations ]
[ Not One Person Is Their Inspiration ]

[ Those Would Be The Future Homeless Transients That
     Are Going To Be Sleeping On The Cities Park Benches
     With Only A Blanket To Their Name ]
[ They Always Treated Life As A Game ]

[ & The Cost? ]
[ Was Really High ]
[ Everything They Owned, They Lost ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(154)▪︎[ Give Myself A Talk … 2•17•2020 ]

[ I Tell You This ]
[ I’ll Tell You No Lie ]
[ That When Death Gave You It’s Kiss ]
[ I Had To Try ]
[ To Keep A Dry ]
[ Eye ]

[ You Were My Last String ]
[ Connecting Me To This Messed Up Family Thing ]
[ Now, Who Will Bring ]

[ Such Laughter ]
[ Only During Our Phone Calls ]
[ Not After ]

[ We’d Punch Each Other Silly With Our Put-Downs ]
[ We’d Take Turns Being The Clown ]
[ You Were Supposed To Take Me To Our Home Island ]
[ & Show Me The Town ]

[ All Of Our Dreams Of Growing Old Together ]
[ Has Changed As Fast As The Oregon Weather ]

[ All Because Of This I Ask ]
[ Why Did You Not Complete The Simple Task ]
[ Of Putting On Your Mask ]
[ During The Night After Last ]

[ Maybe You Are Now Sending Me A Message, In Your Own Way ]
[ If I Want To Wake To See Another Day ]

[ I Must Fight ]
[ To Make Things Right ]
[ By Making Sure That MY Mask Must Be On Tight ]
[ Night After Night ]

[ So Everytime I Balk ]
[ I Should Give Myself A Good Talk ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(209)▪︎[ Yes You … 3•3•2020 ]

[ I Want To Write My Best Stories When I Write About Us ]
[ I Want My Words To Hit The Reader ]
[ Like A Greyhound Bus ]

[ A Bus, Not A Train Or Car ]
[ I Want To Leave Them Wanting More ]
[ I Want Them To Take The Feeling & Put It In A Jar ]

[ Twist The Lid, Nice & Tight ]
[ So Nothing Can Leave, Except A Little Bit Of Light ]

[ Everytime You Called I Would Hang Up & I’d Walk Away Grinning ]
[ Because If I Was In A Competition For Best Brother ]
[ I Knew I Was Winning ]

[ By A Mile ]
[ Even Though I Would Have To Wait Awhile ]

[ Your Call Was ALWAYS Worth The Wait ]
[ & Now When You Moved To A Closer State ]

[ God Called You Home ]
[ Oh, If I’d Only Known ]
[ Every Week I Would Had Been Calling You On The Phone ]

[ But I Didn’t ]
[ & I Couldn’t ]

~ 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 ]

(290)▪︎[ Not Again … 3•21•2020 ]

[ Oh Brother, Where Did You Go? ]
[ What Happened? ]
[ Only You & God Know ]

[ Why Can’t I Get You Out Of My Head ]
[ @ Night I Need A Potent Sleeping Med ]

[ To Turn My Waking Hours To Sleep ]
[ But It’s Never Too Deep ]

[ So Many Memories Of You Are Always Pleasant ]
[ You Were My Anti-Depressant ]

[ I Would Laugh So Much During Your Calls ]
[ It Would Shake The Walls ]

[ What Am I Supposed To Do Now ]
[ I Want To Laugh Out Loud Again ]
[ But I Don’t Know How ]

[ They Say ( LAUGH OUT LOUD & THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH
YOU ) ]
[ Tell Me How, Send Me A Clue ]

[ I Need To Treasure Those Around Me More ]
[ I Need To Be More @ Ease ]
[ To Open The Door ]

[ I Love Calling Las Vegas To Talk To My Niece ]
[ It Gives My Mind A Little Peace ]

[ Because When I Talk To My Brothers Daughter ]
[ Sanoe Reminds Me So Much Of Her Father ]

[ She Too, Makes Me Laugh ]
[ For The Time That We Talk ]
[ It Cuts My Grief In Half ]

[ I Know I Talk About My Brother Alot ]
[ I Just Can’t Get My Thoughts To Stop ]

[ Have You Ever Been Able To Stop The Thoughts That Come
Into Your Mind? ]
[ How Do You Rewind? ]
[ What Do I Need To Do To Remind? ]

[ Myself To Remember? ]
[ What If The Calendar Says It’s Already December? ]

[ Oh, Wait ]
[ I’m Too Late ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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