(303)▪︎[ We Miss You … 3•24•2020 ]

[ We’re Sending A Heartfelt Message To You, Mom & Dad ]
[ It’s Been So Many Days Since We’ve Seen You ]
[ & That Makes Us Sad ]

[ We Would Never Want To take That Dangerous Chance ]
[ Of Making You Sick ]
[ So That’s Why We’ve Taken This Stance ]

[ As They Say That Our Greatest Wealth ]
[ Is Our Good Health ]

[ When Will This Pandemic End, Nobody Knows ]
[ If We Go By What The Facts That The A.G. Shows ]
[ Nobody Knows Yet When & How This Virus Slows ]

[ Mom, You Said That You Wished That You Could Have
Given Me A Hug When You Read That Story About My Brother ]
[ You Have No Idea How Important It Has Been For Me To
Be Able To Look @ You Like A Mother ]

[ & Once They Have Control Of This Virus Bug ]
[ I Will Collect That Hug ]

[ Ever Since I Met Your Daughter I Knew She Would Be My Wife ]
[ & Throughout Our Marriage You Two Have Been Such Positive
Influences In My Life ]

[ I Look Back & Think It Was A Shame ]
[ That It Took Me So Long ]
[ To Ask You For The Honor To Carry On Your Last Name ]

[ It Has Been Awhile ]
[ Since You’ve Been Able To Welcome Us Into Your House ]
[ Always Having A Smile ]

[ Nobody Knows When ]
[ This Self-Quarentine Will End ]
[ My First Words Will Be ( HOW HAVE YOU TWO BEEN? ) ]

[ I Feel So Bad ]
[ For Others ]
[ Who Don’t Feel That Their In-Laws Love Them Like A Mom & Dad ]

[ You Two Have Never Needed To Persist ]
[ That Such Wonderful In-Laws ]
[ Like Your Family Exists ]

[ If I Could Store Love In A Bank ]
[ I’d Be Rich ]
[ I’d Have Your WHOLE Family To Thank ]

[ Your Family Has Truly Shown & Taught Me What Family Love Is ]
[ So I’ll End This ]
[ With A Virtual Hug ]

[ Love, Your Son-In-Law ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(511)▪︎[ Doing What? … 6•22•2021 ]

[ Live, Laugh Cry ]
[ The First Two Seem Doable ]
[ But The Third One You Have To Ask ( WHY? ) ]

[ Because It Is Inevitable ]
[ You Collapse On The Kitchen Table ]

[ After All The Fun Stops ]
[ The Smiles Drop ]

[ Do You Have A Strong Shoulder To Lean On? ]
[ Or Is It Gone? ]

[ Ran Away To Look For One Of Their Own ]
[ Leaving You All Alone ]

[ Again ]

[ But You Are A Rock ]
[ You Are The Strongest Around ]
[ But Sometimes, Not Clear Around The Clock ]

[ You Rebound Better Than Most ]
[ You Are Like The Best Setting For Toast ]

[ Done, But Not Burnt ]
[ Even Though You Are Normally The Rock ]
[ Words Can Still Hurt ]

[ Others Usually See The Live & Laugh ]
[ They Don’t See The Cry When Hurtful Comments ]
[ Cut You In Half ]

[ You Keep That Calm, Cool Look On Your Face ]
[ All The While Standing Tall & Proud In Place ]

[ Live, Laugh, Cry One After The Other ]
[ After One, Wait For Another ]

[ Just Don’t Give Up & Let The Cry Piece Bring You Down ]
[ Walk Around Being The Smiling Clown ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(361)▪︎[ You … 4•10•2020 ]

[ I Love You More Than Life Itself ]
[ Not Her Or Him ]
[ Or Anyone Else ]

[ Every Second, Of Every Hour, Of Every Day ]
[ I Listen To Every Word That You Say ]
[ & I Love The Way That You Love Me In Your
Own Unique Way ]

[ Love & Marriage Does Not Come With An Instruction Booklet ]
[ There Was No One To Get Answers To The Questions When
We Met ]
[ There’s No ( GO ) After Someone Says ( READY, SET ) ]

[ After Adjusting To Our Married Name ]
[ I Saw That Nothing Was Ever Going To Be The Same ]

[ From Day One To 25 Years ]
[ There’s Been Good & Bad Times ]
[ & Many Cheers & Tears ]

[ As I’ve Grown Older ]
[ I’ve Seen ]
[ You Always Gave Me Your Shoulder ]

[ To Cry & Lean On ]
[ I Am Glad That Your Magic Touch Is Not Gone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(370)▪︎[ Love You … 5•6•2021 ]

[ To My Wife ]
[ The One Woman Whom I Said That I Will Love For
     The Rest Of My Life ]

[ When I Said ( I DO ) ]
[ That I Will ]
[ Love You ]
[ Then ]
[ & I Want To Tell You That I Love You Still ]

[ There Is One Thing That I Know ]
[ That It Was Well Over 9,133 Days Ago ]
[ When I Decided That I Could Never Let You Go ]

[ It Would Certainly Hurt The Heart Of This Plain, Old,,
      Ordinary Guy ]
[ If Another Man Could Catch Your Eye ]

[ I Am A Simple Man With Really Simple Tastes ]
[ As I Get Older ]
[ I Am Sorry About My Ever Expanding Waist ]

[ We Are Not The Spring Chickens Anymore ]
[ So We Cannot Dance As Long As We Did Before ]

[ I Always Love Telling New Acquaintenances Our Wonderful
     Love Story ]
[ I Must Have Told It @ Least 25 Times ]
[ & It’s Never Boring ]

[ It Sure Has Been A Bumpy Ride ]
[ I Tell Everyone About Our Longevity With Pride ]

[ If I Had The Choice To Do This All Over Again ]
[ I Would Say ( YES ) ]
[ Again & Again ]

[ I Think The Phrase I Was Looking For Was ( IN A NEW
     YORK MINUTE ) ]
[ Yes, I Will Jump Back In It ]

[ Meeting You Almost 27 Years Ago Was Perfect Timing ]
[ Who Knew That Four Years Ago ]
[ I Would Receive The Gift From God That I Could Write
     Stories That Are Rhyming ]

[ We Have Been Through So Much, But We Stayed
     Together ]
[ We Never Discarded Each Other When There Was A Change
     In The Weather ]

[ Since We Live In Oregon There Are 10 Changes Every Day ]
[ When The Negative People Voiced Their Opinion ]
[ We Continue To Stay ]

[ We Are Good With Hunches ]
[ & We Have Never Resorted To Throwing Punches ]

[ We Never Touch Each Other In An Angry Way ]
[ We Keep Loving Each Other Even Though The Hair On My
     Head Nearly All Went Away ]

[ It All Went Away To La-La Land ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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


    

    
    
    

[ 192 ][ Money Just Can’t … 3•5•2021 ]

[ A ][° 192 °][ MONEY CAN’t  … 3•5•2021 ]

[ Some People Actually Think That Money Can Buy
     Them Love ]
[ Especially If Romance Is Not The Number One Thing
     That They’re Thinking Of ]

[ In Those Situations, Everything Will End ]
[ When There Is No More Money To Spend ]

[ As Long As They Have A Dollar ]
[ They Think That Everyone Is Supposed To Listen
     To Them Holler ]

[ Every Single Day ]
[ They Think That They Have Something Important
     To Say ]

[ When Some Of These People Yell ]
[ They Just Don’t Get The Point That They Are Trying
     To Make, Across Very Well ]

[ Who Would Want To Love Someone When Every Word ]
[ They Said ]
[ Was Never Heard? ]

[ Because The Words ( WAA WAA WAA ) ]
[ Comes Across As Well As ( BLAH BLAH BLAH ) ]

[ Does ]
[ Because ]
[ Money Can’t Ever Buy Someone Friends Or Love ]

~ The End ~

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

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