[319]▪︎[ Remember? … 4•28•2022 ]

[ Go Swiftly Into The Night ]
[ Without A Fight ]
[ Waiting For The Uplifting Morning Light ]

[ Nighttime ]
[ Should Not Be Frightime ]

[ It Should Be A Time Of Relaxation ]
[ It Should Not Be A Time Of Consternation ]

[ Anxiety Is The Worst When It‘s Dark ]
[ You Hear The Wind & The Hard Rain ]
[ Contrasted By The Occasional Dog Bark ]

[ There Are No Lights On Your Street ]
[ There Is No Moonlight To Let You See The Person You Might
Meet ]

[ There Are Moonless Nights When You Can’t See Your Hand
When It Is Right In Front Of Your Face ]
[ That Is When You Have Your Keys In Your Left Hand ]
[ & The Right Hand Has A Tight Grip Of Your Canister Of Mace ]

[ It Is Not Because Of The Occasional Neighborhood Kid
Flying By On His Mountain Bike ]
[ It Is Because Of Your Past & The People You Did Not Like ]

[ Your Past Took You Down Many Winding Paths Where Nobody1
Likes To Go ]
[ You Just Do Not Want To Run Into Someone That You
Used To Know ]

[ Back Then You Were Ashamed & Embarrassed By The Things That
Used To Occupy Your Time ]
[ While Others Were Making Bank ]
[ You Could Not Even Find A Dime ]

[ You Know That Is All In The Past? ]
[ When You Put Your Heart Into It ]
[ You Made A Change Really Fast ]

[ Nobody Is Perfect By Any Means ]
[ But People Have To Choose (1) Side Or The Other ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As Being In-Between ]

[ Pick (1) With All Of Your Best Effort ]
[ & Stay Out Of Prison ]
[ Always Remember Your Dates In Court ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(399)▪︎[ Memories … 5•10•2021 ]

[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]

[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The Mistakes
     You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]

[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]

[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
     Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Be Really Nice ]

[ Sometimes Your Mistakes Make Their Way Into Your Dreams ]
[ You Would Have No Control Of That, It Seems ]

[ Everyday You Drive Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In Your Life ]
[ You Have Questioned Your Roles ]

[ Of What You Are Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]

[ Do You Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ You Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ Never Seek To Shift The Spotlight On You ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO HOO ) ]

[ You Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
     Corner & Pout ]
[ You Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then You Can Fall Asleep With No More Nagging Doubts ]

~ The End ~

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

(604)▪︎[ Memories … 7•22•2021 ]

[ I Want To Grow Old With Memories That Make Me
     Smile ]
[ I Don’t Want My Memories To Last Only For Awhile ]

[ I Remember My Wedding Day ]
[ Like It Was Yesterday ]

[ Seeing My Beautiful Bride ]
[ Standing Up On The Alter ]
[ Getting Me To Tear Up & Making My Smile Get So Wide ]

[ Seeing Friends That Are In My Life & ]
[ & Were Before I Met My Wife ]

[ Our Time In Jamaica, The Blue Water & The White Sand ]
[ Being Carefree By Not Wearing A Watch ]
[ Making Zero Time Demands ]

[ My Time With My Wife When It Was Just Us Two ]
[ Driving Around Washington For Two Days ]
[ Because We Had No Plans For Anything To Do ]

[ Being In Your Parents Kitchen To Overhear ( THAT
    STARTED TRYING ) ]
[ Having The Nurse Put Our Newborn Son In My Arms
     & I Wouldn’t Stop Crying ]

[ Then Being @ Camp Attitude & Getting On A Horse @
     The Same Time As My Son ]
[ It Was A Big Deal To Even Get On One ]

[ That Was When B.D. Came Running To Me Yelling
     ( YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT! ) ]
[ Yes, I Did Do It ]

[ I Remember Getting Bucked Off One Horse & Then Almost
     Getting In The Head ]
[ That Was When I Was About (5) Years Old @ A Foster
     Home ]
[ That Was The Night One Of The Parent’s Son Wanted
     Me Dead ]

[ I Remember Barbara Saying So Long ]
[ When She Forced Me To Go Live With Don ]

[ I Remember That Year & A ½ Were Our Best Times, Ever ]
[ Once We Moved With Mary & Kenny ]
[ He Turned Into The Same Passive/Aggressive Prick That
     I Sadly Remembered ]

[ I Have Good Memories Meeting Nicole In The Fred Meyer’s
     Employee Break Room ]
[ In Under (2) Years Later I Became Her Groom ]

[ I Wish That I Had Memories Of When I Lived In Hawaii ]
[ I Guess My Mind Won’t Let Me Remember My Mom
     Abusing Me Daily ]

[ Because Of My Horrible Mother ]
[ I Was Separated From My Brother ]

[ I Have No Memories Of My Dad Shooting Himself ]
[ In Front Of Me & My Sister ]
[ After Trying To Take The Life Of Someone Else ]

[ Memories Can Come Back In A Flood ]
[ Trying To Guess One Up ]
[ Would Be A Dud ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(484)▪︎[ Man On The Inside … 5•16•2020 ]

[ Is The Man On The Inside ]
[ The One Who Almost Died ]
[ With His Eyes Open Wide? ]

[ All Bloodshot ]
[ From Thinking Through All Of His ]
[ Incoming Thoughts ]

[ What Should He Do, When They Come Into His Mind? ]
[ Does He Handle The Negative Ones ]
[ Differently, Than The Positive Kind? ]

[ His Mind Is So Complex ]
[ Because His Memory Is Like A Large Rolodex ]

[ When The Thought Comes In ]
[ & The Memory Turns On ]
[ That’s When The Rolling Of The Cards Begin ]

[ One After The Other ]
[ Does He Remind Him Of His Brother? ]
[ What About Her ]
[ & His Mother? ]

[ But The Memory That Comes Into His Head ]
[ Is That Those Two People ]
[ Have Long Been Dead ]

[ If Not, Than Who? ]
[ Each Card Brings Back A Memory ]
[ A Face, A Name ]
[ That’s What They Do ]
[ But In His Eyes ]
[ Most Of Them Looks The Same ]
[ Too ]

[ One By One ]
[ He Doesn’t Remember, He Just Can’t Tell ]
[ He Does Know When He’s Done ]
[ It’s When He Comes Upon The One That Rings A Bell ]

[ & Then The Next Day It Starts All Over Again ]
[ Then ]

[ This Time It Is A Familiar Face ]
[ In An Unfamiliar Place ]

~ The End ~

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

(399)[ Memories … 5•10•2021 ]

[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]

[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The Mistakes
     You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]

[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]

[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
     Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Be Really Nice ]

[ Sometimes Your Mistakes Makes Their Way Into Your Dreams ]
[ You Would Have No Control Of That It Seems ]

[ Everyday You Wind Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In Your Life ]
[ You Have Questioned Your Roles ]

[ Of What You Are Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]

[ Do You Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ You Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ Never Seek To Shift The Spotlight On You ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO ) ]

[ You Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
     Corner & Pout ]
[ You Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then You Can Fall Asleep With No More Nagging Doubts ]

~ The End ~

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