[ If Someone Close To You, Comes Up To You & Says, “See You On The Other Side” ]
[ He Is Telling You, In Their Mind, He Has Already Died ]

[ He Hopes To See You Somewhere In The Next Life ]
[ Away From All The Danger & Constant Strife ]

[ He Is Giving Up ]
[ He Wants His Life Line Cut ]
[ & His Book Shut ]

[ It Is Not Suicide, Per Say ]
[ That Phrase Is Telling You That Nothing Is Okay ]
[ On That Day ]

[ It Is Probably Not What You Expect ]
[ But Your Friend Is Showing You The Highest Respect ]
[ They Know That You Won’t Over React ]

[ There Is Nothing To Do ]
[ This Is Something That He Just Has To Work Through ]

[ This Is How He Wants To Go ]
[ & It Was Something That He Wanted You To Know ]

[ He Hopes That You Will Always Have A Smile On Your Face Whenever You Remember His Name ]
[ He Is Not Handing Out Blame ]
[ Nor Is He Hanging His Head In Shame ]

[ Everyone Dies @ Some Point ]
[ He Is Not Holding Anyone @ Gunpoint ]
[ He Is Not Asking You To Join ]

[ There Is Nothing To Assess ]
[ There Is No Issue To Process ]
[ Or Access ]

[ There Are No Secrets To Unlock ]
[ In A Safe Deposit Box ]

[ After He Has Moved On ]
[ He Hopes That The Memories You Have About Him Will Not Be Gone ]

[ Remember The Camping Trips That You Both Used To Take ]
[ Fishing @ Prairie Lake? ]
[ Remember How He Taught You How To Bake ]
[ Cookies, Fudge & Your Wife’s Birthday Cake? ]

[ He Hopes That You Will Remember When ]
[ He Took You Skiing In Bend ]
[ & Then ]

[ He Wasn’t Lying ]
[ When He Told You To Try Flying ]

[ It Was Such A Freeing ]
[ Feeling ]

[ Being Up Above The Clouds ]
[ Away From The Crowds ]

[ S.Y.O.T.O.S. Everyone ]
[ Now Your Life Has Lost Its Fun ]
[ So It Has Been A Good Run ]
[ Now … You Are Done ]

[ He Told You Specifically Because He Hopes You Understand ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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