[ Back In June Of ’86, A Basketball Player Named Len Bias Was A
Man That You Never Knew ]
[ You Read That He Was A Phenomenal College Basketball Player ]
[ Who Got Picked By The Boston Celtics When They Had Pick (#2) ]
[ In That Years NBA Draft ]
[ When The Commissioner Announced His Name ]
[ Nobody Laughed ]
[ So Then ]
[ Len ]
[ Went To A Party That Night With Some Friends ]
[ He Made A Fatal Mistake With One Single Choice ]
[ Nobody Talked To Him In A Reasonable Voice ]
[ The Kind ]
[ That Would Have Tried To Change His Mind ]
[ He Got Talked Into Snorting A Line Of Cocaine ]
[ It Went Straight To His Brain ]
[ His Friends Didn’t Lie ]
[ It Instantly Gave Him A High ]
[ But Then The Cocaine Went Into Overload ]
[ & Made His Heart Explode ]
[ He Was Dead Before ]
[ He Hit The Floor ]
[ The Drug Was Something That You Tried About (4) Times In
The Years Prior ]
[ It Felt Like Such A Nice High ]
[ But Thankfully The Need For It Didn’t Become Dire ]
[ Both Of Your Blood Siblings Were Addicted To Drugs &
Alcohol @ (1) Time ]
[ Your Older Sister Would Spend Her Last Dime ]
[ For Her Next Fix ]
[ If You Wanted To See The Effects Of More Than (40) Years
Of Hard Drug Use ]
[ Just Look @ Her Pics ]
[ You Knew That Addiction Runs In Your Family History In
The Past ]
[ It Seems Like She Took One Taste Of Something ]
[ & She Got Addicted Really Fast ]
[ The Night That Your Biological Father Came Home Drunk ]
[ & Then He Shot Himself In His Head After Trying To Murder
His Girlfriend ]
[ Your Heart Sunk ]
[ That Should Have Been A Huge Warning Sign For You
& Your Sister @ A Very Young Age ]
[ You Had Front Row Seats To The Stage ]
[ Watching The Ultimate Act Of Rage ]
[ So Your Handful Of Tastes With Cocaine Was Walking
A Fine ]
[ Line ]
[ When You Read That Sports Illustrated During That Month
Of June ]
[ It Woke You Up Out Of Your Personal Cocoon ]
[ It Showed What Drugs Can Do ]
[ If That Could Happen To A Finely Tuned Athlete ]
[ That Could Happen To You Too ]
[ The Death Of Len Bias Probably Saved You From A Possible
Life Of Drug Use ]
[ Thankfully It Never Got To The Level Of Drug Abuse ]
[ It Is Sad To Say That A Death Saved Your Life ]
[ Reading About Len Bias’s Death Turned On A Very Bright
Light ]
[ A Light, That Has Yet To Fade ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Tag: #thanks
(101)▪︎[ Thankful For Marriage … 2•2•2020 ]
[ Dear Marriage, This Is A Letter Of Thanks ]
[ From One Very Happily Married Man, To You ]
[ There Was Never Enough Money In The Banks ]
[ To Keep Me From Saying ( I DO ) ]
[ @ The Right Time ]
[ In The Right Place ]
[ So I’m Able To Write A Good Rhyme ]
[ Without Feeling Like A Disgrace ]
[ You Need A Licence To Get Married ]
[ But It Doesn’t Come With An Instructional Booklet ]
[ You Shouldn’t Expect To Get Carried ]
[ By Someone That You Just Met ]
[ Your Engagement May Have Been Long ]
[ Or It May Have Been A Few Days ]
[ Did The Time Make Your Bond Strong? ]
[ Did You Find That You Can Love Each Other In All Different
Kinds Of Ways? ]
[ If Something Goes Wrong ]
[ What Incentives Did You Give Your Spouse To Stay? ]
[ Do Unto Others As You Would Want ]
[ Make That Golden Rule A Mantra ]
[ Not A Taunt ]
[ When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Does What? ]
[ They Rise & Shine ]
[ Even Though It Feels Like They’ve Been Kicked In The Gut ]
[ Always Be Kind ]
[ Never End A Compliment With A ( BUT … ) ]
[ That Added ( BUT … ) Ruins The Compliment Just By Itself ]
[ In Effect ]
[ You’re Also Saying That Whatever You’re Complimenting About
Can Be Done Better By Someone Else ]
[ Thank You Marriage For Teaching Me That Love Really Is A
Two-Way Street ]
[ Compromising Does Not Have To Happen Because You’re Weak ]
[ It Shouldn’t Leave You With The Feeling That You’ve Been Beat ]
[ Coming Together As A Couple Is What You Should Seek ]
[ In Dark Times Try To Remember The Good Feelings When You
Just Met ]
[ Aren’t Those The Good Thoughts That You Get ]
[ But Hey, Marriage & Monogamy Is Not For Everyone ]
[ That Lives ]
[ Some People Suck The Fresh Air Out Before Year One ]
[ They Take Instead Of Gives ]
[ There Are Lots Of Reasons Why So Few People Want To
Take That Huge Jump ]
[ Some People Don’t Know How To Get Out Of An Emotional Slump ]
[ Yes, Relationships Have Slumps ]
[ There’s No Such A Thing As A Smooth Road ]
[ That Doesn’t Have Some Bumps ]
[ Sometimes You Will Have To Carry The Load ]
[ While Taking Some Lumps ]
[ Marriage Can Take Your Emotions On The Ride Of Your Life ]
[ One Minute You’re Digging With A Bent Spoon ]
[ The Next Minute You’re Cutting With The Sharpest Knife ]
[ If You Are The Husband ]
[ There Will Be Times When You’ll Lean On Or Carry Your Wife ]
[ Marriage & All That Comes With It Can ]
[ Make You Into A Better & More Complete Man ]
[ [ Like The Grains Of Sand That Runs Through The Hourglass ]
[ Your Life Can Go By You Really Fast ]
[ Just Don’t Let The One That’s Meant To Be ]
[ Go Past ]
[ So Guess Which Way I Lean When It Comes To Marriage As
A Whole ]
[ I Whole Heartedly Believe In It Right Down To My Soul ]
[ That’s How This Square Peg Fits In A Round Hole ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(570)▪︎[ Thank You, Ash … 7•12•2021 ]
[ How Do I Close Our Front Door On Your Last Shift ]
[ Everytime You Came Here You Gave Me An Emotional
Lift ]
[ You Stepped In Whenever Zoey Called Out ]
[ You Protected Me, Without My Need To Shout ]
[ I Know Why You Came Back ]
[ You Wanted To Protect Me If BD Chose To Attack ]
[ Me One Night ]
[ You Chose To Protect Me If He Stepped Up To Fight ]
[ I Know ]
[ That You Could Have Reported Him Many Many Months
Ago ]
[ Maybe You Did Not Want Me To Go Through The Headache
Of The Investigation That Would Follow ]
[ @ An Early Time Here ]
[ You Found Out That His Words Sounded Hollow ]
[ I Know That You Were Put Through Hell ]
[ & Things That I Heard ]
[ Did Not Sit With Me Very Well ]
[ It Was Hard For You To Even Repeat Any Of His Words ]
[ Sometimes, I Could Tell ]
[ But You Stood Tall ]
[ & Remained Strong ]
[ You Showed Him That He Was Hitting A Wall ]
[ When He Was Doing Something Wrong ]
[ I Am Going To Miss You Beyond What Words Can Say ]
[ Everytime You Showed Up ]
[ You Made My Day ]
[ Ash, You Are Really Going To Be Missed! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(822)▪︎[ A Big Thanks … 9•25•2020 ]
[ Dear Marianno ]
[ Here A Few Things That I Thought You Should Know ]
[ If I Was Talking To My Favorite Caregiver ]
[ I Would Talk Really Slow ]
[ Before You & Your Heroic Friends Came ]
[ We Never Knew When The Fires Would End ]
[ Or Would We Ever See Rain ]
[ Everyone Would Shout ]
[ That They Had Doubt ]
[ About ]
[ When The Fires Would Be Put Out ]
[ It Took More Than Effort & Water To Take Those
Fires Apart ]
[ It Took A Whole Lot Of Heart ]
[ You Don’t Fight Those Fires On A Dare ]
[ So What Incentive Got You Out There? ]
[ You Risk Your Lives Because You Care ]
[ You Care About The Thousands Of People That You Will
Never Meet ]
[ You Fight The Good Fight Until You Hurt ]
[ From The Top Of Your Head Clear Down To The Bottom Of
Your Feet ]
[ It Is NOT Because Of The Big Paychecks That You Get ]
[ & You Know That You Can’t Control How These Fires Are Set ]
[ But The Paychecks ARE Nice ]
[ Sometimes They Make You Look Twice ]
[ But It Is Not Worth The Ultimate Price ]
[ Watch Out For Falling Branches & Fire In The Roots ]
[ & Ground So Hot ]
[ You Can Feel It Through Your Boots ]
[ You Look Up High ]
[ Towards The Sky ]
[ & Low ]
[ @ The Ground ]
[ You Have To Be Aware Of How The Winds Blow ]
[ & Which Way It Goes Around ]
[ It Is Way Overdue ]
[ & They Finally Caught A Clue ]
[ On How They Can Better Treat You ]
[ Putting You Up In A Good Hotel ]
[ So You Could Shower ]
[ & Hopefully Letting You Sleep Well ]
[ So You Can Fight Back The Power ]
[ That Makes Your Sounding Scenery Look Like Hell ]
[ Are You Tired Of All Of The Fun? ]
[ Of Always Being On The Run? ]
[ When Will It Stop? ]
[ When Will The Fire Stop Going ( POP, POP, POP? ) ]
[ It Is Amazing How Much Damage Can Be Caused By One
Single Lightning Strike ]
[ It Does Not Do Anything That You Like ]
[ I Have To Say How Much I Am Amazed ]
[ By The Effort & Work Ethic ]
[ Of A Young Man Your Age ]
[ All Of You Guys Are Super Hero’s To All Of Us Plain Folks ]
[ Hiding In Our Homes ]
[ When The Wind Blew In All Of The Smoke ]
[ So Wherever You’d Go ]
[ You Always Chocked ]
[ But You Guys Are Beating That Fire & Turning It Into
Itself ]
[ So It Can’t Burn Anything Else ]
[ You Get In There Like You Are In A Fight ]
[ Beginning @ Your Early Morning Light ]
[ Until Well Into The Night ]
[ Half Ass Effort Is Never Enough ]
[ But Like They Say About The Astronauts ]
[ You ALL Are Made Up Of THE RIGHT STUFF! ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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