(005)▪︎[ What Do You Think? … 1•4•2023 ]

[ Do You Ever Really Wonder How Your Brain Thinks ]
[ (YOU HAVE NO IDEA! ) You’d Say ]
[ With A Chuckle & 2 Winks ]

[ Oftentimes Thoughts Come Into Your Head & Will Stay ]
[ Then It Tells You Exactly What It Wants To Say ]

[ Sometimes You Should Go Left But Your Thoughts Turn Right ]
[ Then Your Hand Shows You What Is What ]
[ As Your Stylus Shows You What It Wants To Write ]

[ Part Of You Doesn’t Know What’s Going On ]
[ You Can’t Figure Out Where It’s Going ]
[ But You Can See How Far It’s Gone ]

[ You Have No Idea If You Made Your Point Strong ]
[ Or Do You Figure Out That What You Just Wrote ]
[ Was Completely Wrong ]

[ But You Write About Your Thoughts ]
[ You Never Said That You Were Seeing Spots ]
[ Or Dots ]

[ Your Stylus Goes Wherever It Wants To Go ]
[ Whenever You Start ]
[ You Just Won’t Know ]

[ If You Go In That Direction ]
[ Will That Be Correct ]
[ Or Will You Need To Make A Correction? ]
[ That Seems More Direct? ]

[ You Can’t Go Backwards But You Can Delete ]
[ That Does Not Mean That You Are Giving Up ]
[ & Feel The Sting Of Defeat ]

[ It Is Just Because Your Thought Wants To Go That Way ]
[ You Will Need To Save That Other Thought ]
[ For A Different Day ]

[ But If You Try To Save It, You Will Bet ]
[ That A Different Thought Will Come In ]
[ Than That Will Make You Forget ]
[ When A Thought Begins ]
[ You Must Stay Set ]

[ Sometimes Thoughts Just Float On By ]
[ No Time For A Cup Of Coffee ]
[ No Time To Say (HI) ]

[ Maybe That Thought Will Come To You @ A Different Time ]
[ Leading Your Stylus To Write A Totally Different Story That
Rhymes ]

[ Every Day Is A New Day In Your Crazy Mind ]
[ But Will It Be The Lazy Kind? ]

[ When Your Thoughts Are Like Jello ]
[ They Take Only A Minutes Of Rest ]
[ Before They Say (HELLO) ]

[ Than Just Like That, They Float On By ]
[ & You Figured That Out A Long Time Ago ]
[ So You Should Not Ask (WHY?) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(610)▪︎[ Thinking … 7•6•2020 ]

[ Can You Tell Me What I Am Thinking ]
[ Without Batting Your Eyelashes? ]
[ Or Blinking? ]

[ I Don’t Think That You Can ]
[ So Far That Hasn’t Been Accomplished ]
[ By Any Woman Or Man ]

[ No One Has Ever Been Trained ]
[ To Be Able To Read My Brain ]

[ Or There Has Never Been The Kind ]
[ Of Person ]
[ That Can Follow Some Of My Minds ]
[ Diversions ]

[ So I’d Be Lying ]
[ If I Told You That I Want Them To Keep Trying ]

[ Even Through Meditation ]
[ This Causes Me So Much Irritation ]
[ & Then I Feel The Need For More Medication ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(998)▪︎[ Thoughts … 11•30•2020 ]

[ My Thoughts Continue To Swirl ]
[ Some Just Hang Like A Gerry Curl ]

[ Old Fashioned & Out Of Date ]
[ Some Just Sit Still & Gain Some Weight ]

[ Some Are Bright ]
[ & Used That Day ]
[ Some Sound Just Right ]
[ & Are Used Right Away ]

[ But Day In & Day Out ]
[ Am I Still Writing Good Enough Stories ]
[ To Shout ]
[ About? ]

[ What I Write It’s The Only Draft ]
[ I’ve Pushed Away From The Lonely Island ]
[ & Sent Adrift On My One Man Raft ]

[ My Thoughts Are Like The Current & Could Take Me Any
Which Way ]
[ Will It Take Me A Week? ]
[ Or Will I Be Done On The Very First Day? ]

[ I Wish I Had The Great Skill & Power ]
[ To Be Able To Write A Really Good Story ]
[ In Under An Hour ]

[ Practice Makes Perfect Is One Thing That People Have
Said To Me ]
[ Hmmm … Could That Be? ]
[ Whenever I Start A Story I Will Have To See ]

[ (PLEASE BE PATIENT) Is What I Say To Everyone ]
[ Because When It Stops Being Fun ]
[ I Tend To Run ]
[ While Saying ( I AM DONE! ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1434)▪︎[ Fall In Line … 12•27•2019 ]

[ Sometimes There’s Tears Behind Your Closed Eyes ]
[ & There’s Truth Under The Lies ]

[ Figuring Out Which Is Which Can Be Quite The
Exercise ]
[ The Answer Can Uncover Quite The Surprise ]

[ But Do You Turn Out To Be Sheep That Just Follow? ]
[ & Have Thoughts That Are Hollow? ]

[ Do You Get In Line In Pairs Of Two? ]
[ Which Just Affects You & The Ewe ]

[ To The Average Sheep, This Is Bliss ]
[ Not Having To Think About That & This ]

[ Just Fall In Line & March One After The Other ]
[ Where There Is One, There Must Be Another ]

[ & Another One After That ]
[ So Then You Will Know Where To Hang Your Hat ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(1310)▪︎[ What Are You Looking For? … 11•11•2019 ]

[ Is It Where You Are? ]
[ Or Who You’re With ]
[ When You’re Sitting In A Bar? ]

[ Is It What You Drink? ]
[ Or What You Turn Down ]
[ That Makes You Think? ]

[ Will You Take A Drink From Him, But Not That One? ]
[ Because He Acts Really Dumb ]
[ & He Looks Like Alot Of Fun? ]

[ How Can You See The Heart Of The Man When You Can’t
     Even See Their Chest? ]
[ How Can You Decipher The Good From The Bad? ]
[ & Then Pick Out What You Think Is The Best? ]

[ Do You Watch For Social Cues? ]
[ Is It Safe Walking Around ]
[ Looking For Clues? ]

[ What If You Miss Them Or Forget? ]
[ Will You Then Be Ready To Get What You Can Get? ]
[ Will Things Remain Set? ]
[ Just Like The Day When You First Met ]

[ But Things Are Not Always As They Seem ]
[ Sometimes It’s So Chaotic ]
[ It Can Make You Scream ]

[ Those Are The Times When You Cinch Up Your Belt ]
[ & Take A Deep Breath ]
[ You’ll Find That You Won’t Melt ]
[ Like Some Of The Rest ]

[ Follow The Good ]
[ & Kick The Bad To The Curb ]
[ When You Accidentally Veer Off Into The Hood ]
[ You Won’t Be So Perturbed ]

[ Just Turn Around & Go Out The Same Way That You Came In ]
[ No Muss ]
[ No Fuss ]
[ Everybody Wins ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(1414)▪︎[ Just A Thought … 12•19•19 ]

[ As I Lie Here On My King Sized Bed ]
[ I Find That I Have A Thousand Thoughts Going Through
     My Head ]

[ I’ve Found That When I’m In Distress ]
[ I Look Inward ]
[ & See Nothing But A Mess ]

[ I Thought That If I Write Myself An Explanation Letter ]
[ In A Matter Of Three Weeks ]
[ I’d Feel Better ]

[ But Has This Type Of Thinking Added Or Subtracted Years
     From My Life Span ]
[ Does This Kind Of Thinking Make Me A Better Man? ]
[ Can, Can, Can ]

[ But What Am I Going To Find ]
[ When I Try To Look Into My Mind? ]

[ When I Find Something Profound ]
[ Can I Hang On To It? ]
[ Or Let It Slip Out ]
[ & Let It Crash Onto The Ground? ]

[ No Amount Of Money Can Buy A Second Of Time ]
[ & No Amount Of Words ]
[ Can Always Make A Good Rhyme ]

[ A Good Rhyme Consists Of Many Words Coming Together
     With Thought ]
[ You Put Your Heart & Soul Into Each One ]
[ Because You’re Not A Robot ]
[ When Everything Is Written, Said & Done ]
[ You Should Be Thankful With What You’ve Got ]

[ The Finished Product Is Not Always Great ]
[ But 8 Out 10 Is Definitely Worth The Wait ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo  ]
[  A hui hou  ]
[ Aloha  ]

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(595)▪︎[ I Hope They Think … 7•18•2021 ]

[ It Is Really Tough Not Sharing My High’s & Low’s ]
[ Of My Blog ]
[ With People That I Personally Know ]

[ A Few Stories Have Been Read, Liked & Commented On By Two
     People That Are Physically In My Life ]
[ One Is A Good Friend ]
[ The Other Is My Wife ]

[ Besides A Few, Most Of My Likes ]
[ Comes From Others That Write ]

[ I Am Overjoyed By That Point ]
[ When Other Writers Take The Time ]
[ To Read A Rhyme ]
[ & I Hope That I Don’t Disappoint ]

[ I Cannot Appeal To Everyone, That Stops By ]
[ I Do Write Stories Where I Ask ( WHY? ) ]

[ Some Say That Asking ( WHY? ) Is A Conversation Stopper ]
[ I Don’t Want It To Be An Idea Dropper ]

[ In A Blink ]
[ I Want To Ask Others To Think ]
[ Not Drive The Reader To Drink ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(373)▪︎[ Thinking … 4•29•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 My Mistakes Make Their Way Into My Dreams ]
[ I Have No Control Of That It Seems ]

[ Everyday I Wind Around Life’s Potholes ]
[ Many Times ]
[ I Have Questioned My Roles ]

[ Of What I’m Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]

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

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

~ The End ~

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