(326)▪︎[ To My Nicole … 2025 ]

[ Goodnight ]
[ To The One That You Absolutely Hate To Fight ]
[ But Who Is Your Light ]
[ That Shines Like A Beacon ]
[ Nice & Bright ]
[ For You When You Feel Like A Frightened Little Boy ]
[ In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ Searching For Jesse, Not A Toy ]

[ She Is The Drops Of Rain That Make The Flowers Grow ]
[ She Is The Warm Sun ]
[ That Comes Out & Chases Away The Black Clouds That Sink So Low ]
[ Letting Us Come Out Of Our Houses To Play & Have Fun ]
[ Even Though ]
[ Your Run ]
[ Has Become Really Slow ]

[ She Is The Moon That Rises High Up Above ]
[ So The World Is Not Dark ]
[ She Is The One That Has Been The First Woman To Show You True Love ]
[ & The Only One That Left Her Mark ]

[ On A Truly Broken Heart ]
[ That Through The Years ]
[ Was Torn Apart ]
[ By Many Days That Caused You To Shed Tears ]

[ Because Of Many Broken Family Ties ]
[ The Word “Family” ]
[ Has Been As Bad For Your Health As The Oil That Cooks McDonald’s Fries ]
[ From What You Could See ]
[ Families Are Full Of A Bunch Of Lies ]

[ Family Feels So Much Better When You Get To Choose ]
[ Whoever You Want To Be In Your Inner Circle ]
[ You Can Never Lose ]
[ When Your People Love To Play The Game Called “Quirkle” ]

[ She Taught You How To Spot The People That Are Fake ]
[ The Ones That Never Give ]
[ & Only Take ]
[ She Has Been A Good Sport ]
[ As You Have Tried To Teach Yourself How To Bake ]
[ Without Having To Drink Down The “Pepto Bismol” By The Quart ]

[ She Is Quite The Lady ]
[ & A Great Cook ]
[ She Never Approaches The Word Shady ]
[ Later On In Your Life, Maybe She Will Help You Gather All Your Stories So You Can Make Yourself A Book ]

[ Even Though She Is Extremely Busy She Does Slow Down To Be Your Biggest Fan ]
[ When You Are Writing She Never Pushes You For Perfection ]
[ But She Does Want You To Do The Best That You Can ]
[ Then She Will Always Come Behind You To Make Any Grammatical Corrections ]
[ Only Since She Has Been By Your Side, Have You Felt Like A Complete Man ]

[ The Relationship You Were In Prior To Meeting Her, Gave You Quite The Emotional Beating ]
[ That Woman Left You In Such Financial & Emotional Distress ]
[ Ever Since Your First Greeting ]
[ Little Miss Satan In A Dress ]
[ Was Always Cheating ]
[ Causing Quite The Mess ]
[ Because The Problem Kept Repeating ]
[ But She Never Learned When Or How To Confess ]

[ Then You Took Your Chances On Waiting ]
[ Before Jumping Back Into That Unpredictable Social Game ]
[ Called Dating ]
[ But Then Nothing Was Ever The Same ]
[ After You Started Saying ]
[ Nicole Marie’s Beautiful Name ]

[ You Never Knew That Your Hardened Heart Could Melt ]
[ After Literally Figuring Out What The Word “Love” Really Meant ]
[ & Becoming Comfortable How True Love Really Felt ]
[ Since All Of Your Past Relationships Put Together Never Made A Dent ]

[ When You Finally Found The Right Woman That You Thought Would ]
[ Become Your Wife ]
[ You Decided That You Should ]
[ Cutout All Of The Meaningless Strife ]
[ & Then You Finally Could ]
[ Put Everything Else Behind You & Settle Down Into A Wonderful New Life ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha

Na
Lopaka DeVoe

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(311)▪︎[ Thank You, Sort Of … 3•26•2020 ]

[ How Do I Thank The Woman Who Has Been My Rock
For The Last 26 Years? ]
[ Is There Any Way That I Can Thank Her For Having
The Shoulder That I Leaned On When I Faced My
Fears? ]

[ I’ve Been With This Beautiful, Patient, Understanding
Woman For Almost Half Of My Life ]
[ I’ve Been Smiling Ever Since She Said (I DO) ]
[ & Became My Wife ]

[ I’m Sure Many Times Since Then, She’s Asked Herself
(I DID WHAT?) ]
[ Those Are The Questions That I Don’t Answer ]
[ So I Choose To Keep My Mouth Shut! ]

[ She Has Been There Through Thick & Thin ]
[ She Was There To Say (IT’s OKAY) ]
[ @ My Lifting Competitions That I Didn’t Win ]

[ She Would Make Me Feel Like I Was One Of Those
Winning Guys ]
[ In Her Eyes ]

[ She’s So Supportive & Has Been A Wonderful
Mother ]
[ She’s Helped Me Through The Dark Times ]
[ Like The Recent Death Of My Brother ]

[ I Know She’s Not Perfect, But She’s Darn Near ]
[ Life Would Be So Empty ]
[ If She Wasn’t Here ]

[ Her Being Here Is Not Something That I Take For Granted ]
[ During This Time I Feel That I Have Do Everything
That Was Demanded ]

[ But I’m Ending This Right Here ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(010)▪︎[ Oh … It’s You! … 1•3•2022 ]

(Disclaimer … This Is All Fiction of Course)

[ There Is No Bigger Thrill ]
[ Than Going Up & Down The Aisles Of Wahlgreens ]
[ When You Have Time To Kill ]

[ But Sometimes You Find Time To Sit ]
[ By The Pharmacy ]
[ Listening To The People Standing Around Talking About A
Variety Of Shit ]

[ The Blonde, Older Woman Hurrying From Aisle To Aisle ]
[ Looking @ This & That ]
[ Sometimes, Stopping For Awhile ]

[ Then Listening To The Daddy Talking About Steve Jobs &
Stocks ]
[ Looking @ The Kid ]
[ You Could Tell, That He Won’t Be Wearing Out Too Many
Jocks ]

[ Another Daddy Coming Out Of The Bathroom, With Chatty
Kids ]
[ The Couple In Front Of You Giving Each Other A Kiss ]

[ The Line Keeps Getting Longer & Longer ]
[ The Smell Of Body Odor Keeps Getting Stronger & Stronger ]

[ Finally Your Wife Gets To The Front ]
[ & She Has To Speak To The Pharmacy Tech Very Blunt ]

[ (I WANT MY MEDS) She Shouts ]
[ & That Brings The Store Manager Out ]
[ To See What All Of The Shouting Is All About ]

[ Then He Locks Eyes With Your Wife & Says (OH, IT’s YOU!) ]
[ Then She Shouts Back (WOW, SHERLOCK, WHAT WAS YOUR
FIRST CLUE?!) ]

[ No Other Guy ]
[ Should Lock Eyes ]
[ With Your Wife, While Figuring Out Her Size ]

[ Your Wife Will Not Back Down From Any Guy Or Gal ]
[ She Is So Smooth ]
[ They Would Leave Thinking That They Made A Lifetime Pal ]

[ But Money Is Money ]
[ Don’t Be Dripping Hate On The Counter & Calling It Honey ]

[ They Might Get Smacked ]
[ If They Try To Pass It Off Like That ]

[ The Manager Looked Pretty Rough ]
[ Then Came Back Acting All Tough ]

[ He Took His Time To Roll Up Each Sleeve ]
[ He Gave Her A Huge Discount ]
[ So She Would Not Leave ]

[ My Wife Made Him Smile ]
[ For Awhile ]

[ That Is (1) Of Many Things That My Wife Is Good @ ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(399)▪︎[ Eye In The Sky … 6•6•2022 ]

[ You Could Say That In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ My Love For You Is Not Attached By Strings ]

[ I Do Not Need To Be Tethered To You Or You To Me ]
[ That Gives You The Freedom To Walk Away Free ]

[ If That Is Where Our Relationship Should Go ]
[ If That Is The Case ]
[ Then Only You Would Know ]

[ We Try To Have Good Communication Going Back & Forth ]
[ We Always Need Our Heads To Be Headed North ]

[ We Have Far Surpassed The (26) Year Mark ]
[ We Are Still In Drive ]
[ As Opposed To Being, Stuck In Park ]

[ We Sure Have Hit Our Share Of Potholes On Our Narrow
Road ]
[ But Every Year We Carry A Heavier Load ]

[ Will We Be Dragging Our Asses Across That (50) Year Finish
Line? ]
[ My Problems Become Yours ]
[ & Yours Become Mine ]

[ I Am Ready To Learn Something New Every Day ]
[ Taught By You, In Your Own Special Way ]

[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ We Are Still Learning What Each Other Is About ]

[ Through The Years The Winds Change ]
[ That Does Not Give Good Reason To Go Out & Get Some
Strange ]

[ But Then Again We Are Forgiving Pair ]
[ Would Walking Away Be Fair? ]

[ Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust ]
[ Finding The Right Partner Is A Must ]

[ Through The Years We Have Had Our Fill Of Turmoil ]
[ Maybe That Is When Our Joints Need A Little Oil ]

[ Joy Is What You Seek ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(1234)▪︎[ How It All Happened … 10•12•2019 ]

[ We Met One Day, Downstairs In A Breakroom ]
[ After That Casual Meeting ]
[ I Didn’t Know That A Year & A Half Later I’d Be Your Groom ]
[ All Of This After I Asked You If You Wanted To
     Rent The Other Room ]

[ It Seems Like We Were Meant To Be Husband & Wife ]
[ The Third Degree Of Separation ]
[ Happened Very Early In My Life ]

[ It Was Like The Turning Of The Clock ]
[ When My Father’s Mother ]
[ Lived Near Your Family Almost On The Same Block ]

[ Then I Was Asked What Your Last Name Was ]
[ Why Did She Want To Know? ]
[ Oh, Just Because? ]

[ When I Said The Name I Gave Your Mother’s Maiden Name ]
[ I Don’t Know Why I Said It ]
[ Because It Wasn’t Even Close To Being The Same ]

[ It Turned Out That Your Mother & My Step-Mother
     Went To School Together When They Were Young ]
[ It’s Not Like The Ladder Was Sturdy ]
[ When I Climbed It Rung By Rung ]

[ I Loved Everything About You When We Talked Late Into
     The Night ]
[ But There Was No Spark ]
[ Until … ]
[ One Day I Woke-Up & Saw You Under A Different Light ]

[ Right Away We Knew We Were Meant For Each Other ]
[ I’ve Had Plenty Of Dates With Other Women In The Past ]
[ After That Awakening Day, I Never Wanted Another ]

[ I Knew I Wanted To Marry You As Soon As Possible ]
[ But Getting You A Good Ring ]
[ Was Far From Probable ]

[ Then I Went To Alaska For The Wedding Of A Friend From
     My College Years ]
[ When I Was Up There I Talked About You So Much ]
[ I Possibly Hurt Their Ears ]

[ From That Conversation a Diamond Wedding Ring Set Fell
     Into My Lap ]
[ I Told Her That There Will A Gap ]

[ Between Now & When It Would Be Paid ]
[ I Thought The Woman Was So Excited ]
[ I Could Have Got Laid ]

[ I Went & Got On The Plane With The Ring Set ]
[ Stuffed In A Box ]
[ & Then Into My Pocket ]

[ I Had To Wait A Few Months Before I Could Propose ]
[ December 25th, 1994 Was The Date That I Chose ]

[ @ First Her Mom Sent Her Off To Another Room With
     A Task ]
[ When She Came Back ]
[ I Knelt Down In Front Of Her & Said That I had Something
     That I Wanted To Ask ]

[ As I Contemplated Where To Sit ]
[ I Looked Her In The Eyes & Asked … (WHAT TIME IS IT?) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(144)▪︎[ Roses … 2•15•2020 ]

[ Roses, Roses A Dozen Roses For You ]
[ How Many, How Many? ]
[ There Should Be A Bunch Of Six Times Two ]

[ I Wanted To Send Two Bunches Of Six In Each ]
[ One Bunch Is Yellow ]
[ & The Other Is Peach ]

[ I Hope In Some Small Way ]
[ That It Would Make Your Day ]

[ I Wanted It To Be Large ]
[ & In Charge ]

[ Stand It High On Top Of A Book ]
[ So When Your Fellow Employees Walk By ]
[ They Can Do Nothing But Look ]

[ They Might Ignore You, But I Won’t ]
[ If They Knew The You @ Home ]
[ They Will Answer The Question Of Why I Don’t ]

[ So You Could Act Like The Mad Hatter ]
[ & Show Those People ]
[ That To Me, You Matter ]

[ @ Home You Have A Loving Husband & Son ]
[ I Am Your Moon ]
[ Like You Are My Sun ]

[ My Stories May Not Earn Me Money ]
[ & That Is Okay With Me ]

[ I Don’t Need A Holiday To Do This ]
[ I Have Been Remiss ]
[ Because Sending You Flowers ]
[ Is Something I Miss ]

[ I Love You Forever & Ever … Amen ]
[ I Hope You Never Feel That I Only Love You ]
[ Now & Then ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(539)▪︎[ To You, My Wife … 7•3•2021 ]

[ Well The Year Was 1994 ]
[ I Was In A Tumultuous Relationship ]
[ So I Decided That I Didn’t Want Anymore ]

[ I Moved To A New City For A Fresh Start ]
[ To Lick My Wounds ]
[ & Try My Hardest To Mend My Bruised Heart ]

[ Then This Nice Fellow Employee That I Worked With
Came Up To Me & Asked Me Out For Her Good Friend ]
[ I Smiled & Told Her That I Was Flattered ]
[ But I Said ( NO ) & Told Her It Was Because My Heart
Was On The Mend ]

[ Then I Met This Girl In The Breakroom For Employees
One Day ]
[ I Guess I Only Had A Few Words To Say ]

[ That Chance Meeting Completely Changed The Trajectory
Of My Life ]
[ That Chance Meeting Was With My Future Wife ]

[ It Took Me A Few Months To Realize Who She Was Going
To Turn Into ]
[ Because Throughout The Years I Had Unsuccessful
Relationships With Quite A Few ]

[ I Finally Found The Cinderella That Would Fit Into My
Slipper Of Glass ]
[ My Heart Was Telling Me That This Relationship Will Last ]
[ & She Is Nothing Like Any Of Those Women In My Past ]

[ If Women Have Dreams Of A Knight In Shining Armor, What
Do Men Have To Dream Of? ]
[ How About A Beautiful, Caring, Understanding Princess
That Is Full Of Love ]

[ That Lady That I Met In The Break Room By Chance ]
[ Is The Only Woman Who Makes My Heart Dance ]

[ She Has A Beautiful Soul ]
[ & She Is The Reason That I Feel Whole ]

[ We Have Been Through Our Ups & Downs ]
[ & Through The Last 27 Years We Have Covered Alot Of
Ground ]
[ But From What I’ve Found ]

[ My Only Role ]
[ In Life ]
[ Is To Try To Be The Best Husband To Nicole ]
[ My Wife ]

~ 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 ]

(518)▪︎[ What Goes Around … 5•28•2020 ]

[ My Best Friend & Wife Are What Makes My World Go Around ]
[ They Are Who I Turn To ]
[ Especially When I Need A Pick Me Up Off Of The Ground ]

[ Each One Of These Women Love Me In Completely Different
Ways ]
[ & They Have Loved Me For ]
[ Many Many Years, Months & Days ]

[ Nicole Is My Wife ]
[ & Maria Is My Closest Friend ]
[ I Want Each One Of Them In My Life ]
[ Until The Very End ]

[ Nicole Has Been Here For Over 26 Years & Counting ]
[ Maria Came Into My Life Late ]
[ But The Days Are Mounting ]

[ It Is Not A Reach ]
[ To Say That ]
[ I Want Alot More Memories With Each ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(436)▪︎[ I Will Still Choose Her … 5•24•2021 ]

[ If You Were Able To Live A Life After Your Life ]
[ Had Ended ]
[ Would You Choose The Same Wife ]
[ Or A New Woman You Just Befriended? ]

[ Or Would You Start Over? ]
[ With A Different Partner Or Lover? ]

[ Given The Choice & The Chance ]
[ I Would Take My Current Wife To This Dance ]

[ She Knows My Steps, My Shakes & My Moves ]
[ She Knows How I Like To Dance When Good Music Puts
     Me In The Mood ]

[ This Wife Has Stuck With Me Through Thick & Thin ]
[ She Has Helped Me Celebrate The Many Wins ]

[ She Was Always The First One To Put Out Her Hand When
     Things Got Tough ]
[ She Got Me Through The Many Times That Were Rough ]

[ I Wish There Wasn’t Many ]
[ I Wish That There Wasn’t ANY! ]

[ But That Is Not Realistic ]
[ @ Least I Never Came Home With Another Woman’s Lipstick ]

[ On My Collar ]
[ Oh Yes, That Would Make Her Holler! ]

[ Justifiable So ]
[ Then That Would Be A ( NO! ) ]

[ To Get Through 25 + Years ]
[ She’s Been Patient, Understanding, Caring, Empathic &
     Strong Willed ]
[ & She Also Knows, That Real Men Do Shed Tears ]

[ This Beautiful Woman Has Worn Many Hats ]
[ Friend, Girlfriend, Fiance, Bride, Wife, Best Friend, Lover,
     Confidante, Mechanic, Mover, Care Giver, Advocate,
     College Football Watching Buddy, Manager, Nurse,
     Driver, Bread Winner, Guardian, Mother, Gardner, Guide,
     Map Reader, Protector & Chef ]
[ Is There Anything Left? ]
[ & Wherever We Lived, She Was Always Okay When I Fed, Then
     Adopted, The Stray Cats ]

[ We Watched A Comedy Called ( HALL PASS ) One Day ]
[ Then I Said ( IF I WAS GIVEN ONE … ) ]
[ I Would Choose To Give It Away ]
[ Because It Never Sounded Fun ]

[ I Have Never Had A ( GO TO FEMALE CELEBRITY ) That I
     Would Throw Everything Away For ]
[ There Is No Other Female That I Would Dream Of Knocking
     @ My Front Door ]

[ I Don’t Ask For Much ]
[ So I Have Never Fantaisized About Ms. Such & Such ]

[ My Wife That I Have, Is My Dream Come True ]
[ I Hope For You, You & You ]

[ That Some Day, While @ Work, You Could Have A Friend
     Introduce You To Her Friend ]
[ So You Could Have A Great Marriage That Doesn’t End ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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