(318)▪︎[ Where Is Your Footprint? … 2026 ]

[ If You Die Young ]
[ & There Was A Celebration Of Life Going On ]
[ Would Anybody Come? ]
[ Or Would Every Loved One Be Gone? ]

[ Have You Been Going So Fast ]  
[ That You Didn’t Leave Your Footprint On Anything In Your Past? ]
[ Will There Be Any Remnants Of You, That Will Last? ]

[ Can You See Any Kind Of A Footprint? ]
[ Or Is That Just Pocket Lint? ]

[ Where Did The Time Go? ]
[ Did It Pass By You Fast Or Slow? ]

[ It Seems That You Don’t ]
[ Will Your Neighbors Know? ]
[ You Bet They Won’t ]

[ How Come The Only Help ]
[ You Can Get ]
[ Is From The Lone Review On Yelp? ]

[ You Look & Look ]
[ But There Is Zero Chit Chat On Facebook ]

[ What About Your 100’s Of So Called Friends? ]
[ Did Anybody Stick By You Through The End? ]

[ You Are Finding Out That You Left Nothing Of Worth ]
[ On This Earth ]

[ Not In Your House ]
[ Or Words From Your Grieving Spouse ]

[ But You Quickly Find That She Is Not Grieving ]
[ She Is Packing Up & Leaving ]

[ Going Into The Unknown ]
[ Since All Of Your Life Insurance Has Been Blown ]

[ Why Should She Stay? ]
[ Another Week? ]
[ Or Another Day ]

[ Would You Want To Bet ]
[ That You Will Not Even Find Your Favorite Jacket?  ]

[ Would That Be Given To The Goodwill Store? ]
[ Since It Does Not Have A Purpose Anymore? ]

[ Did You Cherish Money Over Time Spent With Others? ]
[ When You Did Find The Time ]
[ You Chose To Stay Under Your Covers ]

[ How Come There Is Not A Single Clue ]
[ That There Has Been Any Footprint Made By You? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(597)▪︎[ The Road For Children … 7•19•2021 ]

[ For Our Children, The Road To Happiness & Success is
     Usually Paved By Our Example ]
[ Not By Ideas & Questions That Can Be Trampled ]

[ No Child Deserves Someone Rude ]
[ & That Excludes ]

[ Children Should Be Included In All Play That Is Child
     Like ]
[ By Playing Games & Being Taught How To Ride A Bike ]

[ Children Should Be Nurtured & Taught ]
[ Not Be Given Away ]
[ Or Bought ]

[ They Should Have Wonder In Their Eyes ]
[ & @ Such A Young Age ]
[ They Should Never Be Expected To Be Worldly & Wise ]

[ Children Need To Play, Play & Play ]
[ & Never To Be Worried About If They Won’t Be Able To
     Stay ]
[ Or Have The Threat Of Being Pushed Away ]

[ Everyday They Should Be Told To Their Face ]
[ That They Never Have To Worry About Having A Living
     Place ]

[ Kids In Foster Care Have Dreams ]
[ That Creates Screams ]

[ They Are Never Secure About Where They Will Be Living
     From One Day To The Next ]
[ A Message Concerning Another Move ]
[ Could Come Anyday Through A Message Or A Text ]

[ Children Should Feel Secure In Their Surroundings &
     In Those That Are In Their Lives ]
[ The Adults Should Always Be Their Guiding Light ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

(532)▪︎[ I Don’t Know Where I Am Going … 6•29•2021 ]

[ Right Now I Feel Like I Am Set Adrift In A Boat On The
     Sea Of Disarray ]
[ I Am Trying To Get To The Island That Makes Sense ]
[ But I Can’t Find My Way ] 

[ Just When I Think That I Am Heading Down The Right Path ]
[ I Float Right By ]
[ My Coordinates Are Wrong, Because I Have Always Been Bad
     In Math ]

[ I Have Circled The Island @ Least (5) Times Now ]
[ On The (3rd) Pass I Thought That I Saw A Cow ]
[ & Then I Spent A Big Chunk Of Time ]
[ Wondering How? ]

[ But I Guess Whenever I Have A Daytime Nightmare Anything
     Goes ]
[ I Once Had One In June, But Then It Snowed ]

[ Floating Aimlessly On The Sea Was Never On The Bucket
     List For My Life ]
[ I Already Accomplished The One On The Top Of My List ]
[ & That Was To Find Me A Loving, Supportive Wife ]

[ But She Can’t Make A Boat Paddle Magically Appear Anytime
     Soon ]
[ If She Could, I Wish That She Could Do This By Tomorrow Before Noon ]

[ How Can I Get Out Of This Dangerous Current Taking Me
     Nowhere ]
[ Why Can’t I Find The Current That Will Take Me Somewhere ]

[ Somewhere Quiet & Calm ]
[ Somewhere That Won’t Give Me Sweaty Palms ]

[ A Place Where My Feet Are Planted Firmly On The Ground ]
[ Dirt, Grass, Concrete Or Mud ]
[ Somewhere That Doesn’t Involve Water Anywhere Around ]

[ When I Am In These Daytime Nightmares Everything Seems
     To Be Moving Really Slow ]
[ Can I See Them Coming? ]
[ That Would Be A ( NO! ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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