(352)▪︎[ Family Can Be A Negative Word … 2026 ]

[ As Far As You Are Concerned ]
[ Through All The Way Too Many Times That You’ve Been Burned ]
[ You Have Finally Learned ]

[ That What Will See You Through To The Very End ]
[ Won’t Be Family ]
[ It Will Be A Good, Close Friend ]

[ From What You Have Seen & Heard ]
[ “Family” Can Be A Negative Word ]

[ It Comes Close To Being One Of Those Bad (4) Letter Words That Most People Try To Refrain From Saying ]
[ Because Most People Lay Awake Praying ]

[ & Waiting ]
[ Trying To Get An Explaination About What Someone Is Stating ]

[ The Family That You Are Raised With Could Even Be A Curse ]
[ & The Worst ]

[ For You ]
[ Not Everyone Needs A Friend To Drop A Clue ]
[ From What You Have Experienced Through Your (63yrs) ]
[ That Part Is Very True ]

[ You Don’t Have To Be A Mind Reader Or Artistic ]
[ To See ]
[ That Your Biological Family ]
[ Can Be Downright Caustic ]

[ You Might Grow Up Wearing Rose Colored Glasses ]
[ That Could Be Why You Are Giving Those Asses ]
[ So Many Passes ]

[ Family Never ]
[ Lasts Forever ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(768)▪︎[ Sometimes The Words Flow … 9•10•2021 ]

[ Sometimes, Words Just Flows, Down The Chute ]
[ Do You Want To Write, Or Say Them? ]
[ Or Just Sit There, With Your Dial, Set On Mute? ]

[ If You Choose To Not Write, What Good Are Your
     Thoughts? ]
[ It Is Like You Are Looking @ A Pure White Canvas ]
[ & You Want To Change It To Polka-Dots ]

[ You Don’t Write, To Make Waves ]
[ But Sometimes, You Have To Tell Your Stylus To Behave ]

[ You Don’t Always Write, What’s On Your Mind ]
[ You Have Learned From Past Mistakes ]
[ That You Can Apologize All Day For Something, But You
     Can Never, Hit The Button That Will Rewind ]

[ Of Something, That Was Written Or Said ]
[ Once The Words Are Out There ]
[ They Will Stick, In Someone’s Head ]

[ Life Just Doesn’t Give Out Do-Overs Every Once In Awhile ]
[ Mother Nature Can Do Some Strange Things ]
[ But Giving Do-Overs Are Not Her Style ]

[ Would The Responsibility Fall On Mother Nature Or
     Father Time? ]
[ Would One Do Something ]
[ While The Other Would Act Like A Mime ]

[ So You Try To Watch What You Write ]
[ Because You Would Never Want To Start A Fight ]

[ You Are Just Never The Controversial Type So You Would
     Do Everything To Avoid One ]
[ If There Ever Was A Situation, When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ You Would Back Away & Say (I’m DONE) ]

[ So You Avoid All Fights @ All Costs ]
[ You Would Be Man Enough, To Admit That You Lost ]

[ So You Watch What You Write & Say ]
[ Making A Stranger Angry ]
[ Is Not How You Want To End The Day ]

[ Words & Gestures Are How People Communicate ]
[ Sometimes You Really Want Something To Say Or Write ]
[ You Have The Patience To Wait ]

[ Sometimes The Thoughts Just Drop ]
[ Then That Is When You Stop ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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