[ It Saddens Me When A Very Dear Friend
Of Mine Told Me That She Did Not Have A Home ]
[ I Was Shocked ]
[ This Was Never Known ]
[ It Is Not That She Did Not Have A Place To Live In ]
[ But It Is Not A Place Where She Wants To Go To
Again & Again ]
[ When I Moved Out I Heard That Your Home Is
Always Where You Hang Your Hat ]
[ My Friend Has An Apartment That She Shares With
Others ]
[ But It Does Not Give Her Feelings Like That ]
[ Actually, She Does Not Have The Kind Of Hats
That Hang ]
[ Nothing That Would Kind Of Look The Same ]
[ Because She Has Two, Plus A Child, Roommates
From Hell ]
[ They Are Nice When She Cooks ]
[ Because There Is Always A Good Smell ]
[ So She Walks Through The Door ]
[ @ The End Of The Night ]
[ She Doesn’t Feel Comfortable Anymore ]
[ & That Is Not Right ]
[ There Is No Doubt ]
[ She Really Needs To Move Out ]
[ My Friend Used To Love To Share ]
[ When She Had Food To Spare ]
[ Not Anymore ]
[ No … Not There ]
[ So Her Apartment Does Not Feel Like Home ]
[ Maybe To Her Roommates ]
[ But She Does Not Feel Like It’s Her Own ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Author: rdvoe165
I Am A 62yrs Young Man, That Just Enjoys Writing Short Poetic Stories From My Thoughts. I Hope That You Enjoy Them As Much As I Do Writing Them.
(377)▪︎[ My Thoughts … 4•30•2021 ]
[ 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[ Old Fashioned & Out Of Date ]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 The Next Day ]
[ Some Sound Just Right ]
[ & Are Used Right Away ]
[ But Day In & Day Out ]
[ Am I Still Writing Good Enough Stories ]
[ To Shout ]
[ About? ]
[ When I Write, It’s The Only Draft ]
[ After I Write A Story ]
[ I Set It 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? ]
[ Who Knows? ]
[ I Just Can’t Say ]
[ 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 Have To Wait & See ]
[ ( PLEASE BE PATIENT ) Is What I Say To Everyone ]
[ Because When It Stops Being Fun ]
[ I Tend To Run ]
[ Then & Only Then Will I Say ( I AM DONE! ) ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(092)▪︎[ The Old Fork … 1•26•2021 ]
[ When You Come To A Fork In The Road, Which Way Will
You Choose? ]
[ Will You Go Right Or Left? ]
[ Is This That One Decision Where You Could Win Or Lose? ]
[ How Far Down The Road Will You Walk ]
[ Before You Realize That You Are Completely Lost? ]
[ A Couple Of Yards? ]
[ Or A Couple Of Miles? ]
[ Is It Not In The Cards ]
[ That You Have To Walk For Awhile? ]
[ The Scenery Starts To Go Dark ]
[ You Start To Think That You Should Have Turned Left &
Then Your Mark? ]
[ By The Time You Look Back To Change Your Mind ]
[ You See That The Scenery Has Changed ]
[ & There Are Blurry Lines ]
[ Did You Make A Bad Decision Back @ That Fork? ]
[ Is Something Telling You To Stay On The
West Coast? ]
[ Instead Of Heading East To New York? ]
[ Your Conscience Is Telling You To Stay ]
[ & Find The Way ]
[ To Make Things Work Here ]
[ & Stay Away From The Drinking Hard Alcohol & Beer ]
[ Alcohol Is Never A Friend Or The Answer ]
[ It Causes Destruction Worse Than Cancer ]
[ You Need To Find Out About To Win ]
[ By Finding Your Strength That Comes From Within ]
[ Don’t Seek Out The Validation & ]
[ Justification ]
[ From Others ]
[ Especially From Fake Sisters & Mothers ]
[ Be Yourself ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(109)▪︎[ Sometimes Silence Is Best … 2•1•2021 ]
[ @ Times It Seems Like We Live In Such A Hateful
World ]
[ Where People Are Not Too Nice To Each Other ]
[ We Use So Many Words ]
[ That We Would Never Say In Front Of Our Mother ]
[ If We Did, We Would Get Slapped In The Face ]
[ Then Put In Our Place ]
[ People Forget That Words Can Slice ]
[ Deeper Than A Sharp Knife ]
[ & The Scars That Are So Deep ]
[ Are The Ones That We Keep ]
[ A Cut On The Knee ]
[ Has Never Hurt As Much As The Cuts That Nobody
Can See ]
[ People Always Have A Choice ]
[ About The Words They Say, When They Use Their Voice ]
[ Oftentimes The Words That You Have Heard In
The Past ]
[ Are The Memories That Last ]
[ Blurring The Memories Where You Used Your
Sight ]
[ But Not Forgetting What Was Said During Your Last Fight ]
[ Words That Are Said ]
[ Get Stuck In The Other Person’s Head ]
[ & Harder To Forget ]
[ Then Remembering How You First Met ]
[ Some People You Meet ]
[ Don’t Turn Out To Be A Treat ]
[ That Is When You Realize ]
[ That In Some Situations, Silence Can’t Be Beat ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(113)▪︎[ Too Much, Or Impossible? … 2•3•2021 ]
[ Sometimes It Feels Good To Be Alone With My Thoughts ]
[ As Long As I Am Not Left Alone Alot ]
[ There Is A Fine Line Between Too Much & Not Enough ]
[ Sometimes Too Much Makes Things Tough ]
[ When I Am Alone I Often Like To Get All Of My Thoughts
In A Straight Line ]
[ Before I Act ]
[ The Silence Gets To Me ]
[ When The Only Voice That I Hear, Is Mine ]
[ Then The Sound Of The Tic-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ From The Wall Clock ]
[ Replaces The Sound Of My Self-Talk ]
[ Walking Around The House Doing Laps ]
[ It Is All I Can Do To Keep Me From Taking More Than
2 Naps ]
[ Then Reclining In My Chair Feels So Good ]
[ This Is So Much Better Than Taking The Chance Of
Getting The ‘VID ]
[ From Walking Around In The Neighborhood ]
[ I Do Need Adult Human Contact Once In Awhile ]
[ It Is Nice To Hear A Good Word ]
[ & It Warms The Heart To Sometimes See A Loved One’s Smile ]
[ But Too Much, Can Be Too Much ]
[ There Are Times When I Don’t Feel Or Want The Feel Of The
Human Touch ]
[ A Hug Here & A Hug There ]
[ Is Always Nice To Share ]
[ Unless I Am Around The Types Of People Who Don’t
Really Care ]
[ About How I’m Doing Or Even About Me ]
[ Sometimes I Get That Feeling ]
[ Because That Is Something That I Can’t Always See ]
[ & Sometimes It Seends Me Reeling ]
[ About How Sneaky Others Can Be ]
[ It Is Just Like Others Have Said ]
[ Since Time Began ]
[ It Is Good To Have Eyes In The Back Of My Head ]
[ That Is Not Impossible ]
[ But That Is Not Always Plausible ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(116)▪︎[ The Wall … 2•3•2021 ]
[ Sometimes When You Hit The Wall From Exhaustion
It Can Feel Like A Test ]
[ Or You Could Think That It Is There So You Can
Lean On It & Rest ]
[ That Is One Way You Could Turn That Situation
Into Something That’s Good ]
[ So After All Of This Time ]
[ That Wall Was Completely Misunderstood ]
[ The One Object That Comes Up & Blocks Your Way ]
[ Can Be Used To Give You The Only Break You Might
Get That Day ]
[ Walls Are Always Tall, Solid & Foreboding ]
[ Usually When You Come To One ]
[ You Are So Exhausted You Feel Like Folding ]
[ So You Look East Then West ]
[ You Try To Figure Out Which Direction Would Be
The Best ]
[ Way To Go ]
[ But How Do You Know? ]
[ Do You Stay Strong? ]
[ & Feel Your Way Along? ]
[ Maybe Lean Back & Take ]
[ A Break ]
[ Pull Up A Chair & Marvel @ The Enormous Wall ]
[ Put Your Feet Up ]
[ Maybe Make A Call ]
[ But Whatever You Do, Don’t Bang Your Head On It Over &
Over Again ]
[ Because It Might Be There To Lean On ]
[ Like The Strong Shoulder Of A Good Friend ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(285)▪︎[ That Darn Bunny … 4•5•2021 ]
[ I Was Going To Trap The Easter Bunny Before Halloween
Because She Has A Direct Telephone Connection To Popeye ]
[ Ever Since I Was Young I Have Wanted To Share A Spinach Meal
With Him ]
[ Olive Oyl Would Not Join Us Because She Would Be In New Jersey Helping Her Mom Celebrate A Little Known Jewish
Holiday Called Rashard ]
[ Her Mom Used To Be In Florida But She Did Not Like The Storms ]
[ Aida & Myron Storms Were Neighbors That Lived 3 Miles Away In The Neighboring State Of Montana ]
[ the Storms Were Obnoxious Atheists ]
[ They Would Howl @ The Moon When It Was 2:17pm ]
[ There Was A Time When She Wanted To Move To Alaska, But She Had An Allergy To Carrots ]
[ Mini Mouse Used To Pickle The Best Carrots But Someone Stole The Only Jars That She Had Shoplifted From The Jack in the Box On Watchamucallit Street]
[ That Used To Be A Bankrupt Business Down On Mission Street ]
[ They Had To Change The Name, Because No Business Likes To
Call Themselves ( BANKRUPT ) ]
[ Whenever I Don’t Drive On Mission Street I Always Need To Eat @ The Pancake House That Is On The Corner Of S.E. ( WHAT ) & N.W. ( HOW ) ]
[ Sometimes The Street Signs Can Get Confusing Because If
You Come To ( WHY ) Street, You Have Gone Too Far ]
[ It Is A Really Questionable Corner But Once You Understood
The Why, You Can Skateboard Through The Freeway With All Of The Other Swimmers ]
[ Then You Take One More Left & If You Reach The Lake You Found
Out That You Couldn’t Find Your House ]
[ Because Your Home Is On Red Rock S.E. So You Took One Too Many Über Rides ]
[ So I Figured Out … ]
[ Oh, Another Thing That I Like 2 Due Is Righting Confusing Dinners 4 Sum Friends ]
[ Butt … ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(756)▪︎[ Critical Or Positive? … 9•7•2020 ]
[ Criticism Can Be Hard On The Heart & Head ]
[ You Never Know What Could Be Around The Next Curve ]
[ You Always Wish That It Would Be A Compliment, Instead ]
[ How Hard Is It To Give A Compliment? ]
[ A Minute? ]
[ A Moment? ]
[ Is It A Compliment Or Criticism That Has The Longer Effect? ]
[ A Compliment Can Bring A Smile ]
[ Criticism Can Have A Negative Affect ]
[ For A Long While ]
[ A Wise College Professor Once Said ( THAT IT TAKES 10
ATTA BOYS TO CANCEL OUT 1 OH SHIT ) ]
[ If Someone Says That While You Work ]
[ Would You Like That, One Bit? ]
[ If The Person Was Being A Jerk ]
[ Why Shouldn’t You Want To Quit? ]
[ But Some People Say That Constructive Criticism Can Be Positive ]
[ Not Negative ]
[ It All Depends On How It Is All Said ]
[ That Sets It As A Positiv Or Negative Memory In The Head ]
[ Some Remarks Are Remembered Until You Are Dead ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(744)▪︎[ The Path In Life … 9•1•2020 ]
[ Is Life One Long Path With Doors On Each Side? ]
[ Which Door Do You Open? ]
[ That Has The Car That Will Take Them On The Best Ride? ]
[ Will It Swerve ]
[ Around The Potholes ]
[ That Are Always Around The Next Curve? ]
[ & Cause You Lumps ]
[ On Your Psyche ]
[ When You Hit The Bumps ]
[ That You Just Did Not See? ]
[ Getting Thrown Out Of The Car After A Bump Is Inevitable ]
[ Some Knockdowns ]
[ Are Not Preventable ]
[ Getting Up Every Single Time Is A Must ]
[ But To Rely On Others For Help ]
[ You Have To Have Complete Trust ]
[ Complete Trust In Others Can Be Hard To Get ]
[ You See That Has Happened With Very Few People
You’ve Met ]
[ Oftentimes When You Have Tried ]
[ You Come Out All Wet ]
[ You Are Left All Alone Standing Outside In The Rain ]
[ With All That You’ve Tried ]
[ You Look @ How Little You’ve Gained ]
[ But For The One’s That Are No Help, Make Use Of A Good Verb ]
[ & Kick Them To The Curb ]
[ Then Ignore The Taunts ]
[ & The Ensuing Wrath ]
[ Then Do What You Want ]
[ & Get Back On Your Right Path ]
[ Continue On With Your Life ]
[ Celebrate The Good Times With Your Wife ]
[ Then Leave The Strife ]
[ & Thrive ]
[ Then Show That You Are Very Much Alive ]
[ As You Keep Your Car In Drive ]
[ Move Towards Your Goals ]
[ Be Nice To Everyone You Meet ]
[ By Saying Positive Words To Warm Their Souls ]
[ Sit & Think For Awhile ]
[ That Every Day ]
[ You Can Say Or Do Something To Someone That Makes
Them Smile ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(636)▪︎[ Full Circle … 7•22•2020 ]
[ I Feel Like This Trip Brought Me Full Circle With My
Brother Brent ]
[ That Was One Of The Main Reasons That We Went ]
[ No Matter What We Spent ]
[ I Had To See Where He Was Laid To Rest ]
[ Even Though The Neighborhood Was Not The Best ]
[ I Only Met My Brother Once As An Adult In My Life ]
[ It Was Because Of The Curiosity & Diligence ]
[ Of My Wife ]
[ She Came Up With The Idea To Find Him One Day ]
[ When She Asked, I Said ( OKAY ) ]
[ But How? ]
[ In What Way? ]
[ Right Now? ]
[ I Did Not Think It Could Be Done ]
[ When Told About Some Information I Just Thought ( THIS IS NOT FUN! ) ]
[ Then I Just Wanted To Run! ]
[ Some Information That I Was Told ]
[ I Just Did Not Want To Know! ]
[ Because When Our Father Died ]
[ We Were Not Very Old ]
[ We Did Not Remember Each Other ]
[ Growing Up I Stayed With My Sister ]
[ & I Was Told That I Had A Brother ]
[ But That Was It ]
[ No One Told Me Shit ]
[ Not A Name, Location, Age ]
[ Not Even A Little Bit ]
[ So I Never Wanted To Even Look ]
[ There Was No Plan Written In A Book ]
[ When Nicole Brought This Up I Had No Faith ]
[ This Was Going To Be A Futile Chase ]
[ Afterall, Where Would This Lead ]
[ Is This The Sort Of Heartache That I Need? ]
[ Then One Day, There Was A Maybe ]
[ We Found That He Could Live In Durham N.C. ]
[ Could He Be? ]
[ Him? ]
[ Then I Thought That The Chances Were Slim ]
[ So The Next Day I Called The Number That I Was Given ]
[ Was This Guy Someone I Could Trust ]
[ Trust Is A Must ]
[ In My Book ]
[ In My Neighborhood ]
[ I Called The Number & Asked Some Questions To This Stranger ]
[ Was He Going To Be The Lone Ranger? ]
[ Riding Into The Sunset ]
[ Even Before We Met? ]
[ @ First He Thought My Call Was A Scam ]
[ I Tried To Reassure This Man ]
[ He Thought I Was Calling Because I Wanted Something ]
[ I Assured Him That I Wasn’t Asking For A Thing ]
[ Nothing ]
[ But Then I Traveled To N.C. To Meet ]
[ Well His Reaction Could Not Be Beat ]
[ He Finally Believed ]
[ & Did Not Throw Me Into The Street ]
[ When We Met ]
[ I Know That Was Him ]
[ So I Lost My Bet ]
[ That Was A Good Bet To Lose ]
[ If I Had To Choose ]
[ That Was The Start Of A Very Strong Connection ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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