[ What Happens When You Get Up Really Early Because
You Are Way Too Late? ]
[ & Forgot The Key For The Combination/Padlock On
The Front Gate? ]
[ Would You Have To Go Around ]
[ As You Go Under? ]
[ & Then You Feel ]
[ The Lightning & The Thunder ]
[ The Thunder Is So Bright ]
[ & The Lightning Is So Loud ]
[ Does That Make You Have To Stand To The Right? ]
[ Of The Gathering Crowd? ]
[ Does The Crowd Cause The Thunder To Flash? ]
[ Does The Sound Of The Lightning ]
[ Cause Some Cars To Crash? ]
[ That Is One Part Of Father Time That No One Wants
@ All ]
[ Just Like Summer Weather Happening In The Fall ]
[ When Fall Rolls In ]
[ Does That Make You Think Of Spring Again? ]
[ Father Time Can Make It A Windy Day ]
[ Only If The Laws Of Nature ]
[ Has Her Way ]
[ What Goes Up Doesn’t Always Go Sideways ]
[ But Sometimes It Does Come Down ]
[ If Only Simon Says ]
[ Simon Does Not Always Cooperate From What You’ve
Seen ]
[ Because Sometimes Your Ribeye Steak ]
[ Does Not Always Come Out Feeling Lean ]
[ Just Like Ice Cream Colors Are Not Always Bold ]
[ & Hot Apple Pie ]
[ Is Not Very Cold ]
[ If You Were Standing On Top Of A Bridge Over
Looking The Water ]
[ Would You Need To Rely On ]
[ The Ears Of A Spotter? ]
[ If You Jumped, Would You Have To Swim Before You
Would Have To Fly? ]
[ Aquaman Can’t ]
[ Because He Does Not Have Good Eyes ]
[ When He Walks In Water Does He Keep His Eyes
Closed? ]
[ Or Does He Go Invisible? ]
[ So He Might Have To Really Plug His Nose ]
[ Before You End This Story, You Have One More Thing
To Say ]
[ …? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ 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.
(987)▪︎[ Just Because … 11•28•2020 ]
[ Just Because You Don’t Remember ]
[ Doesn’t Mean You Weren’t Told ]
[ When The Year Comes To December ]
[ You Are Acting Pretty Old ]
[ As Time Marches On ]
[ Is Your Memory Almost Gone? ]
[ That Sounds Really Bad ]
[ & Sounds Really Sad ]
[ If You Feel That This Is Wrong ]
[ Has Any Ideas Come Along ]
[ To Right This Situation ]
[ & Change The Direction ]
[ Onto The Right Path ]
[ No Longer Feeling The Wrath ]
[ Of The Closest Two ]
[ People Around You ]
[ If You Were Ever Able To See The Obvious Social
Cues ]
[ You Would Have Found The Clues ]
[ To When & Where You Would Have To Pay Your Dues ]
[ To Those That You Must ]
[ & For It All, Not To Be A Bust ]
[ You Definitely Have To Give Credit ]
[ To Those That You Trust ]
[ It Is Very Simple & Wise ]
[ To See The Ripples ]
[ In Your Life ]
[ Right In Front Of Your Eyes ]
[ The One That Does Not Want To Make Waves ]
[ Should Be The One That Does Not Throw Stones ]
[ & Misbehaves ]
[ It Is Not Like You Need To Be A Savior ]
[ & Have Perfect Behavior ]
[ Don’t Mimic The Actions Of Someone Else ]
[ When You Are Trying To Find Yourself ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
(•)||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||●||•▪︎•▪︎••▪︎•▪︎•||●||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||(•)
(975)▪︎[ Well, Do You? … 11•22•2020 ]
[ Do You Have The Drive ]
[ To Strive ]
[ For Doing The Best While You Are Alive? ]
[ Or Do You Throw A Fit? ]
[ Then Sit ]
[ While You Quit ]
[ Not Wanting To Deal With Anymore Of It? ]
[ It, Being Life ]
[ Then Not Listen To Your Husband Or Wife ]
[ Then Turn Off The Daylight ]
[ Then, While Looking Into The Night ]
[ You Lose Sight ]
[ Of The Right ]
[ Fight ]
[ Selling Your Soul ]
[ To Attempt To Figure Out Your Whole ]
[ Role ]
[ & Then Learn What You Need To Bring ]
[ To Take Your Place ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things ]
[ Do You Know ]
[ Whether To Go ]
[ Fast Or Slow? ]
[ If Someone Says ( NO! ) ]
[ Will You Find The Need ]
[ To Read ]
[ The Instructions To Complete The Deed ]
[ That Makes You Succeed? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
(•)||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||●||•▪︎•▪︎••▪︎•▪︎•||●||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||(•)
(976)▪︎[ Turn Back Moment … 11•23•2020 ]
[ Sometimes People Have A ( TURN BACK MOMENT )
In Their Life ]
[ Which Way Do They Turn? ]
[ Which Way Is Right? ]
[ Do They Go Where They Feel Secure? ]
[ Or The Way That Makes Them Seem Unsure? ]
[ Is The Safe Way Always The Best? ]
[ Will The Risky Way Seem Like A Test? ]
[ Sometimes Tests Are Good For The Soul ]
[ It Can Help You Dig Yourself Out Of The Hole ]
[ You Might Find Yourself In ]
[ & Turn It Into A Situation That Is A Win-Win ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
(•)||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||●||•▪︎•▪︎••▪︎•▪︎•||●||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||(•)
(900)▪︎[ A What If … 10•26•2020 ]
[ When You Say ( WHAT IF ) Is That Always A Wish? ]
[ Are There Alot Of ( WHAT IF’s ] On Your List? ]
[ What If You Took 1 Step Towards Your Goal? ]
[ What If You Completed 1? ]
[ Wouldn’t That Warm Your Soul? ]
[ All It Takes Is Effort ]
[ What Would That Affect? ]
[ It Shouldn’t Upset Your Way Of Doing Things During
Your Day ]
[ Does It Cause Your Equilibrium To Sway? ]
[ Try To Get Things Under Control ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
(•)||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||●||•▪︎•▪︎••▪︎•▪︎•||●||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||(•)
(992)▪︎[ What? … 11•29•2020 ]
[ Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days When Nothing
Made Sense? ]
[ & When You Go Into The Backyard ]
[ You Notice That There Are Two Tents? ]
[ Then You Felt Like Such A Goof ]
[ When You Stumbled Off Of The Roof ]
[ & Broke Your Last Tooth? ]
[ What Do You Do Now With A Crooked Smile? ]
[ When All That You Wanted To Do ]
[ Was Swim In The Long River Of Denial ]
[ Swim, Swim Until You Reach The Dry Land ]
[ Was This Wish A Want? ]
[ Or A Demand? ]
[ Grass Clippings In The Dishwasher, Shampoo In The
Sink ]
[ How Your Journey Has Come To This Point ]
[ Has You Ice Skating On The Roller Rink ]
[ Where Do You Go From Here? ]
[ As You Cough Up Another Tear ]
[ Your Steak Does Not Taste Quite Right ]
[ When You Sneeze In Your Beer ]
[ When The Sun Rises In The West ]
[ Does It Help You Grow Hair On Your Chest? ]
[ Or Do You Go To The Grocery Store, Looking For Ice
Cream That Is Good, Better, Best? ]
[ When You Turn On The Light, Does That Help You Sleep? ]
[ Or Do You Stand In The Shallow End Of The Pool ]
[ & Only Splash Water When It’s Deep? ]
[ Life Is Really Confusing When You Open Your Ears ]
[ When You Fall Out Of Bed In The Afternoon ]
[ Do You See The Thunderous Cheers? ]
[ A Snake On The Floor, Beats A Bird In The Hand ]
[ Will Anyone Feel It ]
[ When You Give That Command? ]
[ Nothing Makes Sense As Long As Your Knee ]
[ Life Is Really Confusing, When Your Eyes Yell That
They Cannot Grow A Tree ]
[ Ice Cream, Ice Cream Is Always Cold On The Brain ]
[ Sometimes When You Eat It So Fast ]
[ It Feels Like You Are Swimming On A Train ]
[ Around & Around The Eyeballs Go ]
[ When Will The Stop Light Turn Yellow ]
[ You Will Never Know ]
[ Life Gets So Confusing When You Have To Say The
Alphabet Backwards, In Numerical Order ]
[ Anybody Up For Burger King ]
[ As You Run For The Border? ]
[ A Taco From Baskin Robbins Sure Sounds Good Right
Now ]
[ But Since You Don’t Have A Car To Walk With ]
[ You Really Won’t Know How ]
[ You Can Pick Up The Order That You Sent In Long
Before Yesterday ]
[ You’ve Been Meaning To Get It ]
[ Since The 10th Of May ]
[ Life Sure Does Get Confusing The Younger You Get ]
[ You Are Sure Glad That You Have Known You ]
[ Ever Since We Met ]
[ Make Sure You Don’t Break When You Only Mean To
Bend ]
[ So Now There Is No Need To Start Over ]
[ Once You’ve Started @ The End ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
||•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•||
(993)▪︎[ No Fair Weathered Friends … 11•29•2020 ]
[ I Am So So Tired Of Fair Weather People Taking Up
My Time ]
[ I’m Tired Of Their Names ]
[ Running Around In My Mind ]
[ Why Do I Pay Them Any Thought? ]
[ The Thought Of These People ]
[ Should Be Really Thankful For What They’ve Got ]
[ These People Should Ring That Magic Bell ]
[ When They Pull Up A Chair ]
[ To The Whiskey Bar In Hell ]
[ Fair Weather People Can Be All Types ]
[ Just Look Out For The Ones That Are All Hype ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
(•)||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||●||•▪︎•▪︎••▪︎•▪︎•||●||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||(•)
(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 ] [🤙]
(•)||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||●||•▪︎•▪︎••▪︎•▪︎•||●||▪︎•▪︎•▪︎||(•)
(967)▪︎[ It Is All A … ? … 11•19•2020 ]
[ Around Every Corner I Hit A Brick Wall ]
[ Sometimes I Don’t Even Have The Energy
To Take A Call ]
[ A Call From Whom Is The Big Mystery ]
[ It Will Be A Total Guess ]
[ If You Look @ My History ]
[ Everybody Says (I’ll NEVER LEAVE) But They Do ]
[ Now My Best Friend Might Be Leaving Too ]
[ I Know That I Should Have Expected It From
The Start ]
[ & Now We Will Be Apart ]
[ She Wants To Move Back, So She Should ]
[ With Nothing To Tie Her To Oregon, She Could ]
[ If I Wish She Wouldn’t ]
[ She Still Would ]
[ I Don’t Want Her Heart Break When She Has To Come
Back To This State ]
[ Maybe When She Moves Back To Texas ]
[ She Will Find Someone Great ]
[ Texas Has The Type Of Men That She Has Always
Been Looking For ]
[ Afterall, She Is A Texas Girl, Right Down To Her Core ]
[ My Heart Is Breaking & My Head Hurts ]
[ My Thoughts Feel Like They Are Being Dragged
Through The Dirt ]
[ I Talk, But Nobody Hears ]
[ Then I Squint My Eyes ]
[ As My Glare Throws Spears ]
[ Does Anyone EVER Hear Me? ]
[ Is The Sound Of My Voice ]
[ Like The Hum Of A Bumble Bee ]
[ A Sound That Annoys? ]
[ A Sound To Avoid? ]
[ It Sure Seems Like That! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
||•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•||
(005)▪︎[ The Yin & The Yang … 1•2•2022 ]
[ Learn. Fail. Learn. Fail. Learn More ]
[ Be More Flexible Than A Board ]
[ The (LEARN/FAIL) Combination Should Happen Throughout
Your Life ]
[ With The Exception Of Picking A Husband Or Wife ]
[ You Don’t Want To Have A Spinning Door When It Would Come
To Picking A Spouse ]
[ Then Having A Good Cat To Chase Down That Lone Mouse ]
[ All Through Life You Should Be Learning ]
[ The Desire Should Always Be Burning ]
[ You Have Never Met The Guy ]
[ That Is As Good As It Gets ]
[ On The First Try ]
[ But You Have To Make It Known ]
[ It Is Not Easy To Write A Poem ]
[ It Takes Quite A Long Time ]
[ To Write A Story That Will Rhyme ]
[ Even Having A Family There Are Times Of (LEARN/FAIL) ]
[ But It Might Be Too Late If Your Child Is Headed To Jail ]
[ But Jail/Prison Has Their Own Set Of Rules ]
[ Those People Never Used All Of Their Tools ]
[ They Should Have Learned While Growing Up ]
[ Some People Never Filled Up Their Learning Cup ]
[ Learning & Failing Is All About Growing ]
[ But You Should Never Think That You Are All-Knowing ]
[ They Say That To Be Tough Is To Fragile ]
[ To Be Tender Is To Be Truly Fierce ]
[ With Most Things In Life, Learning Is Gradual ]
[ Would That Be The Yin & The Yang Of The Universe? ]
[ Either Do Or Succumb To This Way ]
[ Or Things Could Get Alot Worse? ]
[ Fragile, Is The Opposite Of Tough ]
[ The Opposite Of Smooth, Is Rough ]
[ You Must Know (1), To Know The Other ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Go Through The Discipline Of The
Father ]
[ To Truly Appreciate The Comfort Given To You By The Mother ]
[ Fail/Learn, Fail/Learn ]
[ Sometimes The Whole Lesson Is A Serious Burn ]
[ Or Gives You Something To Yearn ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
||•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•▪︎•||
Lopaka's Poetic Stories Blog 