[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]
[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The Mistakes
You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]
[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]
[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Be Really Nice ]
[ Sometimes Your Mistakes Make Their Way Into Your Dreams ]
[ You Would Have No Control Of That, It Seems ]
[ Everyday You Drive Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In Your Life ]
[ You Have Questioned Your Roles ]
[ Of What You Are Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]
[ Do You Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ You Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ Never Seek To Shift The Spotlight On You ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO HOO ) ]
[ You Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
Corner & Pout ]
[ You Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then You Can Fall Asleep With No More Nagging Doubts ]
~ 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.
(961)▪︎[ Fade Or Trade … 11•13•2021 ]
[ Some Say (MEMORIES NEVER DIE) ]
[ While Others Say (YES, BUT THEY DO FADE) ]
[ Is One Of Those Sayings A Lie? ]
[ You Guess Both Of Them Could Be True ]
[ Depends If You Always Think The Sky Is Blue ]
[ That Person Must Be An Optimist ]
[ @ Least Thinking Positive Would Be On Their List ]
[ Would Those People Be Superstitious On Certain Things? ]
[ Are They Worried About What A Black Cat Brings? ]
[ As They Grow Older ]
[ Do They Throw More Salt Over Their Shoulder? ]
[ You Never Could Understand That ]
[ Why Do People Throw Salt Towards Their Back ]
[ Would They Ever Walk Under A Ladder? ]
[ Right Now ]
[ Or Even Later ]
[ There Are Some Memories In Your Head That You Would
Rather Forget ]
[ There Are Alot Of People That You Wished That You
Never Met ]
[ People Go In & Out Of Your Life In Some Way ]
[ @ Least 9 Out Of Every 10 Do Not Stay ]
[ Like (2) Ships Passing Each Other In The Night ]
[ Not Even Worthy Enough To Shine A Light ]
[ There Are Alot Of People That Would Wish That These Last
(2) Years Never Happened ]
[ A Bad Event Would Happen & Then … ]
[ Another Thing Will Be Right Behind It ]
[ When The Shit Hits The Fan ]
[ You Get Back Every Little Bit ]
[ Hopefully There Will Be Alot Of Good Memories Made ]
[ & All Of The Others You Could Give Back Or Trade ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(960)▪︎[ Who Is Safe? … 11•13•2021 ]
[ You Often Wonder What It Feels Like To Live A Safe, Comfortable
Life? ]
[ Not Having To Worry About A Crazed Stranger ]
[ Wielding A Gun Or Knife ]
[ Breaking Into Your Place ]
[ Waving A Weapon In Front Of Your Face ]
[ It Could Be A Family Member Or A Group Of Thugs ]
[ Looking For Jewelry, Electronics Or Drugs ]
[ Or Ready To Turn Your House & All Of Your Belongings
Into Ash ]
[ Because Someone Paid Someone To Do It With Cash ]
[ When Money Talks ]
[ Morality Takes A Walk ]
[ There Is A Whole Lot Of People That Would Do Almost
Anything For The Right Number Of $100 Bills ]
[ Or The Really Evil Ones That Will Do It For Thrills ]
[ Thrill Killings Is A Real Thing ]
[ In Some People’s Minds ]
[ Money Is King ]
[ It Rules Everything In Their Mind ]
[ Because They Are The Sociopathic Kind ]
[ In Some Parts Of The Country They Do Not Ever Use Their
Door Locks ]
[ They Have Never Worried About Who Is Standing Outside
When They Hear Door Knocks ]
[ Nobody Is A Stranger & Everybody Is A Friend ]
[ Nobody Is Afraid Of Living Where The Road Ends ]
[ They Stop & Talk ]
[ As They See You On The Sidewalk ]
[ Or ]
[ In A Restaurant Or The Corner Store ]
[ There, They Know Everybody’s Name ]
[ If A Crime Was Committed ]
[ There Would Be Someone Quick To Blame ]
[ People Are Just Plain Friendlier In Some Parts Of The Country
Than Others ]
[ There Are Sections Of This Country Where Children Actually
Do Respect Their Mothers ]
[ Where Are Those Sections In This Angry ]
[ Country ]
[ It Is A Huge Disgrace ]
[ How This Country Deals With Race ]
[ Whenever Someone Asks You About What Race You Are You
Smile & Politely Answer (SLOW) ]
[ (DOESN’t IT SHOW?) ]
[ You Are More Round Than Rectangular ]
[ Your Face Is More Square Than Angular ]
[ Maybe There Are People In This Country That Has Not Made
An Enemy Or Two ]
[ What Would You Say If Someone Was To Ask You? ]
[ You Don’t Dislike Anybody Enough To Go & Commit A
Heinous Crime ]
[ It Is Against Your Beliefs ]
[ & You Would Never Ever Want To Do Prison Time ]
[ You Hope That Others Think That Way When A Finger Is
Pointed In Your Direction ]
[ Because Who Wants To Live The Rest Of Their Lives Living
In Adult Corrections? ]
[ You Have No Money To Steal ]
[ Or A Really Nice Car ]
[ With Expensive Wheels ]
[ Nothing Of Worth ]
[ To Give Up Their Freedom ]
[ For Their Last Days On This Earth ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(308)▪︎[ Check Please! … 4•13•2021 ]
[ Could Someone Please Point Me In The Right Direction For A
Pain Free Hour ]
[ If I Would Have Gone Out On A Limb & Wished For A Full Day
Everything Would Have Turned Sour ]
[ I Feel Like I Have Zero Control Over How Much I Hurt ]
[ I Can Choose The Pair Of Shorts That I Want To Wear ]
[ & I Can Even Choose My Shirt ]
[ My Pain Does Not Play Peek-A-Boo & Sometimes Hide ]
[ No, This Back Pain Is There For The Long, Drawn Out
Ride ]
[ Pain Is Not In A Race Where There Is A Finish Line ]
[ Nobody Is Keeping Track Of The Time ]
[ Just When I Feel Like The Pain Is Gone ]
[ Somehow, The Pain Gets Turned Back On ]
[ There Is No Rhyme Or Reason For The Sharp Pains ]
[ It Is As Easy As Coming Up With A Formula To Be Able To
Predict The Oregon Rains ]
[ Being In Constant Pain Is Not One Of My Dreams ]
[ Being In Constant Pain Is Not Very Pleasant It Seems ]
[ Being In Constant Pain Has Me Coming Apart @ The Seams ]
[ When Someone Says That Constant Pain Can Be A Pain In The
Neck ]
[ Hmmm, Let Me Check ]
[ I Know What Others Lack ]
[ That Is An Aggravating Sharp Pain Radiating Up & Down Their
Back ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(302)▪︎[ The Bright Star … 4•11•2021 ]
[ Fly High My Little Bright Star ]
[ Go To A Destination That Cannot Be Reached
By A Car ]
[ Leaving All Of The Negativity Behind You ]
[ Hide Somewhere In Plain Sight, Too ]
[ You Always Took Your Problems Head On ]
[ But Things Got Harder ]
[ When All Of Your Support Was Gone ]
[ The Reasons & Answers Became Unsolvable ]
[ The Reasons Were Avoidable ]
[ The Environment Intolerable ]
[ Things Did Not Need To Happen Like They Did ]
[ Never Thinking About The Kid ]
[ But That Was Why Things Happened ]
[ The Start Was Predictable ]
[ Nobody Saw This Kind Of End ]
[ Murphy’s Law Can Work Against You As Fast As
A Finger Snap ]
[ & Mother Nature Has Her Own Distinctive Slap ]
[ Across The Face Or Ass ]
[ It Does Not Matter If You Are Not Wearing Pants ]
[ Or A Mask ]
[ She Will Hurt ]
[ You Under Your Shirt ]
[ & If A Woman Is Not Careful ]
[ The Wind Will Blow Up Their Skirt ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(303)▪︎[ Authenticity … 4•12•2021 ]
[ Sometimes It Is So Hard To Be Authentic Day
In & Day Out ]
[ No Matter How Well You Present Yourself ]
[ There Are Always A Few That Try To Give You Doubt ]
[ It Feels So Free & Liberating ]
[ Not Needing Any Outside Validating ]
[ Searching For Outside Validation ]
[ Can Lead To So Many Days Full Of Frustration ]
[ Searching & Waiting ]
[ Searching Becomes Days & Days That Are So Frustrating ]
[ What Would Bring Some Quick Relief ]
[ If Somoneone Can Bring Some Brief ]
[ Belief ]
[ It Is Hard To Fight Against The Majority ]
[ Authentic People Are The Minority ]
[ It Has Been Like That Since The Beginning Of Time ]
[ I Feel That I Have Been Authentic Through This Whole Rhyme ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(953)▪︎[ The Silence … 11•10•2021 ]
[ After You Spilled Out How You Were Feeling ]
[ You Were Talking About How You Were Dealing ]
[ With Your Life ]
[ With Your Kids ]
[ & With Your Wife ]
[ What Almost Started A Second Of Violence ]
[ Was After You Really Talked To Your Friend From The Heart ]
[ Her Response ]
[ Her Reply ]
[ All That Was Said … Was Silence ]
[ Not A Single Word ]
[ Was Uttered ]
[ Or Heard ]
[ With You Thinking That She Had Been Your Best Friend Not
Just For Years, But For Decades ]
[ When You Were A Much Younger Age ]
[ She Pushed You Through Some Of Your Hardest Years ]
[ You Have Held Her Up ]
[ When You Helped Her Face Her Fears ]
[ You Have Been Through Thick & Thin ]
[ When Things Were Not The Fashion ]
[ But Letting Her Know What (WAS IN) ]
[ When She Answered You With Silence, You Were Floored ]
[ You Wanted To Run To The Door ]
[ Except You Were In Your Own Home ]
[ Why She Did That, Will Never Be Known ]
[ You Could Not Bring Yourself To Open Your Mouth, To
Talk ]
[ You Had Nothing, After You Balked ]
[ The Silence Was Deafening ]
[ The Silence Was Threatening ]
[ What To Do? ]
[ What To Do? ]
[ Right Now, You Don’t Know What To Do ]
[ So You Left ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(311)▪︎[ Sorry … 4•14•2021 ]
[ It Has Never Been My Wish ]
[ To Ever Cause You Great Anguish ]
[ I Will Always Say ]
[ That My Intentions Are Always In The Opposite Way ]
[ I Never Wanted My Actions ]
[ To Become A Big Distraction ]
[ I Have Always Wanted To Be A Positive Force ]
[ Someone Who Always Tries To Make Your Life Happier ]
[ But All I Did Was Become A Negative Source ]
[ Of Energy ]
[ So That Is Why I See ]
[ The Need ]
[ To Ask You To Forgive Me ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(309)▪︎[ What Is The Time? … 4•14•2021 ]
[ I Just Wanted To Know What Time It Was ]
[ I Didn’t Need To Know How The Clock Was Made ]
[ & Also Because ]
[ I Didn’t Need To Know How Much You Paid ]
[ Paid For The Clock Of Course ]
[ If Another Person Chose To Tell Me ]
[ I Would Have To Consider The Source ]
[ Why ]
[ Would I Take The Word, Of An Ordinary Guy? ]
[ Some Guys ]
[ Look You In Your Eyes ]
[ While They Are Telling You A Number Of Lies ]
[ Telling Lies Are What Some People Do ]
[ The Rationalization For Them ]
[ Is They Think That Most Everybody Else, Does Too ]
[ That Is The Furthest From The Truth, As Others Would
Say ]
[ Some People Are Exposed As Liars ]
[ Much To Their Families Dismay ]
[ Telling Lies Is Their Normal Way Of Life ]
[ Some Do Not See The Wrong In Things ]
[ & They Don’t Care About What Is Right ]
[ & That Is Where Everything Goes All Wrong ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(316)▪︎[ What A Ride … 4•15•2021 ]
[ Hey, Where Did You Go? ]
[ Around The Corner? ]
[ Up The Street? ]
[ Is There A Way That You Could Let Me Know? ]
[ It Seems That You Cannot See The Wounds That I Have Under My
Scars ]
[ Some Feel So Long & Deep ]
[ You Could Park (2) Cars ]
[ The Wounds That Are Inflicted By You Because Of The Words
That You Have Said ]
[ In The Past ]
[ Really Stuck In My Head ]
[ If They Had Been Written ]
[ I Would Have Been Twice Bitten ]
[ Where Do You See This Going, When Things Are Not Going So
Well? ]
[ I Think That I Can Figure Out The Smell ]
[ That Hangs In The Air Sometimes ]
[ Those Are The Many Days When You Dragged Our Relationship
Through Hell ]
[ I Can Be Optimistic When I Look @ That Half Filled Cup ]
[ The Only Direction Our Relationship Can Go ]
[ & That Is Up ⬆️ ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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