[ What Does It Feel Like To Be Born Under, A Dark Cloud? ]
[ Then Never Achieving A Single Thing Where You Can
Feel Proud? ]
[ It Is Like The Feeling Of Having The Bad Luck, Of 10
Cracked Mirrors ]
[ That Adds Up To A Total Of 70, Bad Luck Years ]
[ Everything That You Try To Do, Goes Belly Up ]
[ When You Want To Order A Bowl Of Soup ]
[ They Figure That You Only Deserve A Small Cup ]
[ What Is Up With All Of This Bad Luck? ]
[ When You Go To The Auto Dealership, To Buy A Nice Car ]
[ The Bank Only Finances You, For A Basic 2-Wheel Drive Truck ]
[ Around Every Corner, You Hit A Brick Wall ]
[ Whenever You Fall ]
[ Do You Have Anyone To Call? ]
[ You Know ]
[ That Would Be A ( NO ) ]
[ You Were Told @ A Very Young Age ]
[ That You Need To Control Your Temper & Rage ]
[ & That If You Want To Make A Friend ]
[ You Must, Be A Friend & Learn How To Bend ]
[ Let Your Friend Start First ]
[ Before You Do, Do Something To Help Quench Their Thirst ]
[ But You Try & Try Some More ]
[ Nobody Will Come & Knock On Your Door ]
[ Then By Chance ]
[ You Were Invited To A Party ]
[ Where You Watched This Stunning Young Lady Dance ]
[ Her Eyes Were Closed ]
[ & She Was Wearing Such Nice Clothes ]
[ She Was Moving Slowly To The Music’s Beat ]
[ But You Did Not Want To Stare ]
[ So You Walked Away To Get Something To Eat ]
[ The Music Changed & She Walked Up To The Table ]
[ You Wanted To Introduce Yourself ]
[ But You Felt That You Were Unable ]
[ She Started To Introduce Herself ]
[ You Were Hoping That She Was Talking To You, Not Some
One Else ]
[ You Smiled & Said ( HI ) ]
[ You Kept Telling Yourself To Just Be Yourself ]
[ Because You Have Never Been A Suavey Talking Guy ]
[ You Were Able To Keep Eye Contact While You Were
Talking ]
[ So You Were Having A Nice Conversation While You
Were Walking ]
[ Then You Both Walked Into The Kitchen ]
[ Then A Very Tall Good Looking Man Came Up To You
Both ]
[ & She Introduced You To Her Husband ]
[ ( THIS COULD ONLY HAPPEN TO YOU ) You Thought ]
[ Now You Have The Emotions Of A Robot ]
[ Here You Thought That You Had Found The One ]
[ Then You Found Out That She Was Only Having Some Fun ]
[ Maybe You Should Not Leave The House ]
[ In That Futile Seach For Your Spouse ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ 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.
(328)▪︎[ Body Armour … 4•1•2020 ]
[ During Every Day Of My Life, Deep Down Inside, I Wear This Body Of Armour ]
[ But Under That, Lies This Broken Man ]
[ I Decided I Could Either Wither By The Wayside ] [ Or ]
[ Straighten Up & Do The Best I Can ]
[ When I Say The Best ]
[ What Does That Really Mean? ]
[ It Means I’ll Challenge Myself With Every Test ]
[ The Hardest Ones I’ve Ever Seen ]
[ But What Is The Endgame? ]
[ What Is Different About This? ]
[ But What Is The Same? ]
[ Is It The Drive? ]
[ To Thrive? ]
[ All The While ]
[ Trying To Keep Myself Alive ]
[ Driving Towards What? ]
[ What Do I Want To Open Up? ]
[ To Let Go? ]
[ & What Do I Want To Keep Shut? ]
[ Is There A Goal To Be Reached? ]
[ Without The Pushing From Someone Needed To Be There
To Preach? ]
[ Is There The Push To Reach For The Gold? ]
[ By The Time That I Grow Old? ]
[ What Is Too Old To Keep Having Fun? ]
[ 101? ]
[ The Push & Drive To Keep That Light ]
[ Bright? ]
[ All Of My Remaining Life ]
[ Be It For One, Two Or 40 More Years ]
[ I Have To Conquer My Fears ]
[ Maybe Write A New Docket ]
[ & Place That In My Back Pocket ]
[ Go Out & Inspire ]
[ Those Around Me To Reach Higher & Higher ]
[ Until Their Toes Are Barely Touching The Ground ]
[ & Then Be There ]
[ When They Come Down ]
[ Do I See That I Feel Better After All Of These Trials &
Tribulations? ]
[ Have I Improved Any Relations? ]
[ Did I Even Want To? ]
[ How Many? ]
[ Just A Few ]
[ If Any ]
[ Where Will Life Take Me, If Not Here? ]
[ That Answer Is Not All That Clear ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(321)▪︎[ I Miss You Brother … 3•30•2020 ]
[ Oh Brother Brent, I Miss You So Much ]
[ I Wish You Were Here ]
[ So I Could Stick You With Our Bill For Lunch ]
[ I Always Love To Tease You About Your Choice Of A Pro Football Team ]
[ Winning More Games Than They Lost ]
[ Was Always Their Seasonal Dream ]
[ I Bet You Yearn For Teams From Their Winning Years ]
[ Now All They Do Is Cause You To Shed Lots Of Tears ]
[ If You Want To Compare Teams & Things ]
[ It Always Bothered You ]
[ That My Steelers Have So Many More Rings ]
[ I Always Tried To Bring You Over For A Winning Ride ]
[ But I Could Never Tear You Away From The Dark Side ]
[ I Was Always The Older, Taller, Skinnier, Better Looking One ]
[ & You Always Have Been The One That I Make Fun ]
[ Of ]
[ But I Only Do It Out Of Love ]
[ It Always Bothered You That I Was The Tallest ]
[ & I’m Sorry To Tell You Brother ]
[ You’ve Always Been … The Smallest ]
[ I Miss Our Phone Calls That Always Lasted More Than Hour ]
[ Making Me Laugh & Smile ]
[ Was Your Super Power ]
[ Well I Hope You Will Always Be Up There Watching Over Me ]
[ I Know That’s The Only Thing You Would Do For Free ]
[ Because Here, Free Was Always Your Favorite Price ]
[ When You Could ]
[ You Always Went Back Twice ]
[ But You Decided To Leave Before I Got There ]
[ I Wanted To Give You A Big Hug ]
[ & To Tell You How Much I Care ]
[ Your Picture Will Always Be On My Phone ]
[ & The Sound Of Your Voice Will Forever Be On My Mind ]
[ To Me You’ve Always Shown ]
[ That You Are One Of A Kind ]
[ Talking On The Phone With Your Daughter ]
[ Will Always Remind Me Of You ]
[ Her Father ]
[ Well I Better End This Note ]
[ You Know I’ll Always Laugh About How You Used To Vote ]
[ Trump For 2020? ]
[ No Thanks ]
[ We’ve Already Have Had Plenty ]
[ I Miss You More Than I Can Write ]
[ I’m Glad The Thought Of You ]
[ Was The Last One That I Have Tonight ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(341)▪︎[ Yes, But … 4•5•2020 ]
[ When Can You Tell When It’s Time To Let Go? ]
[ Is It That Little Voice In The Back Of Your Head ]
[ That Lets You Know? ]
[ Can It Be The Signs On The Wall ]
[ That Can Be Seen By All? ]
[ Except By You ]
[ Why Didn’t You See That Clue? ]
[ If You Can’t See, Sense, Or Feel Them ]
[ That Becomes A Problem ]
[ Often Times You Have No Idea What’s Going On ]
[ When During A Day Of Running Errands ]
[ They’ve Been Gone ]
[ For So Long ]
[ Do You Ever Feel Sick ]
[ & Feel A Panic ]
[ When You Know ]
[ It’s Not Because Of Traffic? ]
[ When Does That Little Voice ]
[ Stop Being Just Noise? ]
[ When You Start To Sense ]
[ That Things Are Not Adding Up ]
[ & That Makes You Tense ]
[ What Do You Do ]
[ When You Feel ]
[ That Once Again ]
[ They Are Not Just Only Loving You? ]
[ With All Of Those ( YES, BUT … ) ]
[ Tearing A Two Feet Wide Hole ]
[ In Your Gut ]
[ You Just Want To Shout ]
[ ( HOW IS THIS GOING TO PLAY OUT? ) ]
[ Because Now, You Are Having Doubts ]
[ About The Loyalty ]
[ & Their Take On Monogamy ]
[ How Do They Define That Task? ]
[ Are You Afraid To Ask? ]
[ Yes, But … ]
[ Yes But, What? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(331)▪︎[ Goodbye Song … 4•1•2020 ].
[ These Last Three Days Have Been Some Of The Hardest
Days I Have Ever Had ]
[ They Didn’t Even Start Out Good ]
[ They Just Went Straight To Bad ]
[ I’ve Never Felt Like I Was Stuck On An Island Like I Do Now ]
[ I’m Trying To Get Off ]
[ But I Don’t Know Which Way Or How ]
[ I’ve Never Felt So Alone Because Of What You Had Said ]
[ Now Your Unbelievable Words ]
[ Continue To Ping Pong Around In My Head ]
[ If It Weren’t For The Sound Of The Birds ]
[ I’d Think That I Was Dead ]
[ This Last Year Things Have Stabbed Me So Many Times In
The Heart ]
[ If I’d Ever Want To Rebuild ]
[ I Literally Would Not Know Where To Start ]
[ Do I Have To Admit ]
[ That We’ve Grown Too Far Apart ]
[ @ This Juncture In Our Marriage I Never Thought That We Would Need Skyrockets ]
[ Or Bottlerockets ]
[ To Keep Us Going ]
[ But When You Look In My Direction ]
[ You Are No Longer Glowing ]
[ I Used To Get A Sparkle In Your Eye ]
[ When Did That Die? ]
[ It’s Like You Don’t Even Want To Try ]
[ To Still Be In Love With This Guy ]
[ I Can No Longer Get You To Laugh Or Smile ]
[ I No Longer Know How To Turn Your Sexual Dial ]
[ You Really Summed It Up When You Said That I’ve Really
Aged These Last Couple Of Years ]
[ Deep Down Inside ]
[ That Caused Alot Of Tears ]
[ It Looks Like I’ll Literally Have To Face That One
Comment Head On ]
[ I Guess My Youthful Looks Are Long Gone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(351)▪︎[ The M.D. People … 4•8•2020 ]
[ There Are So Many Brave Doctors, Nurses, Hospital Personnel &
First Responders Out There Working To Help People To Stay Alive ]
[ What Is Their Drive ]
[ To Risk Their Health ]
[ So Strangers Can Survive? ]
[ It’s Like { HI, I’m DR. SO & SO } ]
[ { I’m HERE TO HELP PEOPLE THAT I DON’t EVEN KNOW } ]
[ Why Do They? ]
[ Some People Might Say ]
[ & Ask ]
[ Why Do They Risk There Own Life ]
[ Taking On Such A Dangerous Task? ]
[ They Grow Up Thinking Medicine Is Their Number One Calling ]
[ After School They Go Right Into Helping Others ]
[ Without Stalling ]
[ They Help Others Attain Good Health ]
[ Without Reaching For Great Wealth ]
[ Then, As In Life, There Are The Moans & Groans ]
[ Of Spending The Rest Of Their Lives ]
[ Paying Off The Insurmountable Pile Of Student Loans ]
[ & Then They Always Get To See ]
[ Those Two Most Important Letters After Their Name, M.D. ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(338)▪︎[ Good Times … 4•4•2020 ]
L[ Life Is Short, Make It Sweet ]
[ When Things Are Good ]
[ It Can’t Be Beat ]
[ So Let’s Put This In Drive ]
[ Instead Of Keeping It In Park ]
[ To See If This Is Worth Bringing It Into The Light ]
[ Out Of The Dark ]
[ What Needs To Be Done ]
[ To Make This All Work? ]
[ Let’s Make Life Fun ]
[ So Nobody Gets Hurt ]
[ I’ll See Things Your Way ]
[ If You Could Also Consider Mine ]
[ Let’s Make Every Day ]
[ Fulfilling & Kind ]
[ I Remember Sitting On Your Sofa Laughing & Talking
Into The Wee Hours ]
[ The Sun Would Come Up ]
[ & We Would Listen To The Rain & Watch The Showers ]
[ That Doesn’t Seem To End ]
[ We Know We Need To Get Up & Start The Day ]
[ But We Just Don’t Want To Know When ]
[ I Just Decide To Get Up To Leave ]
[ But You Catch Me @ The Door ]
[ Then Say ( DON’t GO, PLEASE ) ]
[ I Go Back To Sit On The Couch, Next To You ]
[ I Peer Into Your Eyes ]
[ & Look For A Clue ]
[ I Can’t Help But Say ( WOW! ) ]
[ & That Makes You Blush & Smile ]
[ Then You Ask ( OKAY, WHAT NOW? ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(046)▪︎[ Love Dance … 4•25•2020 ]
[ Is Love A Chance? ]
[ Is It A Crazy Dance? ]
[ Do You Lead With Your Heart? ]
[ Taking The Chance That It Could Be Taken Apart ]
[ Is That The Chance That We All Take ]
[ When That Is The Choice That Some Of Us Make ]
[ Sometimes It Seems That The Choice Is Not Ours ]
[ Some Days You Regret Your Decision Within Hours ]
[ & In Many Ways ]
[ For Many Days ]
[ Is It One Big Taunt? ]
[ That You Just Don’t Get One Thing That You Want ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(354)▪︎[ It Is ALL A Chance … 4•9•2020 ]
[ Is Love A Chance? ]
[ Is It A Crazy Dance? ]
[ Do You Lead With Your Heart? ]
[ Taking The Chance That It Could Be Taken Apart ]
[ Is That The Chance That We All Take ]
[ When That Is The Choice That Some Of Us Make ]
[ Sometimes It Seems That The Choice Is Not Ours ]
[ Some Days You Regret Your Decision Within Hours ]
[ & In Many Ways ]
[ For Many Days ]
[ Is It One Big Taunt? ]
[ That You Just Don’t Get One Thing That You Want ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1114)▪︎[ Are There Misunderstandings? … 12•14•2020 ]
[ Sometimes When We Need To Practice What We Preach ]
[ We Need To Learn What We Are Talking About, Before
We Attempt To Teach ]
[ Sometimes When I Show What I’ve Learned ]
[ You Should Give Me The Respect That I’ve Earned ]
[ For Me To Be Able To See The Other Side Of The Fence ]
[ & To Keep Me From Getting Tense ]
[ The Whole Idea That Is Put In Front Of Me, Must Make
Sense ]
[ As The Days Go By More & More ]
[ I Am Not Knowing If You Understand All Of My
Metaphors ]
[ During The Times That You May Be A Concrete Thinker ]
[ I Might Have On, My Creative Blinker ]
[ & You Will Be As Uncomfortable Taking On My Stress ]
[ As Much As I Would Look Bad Wearing Your Dress ]
[ We Each Have Our Own Cross To Bear ]
[ Just Like We Each Have Our Own Clothes To Wear ]
[ But Even As Much As We Try To Care ]
[ There Are So Many Stressers In Each Others Lives ]
[ That We Are Unaware ]
[ Of ]
[ That We Don’t Love ]
[ That Grip Us Like A Tight Glove ]
[ But What We Do Share ]
[ Is A Love For Each Other ]
[ That We Can’t Compare ]
[ Or That We Can’t & Don’t Find Anywhere ]
[ Else ]
[ Except From Within Ourselves ]
[ The Love & Understanding That We Do Not Give Any
Other Person In Our Life ]
[ Is The Love That We Have ]
[ & Have Gained ]
[ Because, For Almost 25 Years Now, We Have Been
Husband & Wife ]
[ @ That Very Second That I Said ( I DO! ) ]
[ I Knew ]
[ From That Point Forth ]
[ That The Only Thing That Mattered To Me For The Rest
Of My Life … Was You! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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