[ The Sounds Of The Ocean Really Make Me Calm ]
[ Splashing Up On A Beach Lined With Trees Of Palm ]
[ It Is Such A Soothing Sound ]
[ That Helps Keep My Feet ]
[ Firmly Planted On The Ground ]
[ & Nothing Beats ]
[ The Sound Of Nobody Around ]
[ Watching & Being On The Ocean ]
[ Are Two Way Different Things ]
[ Being On The Water, Feeling The Motion ]
[ Sickness Is What It Brings ]
[ I Can’t See The End Of The Ocean, But I Know
It Is Out There ]
[ Somewhere ]
[ On The Other Side Of The World ]
[ Do The Women Have Dark Straight Hair ]
[ Or Blonde Strands Of Curls ]
[ Nobody Really Knows What All Lives Way Down Deep In
The Water ]
[ On The Other Side Of The Ocean ]
[ Is The Sun Any Hotter? ]
[ I’ll Never Truly Know What’s On That Other Side ]
[ I Thought Someone Told Me Something Years Ago ]
[ But I Think They Lied ]
[ What They Said, Sounded To Be Too Unbelievably True ]
[ I Do Love It When I Hear That The Water Is A Dark Blue ]
[ The Sounds, The Smell & The Sand ]
[ When You See The Never Ending Water ]
[ You Know That This Was Made by God’s Hand ]
[ It’s So Peaceful On the Sand When You Go For A Long Long Walk ]
[ If Anyone Dares To Go With You ]
[ Politely TELL Them { PLEASE DON’t TALK! } ]
[ Clearing My Mind Is What The Sounds Of The Ocean Does ]
[ The Reason To Go Is So Simple ]
[ I Go … Just Because ]
~ 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.
(389)▪︎[ Regrets … 4•19•2020 ]
[ Whenever My Brother Brent Called, I’d Ask
( HEY BRENT ) ]
[ ( HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? ) ]
[ Ever Since He Passed ]
[ I Can Never Ask That Again ]
[ He Has Gone & Now Is Pain Free ]
[ For That I Smile With Glee ]
[ Now It’s Just Grief, For Me ]
[ No This Is Not A Pity Party I’m Throwing For Myself ]
[ I Leave Those ]
[ For Someone Else ]
[ I Have A Hole ]
[ In My Soul ]
[ Where When He Was Here ]
[ I Felt Whole ]
[ Once We Met I Felt That I Found My Twin ]
[ We Never Argued ]
[ Because Neither One Of Us Would Win ]
[ I Admired So Much About Him, Too ]
[ But Now I’m Blue ]
[ The Saying ( IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE SOMEONE FLOWERS
MAKE SURE THEY ARE AROUND TO RECEIVE THEM ) Is Spot On ]
[ Same Goes For Kind Words ]
[ Don’t Wait Until They Are Gone ]
[ Admitting That You Are Wrong ]
[ Does Not Mean You Are Not Strong ]
[ You Are Not A Disgrace ]
[ If You Apologize To Someone’s Face ]
[ Always Make Sure It’s The Right Time ]
[ & The Right Place ]
[ But When It Comes To My Brother, I Bet ]
[ It’s Going To Take Me Years ]
[ To Get ]
[ Over My Regrets ]
[ Just A Little Piece Of Advice ]
[ Don’t Think Twice ]
[ About Doing Or Saying Something Nice ]
[ To The One’s You Care About ]
[ Don’t Leave A Shred Of Doubt ]
[ & Give It Your All ]
[ When You Give Them A Call ]
[ Should I Have Been There … I Don’t Know ]
[ Who Is The One That Sits Down & Says So? ]
[ So, This Note I Will Send ]
[ To My Brother & Friend ]
[ ( I LOVED YOU TO THE VERY END ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(384)▪︎[ Death & Taxes … 4•17•2020 ]
[ Life Can Be So Fleeting ]
[ & For Those Left Behind ]
[ So Defeating ]
[ Death & Taxes Are The Only Sure Things In Life They
Say ]
[ & When Your Time Is Up ]
[ There Will Not Be Another Day ]
[ Tik-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ Goes The Life Expectancy Clock ]
[ Just Like A Heart Attack ]
[ There’s No Going Back ]
[ You Can’t Expand The Given 24 Hours ]
[ No One Can Do That ]
[ No One Has Any Of Those Powers ]
[ You Can’t Avoid Taxes Or Death ]
[ You Can Hasten The Journey ]
[ By Shooting & Smoking Meth ]
[ There’s No Way In Hell That Will Happen To Me ]
[ I’m Just Trying To Be Who I Think I Should Be ]
[ But Who Or What Is That? ]
[ I Just Want To Take A Good Swing ]
[ When It’s My Turn Up To Bat ]
[ See The Ball, Take A Step Toward Your Goal & Swing ]
[ & Give It All That You Can Bring ]
[ Just Try, Try, Try ]
[ & Don’t Settle On Just Getting By ]
[ But If You Get The Feeling That You Are Going To The Ground ]
[ Don’t Reach Out ]
[ To Pull Others Down ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(465)▪︎[ Words Can Hurt … 6•2•2021 ]
[ Anger Seems To Be A Constant Part In My Life ]
[ Be It @ Me ]
[ Or From Me ]
[ Affecting My Son Or My Wife ]
[ Names Can Be Called Or Felt ]
[ It Can Feel Like ]
[ The Tightening Of A Belt ]
[ & If You Check ]
[ It Would Be Around My Neck ]
[ Either Way, It Hurts ]
[ Easy To Feel & Give ]
[ As If It Is Pulling @ My Shirt ]
[ Anger Can Tear Couples & Families Apart ]
[ Some Angry Comments ]
[ Are Meant To Pierce My Heart ]
[ Or Are They Meant? ]
[ To Stay In The Head ]
[ Instead? ]
[ Either Reason Or Way ]
[ Piercing Words ]
[ Find A Way To Stay ]
[ & Be Heard ]
[ Ping Ponging Back & Forth ]
[ Heading South ]
[ Then Heading North ]
[ Which Direction Does It Hurt The Most ]
[ Hardening The Heart, Like A Piece Of Burnt Toast ]
[ Not Just Crunchy Around The Edges ]
[ But It Won’t Leave Me Teetering On Any Ledges ]
[ When Can I Look Around? ]
[ To Find Solid Ground? ]
[ Instead Of Living On My Seat ]
[ I Want To Finish Life Standing On My Own Two Feet ]
[ Is That Dream On ]
[ The Nearest Horizon ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(467)▪︎[ In The Distant … 5•9•2020 ]
[ One Time In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ Outside It Was So Dark ]
[ I Didn’t Have My Sight ]
[ I Heard A Voice That Was So Persistent ]
[ It Kept Calling Out My Name ]
[ But It Seemed To Be So Far In The Distant ]
[ I Stretched My Arms Out In Front Of Me To Feel ]
[ This Darkness ]
[ Was So Unreal ]
[ As I Walk Towards The Voice ]
[ I Feel Like I Have No Choice ]
[ But Once I Start To Follow The Sound ]
[ It’s Getting Loud ]
[ Almost Like A Crowd ]
[ But There’s No One Around ]
[ Then As I’m Walking ]
[ I Hear The Voice Talking ]
[ Who Could It Be? ]
[ Were They Talking To Me? ]
[ Then The Ground Felt Like Mush ]
[ & There Was A Hush ]
[ I Couldn’t Hear The Voice Anymore ]
[ So What Did I Walk Out Here For? ]
[ As I Walk, The Sky Turns Blue ]
[ Where Am I? ]
[ I Have No Clue ]
[ The Scenery Really Looks Peculiar ]
[ Nothing Looks @ All Familiar ]
[ Where Am I? ]
[ Did I Die? ]
[ I Don’t Actually Know ]
[ So … ]
[ Do I Look Up … Or Down? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(465)▪︎[ Should Have Just Stayed Home … 5•9•2020 ]
[ What To Do, What To Do, When I’m Bored? ]
[ Maybe I’ll Find Something That Has Been Ignored ]
[ What Will I Do Once This Has Been Found? ]
[ Maybe I Grab It ]
[ & Roll Around ]
[ On The Ground ]
[ [ Does This Make Me Feel Happy? ]
[ Or Grumpy ]
[ & Snappy? ]
[ Will I Succumb ]
[ To Boredom? ]
[ Why? ]
[ How Come? ]
[ So Then I Throw That Into The Garbage ]
[ & Try Again ]
[ By Going To The Garage ]
[ Is It Here, Or Over There? ]
[ Then I Find It Where? ]
[ Well, Now I Don’t Care ]
[ How Do I Get Myself To Care More? ]
[ Do I Let It Fall To The Floor? ]
[ Maybe I’ll Throw It Away When I Walk Out The Door ]
[ On My Way To The Store ]
[ Once I Get There, What Do I Buy? ]
[ Oh My, My, My ]
[ What Do My Eyes Spy? ]
[ Right There In The Freezer ]
[ Is An Eskimo Pie ]
[ Or Maybe I Traveled This Far ]
[ For An Ice Cream Bar ]
[ It Is Driving Me Up The Wall ]
[ Because I Really Don’t Want ]
[ Any Ice Cream @ All ]
[ Did I Come Here ]
[ For An Ice Cold ]
[ Imported Beer? ]
[ Naw, Let’s Just Go Home ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(464)▪︎[ Gracias, Maria … 5•8•2020 ]
[ When Your Name Comes Into My Mind ]
[ I Always Smile ]
[ Because Each & Every Day You Have Been So Kind ]
[ Please Remind Me How I Got So Lucky To Have You
As My Best Friend? ]
[ When I Wished That I Could Find Someone To Be Special For
Me ]
[ I Never Knew That It Would Be Someone Like You That God Would
Send ]
[ I’ve Always Thought I Was Born Under A Dark Cloud ]
[ I Never Thought That I Would Find A Friend ]
[ Out Of The Crowd ]
[ You Are The Only Thing That Your Agency Got Right ]
[ You Give & Show Me Love ]
[ Every Single Night ]
[ That You’ve Been Here ]
[ Do I Make That Perfectly Clear? ]
[ You Are A Stubborn & No Nonsense Woman Through & Through ]
[ When You Tell Me To Do Do Something ]
[ That’s What I Do ]
[ Because, Well … ]
[ It’s Because You Are You ]
[ You Got It Backwards Today ]
[ I’m Not Stuck With You! ]
[ It’s The Opposite Way ]
[ We Will Remain In Each Others Lives For As Long As We Try ]
[ & I’m Not Even Close ]
[ To Wanting To Say Goodbye! ]
[ Because The Only Word I Chose ]
[ Was ( HI ) ]
[ Effort Is The Key ]
[ I’m Not Ready For You To Walk Away From Me ]
[ So I Will Text & Text ]
[ To Ask You ]
[ ( SO, WHAT IS NEXT? ) ]
[ Is It A Reach ]
[ To Still Take A Drive To The Beach? ]
[ I Want To Sit Where Your Dad Sat ]
[ I Want You To Also Remember Me ]
[ When That’s Where You’re @ ]
[ Years & Years Down The Road ]
[ If I May Be So Bold ]
[ That We Will Still Be Close ]
[ But, Nobody Really Knows ]
[ The Main Reason Why I Worry ]
[ Is Because Many Times I’ve Been Told This Story ]
[ But You Are Definitely Different From All Of The Others Previously ]
[ You Take Our Friendship Seriously ]
[ & You Have Never Made Me Feel Used ]
[ & Abused ]
[ You Have NEVER Asked For A Single Thing ]
[ Alot Of Times ]
[ It Was Lunch That You Would Bring ]
[ Thank You For Earning My Trust ]
[ To Be In My House ]
[ That Is A Must ]
[ I Never Had To Have My Guard Up ]
[ Never Had To Keep Things Shut ]
[ You Showed Me & My House Respect ]
[ But That Was Also What You Came To Expect ]
[ You Never Brought A Purse Or A Big Bag To Leave On The Floor ]
[ I Never Had Any Questions ]
[ When You Walked Out The Door ]
[ Thank You For Always Being There ]
[ Thank You Maria ]
[ For Showing Me You Care ]
[ I Hope I Show It Back! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(178)▪︎[ Desperation … 2•27•2021 ]
[ Right Now, It Seems That Desperation Fills The
Air ]
[ & I Am Finding It Hard To Care ]
[ I Don’t Want To Succumb To This Virus ]
[ & Lay Down In Front Of A Speeding Bus ]
[ This Virus Has Complete Control ]
[ & It Has Me Trying To Claw Myself Out Of This Hole ]
[ Will Someone Throw Me A Rope? ]
[ Will Anyone Put Their Arm Around Me & Help Me Cope? ]
[ Giving Me Empathy ]
[ Not Pity ]
[ Or Sympathy ]
[ I Need A Phone Call From My Best Friend ]
[ So I Am Not Alone Towards The End ]
[ The End Of The Day, Week Or My Life? ]
[ Will My Eyes Stay Open While I Am Watching The Fading
Light? ]
[ Will My Wife ]
[ Help Me Fight? ]
[ Sometimes I Feel That She Is Oblivious To What I Am
Going Through ]
[ Because She Has A Handful Of Her Own Problems
Too ]
[ So She Might Have Blinders On, That May Narrow Her
Sight ]
[ She Has No Ability To See From Side To Side ]
[ So I Am Back To Being Alone ]
[ Eating Alone ]
[ Sleeping Alone ]
[ Drinking Alone ]
[ & … Dieing Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(163)▪︎[ Question Your Intuition … 2•23•2021 ]
[ Some People Have Shown That They Will Stick With You When
Things Are Bad ]
[ Some People Try To Cheer You Up Whenever You Are Sad ]
[ Those People Are The Ones That You Should Always
Consider Your Friends ]
[ Through All Of The Good Or Bad ]
[ They Never Say ( IT JUST DEPENDS ) ]
[ Depends On What? ]
[ On The Feeling That They Have In Their Gut? ]
[ Their Gut Should Say To Help & Stand By Me ]
[ Not ( WELL, LET’s WAIT & SEE ) ]
[ See What Kind Of Trouble I’m In? ]
[ Or See If This Could Turn Out To Be A ( WIN-WIN )? ]
[ Since When Did This Type Of Thinking Start? ]
[ When Did You Start Playing This Part? ]
[ The Part Of ( THE HESITATING GUY OR GIRL ) ]
[ Or Is This Just Something That You Are Giving A Whirl? ]
[ Why Do Some Stay? ]
[ While Others Run Away? ]
[ Maybe It Is What They Have Inside ]
[ Maybe They Tell Others They Courageous & Loyal ]
[ But Then You Find They Lied ]
[ Lies That Can Hurt & Scar ]
[ When Others Figure Out Who They Really Are ]
[ Then There Is A Major Disappointment & Let Down ]
[ So You Question Your Decision ]
[ To Ever Keep Them Around ]
[ All You Have To Say Is ( NO MORE ) ]
[ Then Show Them The Door! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(158)▪︎[ Never The First … 2•21•2021 ]
[ A ][° 158 °][ NEVER THE FIRST … 2•21•2021 ]
[ Why Don’t The Good Guys Ever Win? ]
[ & The Bad Guy Can Always Walk Away From Their Sins? ]
[ It Is Never Fair ]
[ That The Good Guy Is Always Left Standing Back There ]
[ Left @ The Starting Line Holding The Bag ]
[ They Are Always The Last One That Is Picked When Playing
The Game Of Tag ]
[ Why Does The Good Guy Always Finish Last ]
[ Even Though They Don’t Have Any Negativity In Their Past ]
[ First Place Is Not In The All-Cosmic Universal Plans ]
[ Because The Good Guy Is Damned ]
[ Never Having The Slightest Chance ]
[ To Do The Champions Dance ]
[ The Guy Will Never See ]
[ A Picture Of Himself Proudly ]
[ Holding That 1st Place Trophy ]
[ But Everytime The Evil Person Prevails ]
[ While The Good Guys Try, But Always Fails ]
[ Given An ( A ) For His Effort ]
[ To Show On The Report ]
[ The Evil Person Is Like A Tornado Running Through A
Trailor Park ]
[ Breaking Out All Of The Lights ]
[ Turning The Sky Dark ]
[ But Then It’s Gone ]
[ Moving On ]
[ The Evil Person Does Seem To Have The Ability ]
[ To Take Any Personal Responsibility ]
[ No Moral Compass There ]
[ No Signs Of Care ]
[ Anywhere ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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