[ Is America Going To Hell In A Handbasket? ]
[ Rapidly Sending Most Of Us To Stay In A Casket? ]
[ I Did Not Say ( TO LIVE IN ONE ) ]
[ Because That Is Not How Things Are Done ]
[ When Alive, We Must Have Air ]
[ When We Are Dead, Few Really Care ]
[ That Is How We Are, Now As A Society ]
[ Nobody Really See’s ]
[ You Or Me ]
[ We Are Seen As Strangers With A Mask Covering Our
Faces ]
[ We Are Never Recognized By Who Goes To What Places ]
[ We Are Seen, Then Forgotten ]
[ We No Longer Recall Where We Have Been ]
[ With Who & When? ]
[ We Have No Identities & No Names ]
[ If We Get Sick, We Look For Someone To Blame ]
[ But Isn’t It Crystal Clear ]
[ That We Should Lay Blame On The Face We See In The
Mirror? ]
[ As A Whole, People Do Not Like The Finger Pointed
@ Their Own Chest ]
[ They Believe That Blaming Someone Else ]
[ Is Always What Is Best ]
[ Personal Responsibility Is So Tough For Most To
Swallow ]
[ Nobody Wants To Lead ]
[ & Most Just Want To Follow ]
[ Follow The Leader Down The Path ]
[ Towards The Cliff ]
[ Forgetting About The Past ]
[ That Made Our Thinking Rigid & Stiff ]
[ @ The End Of The Day What Has Been Accomplished? ]
[ Was Their Anything Crossed Off Of Your Wish ]
[ List? ]
[ Or Did You Just Stay Like A Blind Sheep? ]
[ Walking Through Life ]
[ In A Continuous Sleep? ]
[ Young & Naive Like A Little Lamb ]
[ Not Being Polite Enough ]
[ To Say ( NO SIR ) Or ( YES MA’AM ) ]
[ Not Making The Best Of Your Time On This Earth ]
[ Starting To Die Since Birth ]
[ Never Getting Your Money’s Worth ]
[ Oh Well ]
[ This Whole World Is Going To Hell ]
~ 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.
(151)▪︎[ Not Always … 2•19•2021 ]
[ When Someone Sets Out To Write A Speech ]
[ Are They Out To Teach? ]
[ Or Preach? ]
[ Some Do Neither ]
[ Some Could Use The Help From A Good Teacher ]
[ Were The Words All Wrong? ]
[ Or Was The Message Not Very Strong? ]
[ Some Messages Meaning Is Hidden From Plain
Sight ]
[ Some Cause A Fight ]
[ Because Those That Are Completely Wrong Think
That They Are In The Right ]
[ Some Do Not Have A Message @ All ]
[ But Who Actually Makes That Call? ]
[ The Writer? ]
[ Or The Reader? ]
[ The One With The Yellow Highlighter? ]
[ Or The Cheater? ]
[ The Cheater Is Always The One That Doesn’t Like
To Get Caught ]
[ They Hate Being Put On The Spot ]
[ When Speeches Are Made Do They Also Need
To Be Heard? ]
[ Must You Hang On Every Word? ]
[ No ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(020)▪︎[ Just Don’t … 1•7•2021 ]
[ Don’t Back Down ]
[ Don’t Make A Sound ]
[ When You look Around ]
[ Be Thankful For What You Have Found ]
[ Treasure The People Who Have Decided To Stay ]
[ Wave Goodbye To Those Who Chose To Walk Away ]
[ You Should Never Spend One More Minute Of Your Time ]
[ Or Spend One More Dime ]
[ On Those Fair Weather Friends ]
[ Because When A Storm Starts ]
[ Their Care & Concern Ends ]
[ They Always Want & They Just Take ]
[ They Would They Would Even Eat The Last Two Blueberry
Muffins That I Baked ]
[ Oftentimes What They Give, Is Always Attached By Invisible
Strings ]
[ You Just Want To Cut Those Things ]
[ & Then, Give Those Thoughts Wings ]
[ & Without Worry ]
[ This Is The End Of This Very Short Story ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(007)▪︎[ Who Is Talking? … 1•3•2021 ]
[ Today It Seems Like Everyone Is Talking ]
[ But Does Anyone Know What They Are Talking
About? ]
[ Is Everyone Just Walking ]
[ With A Head Full Of Doubt? ]
[ When You Are Paying ]
[ Are You Sure The Person That You Picked ]
[ Knows What They Are Saying? ]
[ There Is So Much ( HE SAID, SHE SAID ) ]
[ Running Around In People’s Heads ]
[ How Do You Know Who Is Right? ]
[ Is It From What You Have Heard? ]
[ Or Because You Like What They Write? ]
[ Sometimes Personal Experience Is The Best Thing ]
[ Because Sometimes Personal Experiences Can Go Wrong
& Sting ]
[ But Those Are The Best Things You Can Bring ]
[ To The Table Of Life ]
[ Everything Might Be Dark ]
[ & You Are The Only Person Who Brought The Light ]
[ Years Of Experience Trumps Youth & Enthusiasm Every Day ]
[ & In Every Way ]
[ So Then Maybe Others With Look @ You For Corrections ]
[ Then When You Get Mail ]
[ You Follow & Then Listen For Your Directions ]
[ Then Others Would Soon Catch A Clue ]
[ & See The Obvious Social Cues ]
[ That Everyone Should Be Paying & Listening To You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(462)▪︎[ The Center … 5•7•2020 ]
[ You Are The Center Red Rose In My Bouquet ]
[ I’ve Been In Love With You Ever Since That One Day ]
[ I Woke Up That Morning Well Rested ]
[ I Didn’t Realize How I Was About To Be Tested ]
[ In My Defense ]
[ I Was Walking The Fence ]
[ There I Was Getting To Know You As A Friend ]
[ But When I Woke Up ]
[ I Wondered { WAS ALL OF THIS PRETEND? } ]
[ It Began When You Became The Only One I Could
Think Of ]
[ My Question Was { AM I IN LOVE? } ]
[ You Were My Friend & From Past Experience I Knew That
Never Worked Out ]
[ You Were My Friend, So This Is Something That I Needed To Really
Think About ]
[ Was This Just Happenstance ]
[ When There Must Be @ Least 50 Apartment Complexes
In Salem ]
[ & You Picked The One I Lived In, By Chance ]
[ Then We Walked ]
[ & We Talked ]
[ I Asked { ARE WE READING FROM THE SAME BOOK? } ]
[ { WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE THIS A LOOK? } ]
[ When You Said { SURE } ]
[ I Knew You Were Her ]
[ Ever Since That Night ]
[ You Have Been My Guiding Light ]
[ When You Said You Were In ]
[ I Chalked Up The Win ]
[ So Now After A Tad Bit More Than 8,950 Days & Nights ]
[ We Have Survived Some Dark Days ]
[ & Celebrated 100’s Of Times Under Some Very Bright Lights ]
[ Through The Darkest Of Times ]
[ You Were Always My Guilding Light ]
[ That’s How I’m Able To Write All Of These Rhymes ]
[ That One Day When I Asked You To Be My Wife ]
[ I Was Also Asking You, If I Could Be Your Husband ]
[ For The Rest Of Your Life ]
[ When It Comes To Marriage There Are Only A Few ]
[ Who Last Past Year 22 ]
[ But Here We Are Going On Year 25 ]
[ & Our Marriage Is Still Very Much Alive ]
[ We Take It Day By Day, Year By Year ]
[ We Walk Hand In Hand ]
[ When We Stare Down A Fear ]
[ We Have Lots Of Fun ]
[ Because We Both Signed Up ]
[ For The Long Run ]
[ That Is Just What We Do ]
[ There Is No Us ]
[ Without You, Too ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(455)▪︎[ Sleep Is Way Overrated … 5•5•2020 ]
[ In The Morning Light ]
[ I Get Up ]
[ & Shake Off Another Sleepless Night ]
[ Now, How Many Is That In A Row? ]
[ 3 Or 4? ]
[ I Just Don’t Remember Or Know ]
[ It Seems That When I Look Down @ The Floor ]
[ Everything Is Moving So Slow ]
[ @ Night, It’s The Clock ]
[ It Seems Like Every 45 Minutes ]
[ I’d Feel The Need To Stand-Up & Take A Walk ]
[ Sometimes I’d See How Many Laps I Can Do In Our Small House ]
[ When I Look @ The Bed ]
[ I Envy My Sleeping Spouse ]
[ I Don’t Like To Think Where I’d Be In My Life ]
[ Right Now ]
[ Without My Son & Wife ]
[ I Actually Don’t Remember Or Yearn For A Day When I Was
Single & Alone ]
[ I Lived In Apartments ]
[ Not A Home ]
[ But Like The Saying Goes { HOME IS WHERE YOU HANG YOUR HAT } ]
[ I Can Really ]
[ Relate To That ]
[ I Think This Time I Did 4 Laps ]
[ Before I Stopped ]
[ I Opened The Door To My Room & Looked @ All Of My Hats ]
[ Then I Go & Stand By Our Bed & Climb Up On It ]
[ & Just Sit ]
[ When I Look @ My Pillow I Mumble { WHAT’s THE USE? } ]
[ Trying To Go To Sleep ]
[ Just Feels Like Abuse ]
[ Of My Mind ]
[ So I Will Be Kind ]
[ & Try To Remember & Rewind ]
[ About The Last Morning That I Woke Up Refreshed & Revitalized ]
[ I Couldn’t Remember ]
[ Or Realize ]
[ When ]
[ It Had Last Been ]
[ As I Age ]
[ I Think It Has Been @ Least Two Decades ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(451)▪︎[ Mesmerizing … 5•3•2020 ]
[ The Beach Waves Have Such A Calming Sound ]
[ As The Waves Crash Onto The Ground ]
[ Then They Go Slowly Back Into The Sea ]
[ The Way They Move ]
[ Baffles Me ]
[ Is It The Pull Of The Moon ]
[ That Makes The Waves ]
[ Or The Heat Of The Sun @ Noon ]
[ That Makes The Water Concave ]
[ The Motion Of The Water Is Mesmerizing ]
[ The Sound Is Tranquilizing ]
[ I Can See How The Ocean Looks So Tame ]
[ But If You Turn Your Back ]
[ You Yourself Would Take The Blame ]
[ Sneaker Waves Are Properly Named As They Are ]
[ When A Wave Takes A Person By Surprise ]
[ It Can Drag Them Out Really Far ]
[ & Usually They Are Never To Be Seen Again ]
[ When A Wave Starts A Fight ]
[ It Usually Wins ]
[ Then The Mourning Period Starts ]
[ Because People Are Not Used To Being Apart ]
[ Yet ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(440)▪︎[ Rise Up, Down Frown … 5•2•2020 ]
[ Do You Know What Starts Up But Eventually Goes Down? ]
[ It’s The Smile Of A Clown ]
[ When It Turns Into A Frown ]
[ Why Are Clowns Either Glad? ]
[ Or Sad? ]
[ There’s Not One Of Them In-Between ]
[ I’ve Even Seen Ones ]
[ Who Looked Angry & Mean ]
[ The One’s Who Are Not There For Fun ]
[ Sometimes Come Alive In My Dreams ]
[ Then I Find That The Screams Are Coming From Within
Me ]
[ It’s Because Of What Those Nightmares Make Me See ]
[ It Is Not A Fun Ride Inside My Head ]
[ But I Cannot Disengage From It ]
[ Before I Go To Bed ]
[ Sleepless Nights Have Become Commonplace ]
[ & It’s Starting To Show On My Face ]
[ Falling Asleep ]
[ Turns Into A Race ]
[ Before The Sunrise ]
[ I Need My Sleep ]
[ To Stay Witty & Wise ]
[ When I Do Get Up, My Eyelids Are Heavy ]
[ Sometimes I Put My Arm Out To Balance ]
[ & Keep Me Steady ]
[ Then It Is A Challenge ]
[ To Get To The Phone To Call Eddy ]
[ I Want Eddy To Come Over Quick ]
[ Being Around Him ]
[ Is Always A Kick ]
[ He’s The Opposite Of Nancy’s Son Jim ]
[ Because Jim Has Always Been A Dick ]
[ He Always Has Been Mean To Every One Of My Friends ]
[ When He Shows Up ]
[ The Fun Always Ends ]
[ Way Too Soon ]
[ He Sucks All Of The Air Out ]
[ Like A Deflating Balloon ]
[ Just Like A Sonic Boom ]
[ That’s How Fast The Air Leaves The Room ]
[ Forever To Be Sealed ]
[ In An Ancient Egyptian Tomb ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(439)▪︎[ It Reminds Me … 5•1•2020 ]
[ Somedays Things Around Me ]
[ Remind Me Of The Day I Took My Vows ]
[ I Didn’t Know How Wonderful This Would Turn Out To Be ]
[ Saying My Vows Did Not Get Me A { HOW TO } Booklet As A Prize ]
[ Everything That Happened ]
[ Came As A Big Surprise ]
[ On Page One ]
[ The Topic Is ]
[ { HOW TO GET THINGS DONE? } ]
[ What If I Did THIS Instead Of Doing THAT? ]
[ How Will I Know ]
[ Where She Likes To Put The Used Bathmat? ]
[ Does She Hang All Of Her Clothes ]
[ Or Does She Fold Them ]
[ Only She Knows ]
[ But I Eventually Found After That First Time ]
[ & I Found Out That She Likes A Single Lemon ]
[ Better Than She Like Limes ]
[ Now I’ve Even Learned To Do THAT Instead Of Doing THIS ]
[ What I’ve Learned Through The Years ]
[ Is That There’s No Such Thing As { MARITAL BLISS } ]
[ Every Couple Has There Ups & Downs ]
[ But Does Every Husband Do Stupid Things ]
[ That Make Them Like A Clown? ]
[ I Don’t Think That I’ve Screwed Up That Bad ]
[ I’d Like To Think That I’ve Given Her More Glad ]
[ Days ]
[ Than Ones That Left Her Sad ]
[ We Are Not In Wonderland Looking For Perfection ]
[ We Just Need To Stop The Talk ]
[ That Sounds Like A Correction ]
[ & Have Much More Talks That Make A Connection ]
[ Much Less Correct ]
[ & Much More Connect ]
[ I Put My Wife Way Way Up Above ]
[ & First ]
[ I Want To Fill Her Up With Love ]
[ So It Quenches Her Thirst ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(446)▪︎[ Just Show Them … 5•27•2021 ]
[ Sometimes It Is So Hard To Feel Capable, When Others
Keep Saying That You Are Not ]
[ In The Bigger Picture ]
[ That Makes You Feel That You Are Seen As Just A Dot ]
[ Non-Existent ]
[ Insufficient ]
[ Does Not Measure Up ]
[ Doesn’t Make The Cut ]
[ You Have Heard Them All ]
[ Because You Try & Fall ]
[ But, You Get Back-Up Everytime ]
[ You Show That You Are Pretty Good @ Saving Dimes ]
[ How Do You Ever Know That You Have Finally Become
Successful ]
[ When Others Sound & Are, So Hurtful ]
[ Sometimes The Words ]
[ Said To You, Are The Worst You Have Ever Heard ]
[ ( YOU ARE WORTHLESS ) ]
[ ( YOU’ll NEVER MAKE IT, YOU SHOULD JUST GIVE UP, NO
TALENT ) ]
[ ( YOU ARE TOO SHORT, YOU’re USELESS ) ]
[ You Have Heard Those Comments Over & Over Again
Multiplied By Four ]
[ Each & Everytime It Rocks You ]
[ To Your Core ]
[ What Are The Words Meant For? ]
[ If Not To Cut You In Half? ]
[ Something To Give Them & Their Friends A Laugh ]
[ Nothing Shuts Up Critics Faster Than Being Successful ]
[ But, Not Becoming Boastful ]
[ Becoming Successful Through Alot Of Hard Work ]
[ Let Them Be Who They Are … A Bunch Of Jerks ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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