[ He Walked Right By ]
[ Without Saying A Simple ( HI ) ]
[ Have We Really Grown That Far Apart? ]
[ Should Being Ignored, Hurt My Heart? ]
[ The Father-Son Bond Was Broken Years Ago ]
[ He Told Me That He Didn’t Respect Me As His
Father @ 10 Years Old ]
[ As For The Broken Heart Question, That Would Be A ( NO! ) ]
[ There Was No ( ANYMORE )( TODAY ) Said ]
[ But Ever Since Then … ]
[ I Have & Get So Much Disrespect From Him ]
[ The Respect & Love I Get, Is Paper Slim ]
[ He Does Not, Just Not Respect Me ]
[ He Does Things To Disrepect Me, For All To See ]
[ He Doesn’t Care Of The Place Or In Front Of Whom ]
[ He Really Liked It, Anytime I Sent Him To His Room ]
[ He Would Go In There & We Wouldn’t Hear A Peep ]
[ Whenever I Checked On Him, He Was Asleep ]
[ He Doesn’t Play With Much ]
[ So I Could Not Take Away, Such ‘n Such ]
[ He Has Had No Incentive To Job Hunt ]
[ Sometimes I Have Just Wanted To Step Back & Punt ]
[ I Threatened Him With Military Enlistment ]
[ I Didn’t Get A Single Smart-Ass Comment ]
[ For That, I Gave Him A Compliment ]
[ Maybe I Found, His Kriptonite ]
[ Because When I Said The Word ( MILITARY ) ]
[ There Was Not A Single Sign Of Disrespect In Sight ]
[ He Has Had The Easiest Of Anybody’s Childhood ]
[ After 25 Years The Mom & Dad Connection Is Still Really
Good ]
[ He Has A Father That Has Stayed ]
[ He Has A Father That Always Asked If He Could Join Him
Whenever He Played ]
[ I Had Heard Enough ]
[ & Stopped Asking ]
[ After So Many Years Of Being Rebuffed ]
[ He Wanted To Watch Movies With Me ]
[ One Time ]
[ Then When Asked ]
[ He Just Wanted To Watch The T.V. ]
[ He Said It Did Not Matter If I Was There Or Not ]
[ He Was Never Touched In Anger ]
[ He Was Never Hit By A Belt Or A Hangar ]
[ I Do Believe The Quest To Raise A Respectful Adult Son,
Was Foiled ]
[ Because He Was & Is, Oh So Spoiled ]
[ He Has Never Been In A Situation When Things Were Hard
To Come By ]
[ He Has Never Been In A Situation When It Was Hard To Get By ]
[ He Has Never Been Made To Get Through Things On
His Own ]
[ He Has Never Picked Up A Phone ]
[ When There Was No Dial Tone ]
[ Because The Phone Bill Had Not Been Paid ]
[ Because There Was Not Enough Wages, Made ]
[ His Cupboards Have Never Been Bare ]
[ He Has Never Looked In The Kitchen ]
[ & Opened The Refrigerator To Not Find Any Food In There ]
[ He Does Not Do What He Is Asked To Do ]
[ I Guess To Him I Ghost Speak ]
[ & All He Hears Is ( BOO ) ]
[ So Him Not Acknowledging Me Does Not Pull On My Heart-
Strings ]
[ Ignoring Me Is Very Minor ]
[ If Someone Wanted To Compare It To Other Things ]
~ 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.
(518)▪︎[ What Goes Around … 5•28•2020 ]
[ My Best Friend & Wife Are What Makes My World Go Around ]
[ They Are Who I Turn To ]
[ Especially When I Need A Pick Me Up Off Of The Ground ]
[ Each One Of These Women Love Me In Completely Different
Ways ]
[ & They Have Loved Me For ]
[ Many Many Years, Months & Days ]
[ Nicole Is My Wife ]
[ & Maria Is My Closest Friend ]
[ I Want Each One Of Them In My Life ]
[ Until The Very End ]
[ Nicole Has Been Here For Over 26 Years & Counting ]
[ Maria Came Into My Life Late ]
[ But The Days Are Mounting ]
[ It Is Not A Reach ]
[ To Say That ]
[ I Want Alot More Memories With Each ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(517)▪︎[ What Are Dreams Made Of? … 5•27•2020 ]
[ If You Could Dream, Any Dream, What Would You Dream? ]
[ Would It Be Endless Trucks In Your Neighborhood ]
[ Filled With Your Favorite Ice Cream? ]
[ Chocolate, Vanilla, Orange Sherbet Or A Combination Swirl? ]
[ Covered With Hot Fudge ]
[ & The Tip Ends With A Curl? ]
[ My Dream Has So Many Moving Parts ]
[ It Would Never End ]
[ But I Really Don’t Know Where It Starts ]
[ The First Part Would Involve My Friend Maria, My Son, Some
Relatives Of My Wife & Nicole Of Course ]
[ Those Three Names ]
[ Are My Life Source ]
[ & I Feel No Shame ]
[ In Saying That Is Quite The Force ]
[ I’d Wish Eternal Happiness To My Best Friend ]
[ I Would Hope For Marital Bliss For Her To The Very End ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(514)▪︎[ All Shapes & Sizes … 5•27•2020 ]
[ People Come In All Sizes & Shapes ]
[ Some Look Like Pears & Oranges ]
[ Some Look Like Grapes ]
[ The Same Goes With How Some Can Come & Affect
Your Life ]
[ Now I’m Not Talking About The Love From My Wife ]
[ I’m Talking About When Some Come In With A
Simple ( HI ) ]
[ For Some You Just Know That You Want To Get To Know
Them ]
[ It’s Just That You Don’t Quite Know Why ]
[ Is It The Way That They Look @ You? ]
[ Is It That They Seem Honest ]
[ Through & Through? ]
[ You Try To Find The Write Comment ]
[ That Answers The Question Of ( WHAT DO THEY DO? ) ]
[ You Just Can’t Put Your Finger On ( IT ) ]
[ & It’s Giving You Fits ]
[ It’s The Look In Their Eyes ]
[ That Make Them Seem So Wise ]
[ It’s The Look ]
[ That Tells You They Don’t Think That You Are Not Just
One Of Those Ordinary Guys ]
[ That Will Feed Them ]
[ Nothing But Lyes ]
[ They See & Give You An Honest Look ]
[ That Was Gained Through Living Life ]
[ Not From Reading & Learning It From A Book ]
[ A Look That Asks You If You Want To Take The Chance ]
[ To Do The Friendship Dance ]
[ & The Name ]
[ Of The Game ]
[ Will Not Be Centered Around Shame & Blame ]
[ Shame & Blame Are Two Badges That No One Needs To
Wear ]
[ While They Are Here ]
[ & If They Care ]
[ Care To Share Are Big Parts ]
[ Of Breaking Down The Walls ]
[To Get Close To Someone’s Heart ]
[ & Gaining Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ Or The Friendship Could Be A Bust ]
[ It Should Never Be Pushed Or Thrust On Another ]
[ Or You May Feel Untrust ]
[ Of The Other ]
[ Good Friendship Is Definitely An Added Plus ]
[ When Two Separate Strangers ]
[ Become An Us ]
[ When You See That Person That Causes A Spark ]
[ Get The Answers You Need ]
[ To Get Rid Of That Question Mark ]
[ But Sometimes Not All ]
[ Gets Their Picture On Your Wall ]
[ That’s When You Walk Away ]
[ Holding Your Head High ]
[ Thinking That There Was No Way ]
[ That Was Going To Work Out That Day ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(473)▪︎[ That One Day … 5•12•2020 ]
[ There Are Days When I Have Regrets ]
[ But Not One Of Them ]
[ Was The Day That We Met ]
[ The Day When It Dawned On Me About How Beautiful
You Are ]
[ It Felt Like The First Time ]
[ That I Saw A Shooting Star ]
[ The Chills That Went Down My Spine ]
[ Was Like The Time I Went Dakine ]
[ The State That I Was In ]
[ Before I Met You ]
[ Was A Situation That I Couldn’t Figure Out How I
Could Win ]
[ Was Time Running Out In Finding Mrs. Right? ]
[ Would I Ever See Her ]
[ In My Sight? ]
[ Part Of Me Was Saying { NOPE } ]
[ But I Did Have Just A Sliver Of Hope ]
[ But We Were Only Friends ]
[ @ That Time ]
[ & Those Relationships Never End ]
[ In A Good Way ]
[ So That One Day ]
[ I Didn’t Really Know What To Say ]
[ Or How I Could Get My Point Across ]
[ But Also Prepare Myself ]
[ For A Loss ]
[ So I Took The Chance & Spoke ]
[ My Mind ]
[ & You Didn’t Think That It Was Joke ]
[ Or That I Was Being Out Of Line ]
[ Once I Knew ]
[ That The Mrs.Right I Had Been Waiting To Find
All Of My Life ]
[ Was You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(453)▪︎[ You Just Do Not See It … 5•29•2021 ]
[ I Am Just Trying To Get Through ]
[ To You ]
[ Everynight @ 8:00 O’clock]
[ I Would Try To Call ]
[ But There Were Times When I Found Out Later That I Was
Blocked ]
[ After That Happened More Than Twice ]
[ I Told You That Was Not Very Nice ]
[ You Would Never Like It If That Was Turned Around ]
[ You Should Look For What Is Lost ]
[ But Was Never Found ]
[ It Would Be A Tough Go, Looking For Your Heart ]
[ It Would Be Much Easier To Put The Pieces Together ]
[ Of The Ones That You Tore Apart ]
[ Very Few Were By Accident ]
[ Most Were On Purpose ]
[ Because Of Some Kind Of Incident ]
[ That You Perceived ]
[ But Was Actually Never Received ]
[ You Listen To Your Head Talk ]
[ … Alot ]
[ Sometimes Scenarios Play Out Only In Your Head ]
[ Is It Because You Are No Longer Taking All Of
Your Meds? ]
[ You Have To Realize ]
[ That When You Don’t Take Them ]
[ You Are A Real Ass, When You Try To Socialize ]
[ Nobody Invites You To Get-Togethers Anymore ]
[ When You Come Up On Their Doorbell Cam ]
[ They Go Quiet & Nobody Approaches The Door ]
[ If You Feel Sad Because You Live A Lonely Existence ]
[ Blame Yourself, Not Others ]
[ Because You Never See The Difference ]
[ Between Their Fault Or Yours ]
[ What Was The Last Straw ]
[ Was When You Called Your Last 3 Female Friends ( A HUGE
PACK OF WHORES ) ]
[ That Did It ]
[ They Did Not Deserve That One Bit ]
[ That Is Why You Sit ]
[ Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(456)▪︎[ They Won’t Let Me Out … 5•30•2021 ]
[ I’m Locked Up, They Won’t Let Me Out ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter, How Loud I Shout ]
[ The Only Time I Hear A Key ]
[ When I Get Put In Solitary Confinement ]
[ Is When They Have A Meal For Me ]
[ Every Year ]
[ That I Am Here ]
[ More & More Of My Sanity Gets Left Behind These Bars ]
[ It Has Been Over 10,000 Days ]
[ Since I Was Allowed To Take A Walk Under The Stars ]
[ No Falling Stars In Sight ]
[ The View Of The Bottom Of My Cellmates Bunk ]
[ Is All That I See @ Night ]
[ There Are Days When I Am So Used To This Place ]
[ There Are Some Times I Do Not Want To Look In
The Mirror ]
[ To See The Refection Of My Face ]
[ These Eyes Have Seen Too Many Crimes ]
[ & ]
[ These Fingers Have Written Many, Many Rhymes ]
[ I Guess I Am Getting ]
[ Institutionalized ]
[ In This Setting ]
[ I Have Dreamt That I Would Take A Shot Of Cuervo Gold,
If Given ]
[ But Looking Back ]
[ Being A Drunk, Was A Bad Way Of Livin’ ]
[ I Knew I Never Should Had Left My Sisters Husband,
Laying In The Driveway ]
[ That Way ]
[ With A Jagged Hole, Between His Eyes ]
[ Freezing His Age, @ 35 ]
[ But The Way He Told His Many Lies ]
[ My Sister Is Much Better Off, Because He Is No Longer
Alive ]
[ She Will No Longer, Be Financially Used ]
[ She Will No Longer, Be Physically & Mentally Abused ]
[ So Here I Sit With A Life Sentence With No Chance Of
Parole ]
[ When I Heard The Word, ( GUILTY ) ]
[ I Gave Satan, My Soul ]
[ I Thought That Where I Was Going, It Was Better That I Did
Not Have One ]
[ It Seemed That I Hadn’t Had A Pure Soul, Since I Was Young ]
[ So I Live My Life, Behind These Bars Of Steel ]
[ There Are Over 100 Angry Men That I Have To Sit With,
Whenever I Eat A Meal ]
[ My Life Is Now Ruled, By Guards ]
[ & I Get My Exercise, By Doing Laps, Around A Concrete Yard ]
[ My Day Is Broken Up Into Segments, Based On The Time Of
The Blaring Horn ]
[ I Miss The Barbeques Of Hot Dogs, Steaks & Husks Of
Corn ]
[ My Family Does Not See Things, From My Point Of View ]
[ I Tell My Sister ( I DID ALL OF THIS, FOR YOU ) ]
[ & When You Had Me Served With Court Papers, I Knew ]
[ That It Would Be Best, For All If You Make ]
[ A Clean & Complete Break ]
[ Every Day I Listen To The Guards, Yelling Out Their Commands ]
[ Every Second, Of Every Hour ]
[ There Are Inmate Demands ]
[ Some Are Comical ]
[ The Number Is, Astronomical ]
[ When I Wake Up @ Four ]
[ In The Morning ]
[ I Wonder How Much More ]
[ I Can Take ]
[ But In This Environment, You Are Made ]
[ To Learn, How To Fake ]
[ That I Hurt ]
[ So Bad ]
[ Under My Shirt ]
[ My Heart Aches ]
[ Going Cold Turkey Off Of Alcohol & Drugs ]
[ Gave Me The Shakes ]
[ @ Night The Guards Would Do Their Searches Of The
Cells ]
[ They Go By What They See, What They Hear & What They
Smell ]
[ They Are Not Polite When They Throw, The Only Belongings
That I Have In Life ]
[ On The Floor ]
[ Like The 3 Pictures That I Have With My Wife ]
[ This Is Life As I Know It ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(529)▪︎[ For Zoey, My Only Caregiver … 5•31•2020 ]
[ My Newest Caregiver Right Now Is A Woman Named
Zoey ]
[ She Fits Right In ]
[ & I Think That She Will Be Good For Me ]
[ I Absolutely Would Not Be Wrong ]
[ When I Say That Woman ]
[ Is Extremely Mentally Strong ]
[ She Tells Her Story So Well ]
[ Even Though Her Life Has Put Her Through Hell ]
[ But Even Through It All ]
[ She Didn’t Turn Into An Introvert ]
[ Or Build Up A Wall ]
[ She Has Been Put Through So Much @ Such A Young Age ]
[ She Shows No Anger ]
[ Nor Does She Display, Even The Slightest Bit Of Rage ]
[ She Has Every Reason There Is To Hold A Chip On
Her Shoulder ]
[ She Seems Like A Warm Person ]
[ Not One That Continues To Grow Colder ]
[ Her Personality Is Kind ]
[ Even With All That She Has On Her Mind ]
[ When She’s Here, Her Mind Isn’t Over There ]
[ She Talks & She Shares ]
[ I Feel She Will Protect Me & Care ]
[ When She Talks About Her Past ]
[ She Doesn’t Run Through It So Fast ]
[ That It Doesn’t Make Her Words Last ]
[ My Empathy For Her Is Through The Roof ]
[ Because When She Talks ]
[ She Never Acts Aloof ]
[ She Is Sincere ]
[ Every Minute That She Is Here ]
[ & She Knows ]
[ That I Will Always Keep Her On Her Toes ]
[ Because I Think Entitled & Arrogant ]
[ People Really Blows ]
[ She Takes The High Road In Most Situations In Life ]
[ She Loves My Dog ]
[ & Gets Along With My Wife ]
[ She Is NOT Here To Kiss Or Blow Smoke Up My Ass ]
[ Because I’ve Made It Really Clear ]
[ That Will Not Pass ]
[ She Is Definitely Not Here To Just Have A Good Time ]
[ & To Hear A Couple Of Good Rhymes ]
[ While Making Just A Tad Bit More Than A Dime ]
[ I’ve Gladly Shown Her That I Am A Straight Shooter ]
[ Not A Rebel ]
[ Or Looter ]
[ She Knows That What’s Mine Is Not Hers ]
[ She Told Me That She Knows That For Sure ]
[ & I Believe Her Heart Is Pure ]
[ She Certainly Knows Not To Take Kindness ]
[ For Weakness ]
[ & Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ & It Is Not Like Something That You Can Bust ]
[ So Far So Good, Is What I Say ]
[ I Think I’ll Like Her ]
[ If She Wants To Stay ]
[ For All Four Of Days ]
[ I Told Her The First Day That The Agency Put All Their Eggs In
One Basket ]
[ I Told Her That Nothing Is Set ]
[ Yet ]
[ But I Do Have To Tell Her, That I’m Really, Really Glad That We Met ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(507)▪︎[ To My Friend … 5•23•2020 ]
[ My Cavarona, I So Wish I Could Give You Five More Minutes ]
[ But I Have No Say In This ]
[ You Are So Important In My Life ]
[ You Are Just A Step Away ]
[ From My Wife ]
[ I Have Always Had Good Female Friends In The Past ]
[ But As I Look Around ]
[ Not A Single One Could Last ]
[ If We Do, Time Will Tell ]
[ When It Comes To Keeping Friends ]
[ I Do Not Do That Very Well ]
[ When They End ]
[ Everything Just Goes To Hell ]
[ I Know That I’m No Peach ]
[ & Finding That A True Friend ]
[ Is Always A Reach ]
[ But I Feel That You See ]
[ The Real Me ]
[ & Being A Real Friend To You ]
[ Is All That I Want To Be ]
[ I Think I Always Show You How I Want To Be Seen ]
[ I’ve Got A Big Heart ]
[ & I’m Not Mean ]
[ I’ve Been Told In The Past That I Have Mean Eyes ]
[ Inside I Yell ( THOSE ARE ALL LIES! ) ]
[ I’m Just Not One Of Those Guys ]
[ I Have Alot Of Feelings & So It Shows In What & How
I Write ]
[ So I Never Write A Story ]
[ Just To Cause A Fight ]
[ Cavarona, I Always Want You To Be Here ]
[ It Is So Clear ]
[ That The Thought Of You Will Always Be Near ]
[ You Have Shown Me Your Vulnerable Side Again & Again When ]
[ You Feel Comfortable ]
[ To Do It Over & Over Again ]
[ I Keep Our Friendship Close To My Heart ]
[ Especially In The Upcoming Days ]
[ When We Are Physically Apart ]
[ I Will Always Be Just A Phone Call Away ]
[ & I’ll Take Your Call ]
[ Every & Any Day ]
[ You’ve Left Your Mark On Me Since Day One ]
[ You Have Been So Much Fun ]
[ & I Never Want To Say Our Days Are Done ]
[ On Monday Night, When You Walk Out My Door ]
[ I Wish I Could Ask The Man ]
[ For Just Five Minutes More! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(492)▪︎[ You’ve Made An Impact! … 5•18•2020 ]
[ Oh Cavarona ]
[ There Is So Many Things ]
[ That I Admire About Ya ]
[ Nobody, I Mean NOBODY, Can Rock You ]
[ That Is Just One Thing ]
[ That A Single Person Can’t Do ]
[ You Are DEFINITELY One Of A Kind ]
[ You Are In Constant Pain ]
[ But You Never Whine ]
[ I Know The Pain Is Sharp & Deep ]
[ But I Never Hear A Peep ]
[ When We Talk, I Listen To Every Word ]
[ Some Of Your Advice ]
[ Is The Most Unique & The Best I’ve Ever Heard ]
[ You Never Throw Me Bullshit ]
[ To Make Me Feel Good ]
[ I Have To Admit ]
[ I Only Have A Couple Of Friends & My Wife ]
[ Because I Don’t Need Many ]
[ But You Have Left Your Mark On My Life ]
[ I’m Insecure & Sometimes Shy ]
[ I’m Flat Out ]
[ An Unconfident Guy ]
[ I’ve Only Felt Proud With About Five Accomplishments ]
[ & I Look Down When I’m Given A Compliment ]
[ I Go Inside Myself More Than I Should ]
[ It Is Hard To Come Back Out ]
[ & I Don’t, Even Though I Could ]
[ You, Cavarona Bring Me Out & Make Me Smile ]
[ Even When You Are Only Here For Awhile ]
[ You Are Able To Make Me Feel @ Ease ]
[ You Are Sincerely Nice & Sweet ]
[ Not A Tease ]
[ You Know When To Set Me Straight When It’s Needed ]
[ & I Hear You ]
[ When You Tell Me To Stay Seated ]
[ You Are The Best & Will Always Be ]
[ Hey Cavarona ]
[ You’ve Have Made A Huge Impression On Me ]
[ Staying In Contact With You Is My Greatest Wish ]
[ You Need To Tell Bennett To Treat You Like A Queen ]
[ Because You Are Quite The Dish ]
[ Tell Him He Is Lucky For Sure ]
[ Because He Can Walk Around ]
[ & Say ( YA, I KNOW HER! ) ]
[ In Exactly Eight Days Part Of The Day Will Have
No Joy ]
[ That Will Be The First Day That You Will No
Longer Be In My Employ ]
[ Thank You Maria For ALL That You’ve Done & Do ]
[ Please Always Remember, Think & Know ]
[ That I Deeply Respect & Love You ]
[ To No End ]
[ My Friend ]
[ You Are Always Welcomed To Come & Sobramaysa In My House
With Me, ANYTIME! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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