[ You Need To Live Your Life ]
[ Not Re-Live Your Past ]
[ Then Cut The Strife ]
[ So It Won’t Last ]
[ You Can Always Remember The Past Memories As Being
Great ]
[ But Those Thoughts ]
[ Should Not Be The Main Thing On Your Plate ]
[ If You Do The Math ]
[ 75℅ Of Your Time ]
[ Should Be Used To Pave A New Path ]
[ They Say That The Present Is A Gift That Should
Be Handled With Care ]
[ When You Make Plans For The Future ]
[ You Need To Find The Way To Get There ]
[ It Is Good To Have Different Dreams ]
[ On Different Nights ]
[ But They Should Not Cause Screams ]
[ If They Turn Into Fears That You Fight ]
[ Open Your Eyes ]
[ & Open Your Arms ]
[ You Don’t Want To Be One Of Those Guys ]
[ That When He Speaks ]
[ He Only Harms ]
[ Words Can Be Sharper Than A Sword ]
[ Because They Can Cut Deep ]
[ & Even A Negative Word ]
[ To Someone That Is Trying To Sleep ]
[ They Will Remember What You Said When They Wake ]
[ When They Have That Memory ]
[ It Could Be A Make Or Break ]
[ On What Kind Of Day It Could Be ]
[ Unless You Want To Live Your Life All Alone ]
[ Watch What You Say ]
[ As Much As You Need, To Be Careful Of Your Tone ]
[ All Through Your Day ]
~ 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.
(449)▪︎[ Stand-Up … 5•28•2021 ]
[ Sometimes When You Are Trying To Stand On Your Own
Two Feet ]
[ You Just Need To Stand Up ]
[ Before You Are Put Out On The Street ]
[ Must There Be A Catalytic Event? ]
[ For Energy To Be Spent? ]
[ You Must Cut The Umbilical Cord To Totally ]
[ Be ]
[ Free ]
[ Of The Parental Chains That Bind ]
[ Being Able To Go To Your Own Place To Unwind ]
[ Stand Alone With Your Own Stuff ]
[ Get Through The Days That Are Rough ]
[ When You Feel All Alone ]
[ Pick Up Your Phone ]
[ Don’t Sit There ]
[ Only Listening To The Dial Tone ]
[ Call A Sibling Or Reach Out To Your Mom ]
[ Just Because You Moved Out ]
[ That Doesn’t Mean That The Support Is Gone ]
[ Standing Up Is Totally Different Than Standing On Your
Own ]
[ One Is Like The Flavor Of Chocolate ]
[ & The Other Would Be A Vanilla Ice Cream Cone ]
[ There Are Hard, Scary, Hungry & Desperate Times Ahead ]
[ It Doesn’t Work To Go Numb With Alcohol & Meds ]
[ When You Finally Come Out Of Your Drug Or Alcohol
Fed Binge ]
[ The Problems Are Still There Waiting For You Like Before ]
[ & There Is Still No Food For Anyone In The Fridge ]
[ You Still See That The Cupboards Are Bare ]
[ & You Know That You HAVE To Do Laundry ]
[ Because You Are Completely Out Of Clean Underwear ]
[ Standing Up Could Be For Pride ]
[ While Living In Your Parents House, You Get A Free Ride ]
[ Moving Out ]
[ & Maturity Kind Of Coincide ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(447)▪︎[ Scary Events … 5•28•2021 ]
[ There Are Scary Events Happening Outside Of My
House ]
[ I Feel So Worried About My Few Friends, Son & Spouse ]
[ Shootings In All Of America’s States ]
[ Things Are Very Unsettling ]
[ Because There Seems To Be Alot Of Hate ]
[ Bullets Are Flying ]
[ People Are Dying ]
[ Bullets Go In One Direction ]
[ Once Fired ]
[ There Is No Chance To Make A Correction ]
[ Bullets Do Not Go In Reverse ]
[ Sometimes The Shooter Does Not Care If The Crowd Is
Diverse ]
[ People Are Judging Others Because Of The Color Of
Their Skin ]
[ For Some ]
[ Because Of This ]
[ People Feel That They Will Never Be Given A Chance When They
Win ]
[ Today It Seems ]
[ Statistics Shows ]
[ That Several Income Levels Have No Such Way Of Reaching The ( AMERICAN DREAM ) ]
[ Of Owning A House With 2.5 Children & A White Pickett
Fence ]
[ A Big Chunk Of Society Is Now Homeless & Living In Tents ]
[ Of Course They Still Have Choices During The Day &
Night ]
[ They Have To Find A Place & A Way ]
[ To Pitch Their Tent Where There Is Alot Of Light ]
[ People Are Losing Their Jobs & Then Seek To Retaliate
Against Those That They Blame ]
[ Then Coming Back Armed ]
[ Looking For Specific Names ]
[ Not Very Many People Still Love Their Neighbors ]
[ Not Many People Knows The NAMES Of Their Neighbor ]
[ & Judges Are Hiding In Their Chambers ]
[ Road Rage Is Still Going Strong ]
[ That Guy Shot @ The Car Of That Guy ]
[ Because That Guy Was Looked @ Wrong ]
[ Why Is There So Much Violence? ]
[ Neighborhoods Put Out The Word That ( SNITCHS GET
STITCHES ) ]
[ Forcing Witnesses To Keep The Silence ]
[ People Live In Fear ]
[ If A Stranger Comes Near ]
[ A Mask Used To Be Only Worn By Batman, Robin & The Lone
Ranger ]
[ How Does Someone Know That The Fast Approaching
Stranger ]
[ Is Not A Danger? ]
[ To The Life ]
[ Of Your Son & Wife? ]
[ They Don’t ]
[ & They Won’t ]
[ Until He Is Another Guy ]
[ Just Passing By ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(444)▪︎[ Magic … 5•27•2021 ]
[ Sometimes The Game Changer ]
[ Comes Across As The Lone Ranger ]
[ He Is Not The Masked Guy On The White Horse ]
[ Of Course ]
[ He Was A T.V. Hero ]
[ So You Have To Consider The Source ]
[ That Man Was Make Believe ]
[ Never Giving Anyone Outside Of T.V. Land ]
[ Any Relief ]
[ That Guy Always Found A Way ]
[ To Come In & Save The Day ]
[ Some People May Ask ( SAYS WHO? ) ]
[ The Other Guy Says ( SAYS YOU! ) ]
[ The One Who Believes In Tall Tales ]
[ Yes, The One Who Believes In Big Blue Whales ]
[ Believing In The Make-Believe ]
[ Is Not Always The One That People Feel ]
[ That They Have Something Up Their Sleeves ]
[ It Would Be Tragic ]
[ If No One Believed In Kids Magic ]
[ Rabbits Being Pulled Out Of Hats ]
[ Putting A Spell On Someone Who Is Afraid Of Black Cats ]
[ Do You Feel That Making Everything Disappear Out Of
A Cart ]
[ Is Satanic Or An Art? ]
[ There Are Shows That You Feel For Them To Stay Level ]
[ They Must Sign Their Soul ]
[ Over To The Devil ]
[ The Ones That Cause The Cheers & Grunts ]
[ Are The Ones Who Do Their Own Stunts ]
[ Or The Guys ]
[ Whose Hands Are Faster Than Your Eyes ]
[ They Make Cards Disappear ]
[ Then Make Them Reappear ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Get You ]
[ The One’s Who Can Take Something That Is The Color
Of Red ]
[ Then Turn It Into Something Blue ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Play With Your Head ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(442)▪︎[ Another Dream … 5•26•2021 ]
[ Welcome To The Present ]
[ Where You Can Get Comments That You May Resent ]
[ From A Friend Or From A Family Member ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Hurt ]
[ & Seems To Be The One’s That You Remember ]
[ You Can Try To Shake Them Out Of The Memory Part
Of Your Brain ]
[ You Can Try To Wash Them Out By Standing Outside In
The Freezing, Pouring Rain ]
[ When The Thunder Booms ]
[ It Literally Shakes The Room ]
[ As Soon As You Go Outside ]
[ You Watch For The Lightning Strikes ]
[ But The Comments Are Still In Your Head ]
[ Do You Wait It Out ]
[ Or Take Your Night Meds ]
[ & Get Into Your Bed? ]
[ You Lay There Waiting For The Xyrem To Do It’s Thing ]
[ The Next Second You Are Watching The Start Of A Dream ]
[ Where Is This Dream Going? ]
[ Is There Water Flowing? ]
[ Or Is The Wind Blowing? ]
[ Maybe The Dream Is Taking You To Your Favorite Spot? ]
[ The Beach ]
[ You Have Had This Dream Alot ]
[ You Are Walking In The Sand ]
[ There Is No Time Schedule ]
[ Or Demands ]
[ Your Beautiful Wife Is Walking With You Beside Your Left
Shoulder ]
[ She Is The One Person Who Makes Your World Go ‘Round ]
[ The One Who Has Not Just Been A Rock, She Has Been Your
Boulder ]
[ She Has Been Much Bigger Than A Single Rock ]
[ That Would Be Like Comparing A Seiko Watch ]
[ To A Grandfather’s Clock ]
[ 25 Years Are In The Bank ]
[ You Look @ Your Wife, Because You Know, She Is The One To
Thank ]
[ The Water Is Now Touching Your Feet ]
[ You Both Go Further Up The Beach ]
[ Looking For Your Seat ]
[ It Is Sitting On This One Very Big Log ]
[ When You Look @ The Ocean In Awe ]
[ No One Could Ever Convince You That There Is No God ]
[ This Is Your Favorite Part Of The Day ]
[ When The Sun Starts To Give Way ]
[ To The New Moon ]
[ & Because It Is The Middle Of June ]
[ It Was Getting Late ]
[ I Had To See The Whole Sunset ]
[ & I Saw That It Was, Worth The Wait ]
[ But … That Is Not What I Got To See ]
[ The Morning Alarm Was Going Off To Wake Me ]
[ Watching The Full Sunset Was Not To Be ]
[ Maybe Tomorrow Night ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(438)▪︎[ Nothing But Air … 5•25•2021 ]
[ Everytime I Reach Out, I Grasp @ Air ]
[ When I Need A Hand ]
[ Nobody Is Ever EVER There ]
[ Things Are Never Reciprocated ]
[ I Guess That Is Too Much Of An Inconvenience ]
[ & That Seems To Make Something So Simple,
Complicated ]
[ I Always Have Time For Them ]
[ No Matter The Problem ]
[ When Others Speak, I Always Listen To Every Word ]
[ When I Speak ]
[ It Never Seems Like I Was Ever Heard ]
[ When I Listen, I Look For Ways Where I Can Help Make
Their Lives Easier, Better ]
[ When I Talk ]
[ No One Listens To A Letter ]
[ I Try To Listen & Then Connect The Dots ]
[ I Help Them When They See Spots ]
[ Nobody Has Time When I Need A Shoulder ]
[ When I Whisper ( HELP ) ]
[ The Room Gets Colder ]
[ It Gets Colder Because There Is A Quick Trot Out The
Nearest Exit ]
[ I Guess Standing Up For Me Is Not In Anyone’s Script ]
[ I Am A Ghost In The Room ]
[ I Would Not Be Noticed Even On Zoom ]
[ Even If I Called The Meeting ]
[ People Would Only Notice If Someone Was Eating ]
[ While Talking ]
[ Then Leaving ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(437)▪︎[ Happy Birthday To My Beautiful Wife … 5•25•2021 ]
[ You Have Always Been Very Big Hearted ]
[ & Love All Things That Are Of The Color Of Blue ]
[ This Is How My Whole Story Rhyming Got Started ]
[ After I Got A Poem From You ]
[ Today You Celebrate Being 50 Years Young ]
[ If Anybody Outside Of The Family Asks About
( HOW OLD? ) ]
[ I Will Be A Good Husband & Hold My Tongue ]
[ I Say That 50 Looks Good On You ]
[ If You Asked Me ]
[ I Would Say That I Do Too ]
[ Okay, I Guess We Will Keep This Down To A ( PG )
Rating ]
[ We Are All Getting Up There In Age ]
[ So I Don’t Want Anyone Fainting ]
[ A 25th Wedding Anniversary & A 50th Birthday
In The Same Year, 2 Months Apart ]
[ I Look @ The Numbers & Say ( THIS IS A GOOD START ) ]
[ I Think That We Will Get A Cheer ]
[ When We Celebrate 50 & 75 Both In The Same Year ]
[ Thank You For Sending Me That Poem Way Back
When ]
[ I Am Still In Love With You Since Way Back Then ]
[ Cupid Showed Me Your Beautiful Face When You Were
Just 23 Years Old ]
[ When I Saw Your Heart ]
[ I Knew That I Was Sold ]
[ I Hope That My Gift ]
[ Really Gave You A Lift ]
[ I Felt Alot Of Pride ]
[ That I Could Get You Gift That Could Possibly Be Worth $2.95 ]
[ Here’s To You, Ms. Birthday Girl ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(453)▪︎[ You Just Do Not See This … 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 ]
[ @ Home … Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(509)▪︎[ Beach Watching … 5•25•2020 ]
[ Here I Sit @ The Beach Watching The Sun Set ]
[ Is There A Higher Being? ]
[ Oh Yes, I Bet ]
[ As I Grow Older ]
[ I Find ]
[ That True Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder ]
[ As The Sun Drops Below That Cloud ]
[ I Hear Nothing But Waves ]
[ The People Have Left, So There Is No Crowd ]
[ The Waves Are In A Constant Flow ]
[ Sometimes Fast ]
[ More Oftentimes Slow ]
[ In & Out, In & Out ]
[ What’s That All About? ]
[ Sometimes The Waves Go Up Far On The Sand ]
[ Sometimes The Waves Reach Out Like A Hand ]
[ Grabbing Everything It Can ]
[ Every Once In Awhile It’s Someone That Was Not Paying
Attention To Where They Are ]
[ I’ve Seen On T.V. ]
[ When Some Waves Enveloped A Car ]
[ When People Don’t Respect Mother Nature ]
[ They Could See That They Don’t Have Much Of A Future ]
[ But As I Sit Watching Mother Nature’s Best ]
[ I Hear The Heartbeat In My Chest ]
[ Oh It’s So Serene Up Here ]
[ My Heartfelt Feelings For The Ocean ]
[ Causes A Tear ]
[ I’m So Thankful That My Best Friend Brought Me Here Today ]
[ We Are Definitely Going To Find A Way ]
[ To Come Back For Another Stay ]
[ We Were Able To Spend The Day Until The Sun Went Down ]
[ There Were Very Few Times ]
[ When We Were The Only Ones Around ]
[ There Were People To The Left & To The Right ]
[ But Then Crowds Went Away ]
[ When The Day Lost Its Light ]
[ I Took More Pictures That Day Than I Ever Had ]
[ The Pictures Did Not Turn Out All That Bad ]
[ When I’ll Look @ Them In The Future ]
[ I Will Be Happy & Sad ]
[ I Am Ecstatic Of How Fun The Day Turned Out To Be ]
[ But Sad Because It Will Be A Reminder ]
[ That My Best Friend Maria Will Not Be The Caregiver For Me ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(436)▪︎[ I Will Still Choose Her … 5•24•2021 ]
[ If You Were Able To Live A Life After Your Life ]
[ Had Ended ]
[ Would You Choose The Same Wife ]
[ Or A New Woman You Just Befriended? ]
[ Or Would You Start Over? ]
[ With A Different Partner Or Lover? ]
[ Given The Choice & The Chance ]
[ I Would Take My Current Wife To This Dance ]
[ She Knows My Steps, My Shakes & My Moves ]
[ She Knows How I Like To Dance When Good Music Puts
Me In The Mood ]
[ This Wife Has Stuck With Me Through Thick & Thin ]
[ She Has Helped Me Celebrate The Many Wins ]
[ She Was Always The First One To Put Out Her Hand When
Things Got Tough ]
[ She Got Me Through The Many Times That Were Rough ]
[ I Wish There Wasn’t Many ]
[ I Wish That There Wasn’t ANY! ]
[ But That Is Not Realistic ]
[ @ Least I Never Came Home With Another Woman’s Lipstick ]
[ On My Collar ]
[ Oh Yes, That Would Make Her Holler! ]
[ Justifiable So ]
[ Then That Would Be A ( NO! ) ]
[ To Get Through 25 + Years ]
[ She’s Been Patient, Understanding, Caring, Empathic &
Strong Willed ]
[ & She Also Knows, That Real Men Do Shed Tears ]
[ This Beautiful Woman Has Worn Many Hats ]
[ Friend, Girlfriend, Fiance, Bride, Wife, Best Friend, Lover,
Confidante, Mechanic, Mover, Care Giver, Advocate,
College Football Watching Buddy, Manager, Nurse,
Driver, Bread Winner, Guardian, Mother, Gardner, Guide,
Map Reader, Protector & Chef ]
[ Is There Anything Left? ]
[ & Wherever We Lived, She Was Always Okay When I Fed, Then
Adopted, The Stray Cats ]
[ We Watched A Comedy Called ( HALL PASS ) One Day ]
[ Then I Said ( IF I WAS GIVEN ONE … ) ]
[ I Would Choose To Give It Away ]
[ Because It Never Sounded Fun ]
[ I Have Never Had A ( GO TO FEMALE CELEBRITY ) That I
Would Throw Everything Away For ]
[ There Is No Other Female That I Would Dream Of Knocking
@ My Front Door ]
[ I Don’t Ask For Much ]
[ So I Have Never Fantaisized About Ms. Such & Such ]
[ My Wife That I Have, Is My Dream Come True ]
[ I Hope For You, You & You ]
[ That Some Day, While @ Work, You Could Have A Friend
Introduce You To Her Friend ]
[ So You Could Have A Great Marriage That Doesn’t End ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
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