[ Some Things In Life Can Be Extremely Hard ]
[ It All Depends On Who’s Carrying That Specific Card ]
[ On That Particular Day ]
[ Then You Have To Find That One Way ]
[ To Survive ]
[ & Take That Dive ]
[ To Stay Alive ]
[ What If You Had To Go Throughout Life With Diminishing
Sight? ]
[ Would You Lay Down & Wait For Death? ]
[ Or Stand Up, Face The Wind & Fight? ]
[ No One Wants To Take Death Head On ]
[ No One Wants To Be Here Today & Tomorrow Be Gone ]
[ As They Say (LIVE TODAY AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE
GONE TOMORROW) ]
[ No One Ever Said That Time Is Something You Can Borrow ]
[ When You Borrow Something, The Rule Is You Have To Give
It Back ]
[ How Does One Do That ]
[ When It’s Time That You Originally Lacked ]
[ So How Can You Pay Back Something That You Don’t Have
Extra Of? ]
[ Unless You Are Talking About Affection & Love ]
[ Love Can Grow & Grow & Grow Some More ]
[ If You Play Your Cards Right ]
[ Love Can Fill The Room, From The Ceiling To The Floor ]
[ But When Day Turns Into Night ]
[ Some Negative People Keep Score ]
[ When They Want To Fight ]
[ While Standing On The Other Side Of The Door ]
[ That Is A Good Place ]
[ For Them To Stand ]
[ So You Won’t To See The Face ]
[ Of The One Making Demands ]
[ You May Ask ( KEEP SCORE OF WHAT? ) ]
[ They Keep Score Of How Your Hair May Look ]
[ Or How Those Jeans Fit On Your Butt ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Always Cause The Strife ]
[ You Never Need Those Kinds Of People In Your Life ]
[ A Good Use Of A Verb ]
[ Is When You Tell Them That They Have Kicked To The Curb ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Category: [ 2019 Stories ]
(1086)▪︎[ Just Passing Through … 8•25•2019 ]
[ There Are Times When You Want To Take Your Mind ]
[ & Go Inside ]
[ To Run & Hide ]
[ You Hide From The Inside Out ]
[ Hurry, Hurry ]
[ There Is No Time To Pout ]
[ You Can Hide From The Outside World ]
[ You Hide From The Other Boys & Girls ]
[ When You Close Your Eyes ]
[ You Only See The Circles & Swirls ]
[ Swirls Where There Is No Beginning Or End ]
[ Lines That Keep Moving ]
[ None Of Them Straight ]
[ They All Just Bend ]
[ The Colors Blend ]
[ Together Into One Big Mixture ]
[ Can You Grab Ahold Of One Stable Fixture? ]
[ Are You Sure? ]
[ How Do You Keep Your Feet Planted Firmly On The
Ground ]
[ If You Got Lost Now ]
[ Would You Ever Be Found? ]
[ & Return Things To Normalcy? ]
[ Is Normal A Fallacy? ]
[ What Exactly Is Meant By Normal? ]
[ Is That The Time, When Sanity Is Formal? ]
[ It Gets All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go? ]
[ Are Things Going Fast ]
[ Or Can You Get It To Go Slow? ]
[ What Is False & What Is True? ]
[ Why Not Judge Me By The Things That I Say (NO)
To? ]
[ Like There Are Things That You Won’t ]
[ Let Happen ]
[ & Times Where You Don’t ]
[ Let Things Dampen ]
[ The Other Persons Mood ]
[ With A Bad Attitude ]
[ Because That Would Be Rude ]
[ Please Take Away The Things That Are Bad ]
[ Please Hide The Things That Make Others Sad ]
[ Add More Things That Make Them Smile ]
[ Let You Sit & Think Of Those Things For Awhile ]
[ No, Do Not Reach For That Dial ]
[ Not Just Yet ]
[ Things Are So Much Better When The Goals Have
Been Met ]
[ Life Is Such An Up & Down Event ]
[ There Are Times When I Wonder Where The Years,
Went ]
[ Do I Ask? ]
[ Was It Time Well Spent? ]
[ There Are Some Days You’re Down & Some Days
Where You’re Up ]
[ Just Like Some Days You Have Alot To Say ]
[ But Other Days You Just Want To Keep Your Mouth
Shut ]
[ There Are Days When You Catch Yourself Sitting
Back Watching Life Go By ]
[ You Tell Yourself No Lie ]
[ There Are So Many Things Happening Where You
Wonder (WHY?) ]
[ Why Did You Do This Or Why Did You Do That? ]
[ Do You Have Nine Lives, Like A Cat? ]
[ How Do You Stay On Task? ]
[ How Do You Make This Thought Last? ]
[ Thoughts Float In & Out Like Clouds Floating
Through ]
[ Do You Ever Think Of Some Things Like This Too? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(855)▪︎[ The Best Of The Best … 6•22•2019 ]
[ Life Is Like A Competition For The Best Of The Best ]
[ Every New Day Comes With A Harder Test ]
[ There Is No Pillow Talk ]
[ Life Is Not A Leiserly Walk ]
[ There Are Days When You Need To Be Awake & Alert
24/7 ]
[ When You Need Encouragement ]
[ Do You Look Upward, Towards The Heavens? ]
[ What Exactly Gives You The Courage To Move On
These Days? ]
[ Do You Find The Guts & The Ways? ]
[ & Reasons To Stay? ]
[ Does The Thought Of Ignorant People ]
[ Give You The Idea To Walk Away? ]
[ So What If You Walked Away Tomorrow? ]
[ Would There Be The Need ]
[ To Find Money To Borrow? ]
[ What Causes ]
[ You To Make So Many Pauses? ]
[ Sometimes To Figure That Out You Must Look Within ]
[ But When Or Where Do You Begin? ]
[ The Sin Of Your Past ]
[ Were Those So Serious That The Animosity & Pain ]
[ Continue To Last? ]
[ Are You Made Of Soft Material That Turns Completely
Hard ]
[ When Things Are Removed ]
[ Do They Leave Lifelong Scars? ]
[ What Do You Decide To Fix? ]
[ What Do You Nix? ]
[ Are You Set? ]
[ What Things Should You Forget? ]
[ What Decisions Do You Regret? ]
[ There Is Nothing Wrong ]
[ When You Have Situations ]
[ Where You Are Not Strong ]
[ Let Bygones Be Gone ]
[ & Keep Moving … Forward ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1100)▪︎[ Sometimes … 8•29•2019 ]
[ Sometimes When You Write, You Might Sound
Depressed ]
[ Suppressed Or Oppressed ]
[ Most Times You Are Neither ]
[ Because You Don’t Have To Pick, Either ]
[ You Want Others To See, That You Write What’s On
Your Mind ]
[ Sometimes, The Thoughts Are Not Too Kind ]
[ But Maybe, That Helps You Unwind ]
[ After You Rewind ]
[ You Don’t Mean To Cut Anybody Off ]
[ You Never Write Things Just To Look Soft ]
[ It’s Like Taking That First Step Out Of A Loft ]
[ Don’t Let The Ground Break Your Fall ]
[ Don’t Always Follow The Bouncing Ball ]
[ If You Must ]
[ Give Your Brother A Call ]
[ You Could Call Your Brother Anytime Of The Day Or
Night ]
[ & Even Though He Lives So Far Out Of Your Sight ]
[ You Two Always Laugh, You Don’t Fight ]
[ You Call Your Thoughts Clouds ]
[ Some Float By Quietly ]
[ While Others Stay & Are Really Loud ]
[ It Sucks When They Draw A Crowd ]
[ You Try To Be A Quiet, Boring, Private Person In Real
Life ]
[ The Only Time You Are Colorful Is When You Write ]
[ When It Comes To Your Son & Wife ]
[ You Desperately Want To Keep Them Out Of The
Light ]
[ Unless They Make The Choice ]
[ To Shine When THEY Think It’s Right ]
[ You Know That You Write About PTSD ]
[ But PTSD Doesn’t Define You ]
[ It Is Something That You Have Because Of Something
That You Experienced That Was Really Painful To
See ]
[ & Hear ]
[ Thankfully It Didn’t Make You Turn To Getting Drunk
Every Night Off Wine Or Beer ]
[ But You Still Hear It Over Here & There All Too Clear ]
[ & If You Have Debilitating Flashbacks That You Fear ]
[ If You By Chance Write Something That Comes Across
As Depressing ]
[ There Might By Chance Be Something That You’re Stressing ]
[ Politely Tell You To Put It In Park ]
[ By Giving A Nice Reply ]
[ Or A Helpful Remark ]
[ Nobody Is Up On Their (A) Game 24/7 ]
[ If You Always Shoot For A (10) Can You Sometimes Hit An (11?) ]
[ If You Are @ A Loss For Words & Don’t Know What To
Say ]
[ Just Figure That Life Doesn’t Always Work That Way ]
[ But You Do Enjoy The Replies & Remarks That Others Give,
Anyday ]
[ You Like The Positive, Constructive, Flattering
Comments That You Have Received ]
[ You Leave It All On The Table ]
[ & Hide Nothing Up Your Sleeve ]
[ You Never Write A Single Word To Try To Deceive ]
[ So Now, You See, You’re @ A Loss For Words ]
[ So You Think That You’ll Leave ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(562)▪︎[ A Horrible Memory … 4•18•2019 ]
[ PTSD Is A Horrible Thing To Go Through Life With ]
[ Some People Say (GET OVER IT) ]
[ (KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP) ]
[ Well Those People Who Like To Shoot From The Hip ]
[ Think They Know How It Is ]
[ But They Don’t Know Shit ]
[ Take The Worst Thing That Ever Happened To You ]
[ Remember The Feelings, Fear Or Fright ]
[ Times That By Two ]
[ Then Relive That Day Or Night ]
[ You Are Completely Back In The Event, Sight, Smell &
Sound ]
[ Were You Standing Up ]
[ Or Were You On The Ground ]
[ Do You Remember What You Did? ]
[ Were You Out In The Open ]
[ Or Were You Hid ]
[ Were You An Adult? ]
[ Or Were You Just A Kid ]
[ Does It Tease ]
[ Your Mind ]
[ Or Does It Freeze ]
[ You @ The Same Time? ]
[ Are You Wide Awake When It Happens ]
[ Is It Your Spirit That It Dampens ]
[ One Never Knows When A Flashback Will Hit ]
[ It’s Like Playing A Game With A Long Snake ]
[ & Out Of Nowhere You Get Bit ]
[ The Length Of A Flashback Can Be Short Or Long ]
[ It All Depends On If You Are Strong ]
[ Or Weak ]
[ PTSD Can Crush The Meak ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1109)▪︎[ Nothing Too … 9•1•2019 ]
[ People Who Have Things To Hide ]
[ Never Have Much To Say ]
[ They Should Let Their Conscience Be Their Guide ]
[ What Puts Them In The Bad Mood That They’re In? ]
[ Was It Because Of All Of The Sin? ]
[ When They Begin ]
[ Do They Think They’ll Ever Win? ]
[ Maybe That Is The Sin Right There ]
[ If They Ask (WHERE?) ]
[ You’d Say (CHECK THE SPARE) ]
[ (THE SPARE WHAT?) ]
[ You Might Ask ]
[ It’s The One That’s Been Cut ]
[ That Didn’t Last ]
[ & That’s All You Have To Say]
[ On This Day ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1105)▪︎[ All Alone … 8•31•2019 ]
[ You Just Want Be Alone ]
[ You Want To Be Somewhere Secluded ]
[ Where You Couldn’t Even Be Seen By A Giant Drone ]
[ Right Now You Don’t Want To Be Included ]
[ Because Your Heart Has Turned To Stone ]
[ You Won’t Show It Because It Can Be Broken ]
[ To Make It Pump ]
[ It Takes More Than A Token ]
[ Love Is Not What It Would Take ]
[ Beware Of The Woman With The Two Headed Snake ]
[ She’ll Try To Get In With Some Cookies She Baked ]
[ This Will Need Something Better Than A Chocolate Cake ]
[ Is Love Given Only Because It Is A Token Of
Someone’s Gratitude? ]
[ Was It Given With A Loving Attitude? ]
[ We’re They Rude? ]
[ You Could Say You Love A Person & Not Mean A
Thing ]
[ What Positive Feelings Saying (I LOVE YOU) Bring? ]
[ Does That Always Bring Two People Together? ]
[ No Matter The Weather? ]
[ Rain, Snow, Sleet Or Baking Sun ]
[ Staying Inside Is Not Always Fun ]
[ Run Forrest, Run ]
[ When Does A Couple Turn Towards Each Other & Say ]
[ (I THINK WE’re DONE) ]
[ Or Do They Keep Plugging Along To See Where
False Love Can Take Them? ]
[ Does It Take Them To Southern California? ]
[ Or North Salem? ]
[ Given The Examples Of A Man ]
[ They’re Not Really A Big Fan ]
[ Love Comes ]
[ & Love Goes ]
[ @ Times It Makes You Do Something Dumb ]
[ Why, How Or When ]
[ Nobody Knows ]
[ But It Will Happen Again ]
[ Just Wait For The Shows ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1103)▪︎[ Minute After Minute … 8•30•2019 ]
[ You Found That You Could Only Sleep Minute After
Minute ]
[ You Don’t Know Why ]
[ But Your Mind Was Not In It ]
[ A Minute Here & A Minute There ]
[ You’d Open Your Eyes & Just Stare ]
[ If I Woke Her Up ]
[ Would She Care? ]
[ Even Just A Little Bit? ]
[ Would She Just Give Me Lip? ]
[ Would You Just Be A Blip ]
[ On Her Screen Of Life ]
[ What Did She Consider Doing, As Your Wife? ]
[ Would She Even Consider Turning On The Light? ]
[ Would She Make The Room Look Like The Day ]
[ Instead Of It Being Dark As Night? ]
[ Would She Find A Way ]
[ To Turn This Into A Fight? ]
[ Considering How Things Went Today ]
[ She Might ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1112)▪︎[ Burned Me … 9•2•2019 ]
[ Why Do People Attempt To Tear Down Others? ]
[ Then Some Other People Smother ]
[ Do You Ever Get A Positive Outcome? ]
[ Does It Chase Away Some? ]
[ Getting The Same Result Over & Over Is Pretty Dumb ]
[ Why Not Help Build People Up? ]
[ Instead Of Stand Them Up & Cut ]
[ Trying To Cut People Down To A Specific Size ]
[ Shows You’re Not Very Wise ]
[ What Is Your Time Worth? ]
[ We Only Have So Many Seconds ]
[ Being Upright On This Earth ]
[ Do You Spend Your Time Wisely? ]
[ Surprisingly ]
[ About 90% Don’t ]
[ & @ Least 75% Of Those People Won’t ]
[ Are They The One’s Who Panic When They Hear The [ TIC-TOK ] ]
[ Of Their Life Clock ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1117)▪︎[ Will You Be Free? … 9•3•2019 ]
[ You Need To Free Your Mind ]
[ & The Rest Will Follow ]
[ If You’re Not Kind ]
[ Than Your Words Will Come Out Hollow ]
[ & Speak Well Of Others ]
[ For You Don’t Want To Upset Their Sisters Or Brothers ]
[ So Speak To Them How You Would Want Them To Speak
To You ]
[ Don’t Tell Them To ]
[ [ DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO ] ]
[ When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ You’re Usually The One That Gets Screwed ]
[ You Can’t Go Through Life With A Chip On Your Shoulder ]
[ It Will Only Get Bigger ]
[ As You Get Older ]
[ Short Or Tall ]
[ That Chip Won’t Ever Look Small ]
[ Not To You Or I ]
[ Or Even To The Eye ]
[ Of The Average Guy ]
[ So Do Yourself A Favor ]
[ Do Good Deeds & Savor ]
[ The Good Feelings You Get ]
[ Catch Them In A Fishing Net ]
[ & Let Them Set ]
[ & Then There’s A Good Bet ]
[ That Chip Will Roll Off & Fall To The Ground ]
[ & Then You’ll Show & Tell Everyone Around ]
[ Look What You Found ]
[ The Chip Will No Longer Be There ]
[ If You Dare ]
[ To Care ]
[ Then Will Your Mind Be Free? ]
[ How Can You Prove This To Me? ]
[ Oh, You Say (WHAT WILL BE, WILL BE) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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