[ You Walk On Egg Shells For Self-Preservation ]
[ Your Stomach Is Empty ]
[ & Your Brain Suffers From Starvation ]
[ It Needs Food For Thought ]
[ Knowledge About Life Can’t Be Bought ]
[ Life Has To Be Experienced ]
[ & Nothing Is Permanent ]
[ Only Different ]
[ You’ve Put Up A Wall To Keep The Bad Out ]
[ Do The Lyers Have The Loudest Shout? ]
[ Then When They Don’t Destroy Everything About You ]
[ They Sit In The Corner & Pout ]
[ But They Want You Looking @ Them While They Do This ]
[ Their Number One Wish ]
[ Is To Find Someone Weaker To Diss ]
[ To Put Down, To Demolish ]
[ They Leave You As A Shell Of What You Used To Be ]
[ They Count The Minutes To When They See ]
[ You ]
[ Taking A Knee ]
[ On The Way To The Ground ]
[ They Pound, Pound, Pound ]
[ & Kick All Of The Support You Have ]
[ So There Is Nowhere But Down ]
[ What Will It Take ]
[ For Them To See Their Own Mistakes? ]
[ But Then They Proudly Protest (THOSE ARE THE
BREAKS) ]
[ A Mistake Here & A Mistake There ]
[ Those Kinds Of People ]
[ Have No Heart & Don’t Care ]
[ If They Had Two ]
[ They Still Wouldn’t Share ]
[ They Would Never Share The Good Times ]
[ Only The Bad ]
[ They’d Only Read The Rhymes ]
[ Where The Results Were Sad ]
[ Why Can’t You Summon Up The Nerve ]
[ & Kick Those People To The Curb ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Category: [ 2019 Stories ]
(1368)▪︎[ Man In The Mirror … 12•4•2019 ]
[ When You Look In The Mirror ]
[ Do You Compare What You See ]
[ To Some Of Your Peers? ]
[ How Do You Compare? ]
[ Does It Look Okay ]
[ That You Shave Off Most Of Your Hair? ]
[ Hair Does Not Make The Man ]
[ Just Like You Are Not Defined By What You Can ]
[ Do For Others ]
[ Because The Only Blood Relative You Have In Your Life ]
[ Is Brent, Your Brother ]
[ & The Son That Was Given To You By Your Beautiful Wife ]
[ But Are You Proud Of The Person That Looks Back @ ? ]
[ Right Now You Don’t Find Many Reasons To Be ]
[ You See ]
[ Your Biggest, Most Proud Thing About Yourself Is That You’ve
Been Able To Stay Married For This Long ]
[ You’re Sure Glad That You Waited ]
[ & Not Have Hurried & Settled For Someone Who Would Turn Out
All Wrong ]
[ You Never Would Have Traded ]
[ This Wife With Someone Who Came Along ]
[ Not In A Million Years ]
[ Would You Do Something That Would Cause So Many Tears? ]
[ Exactly Down To The Letter ]
[ Your Wife Really Deserves Someone Better ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1369)▪︎[ Trust Is A Strange Word … 12•5•2019 ]
[ Trust What You Know ]
[ Not What You Feel ]
[ Things Can Move Really Slow ]
[ When You Think You Got A Raw Deal ]
[ Maybe You Forgot, But You’re Still Responsible ]
[ Cueing Your Memory ]
[ Is Not Impossible ]
[ As You Grow, That’s When You Find The Clue ]
[ That Taking Responsibility For Your Own Actions ]
[ Is The Adult Thing To Do ]
[ When You Go From Complying To Responsive ]
[ You Go From (MAYBE’s) To Decisive ]
[ Then You Go From Adaptive & Cooperative ]
[ To Responsible & Reasonable ]
[ There Are Times When You Use Your Voice ]
[ Saying That You Had No Choice ]
[ But You Had A Choice & You Should Know That ]
[ In The Game Of Life ]
[ Everybody Should Get Their Turn Up To Bat ]
[ We All Know That In Life, You Don’t Always Get A Fair Shake ]
[ Opportunities Are As Good As The Ones You Make ]
[ & Chances Are Gauged By The Risks You Take ]
[ During The Growing Up Years, Growth Is The Hardest Thing
To Accomplish ]
[ Avoiding The Potholes Along The Way Can Be A Great Wish ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1207)▪︎[ It Is? … 10•3•2019 ]
[ What It Is, Is What It Will Be ]
[ Can You Hear ]
[ What You Can’t See? ]
[ Can You Taste The Air ]
[ That Swirls Through Your Hair? ]
[ What If You Have A Bald Head? ]
[ Do You Always Follow When You Want To Be Left Alone
Instead? ]
[ Or Only Towards The End Of Your Life ]
[ To Take One’s Heart ]
[ Do You Always Need A Knife? ]
[ For When You Finally See The Light ]
[ Does It Always Has To Be Bright? ]
[ They Say That It Is Always The Darkest Before The
Rising Sun ]
[ Even Before You Wake ]
[ Is Your Day Almost Done? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1187)▪︎[ Soldiers … 9•28•2019 ]
[ There Needs To Be More Sailers & More Soldiers ]
[ Because The Weight Of The World ]
[ Is On Their Broad Shoulders ]
[ The Flyboys, Always Reach For The Sky ]
[ When They’re In Their Fighter Jets ]
[ They Feel So High ]
[ The Ground Soldiers Are In Line Marching Two By Two ]
[ They Go To War ]
[ To Protect Me & You ]
[ The Frogmen Are Soon To Be Treading Water ]
[ When They Get Sent In ]
[ It’s Because The Conflict Got Hotter ]
[ They Send The Marines In When The Going Gets Tough ]
[ Then The Generals ]
[ Wonder If That’s Enough ]
[ Does The Military Have Enough Soldiers To Fall Back On ]
[ When They Go To War ]
[ You Should Consider Them Gone ]
[ They Send These Guys Because, They Are Buffed ]
[ & When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ These Men Are All Made Of The Right Stuff ]
[ They Go In Like King Kong ]
[ & Come Out Like Godzilla ]
[ There’s Something Wrong ]
[ When They Come Home With The Mind Set Of A Killer ]
[ The Military Knows How To Turn It On, But They Don’t Quite
Know How To Turn It Off ]
[ The Problem Is Attempting To Find The Spot ]
[ Where The Mind Is Soft ]
[ That Is Where The Caring Begins ]
[ Unfortunately For Some Soldiers ]
[ War Is Where The Caring Ends ]
[ Every Soldier Goes In Needing To Be Wanted ]
[ Not By The Angry Protesters ]
[ Who Only Yelled & Taunted ]
[ Being A Soldier Is Not What I Want To Be ]
[ When It Comes To Me ]
[ I Already Have PTSD ]
[ PTSD Used To Be For Soldiers That Saw Some Combat ]
[ PTSD Encompasses More Than That ]
[ Military Life Is Not The Only Place Where It’s @ ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1216)▪︎[ What’s The Answer? … 10•7•2019 ]
[ There Are Some Nights ]
[ When You Just Need Some Rest ]
[ That’s When You Turn Off The Lights ]
[ & Listen To Your Own Breath ]
[ Those Nights When You Lay There Listening ]
[ To Your Breathing ]
[ You Try To Keep Yourself ]
[ From Thinking Of Leaving ]
[ The Thoughts Go In & Out Of Your Head ]
[ That Makes For A Sleepless Night ]
[ In Your Bed ]
[ What Are The Pros? ]
[ & What Are The Cons? ]
[ Is The Answer Right Under Your Nose? ]
[ How Will You Know, What’s Right Or What’s Wrong? ]
[ You Tell Yourself To Go With The First Thought That Comes In To
Your Mind ]
[ But Don’t Put Yourself In A Bind ]
[ Or Maybe You Should Go With Your Gut ]
[ & See What You’d Find ]
[ Decisions Should Not Be Made After Nights With No
Sleep ]
[ Would You Throw Away Something ]
[ That On Another Day You Would Really Want To Keep? ]
[ Maybe What Would Be Best ]
[ Is If You Could Write It Out ]
[ So You Could Get It Off Of Your Chest ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1149)▪︎[ A Deep Sleep … 9•11•2019 ]
[ Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days, Where You Just
Want To Go Back To Sleep? ]
[ Not A Nap ]
[ But One, Where You’re Under Really Deep ]
[ It Is Like You’re On The Sleep Elevator Where The Level Of
Deep Goes Up, As The Elevator Goes Down ]
[ You Go To The Level, Where There’s No Sound ]
[ You Pass The Level, Where You Dream ]
[ Go Past The Nightmares, That Make You Scream ]
[ Head Towards The Darkness, Where There’s No Light ]
[ Your Hearing Is Amazing ]
[ Compensating, Because You Have No More Sight ]
[ It’s Not Like, You’re Totally Blind ]
[ It’s So Dark ]
[ You See With Your Mind ]
[ You Thought You Heard A Bark ]
[ So You Check Your Behind ]
[ There’s Nothing There ]
[ Except, Cold Air ]
[ Don’t Be Scared Of The Dark, Because There Is Nothing
To Be Afraid Of ]
[ The Last Light You Had, Was From Way Up Above ]
[ You Shiver & The Cold Goes Down To The Bone ]
[ Do You Try To Anticipate, The Not Yet Known? ]
[ Where You Can’t Anticipate, What Goes On Here ]
[ Because, What Goes On Is Never Clear ]
[ You Come To A Room & You Find A Corner Where You Can Sit ]
[ When You Lose Your Sight, Do You Just Want To Quit? ]
[ You Have To Be Confident That You’ll Get Your Sight Back ]
[ So Don’t Worry, If All You Can See Is Black ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1160)▪︎[ Running … 9•14•2019 ]
[ Running From My Shadow ]
[ I’m Running So Hard ]
[ But Things Are Going By Me So Slow ]
[ Running Towards What I Want ]
[ These Are Just Words ]
[ Not A Taunt ]
[ Oftentimes I Don’t Know ]
[ Which Way To Go ]
[ Who Do I Follow? ]
[ Everyone’s Words, Sound So Hollow ]
[ So I Need, To Take The Chance ]
[ & Dance The Dance ]
[ My Gustatory Nerve Cells ]
[ Picks Up The Orders ]
[ & The Bad Smells ]
[ I’ve Always Thought My Nose Would Not Be As Good As
My Eyes ]
[ I Can’t Smell Them ]
[ But I Can See The Lies ]
[ Lies, Lies I Can See The Mouth Moving ]
[ But Your Words Are Not Very Soothing ]
[ What Are You Proving? ]
[ Are You Trying To Prove Me Wrong? ]
[ That’s Worth As Much As A Dance & A Song ]
[ It Is Short On Truth ]
[ But The Lies Are Long ]
[ I Don’t Know How We’ll Ever Get To The End Of The Line ]
[ He’s Doing Okay ]
[ But I Know I’m Doing Fine ]
[ Fine, Fine, Things Are Going Just Fine While We Go Dakine ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1164)▪︎[ Go … 9•16•2019 ]
[ Have You Ever Felt Alone In A Crowd? ]
[ & Then When You’re All By Yourself ]
[ You Find That The Silence Is So Loud? ]
[ @ Night When You Find Yourself Laying On The Bed ]
[ & You Want To Wrap Your Pillow Around Your Head ]
[ What Can You Do Instead? ]
[ Go To Sleep ]
[ After You Take Your Sleeping Med? ]
[ But Can You Sleep? ]
[ Why Do You Weep? ]
[ You’re So Awake You Feel That Life Is Passing You By ]
[ Why Now? Why? ]
[ You Thought For A Quick Instance Yesterday That You’ve
Found Your Niché In Life ]
[ You Met Her For A Brief Moment ]
[ But Did You Finally Meet The Woman That Will Become Your Wife? ]
[ Will The Dream Continue Or Pop? ]
[ When You’re Going Downhill, Do You Yell (STOP?) ]
[ Does The Fast Pace Make Your Heart Drop? ]
[ Then Go Directly To Jail Without Passing (GO) ]
[ Speed It Up ]
[ Stop Dragging Your Feet & Going Slow ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1165)▪︎[ Down By The Ocean … 9•16•2019 ]
[ When You Close Your Eyes, What Do You See? ]
[ Are You Playing In The Sand? ]
[ @ The Edge Of The Sea? ]
[ You See Someone Running Towards You ]
[ & You Begin To Wonder (WHO CAN THAT BE?) ]
[ Then In The Blink Of Your Eye ]
[ There’s No More Guy ]
[ But, You Didn’t See Him Run Right By ]
[ So Where Did He Go? ]
[ He Wasn’t Going Slow ]
[ But He Wasn’t Going All That Fast ]
[ He Didn’t Run Past ]
[ You ]
[ Who? ]
[ Was He? ]
[ Why Can’t You See ]
[ Him, Anymore? ]
[ Did He Disappear Through A Door? ]
[ But Why Would A Door Be On The Beach? ]
[ & Then Have The Doorknob Just Out Of Reach? ]
[ But If You Can’t Grasp It, How Could He? ]
[ It Just Goes To Show ]
[ Anything Can Happen Down By The Sea ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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