[ The Ocean Rarely Relinquishes What It Takes ]
[ Sometimes Widows Are What It Makes ]
[ When You Turn Your Back On The King Tide ]
[ It Will Take Your Feet Out From Under You ]
[ & Then Take You For A Ride ]
[ Whoever Told You That The Ocean Is Harmless ]
[ Looked You Straight In The Eyes & Lied ]
[ Another Victim, Another Day ]
[ Be Naive About The Power Of The Ocean ]
[ & It Could Sweep You Away ]
[ @ Times The Water Is So Calm & Low ]
[ You Say ]
[ Hiding With The Next Wave Is An Undertow ]
[ That Might Be Today ]
[ You Don’t See The Undertow, Until It Grabs You By The Feet ]
[ Before You Know It, You’re Knocked Down On To Your Seat ]
[ Swim Hard Against It ]
[ Before You Give In To Defeat ]
[ Today Two Children Lost Their Lives After Being Taken From
Their Father’s Arms ]
[ Oh The Water Is So Calm & Shallow ]
[ Playing In The Waves Will Bring No Harm ]
[ A Sneaker Wave Came Out Of The Blue ]
[ It Almost Had Three Lives ]
[ But Then Settled On Two ]
[ The Father Was Saved But The Son & Daughter Wasn’t ]
[ In Regular Water The Body’s Would Be Given Back ]
[ But The Ocean Doesn’t ]
[ The Ocean Waves Could Be Called A Thief ]
[ By Stealing Two Children’s Lives ]
[ & Creating A Lifetime Of Grief ]
[ That Some ]
[ Families ]
[ Never Recover From ]
[ The Father Will Probably Forever Be Numb ]
[ Oh, The Water Is Calm ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(023)▪︎[ The Moon … 1•6•2020 ]
[ Why Does The Moon Seem So Lonely? ]
[ Because Mother Nature Raises The Sun As Hers, Only ]
[ When The Moon Reaches It’s Highest Point ]
[ Everybody Has Vacated Every Joint ]
[ Most People Are Tucked Away In Their Bed ]
[ Some Are Comatose After Taking Their Sleeping Med ]
[ When The Moon Comes Out Most People & Creatures
Are Down For The Night ]
[ It Is Usually So Dark ]
[ The Moon Has To Makes It’s Own Light ]
[ Nobody Stays Up To Watch The Moon Set ]
[ The Moon Never Forgets ]
[ That Everyone Loves The Sun ]
[ When It’s Up ]
[ People Come Out To Have Fun ]
[ During The Times When The Moon Is Full ]
[ & The Nights Activities Are Dull ]
[ The Windless Air ]
[ Has Nothing To Compare ]
[ No Where To Go ]
[ Just Drifting Really Slow ]
[ Across The Sky ]
[ Not To Really Be Seen ]
[ By The Naked Eye ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(024)▪︎[ A Story To Tell … 1•6•2020 ]
[ Everybody Has A Story To Tell ]
[ If You Listen To Enough Of Them ]
[ You Can See How Some People Fell ]
[ Most People Want To Grow Up & Do Great Things ]
[ But Sometimes Expectations Are Attached By Strings ]
[ Strings For Other People To Pull ]
[ Sometimes Those Expectations Makes Some Look
Like Fools ]
[ Some Have The Expectations Of Getting Paid For What
Ordinary People Do ]
[ Then If They Are Not Appeased, They Sue ]
[ Get Money The Easy Way ]
[ Sue Somebody So You Can Have A Big Payday ]
[ Money That’s Not Earned ]
[ Sometimes When You Have Expectations ]
[ You Get Burned ]
[ So What Is Your Story? ]
[ Let’s Hear It ]
[ Are Parts Too Gory? ]
[ To Even Tell Just A Little Bit? ]
[ So How Do You Get The Story Out There? ]
[ If You Don’t Want To Share ]
[ Then I Don’t Have To Care ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(3)▪︎[ The First Day … 1•1•2020 ]
[ Today Is The First Day Of The New Year ]
[ Is It Going To Be Full Of Cheer? ]
[ Or Are There Going To Be Problems That Kick You In The Rear? ]
[ To Some, This Is The Start Of The 2020 Decade ]
[ Will You Need Or Come To Someone’s Aid? ]
[ If You’re Always Going To Be There @ The Drop Of A Hat ]
[ Are You Able To Let A Stranger Come Up To Bat ]
[ & Take Their Swings? ]
[ That May Help Them Get Their Wings ]
[ When You Randomly Give Things ]
[ You’ll Soon Realize What Happiness It Brings ]
[ But Always Use Your Common Sense ]
[ Don’t Leave Someone Hanging ]
[ In Suspense ]
[ If You Are Going To Give, Then Give ]
[ Make It Easier For Someone To Live ]
[ Will The New Decade Bring New Problems ]
[ That You Won’t Want To Face? ]
[ Can You Solve Them? ]
[ So You Can Put Your Priorities Back In Place? ]
[ Face This New Decade Head On ]
[ If You Run & Hide ]
[ Then Throw It Out Onto The Lawn ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(003)▪︎[ The First Day … 1•1•2020 ]
[ Today Is The First Day Of The New Year ]
[ Is It Going To Be Full Of Cheer? ]
[ Or Are There Going To Be Problems That Kick You In The Rear? ]
[ To Some This Is The Start Of The 2020 Decade ]
[ Will You Need Or Come To Someone’s Aid? ]
[ If You’re Always Going To Be There @ The Drop Of A Hat ]
[ Are You Able To Let A Stranger Come Up To Bat ]
[ & Take Their Swings? ]
[ That May Help Them Get Their Wings ]
[ When You Randomly Give Things ]
[ You’ll Soon Realize What Happiness It Brings ]
[ But Always Use Your Common Sense ]
[ Don’t Leave Someone Hanging ]
[ In Suspense ]
[ If You Are Going To Give, Then Give ]
[ Make It Easier For Someone To Live ]
[ Will The New Decade Bring New Problems ]
[ That You Won’t Want To Face? ]
[ Can You Solve Them? ]
[ So You Can Put Your Priorities Back In Place? ]
[ Face This New Decade Head On ]
[ If You Run & Hide ]
[ & Then Threw Them Out Onto The Lawn ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1)▪︎[ There’s An Ache … 1•1•2020 ]
[ Sometimes We’re Together, Sometimes We Are Split Apart ]
[ When You’re Not With Me ]
[ You Have An Ache In Your Heart ]
[ Everytime That You Feel Strong ]
[ Something Always Happens ]
[ & Then Everything Goes Wrong ]
[ (GET UP, GET UP) Is What You Tell Yourself ]
[ If You Can’t Help Yourself, There’s Nobody Else ]
[ In Times Of Uncertainty ]
[ You Have Found That You Say (I CAN ONLY RELY ON ME) ]
[ Whenever You Look In The Mirror ]
[ & Your Mind Is Thinking Clear ]
[ You Know ]
[ That If You Walk A Steady Walk ]
[ & Keep Things Slow ]
[ You Will Thrive ]
[ As You Struggle Every Second Of Every Minute Of Every Hour ]
[ To Stay Alive ]
[ But There Are Days When You Want To Buy Yourself A Vowell ]
[ & Throw In The Towell ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1153)▪︎[ Anger … 12•30•2020 ]
[ Anger Seems To Be Directly Part Of My Life ]
[ Be It @ Me ]
[ Or From Me ]
[ Affecting My Son Or My Wife ]
[ Names Can Be Called Or Felt ]
[ It Can Feel Like ]
[ The Tightening Of A Belt ]
[ Either Way, It Hurts ]
[ Easy To Feel & Give ]
[ As If It Is Pulling Off My Shirt ]
[ Anger Can Tear Couples & Families Apart ]
[ Some Angry Comments ]
[ Are Meant To Pierce The Heart ]
[ Or Are They Meant? ]
[ To Stay In The Head ]
[ Instead? ]
[ Either Reason Or Way ]
[ Piercing Words ]
[ Find A Way To Stay ]
[ & Be Heard ]
[ Ping Ponging Back & Forth ]
[ Heading South ]
[ Then Heading North ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1149)▪︎[ Set Adrift … 12•27•2020 ]
[ You Were Once Again ]
[ In A Sailboat Set Adrift ]
[ With No Wind ]
[ Floating Aimlessly In No Particular Direction ]
[ Or No Plan ]
[ Finding That You Need To Make Several Corrections ]
[ If You Want To Be An Upstanding Man ]
[ Who Should You Go To For Advice? ]
[ Having A Supportive Father ]
[ Would Have Been Nice ]
[ But While He Was Alive, He Never Bothered ]
[ Maybe He Thought That You Were A Troubled Soul ]
[ But You Always Thought ]
[ That He Did A Horrible Job Faking Through His Years Playing
The Father Role ]
[ You Learned More From The Father Of A Family Down
The Street On The Corner ]
[ He Taught You About Sports, Law & Order ]
[ But That Was Then ]
[ Being On Your Own Now ]
[ This Is How It’s Been ]
[ You Have To Figure Out The ( HOW? ) ]
[ Now You Feel That Your Best Friend Can See ]
[ How You Can Be ]
[ The Best Of Me ]
[ She Set You On The Path On How To Get The Best &
Be The Best Man In This House ]
[ & Be The Strong Father For Your Son ]
[ & Be The Strong Husband For Your Spouse ]
[ But This Has Been A Long Time Coming ]
[ I Just Never Listened To The Right Drumming ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1154)▪︎[ Listen Closely, Please … 12•30•2020 ]
[ Things Are The Same, But It’s Just A Different Day ]
[ Words Are Politely Said ]
[ But You Treat Me The Exact Same Way ]
[ Sometimes Worse Than The Day Before ]
[ As Each Day Goes By ]
[ It Seems Like You Hate Me Even More ]
[ Where Do You Get This Hate From? ]
[ Then When Others Ask Me ( HOW COME … ) ]
[ ( YOU FEEL & ACT SO NUMB? ) ]
[ I Feel That Way As A Self-Protective Attitude ]
[ It Is Not To Be Rude ]
[ It Is Just A Protective Change In My Mood ]
[ To Protect My Psyche & My Hurt Heart ]
[ I Have Gotten So Tired ]
[ With The Comments From You That Seem To Be Your Attempts
To Tear This Family Apart ]
[ Do I Have Some Blame In This? ]
[ I’d Say ( YES ) ]
[ Fixing This, Makes It Be One Of The Top Priorities On The Top Of
My List ]
[ My Way Of Engaging You, Is To Not Engage You @ All ]
[ Because, Our Past Arguments ]
[ Used To Drive Me Up The Wall ]
[ I Just Choose, Not To Do That Anymore ]
[ That Is One Of The Many Reasons ]
[ That You Are Being Shown The Front Door ]
[ Kicking You Out, Or Pushing You Out, You Can Call It Whatever
You Want ]
[ I Am Not Using This Story As A Final Taunt ]
[ This Is One Thing That I Am Extremely Tired Of ]
[ This Is Not Something That I Am Doing ]
[ Because There Is Now, A Lack Of Love ]
[ I Would Kind Of Look @ It As, It’s Because I Care ]
[ I Really Want To See ]
[ That We Have Any Kind Of Relationship To Salvage There ]
[ Or There Will Be ]
[ Anything Left To Share ]
[ Does Any Of This Make You Tense? ]
[ I Just Don’t Want You To Straddle The Fence ]
[ As If This Does, Or Does Not Make Sense ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1147)▪︎[ A Useless Effort … 12•26•2020 ]
[ Validation Is Almost An Impossible Thing To
Seek ]
[ You Think That Most Of The Time You Come To Have
Some Regrets After You Speak ]
[ No One Acknowledges What You Say ]
[ All Through The Night ]
[ & All Throughout The Day ]
[ You Do Not Understand Why You Are So Ignored ]
[ When You Say Something ]
[ Do You Make Others That Bored? ]
[ It Is Always Other People’s Choice ]
[ That They Won’t Respond To Your Voice ]
[ But Then Frustration Ping Pongs Around In Your Head ]
[ When She Says Your Words Back, Verbatim, What You Just Said ]
[ You Wish That She Had Never Heard ]
[ A Single Word ]
[ Then Others Could Use ]
[ That Excuse ]
[ So You Guess You Will Sit There & Smile ]
[ & Continue To Take The Abuse ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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