[ The Functionality]
[ Is Based On The Punctuality ]
[ Then, Depending On The Personality ]
[ You Get The Degree & Level Of Maturity ]
[ Did You Assume Or Speculate? ]
[ Did You Burp ]
[ Or Flatulate? ]
[ Either Way, You Let Out Wind ]
[ So When Will You Begin ]
[ Again ]
[ Either Way You Just Can’t Win ]
[ So Why, Or When ]
[ Would That Ever Be A Sin? ]
[ The Pain Moves Quickly Up & Down My Spine ]
[ & No I Don’t Need Any Cheese ]
[ To Go With This Whine ]
[ Even When You Say ( PLEASE ) ]
[ When I Take You Out To Dine ]
[ This Might Be Our Time ]
[ & Your Mountain To Climb ]
[ But The Way This Is Written ]
[ Everyone, Everywhere, Everytime ]
[ Will Say That I & Only I, Wrote This Rhyme! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(1125)▪︎[ My Big Mistake … 12•19•2020 ]
[ All That I Could Ever Do ]
[ Is To Say That I Am Sorry ]
[ Because I Never Meant To Hurt You ]
[ I Wish That The Words Would Have Stayed In
My Head ]
[ So They Were Never Said ]
[ @ That Instance You Were Not Listening To Me ]
[ & I Would Not Just Let Things Be ]
[ But Now I Can See ]
[ That You Are Just Being The Same Old You ]
[ & I Was Blind To The Social Cue’s ]
[ As Soon As I Said It I Had Regret ]
[ Because Saying That ]
[ Was As Low As Low Can Get ]
[ I Have Been Really Moody Since The Day After Last ]
[ Usually I Have A Good Filter ]
[ But That Comment Came Out Way Too Fast ]
[ I Am Very Sure ]
[ That The Comment Did Not Paint A Very Good Or
Accurate Picture ]
[ I Can’t Apologize Anymore Than I Already Had ]
[ I Know What I Said Was Extremely Bad ]
[ But If We Can’t Work This Out ]
[ I Will Be Very Sad ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(116)▪︎[ Today’s Youth … 2•7•2020 ]
[ Has This Generations Youth ]
[ Ever Been Honest & Told The Truth? ]
[ Not To Sound Cranky & Mean ]
[ But Those Instances Are Few & Far In-Between ]
[ He Blames Me, The Adult ]
[ For His Behavior ]
[ & Problems That Are All His Fault ]
[ I Didn’t Raise Him To Curse @ Me ]
[ Also, This Is Far From What I Would Have Wanted Him To Be ]
[ After Years & Years Of Using Words To Cut ]
[ I Have Learned When & Where To Keep My Mouth Shut ]
[ Oh I Could Slice Him To Pieces ]
[ In Front Of My Nephews & Nieces ]
[ Where Would That Get Me By Treating Him That Way? ]
[ On That Day? ]
[ All It Would Get Me Is An Attack ]
[ As All Of The Other Adults Would Talk Smack ]
[ & I Would Get Nothing That I Care To Hear From Him ]
[ As He Talked Back ]
[ Day-In & Day-Out ]
[ I Get Nothing From The Words That He Shouts ]
[ His 18th Birthday Can’t Get Here Soon Enough ]
[ I Would Really Like To Say { PACK YOUR STUFF } ]
[ & Then Off! ]
[ & Take Your Bad-Ass Self ]
[ & Go Live With Someone & Somewhere Else ]
[ See How Fast Some Other People Will Force You Out Because
You Are Not Pulling Your Own Weight ]
[ They Will Probably Give You A Specific Date ]
[ To Get Your Act Together & Do What Needs To Be Done ]
[ Because They Are Probably Not Having Much Fun ]
[ Maybe One Of Them ]
[ Might Pull A Gun ]
[ There Will Not Be Someone Picking Up After You ]
[ & Because You’ll Have A Roommate Or Two ]
[ Who’ll Get Tired Doing What You Are Supposed To Do? ]
[ One Of Your Biggest Wishes ]
[ Will Not Be Always Skipping The Responsibility ]
[ When It’s Your Time To Do The Dishes ]
[ Everybody Has Things To Do Around The Apartment
Or House ]
[ You Can’t Always Get Out Of Bed ]
[ & Drop Down On The Couch ]
[ That Definitely Would Test The Bonds Of Friendship By Making
It Wear Thin ]
[ Then Maybe Someday You Will Be Locked Outside ]
[ & No One Will Let You In ]
[ So We Circle Back To Telling You That Your Mouth Always
Gets You Into Trouble ]
[ Well, Reality Is Going To Burst That Big Bubble ]
[ Barney Rubble ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(110)▪︎[ Thoughts Go ‘Round & ‘Round … 2•5•2020 ]
[ Where Do Thoughts Go, When They Are Not
Picked Out & Used? ]
[ Do They Rattle Around The Brain ]
[ Until It Looks Bruised? ]
[ That Does Not Sound Productive ]
[ What If The Brain Erupted? ]
[ From All Of The Abuse? ]
[ Could They Know The Reason ]
[ Or Would They, Make Up An Excuse? ]
[ What Good Reason Would They Have? ]
[ The Eruption, Bruised Almost (1) Half ]
[ Does That Half, Shrivel Up & Die? ]
[ What If The Change ]
[ Would Make Them Lie? ]
[ They Don’t Want To Be One Of Those Guys ]
[ Who Just Walks Around & Tells Lies ]
[ They End Up Being Friendless ]
[ & Then From Despair ]
[ They Become Homeless ]
[ So They’d Be Out Of A Job ]
[ Because They Lied Too Much To The Boss That’s Bob ]
[ Bob, The Boss ]
[ Is Sorry For Their Loss ]
[ But They Can’t Keep On Telling Lies When They Were Lost ]
[ Because Bob Showed Them The Cost ]
[ That Is Why I Play The Host ]
[ Of This Post ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(104)▪︎[ Happy Birthday … 2•4•2020 ]
[ Happy Birthday To One Of The Most Important Women
In My Life ]
[ There’s You & My Beautiful Wife ]
[ Okay, Well I Guess There’s Only Mainly Two ]
[ There’s Nicole & You ]
[ I Hope You Are Having A Great Day ]
[ & That Your Boys Are Treating You Like A Queen In Every
Way ]
[ You Are The Only BFF I’ve Ever Had ]
[ The Amount Of Time Since Our Last Visit ]
[ Makes Me Sad ]
[ But I Always See ]
[ When I’ve Needed, You Have Always Been There For Me ]
[ Thank You For The Days, Weeks, Years Of Being There ]
[ Oh, The Stories We’ve Shared ]
[ I Write This Out Of Love ]
[ & Because I Care ]
[ Happy Birthday, BFF ]
[ Love You ]
[ Robert ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(102)▪︎[ I Thought So … 2•3•2020 ]
[ Have You Ever Found Yourself In A Situation You Can’t
Talk About? ]
[ Does It Make You Pout? ]
[ Or Do You Just Want To Stand Up & Walk Out? ]
[ Does Either One ]
[ Make You Want To Run? ]
[ Because This Is No Longer Fun? ]
[ Who Says That You Have To Find A Way ]
[ & Reasons ]
[ To Stay? ]
[ Nobody Is Forcing Your Hand ]
[ Or Making Demands ]
[ What Will It Take For You To Stay Put? ]
[ Another Inch Or A Foot? ]
[ But Things Like This, Can Make You Sad ]
[ Because, You No Longer Have A Dad ]
[ But That Positional Role Model Left Your Life A Long, Long
Time Ago ]
[ For The Exact Reasons You Never Did Know ]
[ He Made Up Some Big Scenario In His Brain ]
[ That He Told Himself Again & Again ]
[ But What Was There To Gain? ]
[ For Shame, For Shame ]
[ Putting It On Your Shoulders That You Were To Blame ]
[ He Had The Wrong Name ]
[ He Should Have Picked Up A Mirror ]
[ & Looked ]
[ Then Said ( THE PERSON TO BLAME IS RIGHT HERE! ) ]
[ But He Just Couldn’t & Wouldn’t Do That To Himself ]
[ He Only Had The Balls To Blame Someone Else ]
[ What Should You Expect ]
[ Him Feeling Guilty Of Neglect? ]
[ That Would Take Away From His Own Self-Respect ]
[ & Give Him Time To Reflect? ]
[ It All Comes Full Circle Back To You ]
[ What Would You Do? ]
[ Would You Have Reacted The Same Way, Too? ]
[ I’d Have To Say ( NO ) ]
[ I Thought So ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(101)▪︎[ Thankful For Marriage … 2•2•2020 ]
[ Dear Marriage, This Is A Letter Of Thanks ]
[ From One Very Happily Married Man, To You ]
[ There Was Never Enough Money In The Banks ]
[ To Keep Me From Saying ( I DO ) ]
[ @ The Right Time ]
[ In The Right Place ]
[ So I’m Able To Write A Good Rhyme ]
[ Without Feeling Like A Disgrace ]
[ You Need A Licence To Get Married ]
[ But It Doesn’t Come With An Instructional Booklet ]
[ You Shouldn’t Expect To Get Carried ]
[ By Someone That You Just Met ]
[ Your Engagement May Have Been Long ]
[ Or It May Have Been A Few Days ]
[ Did The Time Make Your Bond Strong? ]
[ Did You Find That You Can Love Each Other In All Different
Kinds Of Ways? ]
[ If Something Goes Wrong ]
[ What Incentives Did You Give Your Spouse To Stay? ]
[ Do Unto Others As You Would Want ]
[ Make That Golden Rule A Mantra ]
[ Not A Taunt ]
[ When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Does What? ]
[ They Rise & Shine ]
[ Even Though It Feels Like They’ve Been Kicked In The Gut ]
[ Always Be Kind ]
[ Never End A Compliment With A ( BUT … ) ]
[ That Added ( BUT … ) Ruins The Compliment Just By Itself ]
[ In Effect ]
[ You’re Also Saying That Whatever You’re Complimenting About
Can Be Done Better By Someone Else ]
[ Thank You Marriage For Teaching Me That Love Really Is A
Two-Way Street ]
[ Compromising Does Not Have To Happen Because You’re Weak ]
[ It Shouldn’t Leave You With The Feeling That You’ve Been Beat ]
[ Coming Together As A Couple Is What You Should Seek ]
[ In Dark Times Try To Remember The Good Feelings When You
Just Met ]
[ Aren’t Those The Good Thoughts That You Get ]
[ But Hey, Marriage & Monogamy Is Not For Everyone ]
[ That Lives ]
[ Some People Suck The Fresh Air Out Before Year One ]
[ They Take Instead Of Gives ]
[ There Are Lots Of Reasons Why So Few People Want To
Take That Huge Jump ]
[ Some People Don’t Know How To Get Out Of An Emotional Slump ]
[ Yes, Relationships Have Slumps ]
[ There’s No Such A Thing As A Smooth Road ]
[ That Doesn’t Have Some Bumps ]
[ Sometimes You Will Have To Carry The Load ]
[ While Taking Some Lumps ]
[ Marriage Can Take Your Emotions On The Ride Of Your Life ]
[ One Minute You’re Digging With A Bent Spoon ]
[ The Next Minute You’re Cutting With The Sharpest Knife ]
[ If You Are The Husband ]
[ There Will Be Times When You’ll Lean On Or Carry Your Wife ]
[ Marriage & All That Comes With It Can ]
[ Make You Into A Better & More Complete Man ]
[ [ Like The Grains Of Sand That Runs Through The Hourglass ]
[ Your Life Can Go By You Really Fast ]
[ Just Don’t Let The One That’s Meant To Be ]
[ Go Past ]
[ So Guess Which Way I Lean When It Comes To Marriage As
A Whole ]
[ I Whole Heartedly Believe In It Right Down To My Soul ]
[ That’s How This Square Peg Fits In A Round Hole ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(127)▪︎[ What Happened? … 2•9•2020 ]
[ What Is This Downside, That You Speak Of? ]
[ Are They Looking In The Wrong Places ]
[ For Their True Love? ]
[ Things Where They Live Cannot Be All That Bad ]
[ Maybe They Should Just Concentrate On Being
The Best Dad ]
[ They Can Be ]
[ Are They Really Talking Like That To Me? ]
[ Because They Try To Put Their Best Foot Forward Every Minute
Of The Day ]
[ But @ Times Things Just Don’t Swing Their Way ]
[ Sometimes They Feel That They Have Paid Their Dues ]
[ But Whenever They Watch T.V. ]
[ It Seems That They Never SawThe Clues ]
[ Then They Look @ Life Through Their Tired Eyes ]
[ & See That They Don’t Really Want To Be One Of Those
Ordinary Guys ]
[ They See That They Stress Themselves To Reach To Have Those
American Dreams ]
[ But In The Middle Of The Night They Are Startled Awake ]
[ By Their Own Screams ]
[ The Morning Comes & They Feel Like They Never Got Any
Sleep ]
[ In The Afternoons When They Need To Pay The Bills ]
[ They Do Nothing But Weep ]
[ They Open Their Checkbooks Wondering What Is There ]
[ Then All They Do Is Look @ The Negative Number ]
[ & Silently Stare ]
[ It’s The First Week Of The Month & They Wonder Where It
Went ]
[ They Look @ Their Empty Wallet ]
[ & Can’t Remember Where It All Was Spent ]
[ Are They Leaning Towards Giving An Excuse ]
[ Or Do They Have A Good Reason ]
[ So They Won’t Be Accused ]
[ Of Spending It All ]
[ Doing On-Line Betting ]
[ & Drinking Alcohol ]
[ Do They Get On Their Knees Went They Get Home ]
[ Well Some Things Will Never Be Known ]
[ Like Where Their Monthly Paycheck Was Blown ]
[ The Next First Of The The Month ]
[ Can’t Come Soon Enough ]
[ Then The Nightmare Starts All Over Again ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(125)▪︎[ 2 O’Clock In The A.M. … 2•9•2020 ]
[ It’s Two O’clock In The Morning & All Is Not Well ]
[ When I Walked In The Room ]
[ But I Couldn’t Quite Figure Out The Smell ]
[ It Was Like Pavlov’s Dog ]
[ Ringing The Bell ]
[ Is The Smell Supposed To Bother Me? ]
[ Or Make Me Wonder ]
[ What Could This Be? ]
[ Where Is It Coming From? ]
[ Are These Questions Dumb? ]
[ If They Are Not ]
[ Why Are They Making Me Numb? ]
[ I Try To Think About Which Direction I Was Supposed To Go ]
[ How Will I Know? ]
[ When Will The Signs Tell Me That I’m Headed In The Right Direction? ]
[ Would I Have To Make Any Corrections ]
[ To Make The Right Connections? ]
[ But Is This Going To Be The Norm? ]
[ Of Having The Feeling Like I’m Headed Into A Category (4) Storm? ]
[ The Winds From The Tornado Are Lifting Everything Up Off Of The
Ground ]
[ & Tossing Them All Around ]
[ Will Everything Be Eventually Found? ]
[ It Seems To Be Insightful ]
[ When You’re Doubtful ]
[ But That’s Saying A Mouthful ]
[ When You Let Someone Close To You ]
[ Know That They’re Untruthful ]
[ How Does One Rebound From Such A Disaster? ]
[ What Needs To Be Done After? ]
[ Can Some Of It Wait? ]
[ Until Tomorrow Morning After Eight? ]
[ You Quickly Find Out That It Can’t ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(105)▪︎[ Giving Up … 2•4•2020 ]
[ Right Now Some People Feel Like They’re In The Fight Of
Their Life ]
[ It’s Not Because Of A Stranger With A Knife ]
[ It’s From Fighting The Urge To Not Walk Towards The Bright ]
[ Shining Light ]
[ But It’s So Pretty ]
[ & The Warmth From The Beam ]
[ Feels Like A Soft Kitty ]
[ But What’s On The Other Side? ]
[ The Only Ones That Know ]
[ Have Gone Off & Died ]
[ Why Does Someone Walk Towards The Light When It’s Not
Their Time? ]
[ What If They’re In Their Prime? ]
[ & They Want To Just Call It Quits ]
[ Because @ This Point In Time, They Just Don’t Give A Shit ]
[ Where Did It All Go Wrong? ]
[ When Did They Stop Being Strong? ]
[ Maybe The Length ]
[ Of An Illness ]
[ Has Zapped Their Strength ]
[ & Willingness ]
[ To Go On ]
[ Their Drive Is Gone ]
[ But What About Those Left Behind? ]
[ Will Their Memories Help Remind? ]
[ Them ]
[ Of The Times They Went Out & Dined ]
[ A Picture Whispers A Thousand Words ]
[ When They Spoke ]
[ Were They Heard? ]
[ When They Were Young They Were Alert & Wired ]
[ Now That They Are Older ]
[ They Wake In The Morning Still Tired ]
[ Goodbye, Unyunghikaseyo, Adiōs, Au revoir, Sayōnara Is
What They Wrote ]
[ In Their Final Note ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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