[ Sometimes When We Need To Practice What We Preach ]
[ We Need To Learn What We Are Talking About, Before
We Attempt To Teach ]
[ Sometimes When I Show What I’ve Learned ]
[ You Should Give Me The Respect That I’ve Earned ]
[ For Me To Be Able To See The Other Side Of The Fence ]
[ & To Keep Me From Getting Tense ]
[ The Whole Idea That Is Put In Front Of Me, Must Make
Sense ]
[ As The Days Go By More & More ]
[ I Am Not Knowing If You Understand All Of My
Metaphors ]
[ During The Times That You May Be A Concrete Thinker ]
[ I Might Have On, My Creative Blinker ]
[ & You Will Be As Uncomfortable Taking On My Stress ]
[ As Much As I Would Look Bad Wearing Your Dress ]
[ We Each Have Our Own Cross To Bear ]
[ Just Like We Each Have Our Own Clothes To Wear ]
[ But Even As Much As We Try To Care ]
[ There Are So Many Stressers In Each Others Lives ]
[ That We Are Unaware ]
[ Of ]
[ That We Don’t Love ]
[ That Grip Us Like A Tight Glove ]
[ But What We Do Share ]
[ Is A Love For Each Other ]
[ That We Can’t Compare ]
[ Or That We Can’t & Don’t Find Anywhere ]
[ Else ]
[ Except From Within Ourselves ]
[ The Love & Understanding That We Do Not Give Any
Other Person In Our Life ]
[ Is The Love That We Have ]
[ & Have Gained ]
[ Because, For Almost 25 Years Now, We Have Been
Husband & Wife ]
[ @ That Very Second That I Said ( I DO! ) ]
[ I Knew ]
[ From That Point Forth ]
[ That The Only Thing That Mattered To Me For The Rest
Of My Life … Was You! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(194)▪︎[ When It Matters … 2•28•2020 ]
[ Today, Was Yesterday’s Tomorrow ]
[ No Matter, How You Look @ It ]
[ You Never Have Time, To Borrow ]
[ Sometimes It Seems, Like There Is Never Enough Time In
A Day ]
[ That’s Why Some People, Try To Find A Way ]
[ To Extend It, By An Hour Or Two ]
[ But, That May Not Be Able To Affect You ]
[ You Have To Make The Most, Out Of The Time You’ve Got ]
[ & For Some ]
[ That’s Not ]
[ Going To Be Alot ]
[ So, If You’re Numb ]
[ From Being, In Deep Thought ]
[ Snap Out Of It ]
[ Before Life Takes Your Spirit ]
[ Away, Bit By Bit ]
[ & Makes It Disappear ]
[ In The Clear ]
[ Clean Mirror ]
[ Because, There’s No Deflecting ]
[ What That Mirror, Is Reflecting ]
[ When Trying To Change The Reflection ]
[ Don’t Chase After Perfection ]
[ You’ll Tire Of The Amount Of Steps On Life’s Treadmill
That You’ll Have To Take ]
[ To Even Shake ‘N Bake ]
[ After The Horrible Earthquake ]
[ That You’ve Caused Through Change ]
[ Even Though You Really Tried To Stay Within Range ]
[ Of Those Who Matter ]
[ Change Can Be Good Or It Can Be Bad ]
[ Would It Make Someone Mad ]
[ Knowing What You Are Changing ]
[ Makes Others Sad? ]
[ Or Would You Forge Ahead, With Your Plan ]
[ Not Caring, What Any Woman Or Man ]
[ Would Lose ]
[ So It Really Does Matter The Path You Choose ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(154)▪︎[ Give Myself A Talk … 2•17•2020 ]
[ I Tell You This ]
[ I’ll Tell You No Lie ]
[ That When Death Gave You It’s Kiss ]
[ I Had To Try ]
[ To Keep A Dry ]
[ Eye ]
[ You Were My Last String ]
[ Connecting Me To This Messed Up Family Thing ]
[ Now, Who Will Bring ]
[ Such Laughter ]
[ Only During Our Phone Calls ]
[ Not After ]
[ We’d Punch Each Other Silly With Our Put-Downs ]
[ We’d Take Turns Being The Clown ]
[ You Were Supposed To Take Me To Our Home Island ]
[ & Show Me The Town ]
[ All Of Our Dreams Of Growing Old Together ]
[ Has Changed As Fast As The Oregon Weather ]
[ All Because Of This I Ask ]
[ Why Did You Not Complete The Simple Task ]
[ Of Putting On Your Mask ]
[ During The Night After Last ]
[ Maybe You Are Now Sending Me A Message, In Your Own Way ]
[ If I Want To Wake To See Another Day ]
[ I Must Fight ]
[ To Make Things Right ]
[ By Making Sure That MY Mask Must Be On Tight ]
[ Night After Night ]
[ So Everytime I Balk ]
[ I Should Give Myself A Good Talk ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(148)▪︎[ Who Is Worse Off? … 2•16•2020 ]
[ There Are Alot Of People Having It Worse Off Than Me ]
[ I’m Just So Blind To See ]
[ How Bad Things Could Be ]
[ I Could Be Living In The Streets Without A Home ]
[ Then The Few People That I Know ]
[ Would Look @ Me As An ( UNKNOWN ) ]
[ They Would All Turn Their Backs On Me @ The Same Time ]
[ Leaving Me Destitute ]
[ Without Even A Dime ]
[ Are There Bad Times ]
[ Ahead? ]
[ Tomorrow, Will My Process For Making Rhymes ]
[ Be Dead? ]
[ Why Am I Predicting Such a Dark Cloud? ]
[ That Is The Question For The Day ]
[ Are The Voices Loud? ]
[ In Telling Me It Could Easily Be That Way? ]
[ Just Because I Was Born Under A Dark Cloud Doesn’t Mean
I Have To Live Under One ]
[ I Can’t Make A Single Thought Fun? ]
[ @ Times I Feel So Alone, With The Weight Of My World
Pushing Me Down ]
[ By Pushing On My Shoulders ]
[ I Lost My Crown ]
[ As I Got Older ]
[ Now I Constantly Frown ]
[ As My Sweats Get Colder ]
[ Am I Only A Citizen Because Of A Social Security Card? ]
[ Hundreds, Thousands Of Them Are Fraudulently Made ]
[ It’s Not All That Hard ]
[ What If I Lose It, Or It Is Misplaced? ]
[ Would A Knock On The Door ]
[ Bring The I.N.S. & Me Together For A Face To Face? ]
[ Which Country Border Would They Drop Me Off ]
[ @? ]
[ I’d Be Like A Lost ]
[ Cat ]
[ & Once Again Without A House In Which I Live ]
[ I Could No Longer Invite Others In ]
[ So I Could Do My Favorite Thing … Give ]
[ I Bet Not One Person That I Gave To Would Come To My Aid ]
[ They Would Just Look @ Me With A Blank Stare ]
[ Because Their Memory Would Fade ]
[ Now They Won’t Share ]
[ What They Made ]
[ That’s Okay ]
[ I’d Say ]
[ I Came Into This World Naked, Not Owning A Cent ]
[ When I Die ]
[ Maybe Someone Will Wonder Where My Good Life Went ]
[ Even I ]
[ Wonder What Was The Big Life-Changing Event? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(144)▪︎[ Roses … 2•15•2020 ]
[ Roses, Roses A Dozen Roses For You ]
[ How Many, How Many? ]
[ There Should Be A Bunch Of Six Times Two ]
[ I Wanted To Send Two Bunches Of Six In Each ]
[ One Bunch Is Yellow ]
[ & The Other Is Peach ]
[ I Hope In Some Small Way ]
[ That It Would Make Your Day ]
[ I Wanted It To Be Large ]
[ & In Charge ]
[ Stand It High On Top Of A Book ]
[ So When Your Fellow Employees Walk By ]
[ They Can Do Nothing But Look ]
[ They Might Ignore You, But I Won’t ]
[ If They Knew The You @ Home ]
[ They Will Answer The Question Of Why I Don’t ]
[ So You Could Act Like The Mad Hatter ]
[ & Show Those People ]
[ That To Me, You Matter ]
[ @ Home You Have A Loving Husband & Son ]
[ I Am Your Moon ]
[ Like You Are My Sun ]
[ My Stories May Not Earn Me Money ]
[ & That Is Okay With Me ]
[ I Don’t Need A Holiday To Do This ]
[ I Have Been Remiss ]
[ Because Sending You Flowers ]
[ Is Something I Miss ]
[ I Love You Forever & Ever … Amen ]
[ I Hope You Never Feel That I Only Love You ]
[ Now & Then ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(143)▪︎[ When Why & How? … 2•15•2020 ]
[ What Would Happen If Your Two World’s Would Collide ]
[ Does That Mean You Died? ]
[ Could They? ]
[ Would They, Someday? ]
[ What If They Did? ]
[ What Would You Do? ]
[ If Your World Slid ]
[ Down The Drain Right In Front Of You? ]
[ Would You Panic? ]
[ Why? ]
[ Would You Be That Manic? ]
[ Kind Of Guy? ]
[ Why Would You Exhibit That Kind Of Behavior? ]
[ Would You Really Think That You Are Going To Die? ]
[ & Come Face To Face With Your Savior? ]
[ Would You Worry Once Again? ]
[ When, When? ]
[ Would The End Of The World Begin? ]
[ How Would This All Come About? ]
[ It Definitely Is Not A Situation ]
[ Where You Can Throw Up Your Hands & Scream ( I WANT OUT!! ) ]
[ You’re Stuck & You Don’t Understand What You Should
Be Doing ]
[ Now ]
[ Maybe You Could Be @ A Little Chapel In ‘Vegas Renewing ]
[ Your Vows? ]
[ Any How ]
[ Would You Stay Busy ]
[ Or Rest? ]
[ If You Were To Be Lazy ]
[ Would You Think That Would Be Best ]
[ & If The Rockets Started To Explode All Around ]
[ Leaving Huge Craters ]
[ Where There Used To Be Ground ]
[ You Take A Deep Breath, Trying To Get Stable ]
[ Then You Wonder ]
[ { ARE YOU ABLE? } ]
[ If That Would Be A Huge Blunder ]
[ You Could Always Hide Under The Table ]
[ To Feel Safe ]
[ But Don’t Think In Haste ]
[ Go Pack Your Toothbrush & Toothpaste ]
[ & Throw Everything Away ]
[ Like It’s Waste ]
[ & Shiver & Hide ]
[ All Of This, Because ]
[ You Thought You Two World’s Were Going To Collide ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(250)▪︎[ Alot Of Don’ts … 3•10•2020 ]
[ Don’t Hate, What You Do Not Understand ]
[ Don’t Expect A Thing, When You Demand ]
[ Don’t Judge, What You Do Not Know ]
[ Don’t Parent By Always Saying ( BECAUSE I SAID SO ) ]
[ Don’t Say ( I LOVE YOU ) Just To Get Respect ]
[ Do Things, That You Want Done Yourself, So You Don’t Expect ]
[ Don’t Take, What You Have Not Bought ]
[ Don’t Take For Granted, All That You’ve Got ]
[ Don’t Look To Others ]
[ To Be, A Surrogate Mother ]
[ Don’t Say, You Live Alone ]
[ When You Have Someone Waiting For You ]
[ When You Get Home ]
[ Don’t Say You’re Honest, When You’ve Lied Plenty ]
[ Don’t Say That You Tell The Truth, When Your Lies Have
Been Many ]
[ Don’t Say You Are A Person Of God When All You Do
Is Judge ]
[ Don’t Say That You Are A Forgiving Person, When All You
Do Is Hold A Grudge ]
[ Don’t Hate, What You Can’t Have Today ]
[ Work Hard, For Your Pay ]
[ Then Feel Good, That You Found A Way ]
[ To Get It Some Day ]
[ Treat My Dog, With The Same Respect As You Do Me ]
[ I Want Her To Be As Happy, As Can Be ]
[ Don’t Say You Do Hard Labor, When Your Hands Are Soft ]
[ Don’t Say You Have An Upstairs ]
[ When All That You Have, Is A Loft ]
[ Don’t Say You’re A Peaceful Person, When All You Do
Is Yell ]
[ & Through Your Actions, Put Others Through Hell ]
[ Don’t Turn On Cold Water Expecting It To Be Hot ]
[ Don’t Say { I’ve HAD A HARD DAY } When All You Have Done
Is Sit & Play X-Box ]
[ Don’t Say That You Can Build, When All That You Do Is
Tear Down ]
[ Don’t Say That You Love The Circus, When You Are Always Afraid
Of The Clowns ]
[ Don’t Say You’re Rich, When You Can’t Spare A Penny ]
[ Don’t Say You Have Alot, When You Can’t Show Any ]
[ Don’t Put Your Faith Into Something/Someone, You Don’t Believe ]
[ Don’t Say { BELIEVE ME } & Then Deceive ]
[ Them ]
[ If You Want To Pay, For Someone’s Time ]
[ Expect To Pay More, Than A Nickel Or A Dime ]
[ If You Are Allowed To Read, What Someone Wrote ]
[ Do Not Say That You Can Do Better & Gloat ]
[ Maybe Someone’s Written Word ]
[ Is Not The Best, You’ve Ever Heard ]
[ Before You Found That There Was A Nice Mixture Of Nouns & Verbs ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(209)▪︎[ Yes You … 3•3•2020 ]
[ I Want To Write My Best Stories When I Write About Us ]
[ I Want My Words To Hit The Reader ]
[ Like A Greyhound Bus ]
[ A Bus, Not A Train Or Car ]
[ I Want To Leave Them Wanting More ]
[ I Want Them To Take The Feeling & Put It In A Jar ]
[ Twist The Lid, Nice & Tight ]
[ So Nothing Can Leave, Except A Little Bit Of Light ]
[ Everytime You Called I Would Hang Up & I’d Walk Away Grinning ]
[ Because If I Was In A Competition For Best Brother ]
[ I Knew I Was Winning ]
[ By A Mile ]
[ Even Though I Would Have To Wait Awhile ]
[ Your Call Was ALWAYS Worth The Wait ]
[ & Now When You Moved To A Closer State ]
[ God Called You Home ]
[ Oh, If I’d Only Known ]
[ Every Week I Would Had Been Calling You On The Phone ]
[ But I Didn’t ]
[ & I Couldn’t ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(207)▪︎[ Where Are You … 3•2•2020 ]
[ The Questions Are ( WHERE AM I GOING? ) ]
[ ( WHERE HAVE I BEEN? ) ]
[ I Think My Mind Is Slowing ]
[ But I Don’t Know Since When ]
[ Has The Memory Gone Foggy? ]
[ While During The Day I’m Groggy? ]
[ I Shake My Head Hard, Side To Side ]
[ But That Does Nothing ]
[ To Keep My Eyes, Open Wide ]
[ I Scan My Surroundings To See What I Can See ]
[ Oh, Is Father Time ]
[ Trying To Catch Up To Me? ]
[ I Don’t Have The Grey Hair ]
[ Or, Bent Over Back ]
[ I’m Really Glad That I Haven’t Had The Scare ]
[ Of A Stroke Or Heart Attack ]
[ Maybe I Should Have Talked About Things, Years Ago ]
[ With People That Know ]
[ What’s Going On ]
[ Because, C’mon ]
[ Do You Really Know Why The Good Old Days Are Gone? ]
[ Long … Gone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(206)▪︎[ Where’s The Roll? … 3•2•2020 ]
[ What Kind Of Message Do I Want To Come From This? ]
[ What Am I Looking For When I Look Within? ]
[ Do I Want A Simple Kiss? ]
[ Or Do I Want To Commit Some Sin? ]
[ Sin Of The Flesh ]
[ Or Sin Of The Mind? ]
[ Do I Want Something Fresh? ]
[ That Helps Me Unwind? ]
[ Maybe I Want To Get Away From All Of That & Go In A
Completely Different Direction ]
[ That Requires A Whole Different Sense Of Dedication ]
[ What’s The Mind-Set? ]
[ What Am I Looking To Get? ]
[ Adulation? ]
[ Communication ]
[ That Leads To Validation? ]
[ But I Don’t Need Validation To Feel Whole ]
[ Would I Have To Take A Poll ]
[ To Figure Out My Role? ]
[ Out In Society? ]
[ Would Sobriety ]
[ Get Me To My Knees? ]
[ So I Can Pick Myself Up Off Of The Floor ]
[ A Door? ]
[ What’s That For? ]
[ Do I Go Through It ]
[ To Get Away From Some Things ]
[ That Just Doesn’t Fit? ]
[ Bit By Bit ]
[ The Different Turns & Curves That Life Really Brings ]
[ Things That Are So Complex ]
[ That Have Me Looking Very Perplexed ]
[ I’ll Figure Out & Find My Role ]
[ Will It Be Good For My Soul? ]
[ & Then … Go About My Business ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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