[ To My Maria ]
[ It Feels Like I’m Just Getting To Know Ya ]
[ You Have Been Here A Long Long Time ]
[ You Have Sat There ]
[ While I’ve Read You Rhyme After Rhyme ]
[ Oh I Don’t Know How You Put Up With Me Some Days ]
[ But You Always Find Ways ]
[ To Turn My Day Around ]
[ You Find A Way To Pick Me Up ]
[ Off Of The Ground ]
[ In The Next Month I’ll Have A Different Caregiver Here ]
[ When That Happens I Will Shed Many Tears ]
[ But She WILL NOT Be Here To Take Your Place ]
[ You Are Not Someone That I Can Replace ]
[ You Have Become My Best Friend ]
[ It’s Hard For Me To Realize ]
[ That Your Time As My #1 Caregiver Will End ]
[ Since You Won’t Be Working Here During The Week Anymore ]
[ I Will Still Want You Knocking On My Door ]
[ To Keep Our Friendship Going It Will Really Take Effort On
On Both Sides ]
[ I Will Want You To Take Me For Drives ]
[ We Can Make A Day Out Of It ]
[ I Really Want You To Take Me To Your Dad’s Bench ]
[ That Is Someplace That I Want To Sit ]
[ The Days Keep Marching On ]
[ I Know You Won’t Be Here Physically ]
[ But That Doesn’t Mean You Will Be Gone! ]
[ I Know That I Have To Stay Strong ]
[ Throughout This Mess ]
[ Because What Your Agency Is Doing Is So Wrong ]
[ Maria, Will You Always Be There For Me ]
[ Still? ]
[ I Will Always Be ]
[ For You, Yes I Will ]
[ I’m Your Good Friend For As Long As You Want ]
[ Don’t Say (ME TOO) ]
[ As A Taunt ]
[ You Tell Me What Is What ]
[ You’ve Never Been Here To Kiss My Butt ]
[ You Have Always Been Real ]
[ & That Is How Our Friendship Has Been Sealed ]
[ I Can Never Thank You For All That You’ve Done ]
[ Everyday That You’ve Been Here ]
[ Has Always Been Fun ]
[ Will Our Friendship Continue? ]
[ That Is Up To Both Me & You! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(458)▪︎[ A Friend … 5•5•2020 ]
[ A Friend Can Be Just About Anybody ]
[ But A Friend Is Definitely Somebody ]
[ Most People You Pass By Are Like Two Ships In
The Night ]
[ But When You See Your Friend ]
[ They Seem To Be Like A Beacon Of Light ]
[ A Friend Stands Out From The Others ]
[ I Was A Good Friend To My Brother ]
[ You Might Meet Someone By Happenstance ]
[ You See That There’s Something About Them ]
[ That Tells You To Give Them A Chance ]
[ Was It Their Winning Smile ]
[ That Convinced You ]
[ To Sit & Talk With Them For Awhile ]
[ Was It How They Talked? ]
[ Or Was It What They Said? ]
[ Was It How They Walked ]
[ Or How They Didn’t Let Compliments Go To Their Head? ]
[ It Was Something That Piqued Your Interest ]
[ Just Hope They Don’t Become A Pest ]
[ Even When They Try To Do Their Best ]
[ Some Work Out, Most Don’t ]
[ If Someone Likes To Shout ]
[ They Definitely Won’t ]
[ A Friend Is Warm & Loyal To The Very End ]
[ When Things Get Hard ]
[ They Don’t Break, They Bend ]
[ A Friend Expects Nothing From You ]
[ But Giving Their All ]
[ Is Just Something They Always Do ]
[ They Come To Expect ]
[ Respect ]
[ Deservedly So ]
[ You Know ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(191)▪︎[ I’ll Remember! … 2•27•2020 ]
[ Will You Remember Me? ]
[ I Will Remember You ]
[ Will You Always See? ]
[ How It’s Always Been When It Is Just Us Two ]
[ Every Memory ]
[ I Follow All Of The Way Through ]
[ When I Think Carefully ]
[ I See What I Need To Do ]
[ I Know That I Will Always Know Where You Will Be ]
[ When I Have You Immortalized In A Tattoo ]
[ I’ll Always Have You Looking Out For Me Over My Shoulder ]
[ So You’ll Also Age ]
[ Too ]
[ As I Grow Older ]
[ It Won’t Fade Away ]
[ It Will Forever Look Brand New ]
[ Like The First Day ]
[ It Will Look Pretty Cool ]
[ You’ll Be With Me Wherever I Go ]
[ You Won’t Pass Me By ]
[ When I Start Moving Slow ]
[ When I Turn My Head To Say { HI } ]
[ You Will Always Know ]
[ If I’m Down & Want To Say { GOODBYE } ]
[ You’ll Say { UH, NO } ]
[ You’ll Rejoice With Me Through The Highs ]
[ & You Won’t Leave Me When I’m Low ]
[ You’ll Always Have My Back ]
[ & You’ll Warn Me Of Any Attacks ]
[ If You Were Still Here, I’d Do The Same ]
[ But I’d Play A Game ]
[ I’d Whisper Your Name ]
[ Over & Over In Your Ear ]
[ Until I Made It Clear ]
[ That I’ll Always Be Here ]
[ I Then Won’t Need A Car ]
[ To Drive Very Far ]
[ & I Will Not Get Drunk ]
[ & Leave You Stranded In A Bar ]
[ Even Though Physically You Will No Longer Be Right By My Side ]
[ You’ll Always Be In My Thoughts ]
[ That’s One Thing That Will Never Subside ]
[ & I’ll Know That Tattoo That I Got ]
[ Will Be Shown With Pride ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(538)▪︎[ You Could … 6•3•2020 ]
[ You Could Laugh Or You Could Cry ]
[ But Things Stop Being Funny ]
[ When Someone Drips Water From Their Eye ]
[ You Never Want To Be The Cause Of A Tear ]
[ In Fact, You Don’t Want To Be Anywhere Near ]
[ You Don’t Want To Be Completely Gone ]
[ Because You Do Want To Be The One To Give ]
[ Them The Shoulder, They Can Lean On ]
[ Having That Shoulder, Is A Much Needed Thing ]
[ Sometimes, That’s All You Really Need To Bring ]
[ A Good Relationship Is When You Are Able To Go
Both Ways ]
[ Sometimes You Are The Rock ]
[ & Sometimes You Just Have One Of Those Days ]
[ You Need To Feel Secure With The Person You Go To ]
[ Sometimes They Don’t Even Need A Clue ]
[ They Are Just There On Cue ]
[ & Know, Exactly What To Do ]
[ It Needs To Be Communicated ]
[ That All Parties Are Dedicated ]
[ For The Same Cause ]
[ Without Taking A Pause ]
[ There Is Fun & There Is Sadness ]
[ When You Find The Right One ]
[ You Are Usually Sad Less ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As The Highly, Sought After Marital Bliss ]
[ Every Couple Has Bumps & Curves In The Road ]
[ But Being Single Is The One Thing You Shouldn’t Miss ]
[ Being Married Will Be The Hardest Job You Will Ever, Ever Have ]
[ With A Good Partner ]
[ Your Problems Could Be Cut In Half ]
[ When You Get To The Point Where You Have Two Brains
Thinking As One ]
[ That’s When You Start To Really Have Fun ]
[ & Then No One Wants To Run ]
[ For Almost 25 Years Of My Life ]
[ I Have Been Married ]
[ To A Very Loving Wife ]
[ My Wish For All That Can Read This & Understand ]
[ Is, I Hope YOU Can Find Your Woman Or Man ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(530)▪︎[ How Things Can Get Complicated … 6•1•2020 ]
[ How Does One Live ]
[ Without Pain? ]
[ How Does One Give ]
[ When There Is Nothing Out There To Gain? ]
[ Must Life Get Complicated ]
[ When Love Is Not Reciprocated? ]
[ Reciprocity Is Not How Most People Will Live
Their Life ]
[ Most Don’t Have That Bond ]
[ Like There Is Between A Husband & Wife ]
[ How Does A Couple Get To That Point ]
[ Without One, Or Both ]
[ Getting Bent All Out Of Joint ]
[ When Voices Rise ]
[ & Tempers Flare ]
[ Does It Come As A Big Surprise ]
[ When One Stops ]
[ Because They Care ]
[ & When They Open Their Eyes ]
[ They Don’t Just Sit There & Stare ]
[ That’s When You Throw Off The Gloves ]
[ Of Anger ]
[ & Take Love ]
[ Off Of The Hanger ]
[ & Put It On Like A Coat ]
[ Wear It In The Car ]
[ & Wear It On Your Boat ]
[ & Through Every Sneeze ]
[ Or Cough ]
[ Please ]
[ Don’t Ever Take It Off ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(398)•[ Doing What’s Best … 4•21•2020 ]
[ It Seems That As I Get Older ]
[ The More I Feel ]
[ Like I Was Run Over By A 2-Ton Boulder ]
[ But Then When I Get Home ]
[ I’m Never Thrown A Bone ]
[ I Could Have Got There Over An Hour Ago ]
[ & It Would Have Never Been Known ]
[ Talk About Such A Blow ]
[ To My Ego ]
(HONEY, I’ve BEEN HOME AN HOUR NOW!) ]
[ & She Says, (REALLY, WOW) ]
[ That Does Not Feel Good In The Least ]
[ Oh, If I Only Had A Car ]
[ I Would Definitely Leave & Head East ]
[ It Is Not Best ]
[ For Me ]
[ To Stay In The Northwest ]
[ So I’ll Just Stop By ]
[ To Say A Quick Good-Bye ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(311)▪︎[ Thank You, Sort Of … 3•26•2020 ]
[ How Do I Thank The Woman Who Has Been My Rock
For The Last 26 Years? ]
[ Is There Any Way That I Can Thank Her For Having
The Shoulder That I Leaned On When I Faced My
Fears? ]
[ I’ve Been With This Beautiful, Patient, Understanding
Woman For Almost Half Of My Life ]
[ I’ve Been Smiling Ever Since She Said (I DO) ]
[ & Became My Wife ]
[ I’m Sure Many Times Since Then, She’s Asked Herself
(I DID WHAT?) ]
[ Those Are The Questions That I Don’t Answer ]
[ So I Choose To Keep My Mouth Shut! ]
[ She Has Been There Through Thick & Thin ]
[ She Was There To Say (IT’s OKAY) ]
[ @ My Lifting Competitions That I Didn’t Win ]
[ She Would Make Me Feel Like I Was One Of Those
Winning Guys ]
[ In Her Eyes ]
[ She’s So Supportive & Has Been A Wonderful
Mother ]
[ She’s Helped Me Through The Dark Times ]
[ Like The Recent Death Of My Brother ]
[ I Know She’s Not Perfect, But She’s Darn Near ]
[ Life Would Be So Empty ]
[ If She Wasn’t Here ]
[ Her Being Here Is Not Something That I Take For Granted ]
[ During This Time I Feel That I Have Do Everything
That Was Demanded ]
[ But I’m Ending This Right Here ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(316)▪︎[ No, It’s Not My Fault … 3•28•2020 ]
[ No, This Will Not Be Called ]
[ My Fault ]
[ Okay, Which One Of You (3), Left Me Alone? ]
[ Who Was The First To Shut Up? ]
[ Or Change Their Tone? ]
[ If & When ]
[ Did Either One Of You Just Left Me Alone, Then? ]
[ & Would Had Been ]
[ The [3) Of You Get Together ]
[ & Gang Up On Me ]
[ Everytime, No Matter The Weather ]
[ The Weather Outside ]
[ & Whether It Is Working Inside ]
[ What Was The One Thing, That I Wanted? ]
[ Did That Happen? ]
[ Or Was I Just & Completely Taunted? ]
[ Did You All Find, That What You Were Doing, Did Not
Work? ]
[ It Just Helped, To ]
[ Turn Me Into More Of A Jerk? ]
[ When I’m In That Mode, I Can’t Calm Down ]
[ Especially, When I’m Being Treated Like A Clown ]
[ Why Couldn’t Either One Of You, Just Stopped & Walked Away? ]
[ Why Did All Of You Feel ]
[ That You Had To Keep Attacking Me, In That Way? ]
[ What Has Worked Best In The Past? ]
[ It Was When You Tried Your Best ]
[ To Not Make The Argument Last ]
[ But Neither One Of You Did That ]
[ You Stayed In The Mode Of (ATTACK) ]
[ That Sure Made Me Take A Step Back ]
[ Or Was That The Intention All Along ]
[ Well Then, What I Thought Was Wrong ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(310)▪︎[ Self What? … 3•26•2020 ]
[ Voluntary Isolating Is Now What Needs To Be Done ]
[ Being Confined To What Each Of Us Calls Home ]
[ For So Long, Has Lost It’s Fun ]
[ But Self-Quarentine Is A Must ]
[ Now ]
[ Is This Just? ]
[ How? ]
[ Physical Contact Is Not The Thing ]
[ The Virus & Getting Sick Is What It May Bring ]
[ I Guess I Could Stand In The Shower & Sing ]
[ It Just Doesn’t Sound The Same Than It Does On
The Radio Or T.V. ]
[ No ]
[ I Choose Not To Do That To My Family ]
[ Torture Is What It Would Do ]
[ You Definitely Wouldn’t Want Me To Sing To You ]
[ If You Could Hear ]
[ Me Clear ]
[ It Would Instantly Hurt Your Ears ]
[ So I Don’t ]
[ & I Won’t ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(302)▪︎[ Social Distancing … 3•24•2020 ]
[ They Say That Because Of COVID-19 We All Should Be
Practicing ]
[ Social Distancing ]
[ Now We Are Wary Of Our Neighbors ]
[ As Well As Strangers ]
[ The Saying (REACH OUT & TOUCH SOMEONE) ]
[ Has Been Put Away ]
[ & The Practice Is Done ]
[ Our Parents Are In The Category Of Susceptibility ]
[ So It’s Our Responsibility ]
[ To Guard Our Fathers & Mothers ]
[ From Us ]
[ & All Others ]
[ This Is A Situation Where We Have NEVER Been ]
[ Will The Virus Slow Down? ]
[ Not One Expert Knows When ]
[ Well Now It Will Hit Any Child, Woman Or Man ]
[ Yes Virginia, The Shit Has Really Hit The Fan ]
[ & To Think Our Government Knew About This
Horrendous Virus More Than Two Months Ago! ]
[ Talk About Reacting Really Slow! ]
[ Could This Pandemic Have Been Prevented? ]
[ Will The Right Preventive Medicine ]
[ Ever Be Invented? ]
[ The Experts Say That We’re @ War & We Must
Engage ]
[ But What The Senate Morons Are NOT Doing ]
[ Causes Me To Rage ]
[ When The Hospitals Are Seeing Red ]
[ The Senators Say It’s Beige ]
[ The Politicians Were Voted In By Us To Do What’s
Best For Us ]
[ When It Comes To That For The Senators ]
[ Morality Left Washington D.C. Years Ago On A Greyhound Bus ]
[ It’s Like They Left For A Snack ]
[ Just To Check On Who Is Paying Them ]
[ To Turn Their Back ]
[ I Show Such Distain ]
[ That Politicians Can Refrain ]
[ From Doing Something Sane ]
[ Unless They Are On The Positive Side ]
[ Of Whomever Can Make It Rain ]
[ This Should Not Be About Politics ]
[ It Should Be About Preventing More People ]
[ From Getting Sick ]
[ & Healing Those That Already Are ]
[ Near & Far ]
[ Trump Is Gearing Up To Open Everything Back Up By
The Easter Holiday ]
[ How & In What Way ]
[ Did He Come Up With That Day? ]
[ By Listening To The Experts, I Can Say Without
Blinking ]
[ That’s Awfully Wishful Thinking ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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