[ I Love You More Than Life Itself ]
[ Not Her Or Him ]
[ Or Anyone Else ]
[ Every Second, Of Every Hour, Of Every Day ]
[ I Listen To Every Word That You Say ]
[ & I Love The Way That You Love Me In Your
Own Unique Way ]
[ Love & Marriage Does Not Come With An Instruction Booklet ]
[ There Was No One To Get Answers To The Questions When
We Met ]
[ There’s No ( GO ) After Someone Says ( READY, SET ) ]
[ After Adjusting To Our Married Name ]
[ I Saw That Nothing Was Ever Going To Be The Same ]
[ From Day One To 25 Years ]
[ There’s Been Good & Bad Times ]
[ & Many Cheers & Tears ]
[ As I’ve Grown Older ]
[ I’ve Seen ]
[ You Always Gave Me Your Shoulder ]
[ To Cry & Lean On ]
[ I Am Glad That Your Magic Touch Is Not Gone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(290)▪︎[ Not Again … 3•21•2020 ]
[ Oh Brother, Where Did You Go? ]
[ What Happened? ]
[ Only You & God Know ]
[ Why Can’t I Get You Out Of My Head ]
[ @ Night I Need A Potent Sleeping Med ]
[ To Turn My Waking Hours To Sleep ]
[ But It’s Never Too Deep ]
[ So Many Memories Of You Are Always Pleasant ]
[ You Were My Anti-Depressant ]
[ I Would Laugh So Much During Your Calls ]
[ It Would Shake The Walls ]
[ What Am I Supposed To Do Now ]
[ I Want To Laugh Out Loud Again ]
[ But I Don’t Know How ]
[ They Say ( LAUGH OUT LOUD & THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH
YOU ) ]
[ Tell Me How, Send Me A Clue ]
[ I Need To Treasure Those Around Me More ]
[ I Need To Be More @ Ease ]
[ To Open The Door ]
[ I Love Calling Las Vegas To Talk To My Niece ]
[ It Gives My Mind A Little Peace ]
[ Because When I Talk To My Brothers Daughter ]
[ Sanoe Reminds Me So Much Of Her Father ]
[ She Too, Makes Me Laugh ]
[ For The Time That We Talk ]
[ It Cuts My Grief In Half ]
[ I Know I Talk About My Brother Alot ]
[ I Just Can’t Get My Thoughts To Stop ]
[ Have You Ever Been Able To Stop The Thoughts That Come
Into Your Mind? ]
[ How Do You Rewind? ]
[ What Do I Need To Do To Remind? ]
[ Myself To Remember? ]
[ What If The Calendar Says It’s Already December? ]
[ Oh, Wait ]
[ I’m Too Late ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(305)▪︎[ Thank You Lynn … 3•25•2020 ]
[ I Conversed On FB With A Dear ]
[ Friend ]
[ From Yesteryear ]
[ The Memories Of Her Smile ]
[ Lifted My Mood ]
[ For Awhile ]
[ Then She Put Up A Picture ]
[ Of Her ]
[ With Her Hair Rearranged ]
[ Her Looks Weren’t Aged ]
[ Or Changed ]
[ It Took Me Back To When The Impression Was Made ]
[ Way Back In The First Grade ]
[ Back Then I Was One Shy ]
[ Little Pudgy Guy ]
[ Nobody Knew My Past ]
[ & She Never Asked ]
[ You See, I Had Just Moved There From Being In A Very
Physically Abusive Foster Home ]
[ My New Parents Were The Only People That Had Known ]
[ I Was Just Getting Used To My New Name ]
[ But My New Friend Treated Me Just The Same ]
[ As She Did Everybody Else ]
[ That Helped This Lost New Kid On The Block ]
[ To Just Be Himself ]
[ My New Friend Accepted Me For Me ]
[ If You’d Never Been One ]
[ You Don’t Know How Hard Being The New Kid Can Be ]
[ I Went From Living On A Big Farm To Living On A City Block ]
[ So I Kind Of Had Some Culture Shock ]
[ & I Found It Extremely Hard To Open Up & Talk ]
[ But My New Friend Never Made Fun ]
[ I Learned To Play & Run ]
[ Not Just Running From Someone ]
[ Physical Abuse Can Cause Internal Screams ]
[ @ My New Families Home The Nightmares Stopped ]
[ & Were Replaced With What Kinds Of Things That Makes Kids
Dreams ]
[ @ School Every Single Day ]
[ My New Friend Always Said ( HELLO ) To Me ]
[ In The Nicest & Most Accepting Way ]
[ My Friend & I Stayed Close Clear Through Graduation Of
High School ]
[ I Loved Standing Back From My Friend & Watch The Other Guys
Acting Like Fools ]
[ Other Guys Tried To Act So Cool ]
[ All Being So Sure ]
[ They Were Somehow, In Some Small Way ]
[ Impressing Her ]
[ She Never Got Arrogant Or Let Her Stunning Beauty Go To
Her Head ]
[ She Stayed Extremely Modest & Grounded Instead ]
[ So Just On A Whim I Went On Her FB Tonight To Make A
Comment ]
[ I Paid Her A Compliment ]
[ That I Truly Meant ]
[ She Paid Back The Compliment Back By Saying She Considers
Me A Close Friend Through All Of These Years ]
[ She’s Always Been Head & Shoulders Above All Of Her Peers ]
[ Thank You Lynn For Always Being The Cherry On The Top ]
[ You’ve Been A Good Friend Down To The Last Drop ]
[ Thank You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(295)▪︎[ 911 … 3•22•2020 ]
[ 911 Was A Horrible, Terrorist Event That Happened ]
[ America’s Sense Of Security ]
[ Sure Was Dampened ]
[ Is It Still Safe To Fly? ]
[ Is There A Suspicious Looking Guy ]
[ Sitting By ]
[ You? ]
[ Or Sitting In Row 22? ]
[ What Do You Look For ]
[ Are They Blocking The Exit Door ]
[ What If You Are Working On Floor 125 Of A High Rise ]
[ Do You Constantly Look Outside ]
[ For The Next Flying Surprise? ]
[ What Can You Do? ]
[ What If There’s More Than Two? ]
[ You Can’t Stand Up & Yell ( EXCUSE … ) ]
[ ( ME! ) ]
[ ( I WANT TO ACCUSE … ) ]
[ ( HIM! ) ]
[ But Of What? ]
[ So You Keep Your Mouth Shut ]
[ So You Keep Your Opinion To Yourself ]
[ & Then Wait For Someone Else ]
[ To Steal The Moment ]
[ & Make A Comment ]
[ What If You Are In The Building & You See Something Strange? ]
[ Would Others Think That You Are Deranged ]
[ & Mentally Ill? ]
[ Then You Think That You Were Glad That You Wrote Your Will ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(328)▪︎[ Body Armour … 4•1•2020 ]
[ During Every Day Of My Life, Deep Down Inside, I Wear This Body Of Armour ]
[ But Under That, Lies This Broken Man ]
[ I Decided I Could Either Wither By The Wayside ] [ Or ]
[ Straighten Up & Do The Best I Can ]
[ When I Say The Best ]
[ What Does That Really Mean? ]
[ It Means I’ll Challenge Myself With Every Test ]
[ The Hardest Ones I’ve Ever Seen ]
[ But What Is The Endgame? ]
[ What Is Different About This? ]
[ But What Is The Same? ]
[ Is It The Drive? ]
[ To Thrive? ]
[ All The While ]
[ Trying To Keep Myself Alive ]
[ Driving Towards What? ]
[ What Do I Want To Open Up? ]
[ To Let Go? ]
[ & What Do I Want To Keep Shut? ]
[ Is There A Goal To Be Reached? ]
[ Without The Pushing From Someone Needed To Be There
To Preach? ]
[ Is There The Push To Reach For The Gold? ]
[ By The Time That I Grow Old? ]
[ What Is Too Old To Keep Having Fun? ]
[ 101? ]
[ The Push & Drive To Keep That Light ]
[ Bright? ]
[ All Of My Remaining Life ]
[ Be It For One, Two Or 40 More Years ]
[ I Have To Conquer My Fears ]
[ Maybe Write A New Docket ]
[ & Place That In My Back Pocket ]
[ Go Out & Inspire ]
[ Those Around Me To Reach Higher & Higher ]
[ Until Their Toes Are Barely Touching The Ground ]
[ & Then Be There ]
[ When They Come Down ]
[ Do I See That I Feel Better After All Of These Trials &
Tribulations? ]
[ Have I Improved Any Relations? ]
[ Did I Even Want To? ]
[ How Many? ]
[ Just A Few ]
[ If Any ]
[ Where Will Life Take Me, If Not Here? ]
[ That Answer Is Not All That Clear ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(321)▪︎[ I Miss You Brother … 3•30•2020 ]
[ Oh Brother Brent, I Miss You So Much ]
[ I Wish You Were Here ]
[ So I Could Stick You With Our Bill For Lunch ]
[ I Always Love To Tease You About Your Choice Of A Pro Football Team ]
[ Winning More Games Than They Lost ]
[ Was Always Their Seasonal Dream ]
[ I Bet You Yearn For Teams From Their Winning Years ]
[ Now All They Do Is Cause You To Shed Lots Of Tears ]
[ If You Want To Compare Teams & Things ]
[ It Always Bothered You ]
[ That My Steelers Have So Many More Rings ]
[ I Always Tried To Bring You Over For A Winning Ride ]
[ But I Could Never Tear You Away From The Dark Side ]
[ I Was Always The Older, Taller, Skinnier, Better Looking One ]
[ & You Always Have Been The One That I Make Fun ]
[ Of ]
[ But I Only Do It Out Of Love ]
[ It Always Bothered You That I Was The Tallest ]
[ & I’m Sorry To Tell You Brother ]
[ You’ve Always Been … The Smallest ]
[ I Miss Our Phone Calls That Always Lasted More Than Hour ]
[ Making Me Laugh & Smile ]
[ Was Your Super Power ]
[ Well I Hope You Will Always Be Up There Watching Over Me ]
[ I Know That’s The Only Thing You Would Do For Free ]
[ Because Here, Free Was Always Your Favorite Price ]
[ When You Could ]
[ You Always Went Back Twice ]
[ But You Decided To Leave Before I Got There ]
[ I Wanted To Give You A Big Hug ]
[ & To Tell You How Much I Care ]
[ Your Picture Will Always Be On My Phone ]
[ & The Sound Of Your Voice Will Forever Be On My Mind ]
[ To Me You’ve Always Shown ]
[ That You Are One Of A Kind ]
[ Talking On The Phone With Your Daughter ]
[ Will Always Remind Me Of You ]
[ Her Father ]
[ Well I Better End This Note ]
[ You Know I’ll Always Laugh About How You Used To Vote ]
[ Trump For 2020? ]
[ No Thanks ]
[ We’ve Already Have Had Plenty ]
[ I Miss You More Than I Can Write ]
[ I’m Glad The Thought Of You ]
[ Was The Last One That I Have Tonight ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(341)▪︎[ Yes, But … 4•5•2020 ]
[ When Can You Tell When It’s Time To Let Go? ]
[ Is It That Little Voice In The Back Of Your Head ]
[ That Lets You Know? ]
[ Can It Be The Signs On The Wall ]
[ That Can Be Seen By All? ]
[ Except By You ]
[ Why Didn’t You See That Clue? ]
[ If You Can’t See, Sense, Or Feel Them ]
[ That Becomes A Problem ]
[ Often Times You Have No Idea What’s Going On ]
[ When During A Day Of Running Errands ]
[ They’ve Been Gone ]
[ For So Long ]
[ Do You Ever Feel Sick ]
[ & Feel A Panic ]
[ When You Know ]
[ It’s Not Because Of Traffic? ]
[ When Does That Little Voice ]
[ Stop Being Just Noise? ]
[ When You Start To Sense ]
[ That Things Are Not Adding Up ]
[ & That Makes You Tense ]
[ What Do You Do ]
[ When You Feel ]
[ That Once Again ]
[ They Are Not Just Only Loving You? ]
[ With All Of Those ( YES, BUT … ) ]
[ Tearing A Two Feet Wide Hole ]
[ In Your Gut ]
[ You Just Want To Shout ]
[ ( HOW IS THIS GOING TO PLAY OUT? ) ]
[ Because Now, You Are Having Doubts ]
[ About The Loyalty ]
[ & Their Take On Monogamy ]
[ How Do They Define That Task? ]
[ Are You Afraid To Ask? ]
[ Yes, But … ]
[ Yes But, What? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(331)▪︎[ Goodbye Song … 4•1•2020 ].
[ These Last Three Days Have Been Some Of The Hardest
Days I Have Ever Had ]
[ They Didn’t Even Start Out Good ]
[ They Just Went Straight To Bad ]
[ I’ve Never Felt Like I Was Stuck On An Island Like I Do Now ]
[ I’m Trying To Get Off ]
[ But I Don’t Know Which Way Or How ]
[ I’ve Never Felt So Alone Because Of What You Had Said ]
[ Now Your Unbelievable Words ]
[ Continue To Ping Pong Around In My Head ]
[ If It Weren’t For The Sound Of The Birds ]
[ I’d Think That I Was Dead ]
[ This Last Year Things Have Stabbed Me So Many Times In
The Heart ]
[ If I’d Ever Want To Rebuild ]
[ I Literally Would Not Know Where To Start ]
[ Do I Have To Admit ]
[ That We’ve Grown Too Far Apart ]
[ @ This Juncture In Our Marriage I Never Thought That We Would Need Skyrockets ]
[ Or Bottlerockets ]
[ To Keep Us Going ]
[ But When You Look In My Direction ]
[ You Are No Longer Glowing ]
[ I Used To Get A Sparkle In Your Eye ]
[ When Did That Die? ]
[ It’s Like You Don’t Even Want To Try ]
[ To Still Be In Love With This Guy ]
[ I Can No Longer Get You To Laugh Or Smile ]
[ I No Longer Know How To Turn Your Sexual Dial ]
[ You Really Summed It Up When You Said That I’ve Really
Aged These Last Couple Of Years ]
[ Deep Down Inside ]
[ That Caused Alot Of Tears ]
[ It Looks Like I’ll Literally Have To Face That One
Comment Head On ]
[ I Guess My Youthful Looks Are Long Gone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(351)▪︎[ The M.D. People … 4•8•2020 ]
[ There Are So Many Brave Doctors, Nurses, Hospital Personnel &
First Responders Out There Working To Help People To Stay Alive ]
[ What Is Their Drive ]
[ To Risk Their Health ]
[ So Strangers Can Survive? ]
[ It’s Like { HI, I’m DR. SO & SO } ]
[ { I’m HERE TO HELP PEOPLE THAT I DON’t EVEN KNOW } ]
[ Why Do They? ]
[ Some People Might Say ]
[ & Ask ]
[ Why Do They Risk There Own Life ]
[ Taking On Such A Dangerous Task? ]
[ They Grow Up Thinking Medicine Is Their Number One Calling ]
[ After School They Go Right Into Helping Others ]
[ Without Stalling ]
[ They Help Others Attain Good Health ]
[ Without Reaching For Great Wealth ]
[ Then, As In Life, There Are The Moans & Groans ]
[ Of Spending The Rest Of Their Lives ]
[ Paying Off The Insurmountable Pile Of Student Loans ]
[ & Then They Always Get To See ]
[ Those Two Most Important Letters After Their Name, M.D. ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(338)▪︎[ Good Times … 4•4•2020 ]
L[ Life Is Short, Make It Sweet ]
[ When Things Are Good ]
[ It Can’t Be Beat ]
[ So Let’s Put This In Drive ]
[ Instead Of Keeping It In Park ]
[ To See If This Is Worth Bringing It Into The Light ]
[ Out Of The Dark ]
[ What Needs To Be Done ]
[ To Make This All Work? ]
[ Let’s Make Life Fun ]
[ So Nobody Gets Hurt ]
[ I’ll See Things Your Way ]
[ If You Could Also Consider Mine ]
[ Let’s Make Every Day ]
[ Fulfilling & Kind ]
[ I Remember Sitting On Your Sofa Laughing & Talking
Into The Wee Hours ]
[ The Sun Would Come Up ]
[ & We Would Listen To The Rain & Watch The Showers ]
[ That Doesn’t Seem To End ]
[ We Know We Need To Get Up & Start The Day ]
[ But We Just Don’t Want To Know When ]
[ I Just Decide To Get Up To Leave ]
[ But You Catch Me @ The Door ]
[ Then Say ( DON’t GO, PLEASE ) ]
[ I Go Back To Sit On The Couch, Next To You ]
[ I Peer Into Your Eyes ]
[ & Look For A Clue ]
[ I Can’t Help But Say ( WOW! ) ]
[ & That Makes You Blush & Smile ]
[ Then You Ask ( OKAY, WHAT NOW? ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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