[ The Sun Now Sets ]
[ On A Day That Seemed To Be Filled With Unrest ]
[ What Happened When I Woke Up? ]
[ If I Would Had Known How The Day Was Going To End ]
[ I Would Had Just Wanted To Lie There With My Eyes Shut! ]
[ The Day Started Out Good, But Went Downhill From There ]
[ If My Head Was Not Already Bald ]
[ I Would Had Pulled Out Every Single Hair ]
[ It Seemed To Be One Thing After Another ]
[ If I Chose One Thing Of Two ]
[ I Would Find That I Should Had Picked The Other ]
[ & Another Thing That I Didn’t Know ]
[ Was, All Through That Day ]
[ I Was One Step Too Slow ]
[ Even @ The Start ]
[ My Horse Was Behind The Cart ]
[ The Cart Should Not Be In Front, Of Course ]
[ The Cart Should Be Pulled By The Horse ]
[ So I Had Everything Upside Down ]
[ Whenever I Took A Step Forward ]
[ I’d Find Myself On The Ground ]
[ How Could This Be? ]
[ Who Tripped Me? ]
[ Oh, I Did This To Myself? ]
[ This Was Not Done By Someone Else? ]
[ So That Was The Kind Of Day That I Had ]
[ Instead Of A Good Morning ]
[ The Whole Day Was Bad ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(452)▪︎[ Not Okay To Mourn … 5•4•2020 ]
[ Is It A Waste Of Time To Mourn? ]
[ Does It Continue To Bring Up The Reasons ]
[ That Has Your Heart Torn? ]
[ Over & Over You Have It Bouncing Around In Your Head ]
[ Would You Rather Feel The Pain ]
[ In Your Heart Instead? ]
[ Nobody Wants To Think About What That Pain You Have Is
All About ]
[ What If You Are Wrong? ]
[ & That Causes Doubt ]
[ If You Shout ]
[ It Out ]
[ Does Anybody Actually Hear A Single Word? ]
[ If They Did ]
[ What Have They Heard? ]
[ Will They Say? ]
[ Today? ]
[ Okay ]
[ But In What Way? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(416)▪︎[ See The Sea For Free … 4•25•2020 ].
[ The Sounds Of The Ocean Really Make Me Calm ]
[ Splashing Up On A Beach Lined With Trees Of Palm ]
[ It Is Such A Soothing Sound ]
[ That Helps Keep My Feet ]
[ Firmly Planted On The Ground ]
[ & Nothing Beats ]
[ The Sound Of Nobody Around ]
[ Watching & Being On The Ocean ]
[ Are Two Way Different Things ]
[ Being On The Water, Feeling The Motion ]
[ Sickness Is What It Brings ]
[ I Can’t See The End Of The Ocean, But I Know
It Is Out There ]
[ Somewhere ]
[ On The Other Side Of The World ]
[ Do The Women Have Dark Straight Hair ]
[ Or Blonde Strands Of Curls ]
[ Nobody Really Knows What All Lives Way Down Deep In
The Water ]
[ On The Other Side Of The Ocean ]
[ Is The Sun Any Hotter? ]
[ I’ll Never Truly Know What’s On That Other Side ]
[ I Thought Someone Told Me Something Years Ago ]
[ But I Think They Lied ]
[ What They Said, Sounded To Be Too Unbelievably True ]
[ I Do Love It When I Hear That The Water Is A Dark Blue ]
[ The Sounds, The Smell & The Sand ]
[ When You See The Never Ending Water ]
[ You Know That This Was Made by God’s Hand ]
[ It’s So Peaceful On the Sand When You Go For A Long Long Walk ]
[ If Anyone Dares To Go With You ]
[ Politely TELL Them { PLEASE DON’t TALK! } ]
[ Clearing My Mind Is What The Sounds Of The Ocean Does ]
[ The Reason To Go Is So Simple ]
[ I Go … Just Because ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(389)▪︎[ Regrets … 4•19•2020 ]
[ Whenever My Brother Brent Called, I’d Ask
( HEY BRENT ) ]
[ ( HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? ) ]
[ Ever Since He Passed ]
[ I Can Never Ask That Again ]
[ He Has Gone & Now Is Pain Free ]
[ For That I Smile With Glee ]
[ Now It’s Just Grief, For Me ]
[ No This Is Not A Pity Party I’m Throwing For Myself ]
[ I Leave Those ]
[ For Someone Else ]
[ I Have A Hole ]
[ In My Soul ]
[ Where When He Was Here ]
[ I Felt Whole ]
[ Once We Met I Felt That I Found My Twin ]
[ We Never Argued ]
[ Because Neither One Of Us Would Win ]
[ I Admired So Much About Him, Too ]
[ But Now I’m Blue ]
[ The Saying ( IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE SOMEONE FLOWERS
MAKE SURE THEY ARE AROUND TO RECEIVE THEM ) Is Spot On ]
[ Same Goes For Kind Words ]
[ Don’t Wait Until They Are Gone ]
[ Admitting That You Are Wrong ]
[ Does Not Mean You Are Not Strong ]
[ You Are Not A Disgrace ]
[ If You Apologize To Someone’s Face ]
[ Always Make Sure It’s The Right Time ]
[ & The Right Place ]
[ But When It Comes To My Brother, I Bet ]
[ It’s Going To Take Me Years ]
[ To Get ]
[ Over My Regrets ]
[ Just A Little Piece Of Advice ]
[ Don’t Think Twice ]
[ About Doing Or Saying Something Nice ]
[ To The One’s You Care About ]
[ Don’t Leave A Shred Of Doubt ]
[ & Give It Your All ]
[ When You Give Them A Call ]
[ Should I Have Been There … I Don’t Know ]
[ Who Is The One That Sits Down & Says So? ]
[ So, This Note I Will Send ]
[ To My Brother & Friend ]
[ ( I LOVED YOU TO THE VERY END ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(384)▪︎[ Death & Taxes … 4•17•2020 ]
[ Life Can Be So Fleeting ]
[ & For Those Left Behind ]
[ So Defeating ]
[ Death & Taxes Are The Only Sure Things In Life They
Say ]
[ & When Your Time Is Up ]
[ There Will Not Be Another Day ]
[ Tik-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ Goes The Life Expectancy Clock ]
[ Just Like A Heart Attack ]
[ There’s No Going Back ]
[ You Can’t Expand The Given 24 Hours ]
[ No One Can Do That ]
[ No One Has Any Of Those Powers ]
[ You Can’t Avoid Taxes Or Death ]
[ You Can Hasten The Journey ]
[ By Shooting & Smoking Meth ]
[ There’s No Way In Hell That Will Happen To Me ]
[ I’m Just Trying To Be Who I Think I Should Be ]
[ But Who Or What Is That? ]
[ I Just Want To Take A Good Swing ]
[ When It’s My Turn Up To Bat ]
[ See The Ball, Take A Step Toward Your Goal & Swing ]
[ & Give It All That You Can Bring ]
[ Just Try, Try, Try ]
[ & Don’t Settle On Just Getting By ]
[ But If You Get The Feeling That You Are Going To The Ground ]
[ Don’t Reach Out ]
[ To Pull Others Down ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(467)▪︎[ In The Distant … 5•9•2020 ]
[ One Time In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ Outside It Was So Dark ]
[ I Didn’t Have My Sight ]
[ I Heard A Voice That Was So Persistent ]
[ It Kept Calling Out My Name ]
[ But It Seemed To Be So Far In The Distant ]
[ I Stretched My Arms Out In Front Of Me To Feel ]
[ This Darkness ]
[ Was So Unreal ]
[ As I Walk Towards The Voice ]
[ I Feel Like I Have No Choice ]
[ But Once I Start To Follow The Sound ]
[ It’s Getting Loud ]
[ Almost Like A Crowd ]
[ But There’s No One Around ]
[ Then As I’m Walking ]
[ I Hear The Voice Talking ]
[ Who Could It Be? ]
[ Were They Talking To Me? ]
[ Then The Ground Felt Like Mush ]
[ & There Was A Hush ]
[ I Couldn’t Hear The Voice Anymore ]
[ So What Did I Walk Out Here For? ]
[ As I Walk, The Sky Turns Blue ]
[ Where Am I? ]
[ I Have No Clue ]
[ The Scenery Really Looks Peculiar ]
[ Nothing Looks @ All Familiar ]
[ Where Am I? ]
[ Did I Die? ]
[ I Don’t Actually Know ]
[ So … ]
[ Do I Look Up … Or Down? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(465)▪︎[ Should Have Just Stayed Home … 5•9•2020 ]
[ What To Do, What To Do, When I’m Bored? ]
[ Maybe I’ll Find Something That Has Been Ignored ]
[ What Will I Do Once This Has Been Found? ]
[ Maybe I Grab It ]
[ & Roll Around ]
[ On The Ground ]
[ [ Does This Make Me Feel Happy? ]
[ Or Grumpy ]
[ & Snappy? ]
[ Will I Succumb ]
[ To Boredom? ]
[ Why? ]
[ How Come? ]
[ So Then I Throw That Into The Garbage ]
[ & Try Again ]
[ By Going To The Garage ]
[ Is It Here, Or Over There? ]
[ Then I Find It Where? ]
[ Well, Now I Don’t Care ]
[ How Do I Get Myself To Care More? ]
[ Do I Let It Fall To The Floor? ]
[ Maybe I’ll Throw It Away When I Walk Out The Door ]
[ On My Way To The Store ]
[ Once I Get There, What Do I Buy? ]
[ Oh My, My, My ]
[ What Do My Eyes Spy? ]
[ Right There In The Freezer ]
[ Is An Eskimo Pie ]
[ Or Maybe I Traveled This Far ]
[ For An Ice Cream Bar ]
[ It Is Driving Me Up The Wall ]
[ Because I Really Don’t Want ]
[ Any Ice Cream @ All ]
[ Did I Come Here ]
[ For An Ice Cold ]
[ Imported Beer? ]
[ Naw, Let’s Just Go Home ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(464)▪︎[ Gracias, Maria … 5•8•2020 ]
[ When Your Name Comes Into My Mind ]
[ I Always Smile ]
[ Because Each & Every Day You Have Been So Kind ]
[ Please Remind Me How I Got So Lucky To Have You
As My Best Friend? ]
[ When I Wished That I Could Find Someone To Be Special For
Me ]
[ I Never Knew That It Would Be Someone Like You That God Would
Send ]
[ I’ve Always Thought I Was Born Under A Dark Cloud ]
[ I Never Thought That I Would Find A Friend ]
[ Out Of The Crowd ]
[ You Are The Only Thing That Your Agency Got Right ]
[ You Give & Show Me Love ]
[ Every Single Night ]
[ That You’ve Been Here ]
[ Do I Make That Perfectly Clear? ]
[ You Are A Stubborn & No Nonsense Woman Through & Through ]
[ When You Tell Me To Do Do Something ]
[ That’s What I Do ]
[ Because, Well … ]
[ It’s Because You Are You ]
[ You Got It Backwards Today ]
[ I’m Not Stuck With You! ]
[ It’s The Opposite Way ]
[ We Will Remain In Each Others Lives For As Long As We Try ]
[ & I’m Not Even Close ]
[ To Wanting To Say Goodbye! ]
[ Because The Only Word I Chose ]
[ Was ( HI ) ]
[ Effort Is The Key ]
[ I’m Not Ready For You To Walk Away From Me ]
[ So I Will Text & Text ]
[ To Ask You ]
[ ( SO, WHAT IS NEXT? ) ]
[ Is It A Reach ]
[ To Still Take A Drive To The Beach? ]
[ I Want To Sit Where Your Dad Sat ]
[ I Want You To Also Remember Me ]
[ When That’s Where You’re @ ]
[ Years & Years Down The Road ]
[ If I May Be So Bold ]
[ That We Will Still Be Close ]
[ But, Nobody Really Knows ]
[ The Main Reason Why I Worry ]
[ Is Because Many Times I’ve Been Told This Story ]
[ But You Are Definitely Different From All Of The Others Previously ]
[ You Take Our Friendship Seriously ]
[ & You Have Never Made Me Feel Used ]
[ & Abused ]
[ You Have NEVER Asked For A Single Thing ]
[ Alot Of Times ]
[ It Was Lunch That You Would Bring ]
[ Thank You For Earning My Trust ]
[ To Be In My House ]
[ That Is A Must ]
[ I Never Had To Have My Guard Up ]
[ Never Had To Keep Things Shut ]
[ You Showed Me & My House Respect ]
[ But That Was Also What You Came To Expect ]
[ You Never Brought A Purse Or A Big Bag To Leave On The Floor ]
[ I Never Had Any Questions ]
[ When You Walked Out The Door ]
[ Thank You For Always Being There ]
[ Thank You Maria ]
[ For Showing Me You Care ]
[ I Hope I Show It Back! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(462)▪︎[ The Center … 5•7•2020 ]
[ You Are The Center Red Rose In My Bouquet ]
[ I’ve Been In Love With You Ever Since That One Day ]
[ I Woke Up That Morning Well Rested ]
[ I Didn’t Realize How I Was About To Be Tested ]
[ In My Defense ]
[ I Was Walking The Fence ]
[ There I Was Getting To Know You As A Friend ]
[ But When I Woke Up ]
[ I Wondered { WAS ALL OF THIS PRETEND? } ]
[ It Began When You Became The Only One I Could
Think Of ]
[ My Question Was { AM I IN LOVE? } ]
[ You Were My Friend & From Past Experience I Knew That
Never Worked Out ]
[ You Were My Friend, So This Is Something That I Needed To Really
Think About ]
[ Was This Just Happenstance ]
[ When There Must Be @ Least 50 Apartment Complexes
In Salem ]
[ & You Picked The One I Lived In, By Chance ]
[ Then We Walked ]
[ & We Talked ]
[ I Asked { ARE WE READING FROM THE SAME BOOK? } ]
[ { WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE THIS A LOOK? } ]
[ When You Said { SURE } ]
[ I Knew You Were Her ]
[ Ever Since That Night ]
[ You Have Been My Guiding Light ]
[ When You Said You Were In ]
[ I Chalked Up The Win ]
[ So Now After A Tad Bit More Than 8,950 Days & Nights ]
[ We Have Survived Some Dark Days ]
[ & Celebrated 100’s Of Times Under Some Very Bright Lights ]
[ Through The Darkest Of Times ]
[ You Were Always My Guilding Light ]
[ That’s How I’m Able To Write All Of These Rhymes ]
[ That One Day When I Asked You To Be My Wife ]
[ I Was Also Asking You, If I Could Be Your Husband ]
[ For The Rest Of Your Life ]
[ When It Comes To Marriage There Are Only A Few ]
[ Who Last Past Year 22 ]
[ But Here We Are Going On Year 25 ]
[ & Our Marriage Is Still Very Much Alive ]
[ We Take It Day By Day, Year By Year ]
[ We Walk Hand In Hand ]
[ When We Stare Down A Fear ]
[ We Have Lots Of Fun ]
[ Because We Both Signed Up ]
[ For The Long Run ]
[ That Is Just What We Do ]
[ There Is No Us ]
[ Without You, Too ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(455)▪︎[ Sleep Is Way Overrated … 5•5•2020 ]
[ In The Morning Light ]
[ I Get Up ]
[ & Shake Off Another Sleepless Night ]
[ Now, How Many Is That In A Row? ]
[ 3 Or 4? ]
[ I Just Don’t Remember Or Know ]
[ It Seems That When I Look Down @ The Floor ]
[ Everything Is Moving So Slow ]
[ @ Night, It’s The Clock ]
[ It Seems Like Every 45 Minutes ]
[ I’d Feel The Need To Stand-Up & Take A Walk ]
[ Sometimes I’d See How Many Laps I Can Do In Our Small House ]
[ When I Look @ The Bed ]
[ I Envy My Sleeping Spouse ]
[ I Don’t Like To Think Where I’d Be In My Life ]
[ Right Now ]
[ Without My Son & Wife ]
[ I Actually Don’t Remember Or Yearn For A Day When I Was
Single & Alone ]
[ I Lived In Apartments ]
[ Not A Home ]
[ But Like The Saying Goes { HOME IS WHERE YOU HANG YOUR HAT } ]
[ I Can Really ]
[ Relate To That ]
[ I Think This Time I Did 4 Laps ]
[ Before I Stopped ]
[ I Opened The Door To My Room & Looked @ All Of My Hats ]
[ Then I Go & Stand By Our Bed & Climb Up On It ]
[ & Just Sit ]
[ When I Look @ My Pillow I Mumble { WHAT’s THE USE? } ]
[ Trying To Go To Sleep ]
[ Just Feels Like Abuse ]
[ Of My Mind ]
[ So I Will Be Kind ]
[ & Try To Remember & Rewind ]
[ About The Last Morning That I Woke Up Refreshed & Revitalized ]
[ I Couldn’t Remember ]
[ Or Realize ]
[ When ]
[ It Had Last Been ]
[ As I Age ]
[ I Think It Has Been @ Least Two Decades ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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