[ Friends Come In All Sizes & Shapes ]
[ A Good Friend Doesn’t Go By The Wayside ]
[ Like Records & Cassette Tapes ]
[ They Are Not Fly By Nights ]
[ They Always Continue To Be ]
[ The Brightest Lights ]
[ Oh Sure, Some People Grow Apart ]
[ As Life Moves On ]
[ The Memories Of Them Don’t Stay In Your Heart ]
[ When They Are Gone ]
[ When You Get To That Place ]
[ In A Friendship ]
[ Where You Would Never Forget Their Smiling Face ]
[ It Is A Wonderful Feeling When You Meet A Person That’s True ]
[ Through & Through ]
[ The Sky Will Be The Only Thing In Your Life That’s Blue ]
[ No More Dark Days That You Dread ]
[ Now You See Nothing But Hope Up Ahead ]
[ But Fake People Can Mislead ]
[ They’d Take Your House & Deed ]
[ If That’s What They Want ]
[ & Need ]
[ The Friends Want Or Ask For Nothing ]
[ That Is Why I Feel So Good ]
[ Giving Them Everything ]
[ Nothing Gets Stolen, Nothing Comes Up Lost ]
[ You Don’t Watch Them Leave ]
[ & Wonder How Much Did That Day Cost ]
[ You Can Turn Your Back & Not Expect A Knife ]
[ To Be There When You Turn Around ]
[ A Special Friend Adds To Your Life ]
[ Good Friendship Is Nothing ]
[ To Some ]
[ & Really Something ]
[ To Those When It Comes ]
[ When Your Best Friend Shows Up It’s Like A Beacon Of
Light ]
[ When She Arrives ]
[ The Clouds Show Sunlight ]
[ Looking Out Over The Ocean & Watching The Sun Set ]
[ With Your Best Friend ]
[ This Will Happen Many More Times, I Bet ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(495)▪︎[ The Way To Live … 5•19•2020 ]
[ Strength & Honor Is What They Say ]
[ Is The One Way ]
[ That You Should Live Your Life ]
[ Each & Every Day ]
[ When You Lay Your Head Down On Your Pillow @ Night ]
[ Can You Tell Your Conscience ]
[ That You Tried With All Of Your Might ]
[ To Do What You Thought ]
[ Was Right? ]
[ Those Nights You Will Have Good Dreams ]
[ Unlike The Nightmares ]
[ That Make You Let Out Endless Screams ]
[ Dreams, Where The Sky Is Always Blue ]
[ & Your Wishes Show Through ]
[ For You ]
[ Dreams, Where There Are No Words That Harm ]
[ Where The Women Are Beautiful ]
[ & All The Men Have Charm ]
[ Where Chivalry Isn’t Dead ]
[ But Oftentimes A Chivalrous Act ]
[ Can Be Misread ]
[ When A Man Moves In Front Of A Woman To Open
A Door ]
[ His Intentions Are Good ]
[ & It Means Nothing More ]
[ No Good Intention Ever Dies ]
[ If It’s Not Based ]
[ On Deceit & Lies ]
[ But When It’s Time To Wake ]
[ There Is A Last Breath ]
[ That You Take ]
[ You Realize Those Were Not Dreams You Had ]
[ It Was The Afterlife That Was Taking You ]
[ Away From All That Was Bad ]
[ Even Though You Were Not Given The Chance ]
[ To Take Your Wife ]
[ Out For That Last Dance ]
[ She Knows You Are Now In A Better Place ]
[ You Hope That She Will Never ]
[ Ever ]
[ Forget Your Face ]
[ & She Knows That You Will Always Wait ]
[ For Her ]
[ To Join You @ A Later Date ]
[ Only Then, You Will Give Her A Tour ]
[ Of What’s Behind That Pearly Gate ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(487)▪︎[ When Confusion Comes … 5•17•2020 ]
[ Oftentimes When Confusion Sets In ]
[ I Ask Myself ]
[ ( WHEN DID THIS BEGIN? ) ]
[ Who, What, Where Am I Confused About ]
[ I’ll Think That I Have Answer ]
[ Then I Have Doubt ]
[ & That Spreads Like Cancer ]
[ Being Unsure ]
[ Is Not The Cure ]
[ Having Confidence ]
[ Can Make A Huge Difference ]
[ But Surely Not ]
[ Arrogance ]
[ When It Comes To Arrogance, Thy Name
Is Always I ]
[ Why Not, Or Why? ]
[ I Just Don’t Want To Be ]
[ That Type Of Guy ]
[ One Time, Arrogance Almost Got Me Into Trouble
That Was Way Over My Head ]
[ I Wasn’t Thinking Smart ]
[ So I Acted Dumb Instead ]
[ That Was Many, Many, Many Years In The Past ]
[ Things Around Me ]
[ Could Have Burned Up Really Fast ]
[ But I Came Through It & Shut My Head Down ]
[ I Didn’t Want To Be That Kind Of Clown ]
[ That Would Have Caused Alot Of People ]
[ To Frown ]
[ Now Confusing Problems Are Broken Down Into The
Most Basic Parts ]
[ Then When I Look @ It ]
[ I Can Tell Where & When It Starts ]
[ But Now I Can Tell You My Friend ]
[ This Is Where, When & How ]
[ This Story Will End ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(484)▪︎[ Man On The Inside … 5•16•2020 ]
[ Is The Man On The Inside ]
[ The One Who Almost Died ]
[ With His Eyes Open Wide? ]
[ All Bloodshot ]
[ From Thinking Through All Of His ]
[ Incoming Thoughts ]
[ What Should He Do, When They Come Into His Mind? ]
[ Does He Handle The Negative Ones ]
[ Differently, Than The Positive Kind? ]
[ His Mind Is So Complex ]
[ Because His Memory Is Like A Large Rolodex ]
[ When The Thought Comes In ]
[ & The Memory Turns On ]
[ That’s When The Rolling Of The Cards Begin ]
[ One After The Other ]
[ Does He Remind Him Of His Brother? ]
[ What About Her ]
[ & His Mother? ]
[ But The Memory That Comes Into His Head ]
[ Is That Those Two People ]
[ Have Long Been Dead ]
[ If Not, Than Who? ]
[ Each Card Brings Back A Memory ]
[ A Face, A Name ]
[ That’s What They Do ]
[ But In His Eyes ]
[ Most Of Them Looks The Same ]
[ Too ]
[ One By One ]
[ He Doesn’t Remember, He Just Can’t Tell ]
[ He Does Know When He’s Done ]
[ It’s When He Comes Upon The One That Rings A Bell ]
[ & Then The Next Day It Starts All Over Again ]
[ Then ]
[ This Time It Is A Familiar Face ]
[ In An Unfamiliar Place ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(627)▪︎[ Thank You, Len Bias … 7•14•2020 ]
[ There Once Was This Young Man Who Was Exceptional
@ Basketball ]
[ But In 1986 ]
[ Len Bias Became MY Wake-Up Call ]
[ The Night That He Went #2 In The NBA Draft He Failed To
Use His Brain ]
[ Because He Went To A Party With Some Friends ]
[ & Smoked Some Crack Cocaine ]
[ He Found That His Body Had A Sensitivity To That Illegal
Substance ]
[ & It Proved To Be The Difference ]
[ Between Good & Bad Health ]
[ Life & Death ]
[ Poverty & Wealth ]
[ His Heart Stopped & Then Exploded ]
[ When The Paramedics Arrived ]
[ He Had Already Coded ]
[ Flat Lined, On The Floor ]
[ They Put Him On A Gurney ]
[ & Wheeled Him Out The Door ]
[ Nobody Waved ]
[ As They Took Him To His Grave ]
[ I Read The Article About This In The Sports Illustrated
That I Got That Week ]
[ I Could Not Speak ]
[ & My Legs Got Wobbly & Weak ]
[ Before This I Had Tried Cocaine 4 Times Maybe 5 ]
[ After I Read That Article ]
[ I Felt Lucky To Still Be Alive! ]
[ If A Finely Tuned Athelete’s Heart Could Do That ]
[ How Did Mine Not Stop? ]
[ When It Is Covered With Fat? ]
[ I Did Not Even Have To Think Too Hard About It ]
[ I Never Wanted To Get ]
[ To Where It Became A Deadly Habit ]
[ Enough Was Enough ]
[ I Never Ever Again Snorted That Stuff ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(625)▪︎[ Blindfolded … 7•14•2020 ]
[ Can You Ever Walk Through Life Wearing A Blindfold
Covering Your Eyes? ]
[ Do You Think Leaving Your Head In The Sand ]
[ Is All That Wise? ]
[ Where Does That Get You? ]
[ Where Will That Lead ]
[ What Will You Do ]
[ When You Are In Need? ]
[ Will Your Head Constantly Hit The Wall That You Don’t See? ]
[ Will The Shock Buckle Your Knees? ]
[ Get Back Up & Laugh It Off ]
[ Count Your Steps ]
[ So You Know When To Stop ]
[ When People Close Their Eyes As They Trudge Through Their
Life ]
[ They Never See The Guy Behind Them ]
[ That Is Holding A Knife ]
[ How Can They Watch The People That They Have
Sworn To Protect ]
[ Will Those People Expect ]
[ Your Respect? ]
[ Life Is No Fun ]
[ When That Is Not Done ]
[ All That Is Left To Do, Is Run, Run, Run ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(612)▪︎[ Bend, Don’t Break … 7•7•2020 ]
A[ Sometimes To Survive In Life, You Have To Have The Attitude
Of ( WHATEVER IT TAKES ) ]
[ Your Mind Can’t Get The Mental Shakes ]
[ But How Do You Continue To Stay Strong ]
[ In A World ]
[ Where There Is So Much Wrong? ]
[ Is Strength Only In The Mind Of The User? ]
[ Is Violence Only In The Hand Of The Abuser? ]
[ Mind Over Matter Is Something People Say ]
[ When You Mind ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter In Its Own Special Way ]
[ Feeling Pain ]
[ Does Not Have To Make You Feel Insane ]
[ In The Brain ]
[ Sometimes The Blame ]
[ Can Only Be Its Name ]
[ & When That Is Tame ]
[ There Should Be No Shame ]
[ In How You Feel ]
[ With That Deal ]
[ But Only If The Feelings Are Real ]
[ Dealing With The Feelings Is The Real Catch ]
[ They Must Be Under Control ]
[ Before New Problems Hatch ]
[ Out Of Cracked Eggs ]
[ Look @ Them Head On ]
[ Before They Grow Legs ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(611)▪︎[ What Inspires … 7•6•2020 ]
[ Someone Once Said That True Focus Lies Between Serenity
& Rage ]
[ Does That Mean You Must Independently ]
[ Keep Your Heart Locked Up In A Cage? ]
[ Or Lock ]
[ It Up In A Box? ]
[ Does True Focus Get Us Through The Hurt & Pain? ]
[ When You Put Yourself Out There ]
[ What Are You Looking To Gain? ]
[ Hurt & Pain Makes Me Go Inside ]
[ My Mind ]
[ Sometimes I Feel The Need To To Hide ]
[ The Button That Says Rewind ]
[ Rewind & Remind Makes Me Go Through The Pain ]
[ Again & Again ]
[ & That Is About As Fun ]
[ As Saying You’re Done ]
[ & Then Going Out For A Run ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(604)▪︎[ Everything Looks Nice … 7•4•2020 ]
[ One Person Said ( NO AMOUNT OF MONEY EVER BOUGHT
A SECOND OF TIME ) ]
[ Does That Mean Every Hour Lost ]
[ Would Not Even Cost You A Dime? ]
[ What About An Hour Wasted On Frivolous Things? ]
[ Does That Make Time & Money ]
[ Be Attached By Thin Strings? ]
[ One Can’t Buy The Other ]
[ & One Cannot Buy Another ]
[ Another Second, Hour Or Day ]
[ When Time Has Been Wasted ]
[ Things Have A Tendency To Stay ]
[ That Way ]
[ Time & Money Would Be In A Wasted Heap ]
[ Just Tossed Aside ]
[ Because You Think That Time Is Cheap ]
[ Time Cannot Be Bought ]
[ But Money Can Buy A Clock ]
[ Where You Can Watch Time Fly By ]
[ The Time That Money Cannot Buy ]
[ Is Their A Vast Difference Between Wasted Time & A Wasted
Dollar? ]
[ Wasted Time May Not Even Get A Whisper ]
[ But Wasting Money Gets A Loud Hollar ]
[ One Dollar Or Many ]
[ Nobody Ever Wants To Waste A Penny ]
[ But A Penny Saved, Is A Penny Earned ]
[ If Time Is Money ]
[ Do You Ever Want The Clock To Be Turned ]
[ Backward In A Counter Clock Motion ]
[ If Timed Stood Still ]
[ Would It Fall Into The Ocean? ]
[ To Never Be Recovered Again ]
[ But If Found ]
[ Would That Be When Time Begins? ]
[ Begin Or Not ]
[ We All Know That Time Cannot Be Bought ]
[ Or Was That The Point That You Forgot? ]
[ Then Always Be Thankful For Whatever You’ve Got ]
[ Out Of Life ]
[ Because When You Forgot But Then Turned On The Light ]
[ Don’t You Think That Everything Looks Twice ]
[ As Nice? ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(603)▪︎[ Friends … 7•3•2020 ]
[ Are Friends What Makes The World Go Around? ]
[ They Help You Keep Your Feet Firmly On The Ground ]
[ They Are There When They Are Needed ]
[ Their Advice Is Heeded ]
[ Friends Are There With A Kind Word Or Two ]
[ They Show Empathy With Your Problems ]
[ So You Know It’s Just Not You ]
[ With The Problems You Have ]
[ That Makes The Problems Not Seem So Bad ]
[ Their Love ]
[ Fits Like A Glove ]
[ Over Your Heart ]
[ Because Sometimes There Are Long Stretches Of Time When
You Are Apart ]
[ But When You Do Talk To Them It Feels Like The Good Old Days ]
[ Then It Feels Like They’ve Never Been Away ]
[ & When You Hang Up The Phone ]
[ The Good Feeling Stays ]
[ There Are Good Friends From High School, College & Facebook ]
[ That You Want To Keep Up On ]
[ So You Go On Their Page To Just Take A Look ]
[ Show That You Care ]
[ & Let Them Know You Were There ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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