[ How & Why Do I Stay Sober? ]
[ It’s Not Because I Found A Field Covered With Four
Leaf Clover ]
[ Every Day That I Did Not Take A Drink ]
[ I Didn’t Spend One Minute Living On The Brink ]
[ Of Ruining My Life ]
[ Because I Cherish My Son & Wife ]
[ In College I Became A Week-End Drinker ]
[ But That Didn’t Cause Me To Be A Foggy Thinker ]
[ It Did Seem That I Got Drunk Real Quick ]
[ I Was Always Thankful That Come Morning I Never
Had A Hangover Or Got Sick ]
[ I Never Did Aquire A Taste For Beer Or Wine ]
[ Even When We Went Out To Dine ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Ever Had A Drink When We Were Out
About The Town ]
[ I Never Threw Up Or Fell Down ]
[ My Dad Shot Himself When He Came Home Drunk From
The Bar ]
[ @ Least He Didn’t Kill Anybody With His Car ]
[ That’s One Of The Reasons Alcohol Has No Place In My Life ]
[ I’m So Thankful I Have A Like-Minded Thinking Wife ]
[ I’ve Celebrated With Alcohol Once In The Last 34 Years ]
[ Getting Hooked & Addicted Brings Me No Fears ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Brings People To Tears ]
[ Alcohol Alcohol, It’s Not For Me ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Is Not Something That I Will Be ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(326)▪︎[ Have You Ever? … 4•1•2020 ]
[ Sometimes Have You Ever Hated Where You’re @? ]
[ & You’d Love To Run Away ]
[ & Never Go Back? ]
[ Who Says You’d Have To Go Back, Again? ]
[ Just Say That You Do ]
[ & Then? ]
[ What Has Changed There? ]
[ If You Know ]
[ Will You Please Share? ]
[ I Bet The Answer Is No ]
[ Because You Know They Don’t Care ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(323)▪︎[ Can You Say Untruthful? … 3•31•2020 ]
[ I Really Cannot Believe What I Just Read ]
[ That Was Something That I Never Expected To Be Fed ]
[ It Weighed Me Down Like Lead ]
[ Where Did They Come Up With These Lies? ]
[ They Were Almost Being Masked As Chocolate Moon Pies ]
[ But These Words Came Across Hollow ]
[ & Were Hard To Swallow ]
[ I Don’t Know Where These Words Came From ]
[ I Think The Thoughts Were Dumb ]
[ Leaving Me Numb ]
[ Now You Can Bet ]
[ That I Have No Idea What They Were Trying To Get ]
[ Accolades Or Boo’s? ]
[ From My Point Of View ]
[ They Don’t Deserve Any Good News ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(628)▪︎[ The Winds Of Fear … 7•15•2020 ]
[ What Does It Mean When They Mention The Winds Of
Fear? ]
[ Does It Blow Through Your Hair? ]
[ Or Whisper Sweet Nothings In Your Ear? ]
[ Fear About What? ]
[ When It Rushes Through Your House ]
[ Does It Make You Want To Keep Your Windows Shut? ]
[ Sometimes A Cool Wind ]
[ Feels Good On The Skin ]
[ But It Does Not Feel Nice ]
[ When The Cool Wind Blows Through Twice ]
[ Making It Feel Like You’re Sitting On Ice ]
[ Then The Shakes & Shivers Start ]
[ & That Plays A Huge Part ]
[ In Your Choice About Where You Stand ]
[ To Make Your Demands ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(814)▪︎[ Today’s Day … 9•24•2020 ]
[ It Is Okay, In Today’s Day & Age ]
[ To Be Anxious, Depressed Or Sad ]
[ Sprinkled With Short Bouts Of Rage ]
[ When You Feel Confused & Lost ]
[ Seek Out A Friend Or Counselor ]
[ No Matter The Cost ]
[ Some People Get So Loud ]
[ Proclaiming That They Are Way Too Proud ]
[ To Problem Share ]
[ Because They Do Not Care ]
[ To Go There ]
[ So They Won’t ]
[ Then They Don’t ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(614)▪︎[ Whatever It Takes … 7•7•2020 ]
[ How Do You Make It Through Each Day? ]
[ In A Stress Free Way? ]
[ Do You Turn To Your Spouse ]
[ When There Is Stress In The House? ]
[ Do You Lay It All Out On The Line? ]
[ When Things Are Not Doing Fine? ]
[ Or Do You Go Inside Your Mind ]
[ When The Words Are Of The Negative Kind? ]
[ Some People See The Need ]
[ To Go Straight Ahead ]
[ & Then See Where That Leads ]
[ Others Fall Back & Wait ]
[ Then Hope ]
[ That It Isn’t Too Late ]
[ To Be Strong ]
[ & Fix Whatever It Is That Has Gone Wrong ]
[ So The Relationship Can Keep Going On ]
[ Before All Is Lost ]
[ & The Love Is Gone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(610)▪︎[ Thinking … 7•6•2020 ]
[ Can You Tell Me What I Am Thinking ]
[ Without Batting Your Eyelashes? ]
[ Or Blinking? ]
[ I Don’t Think That You Can ]
[ So Far That Hasn’t Been Accomplished ]
[ By Any Woman Or Man ]
[ No One Has Ever Been Trained ]
[ To Be Able To Read My Brain ]
[ Or There Has Never Been The Kind ]
[ Of Person ]
[ That Can Follow Some Of My Minds ]
[ Diversions ]
[ So I’d Be Lying ]
[ If I Told You That I Want Them To Keep Trying ]
[ Even Through Meditation ]
[ This Causes Me So Much Irritation ]
[ & Then I Feel The Need For More Medication ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(313)▪︎[ I Missed It … 3•27•2020 ]
[ When I Watch Where People, Not Teams, Compete ]
[ It Reminds Me Of Previous Years ]
[ When There Were Records That I Beat ]
[ & I’d Hear ]
[ The Crowds Applause ]
[ & Cheer ]
[ There Was Nothing Like The Nerves I’d Get Before I’d
Step Out On That Stage ]
[ I’d Take My Place On The Bench ]
[ & Then Release All Of My Controlled Rage ]
[ Then It’s A Fight ]
[ To Make The Weight On The Bar ]
[ Feel Really Light ]
[ I’d Feel As If I Could Bench Press A Car ]
[ If My Form Was Just Right ]
[ 200lbs, No Problem ]
[ 300lbs, No Problem ]
[ 400lbs, No Problem ]
[ 450lbs, A Bit Of A Problem ]
[ 500lbs, An Insurmountable Problem ]
[ I Really Had To Bare Down & Kick It In Drive ]
[ To Be Able To Bench Press My Best ]
[ & Press 475 ]
[ All The While Competing In The Weight Class Of 165 ]
[ When I Finally Hung Up My Belt & Put It In Park ]
[ I Missed My All-Time Goal ]
[ Of Hitting The 495lb Mark ]
[ Benching Three Times Your Body Weight Is Something That
Lifters Can Rarely Do ]
[ I Was 20lbs Shy ]
[ Maybe If I Had Another Year Or Two ]
[ I Could Be One Of Those Few Guys ]
[ & I’m Sincerely Telling You, You & You ]
[ This Story Has No Lies ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(298)▪︎[ Stay Together … 3•23•2020 ]
[ How Do We, As A Society, Stay Together While Standing Apart? ]
[ How Do You Start ]
[ To Show Love From The Heart ]
[ Without Touch? ]
[ What Is Too Much? ]
[ Human Touch Is So Important To Most Everyone ]
[ Most Everyone Needs The Touch From Someone ]
[ The Touch Of The Hand ]
[ Can ]
[ Bring Together A Woman & Man ]
[ In Such A Way ]
[ That It Can Be Serious ]
[ Or In Play ]
[ Doesn’t This Make You Curious ]
[ Today? ]
[ But If This Is Not Your Thing ]
[ What Do You Have To Bring? ]
[ To The Table ]
[ That Is Not Attached By Strings? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(296)▪︎[ Grieving … 3•23•2020 ]
[ How Does One Grieve? ]
[ Help Me Believe ]
[ That Sometime In The Future I’ll See My Brother Again? ]
[ What If I Sin? ]
[ Does My Brother ]
[ Go One Way ]
[ & I Go The Other? ]
[ Some People Say That Everything Happens For A Reason ]
[ That is One Thing That I Don’t Believe In ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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