[ Back In June Of ’86, A Basketball Player Named Len Bias Was A
Man That You Never Knew ]
[ You Read That He Was A Phenomenal College Basketball Player ]
[ Who Got Picked By The Boston Celtics When They Had Pick (#2) ]
[ In That Years NBA Draft ]
[ When The Commissioner Announced His Name ]
[ Nobody Laughed ]
[ So Then ]
[ Len ]
[ Went To A Party That Night With Some Friends ]
[ He Made A Fatal Mistake With One Single Choice ]
[ Nobody Talked To Him In A Reasonable Voice ]
[ The Kind ]
[ That Would Have Tried To Change His Mind ]
[ He Got Talked Into Snorting A Line Of Cocaine ]
[ It Went Straight To His Brain ]
[ His Friends Didn’t Lie ]
[ It Instantly Gave Him A High ]
[ But Then The Cocaine Went Into Overload ]
[ & Made His Heart Explode ]
[ He Was Dead Before ]
[ He Hit The Floor ]
[ The Drug Was Something That You Tried About (4) Times In
The Years Prior ]
[ It Felt Like Such A Nice High ]
[ But Thankfully The Need For It Didn’t Become Dire ]
[ Both Of Your Blood Siblings Were Addicted To Drugs &
Alcohol @ (1) Time ]
[ Your Older Sister Would Spend Her Last Dime ]
[ For Her Next Fix ]
[ If You Wanted To See The Effects Of More Than (40) Years
Of Hard Drug Use ]
[ Just Look @ Her Pics ]
[ You Knew That Addiction Runs In Your Family History In
The Past ]
[ It Seems Like She Took One Taste Of Something ]
[ & She Got Addicted Really Fast ]
[ The Night That Your Biological Father Came Home Drunk ]
[ & Then He Shot Himself In His Head After Trying To Murder
His Girlfriend ]
[ Your Heart Sunk ]
[ That Should Have Been A Huge Warning Sign For You
& Your Sister @ A Very Young Age ]
[ You Had Front Row Seats To The Stage ]
[ Watching The Ultimate Act Of Rage ]
[ So Your Handful Of Tastes With Cocaine Was Walking
A Fine ]
[ Line ]
[ When You Read That Sports Illustrated During That Month
Of June ]
[ It Woke You Up Out Of Your Personal Cocoon ]
[ It Showed What Drugs Can Do ]
[ If That Could Happen To A Finely Tuned Athlete ]
[ That Could Happen To You Too ]
[ The Death Of Len Bias Probably Saved You From A Possible
Life Of Drug Use ]
[ Thankfully It Never Got To The Level Of Drug Abuse ]
[ It Is Sad To Say That A Death Saved Your Life ]
[ Reading About Len Bias’s Death Turned On A Very Bright
Light ]
[ A Light, That Has Yet To Fade ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(721)▪︎[ There Was A Dream … 8•27•2021 ]
[ Dreams Are Wonderful Things ]
[ Filled With Jokers, Queens & Kings ]
[ One Night You Could Be A Top Notch Card Player ]
[ Then The Next Night You Could Be A Hay Bailer ]
[ Bucking 100lb Bales Of Hay On A Truck ]
[ Learning How To Earn An Honest Buck ]
[ You Could Almost Dream Of Anything ]
[ One Night Of Make Believe ]
[ Has You On The Stage Of AGT ]
[ Up There With A Mike In Hand ]
[ You Could Dance Around ]
[ Or Be Still In Front Of The Mike Stand ]
[ Maybe It Could Have You Dancing With The Jabbo Wakkies ]
[ As You Dance, You Find That You Are The Lead ]
[ Maybe You Dream One Night ]
[ That You Woke Up One Morning & Found That You Could
Write ]
[ Not Little Things Like (MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB) ]
[ But Amazing Stories Where Some People Say (DAMN) ]
[ You Write Another & Then It Is @ Least (2) Every Day ]
[ Before That Day You Never Knew The Way ]
[ Of Expressing Yourself In A Positive Manner ]
[ Now It Is More Than The Friendly Banter ]
[ So Is This Still A Dream? ]
[ You Say (NO) As Things Seem ]
[ You Spend Hours & Hours Of Writing Down Your Thoughts ]
[ They Definitely Do Not Come From Robots ]
[ They Have Feeling, Vision & Depth ]
[ You Even Write Stories That Have Made Others Wept ]
[ Those Are The One’s That You Kept ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(183)▪︎[ What Says The Signs? … 3•1•2021 ]
[ One Person Said That If A Man Has Never Discovered Something
That He Would Die For ]
[ Then, He Isn’t Fit To Live? ]
[ It Is A Shame That He Would Never Open His Own Front Door ]
[ To Give ]
[ To A Stranger, A Friend Or A Family Member ]
[ He Has Not Done Anything Good Enough To Remember ]
[ He Either Dies For Something ]
[ Or Dies For Nothing ]
[ Dying Is Not Always The End Game ]
[ Just Like All Lives Are Not The Same ]
[ Is He Only Good ]
[ When He Is @ Peace With Himself? ]
[ Not When He Is Misunderstood ]
[ By Everyone Else ]
[ Sometimes He Makes His Own Heaven & Hell While He Is Still
Alive On This Earth ]
[ Because He Has Been Hurting People Since His Birth ]
[ The Heaven He Makes, Is When He Makes Others Happy & Smile ]
[ One Thing About Happiness ]
[ It Is Short Lived & Fragile ]
[ Hate Is Like A Really Heavy Chain & Lock Around His Neck ]
[ Whenever Hate Gets Loose & Unchecked ]
[ It Ages His Face ]
[ & Ruins His Name All Over The Place ]
[ Where He Was Once Accepted ]
[ Now He Is A Disgrace ]
[ Then He Will Figure Out Really Quick That Money Can’t Buy Him
Love ]
[ He Should Always Try To Soar Like An Eagle ]
[ Instead Of Flying Low Like A Dove ]
[ Money Sometimes Causes People Pain ]
[ Because They Can’t Keep Up With All The People That Have
Latched Onto People ]
[ That Are Only There For Financial Gain ]
[ Blank Faces With Different Names ]
[ But The ( WANT ) Is Always The Same ]
[ When The Room Is Empty The Silence Can Be Deafening ]
[ It Does Not Look Like Anyone Is Listening ]
[ Then He Feels That Nobody Has Heard ]
[ A Single Word ]
[ Said Or Written ]
[ Making Him Feel Like He Has Been Twice Bitten ]
[ Nobody Hears A Word, Because Nobody Is There ]
[ Everyone Left ]
[ Because They Found That He Did Not Care ]
[ To Share ]
[ Then That Causes Him To Question The Whole Idea About The
Hereafter ]
[ Because To Reach It ]
[ Some May Need A Really Tall Ladder ]
[ He Will Find That The Ones That He Figured Out Have To Really
Reach ]
[ Are Those The Loudest One’s Who Preach? ]
[ Maybe He Figures Out That It Is Time To Lay Low ]
[ Because Of The Actions Of Others ]
[ That Is What Others Says Is So ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(736)▪︎[ Don’t Go Extinct … 9•1•2021 ]
[ Today You Actually Thought That Your Mind Was Clogged ]
[ But Then You Noticed That You Didn’t Feel Like You
Were In A Fog ]
[ Sometimes You Think That Your Thoughts Make You Fear ]
[ Then You Don’t Think That They Are Anywhere Near ]
[ Thoughts Come & Go ]
[ Raising Questions That Will Pop Up ]
[ That Have Answers That You Don’t Know ]
[ Is It Really, Important To Know The Answers? ]
[ Do ALL Beautiful Women Make Good Dancers? ]
[ No, Not All The Time ]
[ Watching Some, Definitely Is Not Considered To Be Sublime ]
[ Some Acts Were Not Worth A Dime ]
[ Some Questions, Are Never Answered ]
[ Some Answers, Have Double Standards ]
[ One Way For The Townspeople ]
[ & A Different Way, For The Tribespeople ]
[ Things Like That Are Not Fair ]
[ Sometimes Your Thoughts Float Away On Air ]
[ Thoughts Have Never Been Concrete ]
[ Don’t Get Enamored With Them, Because You Will Never
Meet ]
[ Your Thoughts Can Be Sexual Or Sensual ]
[ Plain Or Unusual ]
[ Thoughts Are Thoughts ]
[ Sometimes That Is All That Sets You Apart From The Robots ]
[ You Have A Brain That Directs You ]
[ A Brain That Drops A Clue ]
[ On What Is The Next Thing That You Should Do ]
[ But Follow Your Instincts ]
[ That Is Why You Are Not Extinct ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(746)▪︎[ Take Your Swing … 9•3•2021 ]
[ In This Huge Universe Where Do You Fit In? ]
[ Do Good Guys Ever Win? ]
[ It Is Usually Second Or Third @ Best ]
[ Life Feels Like One Big Test ]
[ You Don’t Get A Test Run @ It ]
[ You Never Get The Schematics On Where All Of The Pegs
Fit ]
[ You Are On The Ground Floor ]
[ You Never Have An Aerial View ]
[ So You Could See More ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As A Cheat Sheet ]
[ There Is No Guarantee Who You Will Meet ]
[ Around Every Corner You Turn ]
[ Through The Years You Have Learned ]
[ To Not Get Any Hopes High ]
[ Until It’s Your Turn ]
[ Take A Step Forward & Always Swing For The Fences ]
[ Because In Most Instances ]
[ You May Not Get Another Swing ]
[ @ Anything ]
[ Until Your Turn Comes Back Around Again ]
[ But You Don’t Know When ]
[ You Always Need To Make The Best Of Things When You
Get The Chance ]
[ Because Not Everybody Gets Invited To The Dance ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(747)▪︎[ Not My Problem … 9•4•2021 ]
[ You Stand On Your Principles, You Say ]
[ I Say (OKAY) ]
[ (WHAT DO YOU SAY THEY ARE, TODAY?) ]
[ Take A Stand, By All Means ]
[ But You Need To Back Your Play ]
[ After You Stand There & Scream ]
[ Everybody Should Go By Their Own Principles & Way Of
Thinking ]
[ But As You Sit There Screaming ]
[ Do You Need To Get Liquid Courage From Your Drinking? ]
[ Your Voice Might Be Louder Than Mine ]
[ That Does Not Mean That You Will Be @ The Head Of The Line ]
[ When Everybody Seeks To Go Dakine ]
[ Maybe You Are The Loudest, Because You Feel You Have Less To
Prove ]
[ Maybe You Become The Loudest, Because You See That You Have
The Most Opinions To Move ]
[ To Your Point Of View ]
[ Because Loud People Are Nothing New ]
[ If You Don’t Want To Get The Vaccine … That’s Fine ]
[ If You Get The ‘VID 19 ]
[ You Won’t Be A Problem Of Mine ]
[ But Then You Won’t Have To Look @ Your Co-Workers &
Ask ]
[ Because Of Course They Will Wear A Mask ]
[ Around Others They Won’t ]
[ Around Others They Don’t ]
[ But When It Comes To Being Around You ]
[ They Always Find The Need To ]
[ You Could Double Up With Your Own Free Thinkers In The Same
Single Occupancy Hospital Room ]
[ It Is A (2) For (1) Place ]
[ Because If You Get Sick Enough, It Could Also Be Your Tomb ]
[ Go Ahead & Play It Close To The Vest ]
[ But What Will You Do When You Have Trouble With Your Next
Breath ]
[ Not Filling Up Your Chest? ]
[ Get Up On That Soap Box & Preach ]
[ But @ The Same Time ]
[ Why Don’t You Teach ]
[ Do You Want To Make Your Early Reservation Now For A
Beautiful, Sterile Room @ The (SALEM HOSPITAL INN?) ]
[ They Will Only Wheel You Out In A Body Bag ]
[ After They Check You In ]
[ This Is Great How Some People Play Their Own Role ]
[ On The Troubling Issue Of Population Control ]
[ If You Have The Breath & The Way ]
[ You Can Get Up & Talk All Day ]
[ Will You Bring Your Own Ventilator? ]
[ After Your Tenure ]
[ Of Being The Facilitator? ]
[ So Stand Up & Be Proud ]
[ & While You Still Have The Breath ]
[ Be Loud ]
[ Hopefully ]
[ The Next Voice You Will Hear When You Get Wobbly ]
[ Won’t Be ]
[ (911, WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?) ]
[ Good Talks With Your Friends ]
[ To The Very End ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(745)▪︎[ A Shiny Dime … 9•3•2021 ]
[ The Phone Rings, But All That You Hear Is A Dial Tone ]
[ That Makes You Feel So Much More Alone ]
[ No Music Or Voice ]
[ Not Any Type Of Noise ]
[ That Keeps Happening Throughout The Day ]
[ You Are Trying To Find Someplace To Lift Your Spirits ]
[ But You Cannot Find The Way ]
[ You Feel Lost & Your House Seems So Large & Vacant ]
[ Oh How You Wish You Could Get On The Phone ]
[ & Have Someone Come Over In An Instant ]
[ People Have Moved All Around The State ]
[ Maybe You Feel That This Was Fate ]
[ Or Maybe Karma Catching Up To You Because Of Your
Raucous Childhood ]
[ When You Always Thought That You Were Vastly
Misunderstood ]
[ You Tried To Buck Against The System Every Chance You
Got ]
[ Everytime, That You Were Put On The Spot ]
[ So Now You Spend Your Nights Making Wishes On
Falling Stars ]
[ You Have Never Taken A Drink When You Were By Yourself ]
[ & You Do Not Want To Hit The Bars ]
[ The Last Drink You Took Was Over 25 Years Ago ]
[ Alot Of People, Through The Years Had Tried To Entice You ]
[ But The Answer Was Always A Simple (NO) ]
[ Getting Drunk Was Never Your Thing ]
[ In Your World ]
[ Alcohol Was Not Your King ]
[ The Silence Gets Loud @ Night ]
[ Especially When The Darkness Takes Your Sight ]
[ Your Hearing Takes The Place Of Your Eyes ]
[ Your Head Remembers All Of The Lies ]
[ How Do You Replace The Silence With Conversation? ]
[ Whenever You Meet Someone New ]
[ You Have Your Reservations ]
[ Your Guard Is Always Up @ First ]
[ & A Simple Taste Of Water Will Quench Your Thirst ]
[ You Fill Your Days Up By Taking Long Walks ]
[ & Silent Talks ]
[ You Feel That You Can Feel & Hear Your Heartbeat @
The Same Time ]
[ It Was A Good Walk Yesterday, Because You Found A
Shiny Dime ]
[ Oh, To Want So Much ]
[ Then You Receive So Little ]
[ Of The Human Touch ]
[ You Have So Much To Give ]
[ In The Manner Of Which You Live ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(730)▪︎[ Kirsten, You Are The (1) … 8•30•2021 ]
[ To The Best Physical Therapist Who Gave Me Such Good Care ]
[ When I Came To Therapeutic Associates For Repair ]
[ I Did Not Know Who Would Take On This Monumental
Task ]
[ & I Never Called Ahead To Ask ]
[ The First Time That I Met You Here ]
[ You Were Full Of Cheer ]
[ You Are Tiny, Yet Strong ]
[ Throw Out All Of Those Misconceptions ]
[ Because They Were All Wrong ]
[ You Maneuvered Me Here, Then There ]
[ I Used To Do Rubberband Pull-Downs ]
[ With You Standing On A Chair ]
[ I Was Hoping That I Wouldn’t Pull You Down ]
[ But You Stood Your Ground ]
[ Well We Come To The End Of Another Body Part ]
[ But When You Come Back @ The End Of January ]
[ We Will Make A Brand New Start ]
[ Everything Will Be Brand New ]
[ For You ]
[ Because In October, You Will Have Child (#2) ]
[ You Have Done So Much In What Seems Like So
Little Time ]
[ I Have No Idea What I Pay This Place ]
[ But YOU Are Worth Every Dime ]
[ Could You Let Me Know In Some Way ]
[ The Result Of Your Big Day? ]
[ Calling My Cell ]
[ To See If I Am Doing Well ]
[ Because I Was Far In-Between Visits ]
[ & You Were Being Inquisitive ]
[ That Is Just The Type Of P.T. That You Are ]
[ In An Agency Full Of P.T.’s ]
[ You Are The Rock Star ]
[ You Have Been Working On Me For Over A Year & Then
Some ]
[ Through All Of The P.T.’s That I Have Had Prior ]
[ Kirsten, You Are The Number (1) ]
[ Never Forget That, Please ]
[ See You When You Return ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(096)▪︎[ Goodbye 2020 … 1•28•2021 ]
[ The Past Year Of 2020 ]
[ Sure Did Teach The World Plenty ]
[ It Taught You To Not Go Around Those That Were Outside
Of Your Inner Circle ]
[ Not To Play With Your Life ]
[ & Stick To Playing Long, Intense Games Of Quirkle ]
[ You Try To Think That You Are Getting Better @ The Game ]
[ If You Are Not ]
[ You Only Have To Say Your Name ]
[ When You Would Look For Someone To Blame ]
[ You Wouldn’t Know, What A Stranger Did ]
[ In Their Spare Time ]
[ Running A Good Chance, Of Getting The ‘VID ]
[ Once You Have Been Infected, What Should You Do? ]
[ Oh How You Wish, You Got The Vaccine, Like You & You ]
[ Was It Too Late? ]
[ Did You Still Need To Wait? ]
[ They Couldn’t Force Your Name, Onto Their Reservation List ]
[ Even Though ]
[ That Was, Your Biggest Wish ]
[ Since 2020 Is No Longer Here ]
[ It Would Help You Immensely ]
[ If You Put That Year ]
[ In Your Rearview Mirror ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(720)▪︎[ What Is The End? … 8•27•2021 ]
[ When Is The End, Not THE END? ]
[ When You Are About Break ]
[ & Can No Longer Bend? ]
[ You Have Bent, Again & Again ]
[ You Have Gone As Far, As Anyone Has Ever Been ]
[ You Get So Tired ]
[ So Much So, You Want To Get Fired ]
[ Fired, From The One Job That You Have ]
[ Because It Seemed Like Someone Was Plotting Your
Life Like You Were On A Graph ]
[ Positive Events ]
[ Or ]
[ Negative Time Spent ]
[ Here, Here & Alot Of Time Spent Over There ]
[ Where People Don’t Share ]
[ They Won’t Care ]
[ You Are, Not Sure, Why They Don’t ]
[ You Are, Fairly Sure, Why They Won’t ]
[ They Don’t, Because No One Tells Them To ]
[ They Won’t, Because No One Shows Them What To Do ]
[ Mindless Sheep, Walking Down The Line ]
[ Not One Of Them, Having An Individual Mind ]
[ Being Herded From One Place To Another ]
[ When They Are There, They Never Think Of The Other ]
[ Place That They Were Just In ]
[ All They Know, Is To Do This Again & Again ]
[ The End, Is Never The End, Because It Is Always @ The Start ]
[ & You Are Only, Playing This Tiny Part ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ It Is Much Bigger Than Anything That You Have Ever Seen ]
[ In Your Dreams ]
[ Much Bigger Than The Land Of The Lost ]
[ But @ A Much Smaller Cost ]
[ Life Is Infinite ]
[ You Are Definite ]
[ Life Keeps Going ]
[ & As You Age ]
[ You Start Slowing ]
[ Slowing Down, To Become Ashes & Dust ]
[ Don’t You Think By Then, Faith Would Be A Must? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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