[ Are You Proud Of Yourself When You Look @ Yourself
In The Mirror @ Night ]
[ Do You Accept What You See? ]
[ Or Are You Angry @ The Sight? ]
[ Sometimes You Do Not Like The Reflection ]
[ But You Have Come To Find ]
[ That You Are Pretty Good When It Comes To Deflection ]
[ Why Don’t You Like What You See? ]
[ Sometimes You Are An Animated Show ]
[ & I Can Eat Popcorn, While I Watch Everything Up Close
For Free ]
[ Clearly Two Shows Are Never The Same ]
[ If They Were ]
[ I Would Know That She Was Playing A Game ]
[ Games Do Have Their Time & Place ]
[ Sometimes When You Do Play Games ]
[ I Will Tell You To Stop, Right To Your Face ]
[ I Do Not Have A Problem Standing Up To You ]
[ That Is Nothing New ]
[ We Have That Kind Of Relationship ]
[ Because We Have That Honest & Open Friendship ]
[ That Is The Bond ]
[ That Is What Keeps Us Going On ]
[ There Is Nothing Wrong ]
[ With Not Always Being Strong ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(497)▪︎[ Your Brother Is Gone … 6•16•2021 ]
[ As You Sit There Looking @ Your Brothers Tombstone ]
[ You Now Feel, All Alone ]
[ Some Say It Was A Senseless Death That Day ]
[ Is That Really What Some People Say? ]
[ I Am On The Fence ]
[ Is There A Way That your Brother Could Die That Would Make
Sense? ]
[ You Hear Mumbles ]
[ & Grumbles ]
[ You’re Not So Dense ]
[ To Hear That ]
[ & It Not Make You Tense ]
[ This May Sound Dumb ]
[ But Death Took Away My Brother’s Freedom ]
[ He Can No Longer Come Over For A Visit ]
[ You Can’t Have The Option To Go Over To His House & Just
Sit ]
[ For A Bit ]
[ Your Brother Is Pain Free Now ]
[ You Wish That You Could ]
[ But You Don’t Know How ]
[ How Do You Continue On ]
[ Now That Your Brother Is Gone? ]
[ Nobody Knows What Went Wrong ]
[ Was His Will To Live, Not Very Strong? ]
[ When His Path Was Shown ]
[ Was The Writing On The Wall Known? ]
[ The Grim Reaper Does Not Show Up @ Your Doorstep To
Talk ]
[ They Show Up To Take You On That Long, Quiet Walk ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(628)▪︎[ I Do Not Want To Get To 70 … 7•28•2021 ]
[ As The Frustrations Set In, It Seems ]
[ Like All I Want To Do Is Let Out A Scream ]
[ Because This Is By Far, Not Part Of My Dreams ]
[ More To The Point ]
[ It Is A Nightmare ]
[ That Gets Me All Out Of Joint ]
[ Why Do I Let These Minor Things Get To Me ]
[ The Reasons For This ]
[ I Just Cannot See ]
[ Very Clearly ]
[ It Hits Me In The One Spot ]
[ That Makes Me Hot ]
[ 0 To 60 In 1 Second Flat ]
[ When I Get To 70 ]
[ I Feel Like Swinging A Baseball Bat ]
[ I Wish I Could Hit (25) Baseball’s ]
[ Against The Gym Walls ]
[ That Would Feel So Good ]
[ The Therapeutic Value ]
[ Is Clearly Misunderstood ]
[ The Cathartic Effect Would Send Me Sky ]
[ High ]
[ But When I’d Bottom Out ]
[ It Would Be A Very Low Point ]
[ No Doubt ]
[ But I Just Do Not Want To Go ]
[ That Low ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(627)▪︎[ Making The Silence Last … 7•28•2021 ]
[ When You Look In The Mirror What Do You See? ]
[ Do You See The Person ]
[ That You Always Hoped You Could Be? ]
[ Why Can’t You See What Others Can See In You? ]
[ Is It Because You Don’t Want To? ]
[ Why Not? ]
[ Is It Tough Being Put On The Spot? ]
[ Is It That Hard To Re-Evaluate What You’ve Got? ]
[ Others See Your Potential ]
[ They Have Said That How You Go Through Life Has
Been Influential ]
[ To Others That Are Where You Came From ]
[ Show Others That Are Quiet ]
[ Not Dumb ]
[ Sometimes Silence Is The Best Answer That Was Never
Said ]
[ Sometimes Let Your Silence Get In Their Head ]
[ So Much So ]
[ They Become Lost ]
[ Making Things Seem, That Now They Don’t Know ]
[ What They Are Talking About ]
[ Leave Their Heads Swimming In Doubt ]
[ Maybe Next Time They Won’t Come @ You So Fast ]
[ That Is How Can Make Being Silent Really Last ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(292)▪︎[ Going Where? … 4•6•2021 ]
[ I Really Feel Like I Am Going Nowhere Fast ]
[ Sometimes I Want To Throw In The Towel ]
[ Because I Just Don’t Know If My Will To Live Is Going To Last ]
[ Last Until Tomorrow, Or The Day After That ]
[ I Am So Glad That I Do Not Have Nine Lives Like An
Ordinary Cat ]
[ I Don’t Feel Like I Have A Purpose Or A Goal ]
[ I Don’t Feel Like I Have Anything Left To Give, Deep Down In
My Soul ]
[ It Has Been Oh So Long Since I First Fell In This Hole ]
[ I Do Not Remember Ever Feeling Completely Whole ]
[ Where Do I Go Right Now? ]
[ Really? ]
[ How? ]
[ My Gas Tank Is Running On A Lower Level Then Fumes ]
[ My Presence Would Not Be Noticed, If I Came Or Left The Room ]
[ I Feel Like I Am An ‘Ain’t ]
[ I Never Stand Out ]
[ I Just Blend Into The Paint ]
[ To Me An ‘Ain’t Is Neither A Good Thing Or A Bad ]
[ I Am A Husband Of 25 Years ]
[ But I Am Not Respected As A Dad ]
[ I ‘Ain’t This & I ‘Ain’t That ]
[ If I Was To Ever Be Given An Androgynous Name, It Would
Definitely Be Pat ]
[ Something That You Can’t Tell If It Isn’t Or Is An Is ]
[ The Only Time That I Am In Front & Center Is When I Am Getting
Dissed ]
[ But That Is Never A Good Feeling ]
[ That Always Leaves Me Reeling ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(291)▪︎[ Kirsten & Cassidy … 4•6•2021 ]
[ Kirsten & Cassidy Make Quite The Pair ]
[ It Was A Nice Surprise ]
[ When I Got To Meet Cassidy When I Was There ]
[ Cassidy Came From Ohio ]
[ So Nicole & I Were More Than Happy To Greet
Her With A Warm Hello ]
[ I Am Sure That Everyone Feels That The Part Of The Country
That They Currently Reside In, Is The Best ]
[ But I Will Still Ask ]
[ How Do You Like Being In The Great Pacific Northwest? ]
[ How Did You Pick Our Itty ]
[ Bitty ]
[ … City? ]
[ When You Were Assigned To Kirsten To Shadow ]
[ You Will See That She Is The Best There Is ]
[ Because I Have Yet To Ask Her A Question Concerning My P.T.
That She Did Not Know ]
[ Kirsten Might Be Slender In Stature, But She Packs Alot Of
Power ]
[ She Doesn’t Ever Need A Rest @ The End Of The Hour ]
[ I Always Come To See Kirsten When My Body Is A Wreck ]
[ Right Now It Is My Foot, Back & Neck ]
[ I Haven’t Yet ]
[ & She Has Never Let ]
[ For Me To Ask Her To Cut Me Some Slack ]
[ Why Should I? ]
[ Because She Does Amazing Work On My Back ]
[ I Just Write Whatever Comes To My Mind ]
[ & I Write About People Who I Find ]
[ Are Really Kind ]
[ Even Before My Surgery The Subject Of P.T. Was Talked About
Really Nice ]
[ Before I Was Asked Where? ]
[ I Did Not Have To Think Of The Answer Twice ]
[ Kirsten Isn’t Done With Me Until I Feel Better ]
[ When I Look Back Over The Last Couple Of Years ]
[ I Am Always Thankful That I Met Her ]
[ I Actually Have A Hard Time With The Whole Premise Of Fate ]
[ & Sending Me To The Best Was Not A Mistake ]
[ I Could Compliment This Wonderful Therapist Until I Was Blue In
The Face ]
[ But This Is Not The Time Or The Place ]
[ I Was Very Impressed With Something That You Did Cassidy ]
[ This Was Something That I Don’t Usually See ]
[ It Wasn’t The Whole Time That Your Face Was Making A
Statement ]
[ Of Acknowledgement ]
[ It Was How You Approached The Table & You ]
[ Knew ]
[ What To Do ]
[ Today I Felt & Could See ]
[ That You Were NOT Just An Observer ]
[ I Had 2 Very Qualified Physical Therapists Helping Me ]
[ To Get To A Place That Time Forgot ]
[ That Is A Time & Day Where I Could Go Through A Whole Day …
OF Being Pain Free! ]
[ From The Bottom Of My Heart … I Say Thank You ]
[ Those Two Very Important Words ]
[ Are Always Way Over Due ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(215)▪︎[ The Culmination … 3•15•2021 ]
[ Tomorrow Is The Culmination Of 25 Years ]
[ Through It All There Has Been Lots Of Fears ]
[ & Tears ]
[ Faced & Shed ]
[ There Has Been Alot Of Thought Going In & Out Of
My Head ]
[ Tomorrow Is A Celebration Of Me Taking A Bride ]
[ & For The Most Part It Has Been A Wonderful Ride ]
[ All Marriages Are As Up & Down As A Roller Coaster ]
[ Most Days Are Very Pleasant ]
[ Some Make You Feel Like You Have Been Burnt Through A
Toaster ]
[ There Has Been Many Many Successes ]
[ With Very Little Expenses ]
[ Money Should Not Make Or Break A Marriage ]
[ It Should Not Cost Alot To Buy A Good Baby Carriage ]
[ What Is Important Is That You Cover All Of The Big Major
Points ]
[ So Nothing Surprises You ]
[ Or Makes Her Be Out Of Joints ]
[ But Surprises Come In Big & Small ]
[ Just Don’t Let Your Anger Encompass All ]
[ But Tomorrow You Will Wake Up In A Hospital Room ]
[ Celebrating 25 Years Of Being A Groom ]
[ I Wish You Luck In All Of Your Future Endeavors ]
[ Just Don’t Go Broke By Doing Too Many Favors ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(216)▪︎[ Nice Nurse Named Laurel … 3•15•2021 ]
[ Well, Here I Sit On Monday, March 15th, 2021 ]
[ I Was Excited For This Surgery ]
[ But Now I Am Really Glad That It Is Finally Done ]
[ Spending The Night Before My Anniversary Has
Never Been An Ultimate Dream Of Mine ]
[ But @ Least It Is Just One Day & Night ]
[ Instead Of Nine ]
[ This Is A Whole Lot Better Than My Eleven Days ]
[ Stay ]
[ Completely Different Circumstances Than The Time
Before ]
[ Back Then The Need For Care Was A Whole Lot More ]
[ One Thing Is Definitely The Same With All Of My Stays ]
[ & That Is The Appreciation I Have For The Salem Hospital’s
Nurse’s ]
[ Each & Every Day ]
[ This Time I Am On The 7th Floor ]
[ Five More ]
[ Than The Time Before ]
[ I Had Fantastic Nurses Then ]
[ & I Have Fantastic Nurses Now ]
[ So How Did I Ever Get So Lucky, Again? ]
[ My Nurse Right Now Is A Nice Woman Named Laurel ]
[ If The Head Of The Hospital Ever Asked Me If She Should Get A
Big Raise ]
[ I Would Not Quarrel ]
[ Nurse Laurel Is So Nice & Polite In Everything She Does ]
[ She Is Not Looking For Accolades ]
[ She Does It, Just Because ]
[ It Is Not In Her Job Description, It Is In Her ]
[ There Is No Hidden Agenda ]
[ Because Her Intentions Are Pure ]
[ I Am Sure There Must Be Days That Nurses Wished It Would Go
By Quicker ]
[ Those Must Be The Days When Each Patient Comes Feeling
Sicker ]
[ Sicker Than The One Prior ]
[ Or During The Period Of Times When We Had The Fires ]
[ Sometimes They Probably Go A Whole Day Without Someone
Saying ( THANK YOU ) ]
[ But That Is Not The Reason That They Do What They Do ]
[ It Is Sad To Think That The Doctor’s Get All Of The Glory While
The Nuses Do All The Work ]
[ & I Bet More Than 1 Out Of Every 5 Patients Can Be A Jerk ]
[ Then You Brought Up This Nice Nurse Named Matt To Replace
The I.V. ]
[ That Had Fallen Out Of Me ]
[ To Be A Great Nurse Like Laurel You Must Start ]
[ With A Nice Personality & A Big Heart ]
[ & Not Just Anyone Can Handle This Part ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(207)▪︎[ Full Circle … 3•12•2021 ]
[ There Are Some Things In Life That Come Full Circle ]
[ It Is Like The Gamble You Take When You Put Your
Hand In The Bag ]
[ To Pull Out Some Good Tiles While You Are Playing
The Game Called Quircle ]
[ I Tried & Tried To Be Accepted By Don ]
[ I Never Knew If I Was Doing Good ]
[ But I Sure Found Out If I Was Doing Something Wrong ]
[ I Have Come @ My Son From Every Angle That I Know ]
[ The Results Don’t Come In Slow ]
[ They Quickly Fly Into My Face As A ( NO ) ]
[ When I Was Around Don I Would Always Hold My Tongue ]
[ But My Son Has Been Cursing @ Me Since He Was
Really Young ]
[ I Never Did Anything To Don That Would Have Given Him Any
Reason To Permanently Walk Away ]
[ My Son Gives Me Many Reasons To Walk, Many Times A Day ]
[ Don Walked Away Because He Was Miffed ]
[ I Have Never Gone Anywhere When I Have Been So Pissed ]
[ My Son Never Gives Me A Single Reason To Want To Stay ]
[ Some Days I Just Smile & Say ]
[ ( OKAY! ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(205)▪︎[ About Her … 3•12•2021 ]
[ What Can You Do When You Feel So Broken
Hearted? ]
[ Does It Make You Feel Regret That You Ever Started? ]
[ When You Met Her ]
[ You Seemed So Sure ]
[ That Your Dating Days Were Done ]
[ Because You Thought She Was The One ]
[ The One To Be Your Wife ]
[ The One Who Will Be On Your Arm ]
[ Giving You A Happy Life ]
[ It All Fell Apart When You Caught Her Cheating ]
[ & Then She Refused To Answer Your Questions ]
[ Last Monday Night When You Were Eating ]
[ This Is Not The First Time That You Turned The
Other Cheek ]
[ From The Other Times That She Had Cheated ]
[ Because She Takes Your Kindness As Being Weak? ]
[ This Is Not The First, Second Or Third Time ]
[ All The While Living Off Of Your Dime ]
[ What Has She Done Since You Two Got Married? ]
[ What Part Of The Burden Has She Carried? ]
[ She Gets Money Because Of Her Great Grandfather’s
Trust ]
[ Getting A Job Throughout Her Life Was Never A Must ]
[ She Has Never Had To Live Alone ]
[ She Has Never Had Disconnect Letters Concerning Her
Cell Phone ]
[ Or Wondered When Her Next Meal Will Come ]
[ She Has Never Sat @ An Empty Table & Wondered Where That
Meal Will Come From ]
[ She Has Been Treated Like A Little Princess Every Day &
Night ]
[ How Would She Like Living When PGE Turned Off The Lights? ]
[ She Is Going To Learn Fast ]
[ Because Tomorrow I Am Taking My Life Back ]
[ By Kicking Her Out On Her Ass ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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