[ Oh The Pain That Shoots Through My Back ]
[ Sometimes It Feels So Bad ]
[ My Thoughts Fade To Black ]
[ I Then Scraped It Against The Wall ]
[ That Hurt So Bad ]
[ But I Have No Idea Who To Call ]
[ Do I Call The Dr. Or Do I Call My Wife ]
[ I Think That Either Way I Go ]
[ It Would Be The Thing That Was Right ]
[ Shooting Pain Cannot Be Described ]
[ Sometimes These Pains ]
[ Hurt The Most In My Life ]
[ I Think I Have Figured Out What & When Something Makes It
Hurt ]
[ It Is When I Rub Against Something ]
[ That Pushes Up Against My Shirt ]
[ But I Would Really Have To Be In Bad Shape To Go
To The E.R. ]
[ I Won’t Take An Ambulance ]
[ But I Would Have To Be Pushed Into The Car ]
[ So I Will Just Grin & Bear It ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(092)▪︎[ Money … 1•30•2022 ]
[ Is Money The Demon That Others Say It Is? ]
[ It Is Usually On The Top Of Everyone’s Wish List ]
[ Is Getting Money The Same As Having Money? ]
[ Is That What People Can’t See?
[ When You Buy A Clock ]
[ Are You Also Buying The Tic-Toc? ]
[ Are You Buying Time? ]
[ Or Is That A Simple Word That Fits In This Rhyme? ]
[ You Cannot Buy Time, But You CAN Buy Another Person’s
Time If They Work With You ]
[ Or They Are In Your Employ ]
[ Then You Could Dictate What They Do ]
[ Is Making Money Harder Than Keeping It? ]
[ You Could Spend It ]
[ You Could Invest It ]
[ You Could Gamble It ]
[ You Could Give It ]
[ It Is So Hard To Be So Smart To Make Money Work For You ]
[ There Are People Who Do ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(540)▪︎[ It Makes You Curious … 7•2•2021 ]
[ So Many Words Coming Together To Make So Many
Thoughts ]
[ Then Swirling Around Like A Rollercoaster Of Dots ]
[ But Dots Do Not Come Together To Make Sentences ]
[ That Touches Your Senses ]
[ Making Sense May Not Be Your Goal ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Take The Dice & Give It A Roll ]
[ The Odds Are Never In Your Favor ]
[ & Losing, Has It’s Own Special, Bitter Flavor ]
[ How Did Thoughts Turn Into Food? ]
[ Somewhere In The Last 8 Lines ]
[ Things Were Misunderstood ]
[ For Some, That Might Sound Fine ]
[ But To The Average Reader, That Does Not Look Good ]
[ Dots Can Come In So Many Shapes & Colors ]
[ You Might Like One Kind ]
[ While Your Friends Like Some Others ]
[ You Guess, To Each Their Own ]
[ Sometimes Things Are Better Left All Alone ]
[ Because Crowds ]
[ Can Sometimes Come In Extremely Loud ]
[ Some Of Them ]
[ Thinks That They Are The Budding Head Of A Rose ]
[ & You Are Just The Stem ]
[ But The Stem Of A Rose Has Thorns That Hurt ]
[ Even Under Their Shirt ]
[ Others Never Take You Serious ]
[ & That Makes You Curious ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(536)▪︎[ It Is A Hard Place … 7•1•2021 ]
[ The World Outside Of Your Front Door Is A Hard Hard
Place ]
[ Everything Is Right There In Your Face ]
[ The Rain, The Sun, The Bogeyman ]
[ That Is When You Run ]
[ As Fast As You Can ]
[ You Seem To Want To Confide ]
[ That There Was No Where To Hide ]
[ That Is When Reality ]
[ Becomes Reality ]
[ For All To See ]
[ All Of A Sudden You Don’t Feel Free ]
[ How Can You Change These Circumstances? ]
[ How Can You Take So Many Chances ]
[ To Make Things Right? ]
[ Which Way Should I Turn To Flick The Switch That
Turns On The Light ]
[ Is It By The Light Of The Moon? ]
[ Or The Light When It’s The Afternoon? ]
[ Maybe That Light Could Be From The Oncoming
Train ]
[ Either Way It Will Cause Great Pain ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(545)▪︎[ So Confusing … 7•3•2021 ]
[ Life Can Be So Confusing ]
[ To You @ Times ]
[ But To Others, Watching You, Can Be So Amusing ]
[ When You Make A Mistake & You Get Frustrated Then Throw
Up Your Arms ]
[ Others Might Laugh ]
[ But They Mean You No Harm ]
[ A Mistake Is A Mistake In Your Mind ]
[ Laughter Is Good Medicine ]
[ You Will Find ]
[ Actually It Is The Best ]
[ It Passes Every Test ]
[ Should We All Look Up, To See ]
[ What Is Up Ahead & Free ]
[ Free From All Dyes, Smell & Taste ]
[ With Bullshit So Deep ]
[ It Is Up To Your Waist ]
[ It Is Not So Clear ]
[ Where You Would Go From Here ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(534)▪︎[ The Footprint … 6•30•2021 ]
[ Who Can Catch Lightning In A Bottle? ]
[ Is That The Daredevil Who Is Quick On The Throttle? ]
[ Driving Through Town As Fast As He Can ]
[ When You Think Of Him ]
[ You Could Say That He’s A (MAN’s MAN) ]
[ Is He The Only One That Can Leave A Footprint In The Dust? ]
[ Is Being A Daredevil A Must? ]
[ No, It’s Not, Is What You Say ]
[ You Try To Leave Your Foot Print Every Day ]
[ In The Sand, Clay, Mud Or Dirt ]
[ You Would Even Give A Man In Need, Your Own Shirt ]
[ Off Of Your Back ]
[ If You Really Think About It ]
[ That Was Just One Shirt Out Of A Big Stack ]
[ One Way That You Could Leave Your Footprint Is By What
You Can Give ]
[ You Also Can Leave An Impression By How You Live ]
[ Do You Walk, Take A Bus Or Ride The Train? ]
[ Or Do You Stay In The House & Refrain ]
[ & Play Games? ]
[ With People With Various Last Names? ]
[ If You Had One Wish, What Would It Be? ]
[ Would You Wish That One Wish ]
[ Would Turn Into Three? ]
[ & So On & So On Until Everybody Will Have One ]
[ Letting Everyone Have Some Fun ]
[ One Of Their Own ]
[ Maybe Some Would Wish For A Million Dollars ]
[ While Some Would Just Want An Ice Cream Cone ]
[ Leaving Your Handprint On This Earth ]
[ Does Not Prove Your Worth ]
[ Now Leaving Memories In Lots Of Different People’s
Mind ]
[ Is The Best Kind ]
[ Of Footprint ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(476)▪︎[ The Day Was Ruined … 6•8•2021 ]
[ How Come Pain Is Felt By One Guy, But Not The Other? ]
[ Does That Guy Know How To Cover? ]
[ Cover His Thoughts? ]
[ Cover His Heart? ]
[ This Guy Is Seeing Clearly, While That One Is Seeing Spots ]
[ (WHAT KIND?) Someone Might Ask ]
[ From Behind Their Mask ]
[ But Society Does Not Do This Anymore ]
[ Someone Might Ask Someday ]
[ But They Would Do That, From Behind A Closed Door ]
[ Behind The Door, People Can Rely On Annonymity ]
[ They Can Wreck Havoc ]
[ & Cause A Calamity ]
[ & Then Go On Their Merry Way ]
[ No Matter The Amount Of People’s Lives Were Ruined That Day ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(495)▪︎[ Dying Young … 6•16•2021 ]
[ If You Die Young ]
[ & There Was A Celebration Of Life Going On ]
[ Would Anybody Come? ]
[ Have You Been Going So Fast ]
[ That You Didn’t Leave Your Footprint On Anything In
Your Past? ]
[ Did You Cherish Money Over Time Spent With Others? ]
[ When You Did Find Time ]
[ You Chose To Stay Under Your Covers ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(479)▪︎[ What Do They Call … 6•9•2021 ]
[ How Does One Look Back & Write About Their Life? ]
[ Do They Sit Down & Look For That Light? ]
[ The Light That Flicks On That Helps You Make Sense
Of It All ]
[ That Light That Comes That Illuminates That Upcoming
Wall? ]
[ Oh Ya, That ]
[ As You Bend Over To Pick Up Your Hat ]
[ That Fell On The Floor Because Of The Wind ]
[ Has Just Now Blown In ]
[ But Back To Trying To See ]
[ What You Can Drag Out Of Your Memory ]
[ Why Do They Call It Your Memory Bank? ]
[ Sometimes The Memories Move As Fast As A Tank ]
[ But Sometimes Not As Obvious ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1091)▪︎[ Where Is Your Footprint? … 12•30•2021 ]
[ If You Die Young ]
[ & There Was A Celebration Of Life Going On ]
[ Would Anybody Come? ]
[ Or Would Every Loved One Be Gone? ]
[ Have You Been Going So Fast ]
[ That You Didn’t Leave Your Footprint On Anything In
Your Past? ]
[ Will There Be Any Remnants Of You, That Will Last? ]
[ Can You See Any Kind Of A Footprint? ]
[ Or Is That Just Pocket Lint? ]
[ Where Did The Time Go? ]
[ Do You Know? ]
[ It Seems That You Don’t ]
[ Will Your Neighbors Know Or Help? ]
[ You Bet They Won’t ]
[ How Come The Only Help ]
[ You Can Get ]
[ Is From The Lone Review On Yelp? ]
[ You Look & Look ]
[ But There Is Zero Chit Chat On Facebook ]
[ What About Your 100’s Of So Called Friends ]
[ Did Any Stick By You Through The End ]
[ You Are Finding Out That You Left Nothing Of Worth ]
[ On This Earth ]
[ Not In Your House ]
[ Or Words From Your Grieving Spouse ]
[ But You Quickly Find That She Is Not Grieving ]
[ She Is Packing Up & Leaving ]
[ Going Into The Unknown ]
[ Since All Of Your Life Insurance Has Been Blown ]
[ Why Should She Stay? ]
[ Another Week? ]
[ Or Another Day ]
[ Would You Want To Bet ]
[ That You Will Not Even Find Your Favorite Jacket? ]
[ Would That Be Given To The Goodwill Store? ]
[ Since It Does Not Have A Purpose Anymore ]
[ Did You Cherish Money Over Time Spent With Others? ]
[ When You Did Find The Time ]
[ You Chose To Stay Under Your Covers ]
[ How Come There Is Not A Single Clue ]
[ That There Has Been Any Footprint Made By You? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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