[ He Walked Right By ]
[ Without Saying A Simple ( HI ) ]
[ Have We Really Grown That Far Apart? ]
[ Should Being Ignored, Hurt My Heart? ]
[ The Father-Son Bond Was Broken Years Ago ]
[ He Told Me That He Didn’t Respect Me As His
Father @ 10 Years Old ]
[ As For The Broken Heart Question, That Would Be A ( NO! ) ]
[ There Was No ( ANYMORE )( TODAY ) Said ]
[ But Ever Since Then … ]
[ I Have & Get So Much Disrespect From Him ]
[ The Respect & Love I Get, Is Paper Slim ]
[ He Does Not, Just Not Respect Me ]
[ He Does Things To Disrepect Me, For All To See ]
[ He Doesn’t Care Of The Place Or In Front Of Whom ]
[ He Really Liked It, Anytime I Sent Him To His Room ]
[ He Would Go In There & We Wouldn’t Hear A Peep ]
[ Whenever I Checked On Him, He Was Asleep ]
[ He Doesn’t Play With Much ]
[ So I Could Not Take Away, Such ‘n Such ]
[ He Has Had No Incentive To Job Hunt ]
[ Sometimes I Have Just Wanted To Step Back & Punt ]
[ I Threatened Him With Military Enlistment ]
[ I Didn’t Get A Single Smart-Ass Comment ]
[ For That, I Gave Him A Compliment ]
[ Maybe I Found, His Kriptonite ]
[ Because When I Said The Word ( MILITARY ) ]
[ There Was Not A Single Sign Of Disrespect In Sight ]
[ He Has Had The Easiest Of Anybody’s Childhood ]
[ After 25 Years The Mom & Dad Connection Is Still Really
Good ]
[ He Has A Father That Has Stayed ]
[ He Has A Father That Always Asked If He Could Join Him
Whenever He Played ]
[ I Had Heard Enough ]
[ & Stopped Asking ]
[ After So Many Years Of Being Rebuffed ]
[ He Wanted To Watch Movies With Me ]
[ One Time ]
[ Then When Asked ]
[ He Just Wanted To Watch The T.V. ]
[ He Said It Did Not Matter If I Was There Or Not ]
[ He Was Never Touched In Anger ]
[ He Was Never Hit By A Belt Or A Hangar ]
[ I Do Believe The Quest To Raise A Respectful Adult Son,
Was Foiled ]
[ Because He Was & Is, Oh So Spoiled ]
[ He Has Never Been In A Situation When Things Were Hard
To Come By ]
[ He Has Never Been In A Situation When It Was Hard To Get By ]
[ He Has Never Been Made To Get Through Things On
His Own ]
[ He Has Never Picked Up A Phone ]
[ When There Was No Dial Tone ]
[ Because The Phone Bill Had Not Been Paid ]
[ Because There Was Not Enough Wages, Made ]
[ His Cupboards Have Never Been Bare ]
[ He Has Never Looked In The Kitchen ]
[ & Opened The Refrigerator To Not Find Any Food In There ]
[ He Does Not Do What He Is Asked To Do ]
[ I Guess To Him I Ghost Speak ]
[ & All He Hears Is ( BOO ) ]
[ So Him Not Acknowledging Me Does Not Pull On My Heart-
Strings ]
[ Ignoring Me Is Very Minor ]
[ If Someone Wanted To Compare It To Other Things ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(518)▪︎[ What Goes Around … 5•28•2020 ]
[ My Best Friend & Wife Are What Makes My World Go Around ]
[ They Are Who I Turn To ]
[ Especially When I Need A Pick Me Up Off Of The Ground ]
[ Each One Of These Women Love Me In Completely Different
Ways ]
[ & They Have Loved Me For ]
[ Many Many Years, Months & Days ]
[ Nicole Is My Wife ]
[ & Maria Is My Closest Friend ]
[ I Want Each One Of Them In My Life ]
[ Until The Very End ]
[ Nicole Has Been Here For Over 26 Years & Counting ]
[ Maria Came Into My Life Late ]
[ But The Days Are Mounting ]
[ It Is Not A Reach ]
[ To Say That ]
[ I Want Alot More Memories With Each ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(514)▪︎[ All Shapes & Sizes … 5•27•2020 ]
[ People Come In All Sizes & Shapes ]
[ Some Look Like Pears & Oranges ]
[ Some Look Like Grapes ]
[ The Same Goes With How Some Can Come & Affect
Your Life ]
[ Now I’m Not Talking About The Love From My Wife ]
[ I’m Talking About When Some Come In With A
Simple ( HI ) ]
[ For Some You Just Know That You Want To Get To Know
Them ]
[ It’s Just That You Don’t Quite Know Why ]
[ Is It The Way That They Look @ You? ]
[ Is It That They Seem Honest ]
[ Through & Through? ]
[ You Try To Find The Write Comment ]
[ That Answers The Question Of ( WHAT DO THEY DO? ) ]
[ You Just Can’t Put Your Finger On ( IT ) ]
[ & It’s Giving You Fits ]
[ It’s The Look In Their Eyes ]
[ That Make Them Seem So Wise ]
[ It’s The Look ]
[ That Tells You They Don’t Think That You Are Not Just
One Of Those Ordinary Guys ]
[ That Will Feed Them ]
[ Nothing But Lyes ]
[ They See & Give You An Honest Look ]
[ That Was Gained Through Living Life ]
[ Not From Reading & Learning It From A Book ]
[ A Look That Asks You If You Want To Take The Chance ]
[ To Do The Friendship Dance ]
[ & The Name ]
[ Of The Game ]
[ Will Not Be Centered Around Shame & Blame ]
[ Shame & Blame Are Two Badges That No One Needs To
Wear ]
[ While They Are Here ]
[ & If They Care ]
[ Care To Share Are Big Parts ]
[ Of Breaking Down The Walls ]
[To Get Close To Someone’s Heart ]
[ & Gaining Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ Or The Friendship Could Be A Bust ]
[ It Should Never Be Pushed Or Thrust On Another ]
[ Or You May Feel Untrust ]
[ Of The Other ]
[ Good Friendship Is Definitely An Added Plus ]
[ When Two Separate Strangers ]
[ Become An Us ]
[ When You See That Person That Causes A Spark ]
[ Get The Answers You Need ]
[ To Get Rid Of That Question Mark ]
[ But Sometimes Not All ]
[ Gets Their Picture On Your Wall ]
[ That’s When You Walk Away ]
[ Holding Your Head High ]
[ Thinking That There Was No Way ]
[ That Was Going To Work Out That Day ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(453)▪︎[ You Just Do Not See It … 5•29•2021 ]
[ I Am Just Trying To Get Through ]
[ To You ]
[ Everynight @ 8:00 O’clock]
[ I Would Try To Call ]
[ But There Were Times When I Found Out Later That I Was
Blocked ]
[ After That Happened More Than Twice ]
[ I Told You That Was Not Very Nice ]
[ You Would Never Like It If That Was Turned Around ]
[ You Should Look For What Is Lost ]
[ But Was Never Found ]
[ It Would Be A Tough Go, Looking For Your Heart ]
[ It Would Be Much Easier To Put The Pieces Together ]
[ Of The Ones That You Tore Apart ]
[ Very Few Were By Accident ]
[ Most Were On Purpose ]
[ Because Of Some Kind Of Incident ]
[ That You Perceived ]
[ But Was Actually Never Received ]
[ You Listen To Your Head Talk ]
[ … Alot ]
[ Sometimes Scenarios Play Out Only In Your Head ]
[ Is It Because You Are No Longer Taking All Of
Your Meds? ]
[ You Have To Realize ]
[ That When You Don’t Take Them ]
[ You Are A Real Ass, When You Try To Socialize ]
[ Nobody Invites You To Get-Togethers Anymore ]
[ When You Come Up On Their Doorbell Cam ]
[ They Go Quiet & Nobody Approaches The Door ]
[ If You Feel Sad Because You Live A Lonely Existence ]
[ Blame Yourself, Not Others ]
[ Because You Never See The Difference ]
[ Between Their Fault Or Yours ]
[ What Was The Last Straw ]
[ Was When You Called Your Last 3 Female Friends ( A HUGE
PACK OF WHORES ) ]
[ That Did It ]
[ They Did Not Deserve That One Bit ]
[ That Is Why You Sit ]
[ Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(456)▪︎[ They Won’t Let Me Out … 5•30•2021 ]
[ I’m Locked Up, They Won’t Let Me Out ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter, How Loud I Shout ]
[ The Only Time I Hear A Key ]
[ When I Get Put In Solitary Confinement ]
[ Is When They Have A Meal For Me ]
[ Every Year ]
[ That I Am Here ]
[ More & More Of My Sanity Gets Left Behind These Bars ]
[ It Has Been Over 10,000 Days ]
[ Since I Was Allowed To Take A Walk Under The Stars ]
[ No Falling Stars In Sight ]
[ The View Of The Bottom Of My Cellmates Bunk ]
[ Is All That I See @ Night ]
[ There Are Days When I Am So Used To This Place ]
[ There Are Some Times I Do Not Want To Look In
The Mirror ]
[ To See The Refection Of My Face ]
[ These Eyes Have Seen Too Many Crimes ]
[ & ]
[ These Fingers Have Written Many, Many Rhymes ]
[ I Guess I Am Getting ]
[ Institutionalized ]
[ In This Setting ]
[ I Have Dreamt That I Would Take A Shot Of Cuervo Gold,
If Given ]
[ But Looking Back ]
[ Being A Drunk, Was A Bad Way Of Livin’ ]
[ I Knew I Never Should Had Left My Sisters Husband,
Laying In The Driveway ]
[ That Way ]
[ With A Jagged Hole, Between His Eyes ]
[ Freezing His Age, @ 35 ]
[ But The Way He Told His Many Lies ]
[ My Sister Is Much Better Off, Because He Is No Longer
Alive ]
[ She Will No Longer, Be Financially Used ]
[ She Will No Longer, Be Physically & Mentally Abused ]
[ So Here I Sit With A Life Sentence With No Chance Of
Parole ]
[ When I Heard The Word, ( GUILTY ) ]
[ I Gave Satan, My Soul ]
[ I Thought That Where I Was Going, It Was Better That I Did
Not Have One ]
[ It Seemed That I Hadn’t Had A Pure Soul, Since I Was Young ]
[ So I Live My Life, Behind These Bars Of Steel ]
[ There Are Over 100 Angry Men That I Have To Sit With,
Whenever I Eat A Meal ]
[ My Life Is Now Ruled, By Guards ]
[ & I Get My Exercise, By Doing Laps, Around A Concrete Yard ]
[ My Day Is Broken Up Into Segments, Based On The Time Of
The Blaring Horn ]
[ I Miss The Barbeques Of Hot Dogs, Steaks & Husks Of
Corn ]
[ My Family Does Not See Things, From My Point Of View ]
[ I Tell My Sister ( I DID ALL OF THIS, FOR YOU ) ]
[ & When You Had Me Served With Court Papers, I Knew ]
[ That It Would Be Best, For All If You Make ]
[ A Clean & Complete Break ]
[ Every Day I Listen To The Guards, Yelling Out Their Commands ]
[ Every Second, Of Every Hour ]
[ There Are Inmate Demands ]
[ Some Are Comical ]
[ The Number Is, Astronomical ]
[ When I Wake Up @ Four ]
[ In The Morning ]
[ I Wonder How Much More ]
[ I Can Take ]
[ But In This Environment, You Are Made ]
[ To Learn, How To Fake ]
[ That I Hurt ]
[ So Bad ]
[ Under My Shirt ]
[ My Heart Aches ]
[ Going Cold Turkey Off Of Alcohol & Drugs ]
[ Gave Me The Shakes ]
[ @ Night The Guards Would Do Their Searches Of The
Cells ]
[ They Go By What They See, What They Hear & What They
Smell ]
[ They Are Not Polite When They Throw, The Only Belongings
That I Have In Life ]
[ On The Floor ]
[ Like The 3 Pictures That I Have With My Wife ]
[ This Is Life As I Know It ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(449)▪︎[ Stand-Up … 5•28•2021 ]
[ Sometimes When You Are Trying To Stand On Your Own
Two Feet ]
[ You Just Need To Stand Up ]
[ Before You Are Put Out On The Street ]
[ Must There Be A Catalytic Event? ]
[ For Energy To Be Spent? ]
[ You Must Cut The Umbilical Cord To Totally ]
[ Be ]
[ Free ]
[ Of The Parental Chains That Bind ]
[ Being Able To Go To Your Own Place To Unwind ]
[ Stand Alone With Your Own Stuff ]
[ Get Through The Days That Are Rough ]
[ When You Feel All Alone ]
[ Pick Up Your Phone ]
[ Don’t Sit There ]
[ Only Listening To The Dial Tone ]
[ Call A Sibling Or Reach Out To Your Mom ]
[ Just Because You Moved Out ]
[ That Doesn’t Mean That The Support Is Gone ]
[ Standing Up Is Totally Different Than Standing On Your
Own ]
[ One Is Like The Flavor Of Chocolate ]
[ & The Other Would Be A Vanilla Ice Cream Cone ]
[ There Are Hard, Scary, Hungry & Desperate Times Ahead ]
[ It Doesn’t Work To Go Numb With Alcohol & Meds ]
[ When You Finally Come Out Of Your Drug Or Alcohol
Fed Binge ]
[ The Problems Are Still There Waiting For You Like Before ]
[ & There Is Still No Food For Anyone In The Fridge ]
[ You Still See That The Cupboards Are Bare ]
[ & You Know That You HAVE To Do Laundry ]
[ Because You Are Completely Out Of Clean Underwear ]
[ Standing Up Could Be For Pride ]
[ While Living In Your Parents House, You Get A Free Ride ]
[ Moving Out ]
[ & Maturity Kind Of Coincide ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(444)▪︎[ Magic … 5•27•2021 ]
[ Sometimes The Game Changer ]
[ Comes Across As The Lone Ranger ]
[ He Is Not The Masked Guy On The White Horse ]
[ Of Course ]
[ He Was A T.V. Hero ]
[ So You Have To Consider The Source ]
[ That Man Was Make Believe ]
[ Never Giving Anyone Outside Of T.V. Land ]
[ Any Relief ]
[ That Guy Always Found A Way ]
[ To Come In & Save The Day ]
[ Some People May Ask ( SAYS WHO? ) ]
[ The Other Guy Says ( SAYS YOU! ) ]
[ The One Who Believes In Tall Tales ]
[ Yes, The One Who Believes In Big Blue Whales ]
[ Believing In The Make-Believe ]
[ Is Not Always The One That People Feel ]
[ That They Have Something Up Their Sleeves ]
[ It Would Be Tragic ]
[ If No One Believed In Kids Magic ]
[ Rabbits Being Pulled Out Of Hats ]
[ Putting A Spell On Someone Who Is Afraid Of Black Cats ]
[ Do You Feel That Making Everything Disappear Out Of
A Cart ]
[ Is Satanic Or An Art? ]
[ There Are Shows That You Feel For Them To Stay Level ]
[ They Must Sign Their Soul ]
[ Over To The Devil ]
[ The Ones That Cause The Cheers & Grunts ]
[ Are The Ones Who Do Their Own Stunts ]
[ Or The Guys ]
[ Whose Hands Are Faster Than Your Eyes ]
[ They Make Cards Disappear ]
[ Then Make Them Reappear ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Get You ]
[ The One’s Who Can Take Something That Is The Color
Of Red ]
[ Then Turn It Into Something Blue ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Play With Your Head ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(442)▪︎[ Another Dream … 5•26•2021 ]
[ Welcome To The Present ]
[ Where You Can Get Comments That You May Resent ]
[ From A Friend Or From A Family Member ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Hurt ]
[ & Seems To Be The One’s That You Remember ]
[ You Can Try To Shake Them Out Of The Memory Part
Of Your Brain ]
[ You Can Try To Wash Them Out By Standing Outside In
The Freezing, Pouring Rain ]
[ When The Thunder Booms ]
[ It Literally Shakes The Room ]
[ As Soon As You Go Outside ]
[ You Watch For The Lightning Strikes ]
[ But The Comments Are Still In Your Head ]
[ Do You Wait It Out ]
[ Or Take Your Night Meds ]
[ & Get Into Your Bed? ]
[ You Lay There Waiting For The Xyrem To Do It’s Thing ]
[ The Next Second You Are Watching The Start Of A Dream ]
[ Where Is This Dream Going? ]
[ Is There Water Flowing? ]
[ Or Is The Wind Blowing? ]
[ Maybe The Dream Is Taking You To Your Favorite Spot? ]
[ The Beach ]
[ You Have Had This Dream Alot ]
[ You Are Walking In The Sand ]
[ There Is No Time Schedule ]
[ Or Demands ]
[ Your Beautiful Wife Is Walking With You Beside Your Left
Shoulder ]
[ She Is The One Person Who Makes Your World Go ‘Round ]
[ The One Who Has Not Just Been A Rock, She Has Been Your
Boulder ]
[ She Has Been Much Bigger Than A Single Rock ]
[ That Would Be Like Comparing A Seiko Watch ]
[ To A Grandfather’s Clock ]
[ 25 Years Are In The Bank ]
[ You Look @ Your Wife, Because You Know, She Is The One To
Thank ]
[ The Water Is Now Touching Your Feet ]
[ You Both Go Further Up The Beach ]
[ Looking For Your Seat ]
[ It Is Sitting On This One Very Big Log ]
[ When You Look @ The Ocean In Awe ]
[ No One Could Ever Convince You That There Is No God ]
[ This Is Your Favorite Part Of The Day ]
[ When The Sun Starts To Give Way ]
[ To The New Moon ]
[ & Because It Is The Middle Of June ]
[ It Was Getting Late ]
[ I Had To See The Whole Sunset ]
[ & I Saw That It Was, Worth The Wait ]
[ But … That Is Not What I Got To See ]
[ The Morning Alarm Was Going Off To Wake Me ]
[ Watching The Full Sunset Was Not To Be ]
[ Maybe Tomorrow Night ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(438)▪︎[ Nothing But Air … 5•25•2021 ]
[ Everytime I Reach Out, I Grasp @ Air ]
[ When I Need A Hand ]
[ Nobody Is Ever EVER There ]
[ Things Are Never Reciprocated ]
[ I Guess That Is Too Much Of An Inconvenience ]
[ & That Seems To Make Something So Simple,
Complicated ]
[ I Always Have Time For Them ]
[ No Matter The Problem ]
[ When Others Speak, I Always Listen To Every Word ]
[ When I Speak ]
[ It Never Seems Like I Was Ever Heard ]
[ When I Listen, I Look For Ways Where I Can Help Make
Their Lives Easier, Better ]
[ When I Talk ]
[ No One Listens To A Letter ]
[ I Try To Listen & Then Connect The Dots ]
[ I Help Them When They See Spots ]
[ Nobody Has Time When I Need A Shoulder ]
[ When I Whisper ( HELP ) ]
[ The Room Gets Colder ]
[ It Gets Colder Because There Is A Quick Trot Out The
Nearest Exit ]
[ I Guess Standing Up For Me Is Not In Anyone’s Script ]
[ I Am A Ghost In The Room ]
[ I Would Not Be Noticed Even On Zoom ]
[ Even If I Called The Meeting ]
[ People Would Only Notice If Someone Was Eating ]
[ While Talking ]
[ Then Leaving ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(437)▪︎[ Happy Birthday To My Beautiful Wife … 5•25•2021 ]
[ You Have Always Been Very Big Hearted ]
[ & Love All Things That Are Of The Color Of Blue ]
[ This Is How My Whole Story Rhyming Got Started ]
[ After I Got A Poem From You ]
[ Today You Celebrate Being 50 Years Young ]
[ If Anybody Outside Of The Family Asks About
( HOW OLD? ) ]
[ I Will Be A Good Husband & Hold My Tongue ]
[ I Say That 50 Looks Good On You ]
[ If You Asked Me ]
[ I Would Say That I Do Too ]
[ Okay, I Guess We Will Keep This Down To A ( PG )
Rating ]
[ We Are All Getting Up There In Age ]
[ So I Don’t Want Anyone Fainting ]
[ A 25th Wedding Anniversary & A 50th Birthday
In The Same Year, 2 Months Apart ]
[ I Look @ The Numbers & Say ( THIS IS A GOOD START ) ]
[ I Think That We Will Get A Cheer ]
[ When We Celebrate 50 & 75 Both In The Same Year ]
[ Thank You For Sending Me That Poem Way Back
When ]
[ I Am Still In Love With You Since Way Back Then ]
[ Cupid Showed Me Your Beautiful Face When You Were
Just 23 Years Old ]
[ When I Saw Your Heart ]
[ I Knew That I Was Sold ]
[ I Hope That My Gift ]
[ Really Gave You A Lift ]
[ I Felt Alot Of Pride ]
[ That I Could Get You Gift That Could Possibly Be Worth $2.95 ]
[ Here’s To You, Ms. Birthday Girl ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
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