[ When You Go To This Stranger’s Door ]
[ Who Are You Looking For? ]
[ Will They Be Glad That You Came? ]
[ When You Go There ]
[ Are You Searching For Her Name? ]
[ You Have Walked Through This World With Her Being Nameless? ]
[ She Is Blameless ]
[ For Not Being In My Sight ]
[ For Not Helping Me Do What Is Wrong Or Right ]
[ When You Seem To See Something That Looks Familiar ]
[ Do You Get Excited Like When You Ride A Rollercoaster? ]
[ The Kind Where The Thrills Only Get Bigger? ]
[ When The Wind Whistles Through Your Hair ]
[ & Your Arms Wave From Here ]
[ To Over There ]
[ When Nobody Comes ]
[ Because Of Your Knocking ]
[ Does It Make You Feel Numb? ]
[ & Starts You Walking? ]
[ You Really Felt That Was A Good Lead ]
[ You Really Thought That Someone Was Doing A Good
Deed ]
[ By Pointing You, In This Direction ]
[ You Look @ Your Note ]
[ To Make Any Corrections ]
[ They Were Sure ]
[ That You Would Find Her ]
[ There ]
[ They Didn’t Act Like They Were Doing A Dare ]
[ Then Had To Share ]
[ You Stand On The Sidewalk In A Daze ]
[ You Have Been Walking For Days ]
[ Your Mind Is In A Haze ]
[ You Start To Tear Up & Clear Your Throat ]
[ You Look Again @ What You Wrote ]
[ You Get Up The Courage To Go Back & Try Again ]
[ This Time The Door Opens ]
[ & A Woman Politely Asks You In ]
[ The Alarm Clock Startles You Awake ]
[ Was Everything In Your Dream Fake? ]
[ No, Because When You Look Down @ Your Bed ]
[ You See The Dark Hair On Her Head ]
[ Aren’t You Glad That You Went Back? ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(391)▪︎[ Watch What They Do … 5•6•2021 ]
[ Rachel Says That You Must Watch What They Do,
Not What They Say ]
[ Life Is In Constant Motion ]
[ It Is Not A Shakspearian Play ]
[ There Are No Dress Rehearsals ]
[ There Are No Role Reversals ]
[ Some People Feel That They Are Walking On A Treadmill ]
[ Oftentimes Going Backwards Against Their Will ]
[ Getting Nowhere Fast ]
[ Then Not Remembering A Minute From Their Past ]
[ When They Feel That Their Lives Have No Meaning ]
[ They Become Dependent On Others ]
[ So They Start Leaning ]
[ Leaning On Others So They Would Not Have To Do
It Themselves ]
[ Even Something Simple Like Screwing In Some Shelves ]
[ They Do Not Believe In Raising The Bar ]
[ If They Were Asked To Walk A Mile ]
[ They Would Get There In Their Car ]
[ Classic Underachievers ]
[ Classic Non-Believers ]
[ That Is Too Bad ]
[ For Some ]
[ Because That Makes People Mad ]
[ Until They Go Numb ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(390)▪︎[ Absent-Minded … 5•6•2021 ]
[ Sometimes I Forget & Leave The House With Just A Thought
On My Mind ]
[ For Some Reason I Thought That I Forgot To Do Something
Of The Important Kind ]
[ The Air Felt Kind Of Breezy ]
[ As My Stride Seemed So Easy ]
[ When I Was In The Sunlight ]
[ The Sun Felt So Nice ]
[ & Wouldn’t You Know ]
[ The Sun Gave Me A Nice Glow ]
[ The Sun Feels So Warm On My Skin ]
[ All I Needed Was A Soda & A Blueberry Muffin ]
[ I Stood On The Corner Trying To Catch The Bus ]
[ When I Got On ]
[ I Wanted To Find A Seat Without Creating A Fuss ]
[ I Did Feel That This One Young Lady Was Staring ]
[ I Wanted To Look Back @ Her ]
[ Without Her Thinking That I Was Glaring ]
[ Since I Wasn’t Wearing My Regular Cargo Shorts
I Had To Carry Everything In My Two Hands ]
[ It Was Kind Of Cold When The Driver Turned On The Fans ]
[ My Stop Was Coming Up & Everyone Could Tell How Excited
I Could Get ]
[ Especially The Girl That I Felt ]
[ That I Just Met ]
[ As I Stood There Awhile ]
[ I Looked @ The Girl & Gave Her My Best Smile ]
[ Then I’ll Be Damned ]
[ She Reached Out & Wrote Her Phone Number On The
Back Of My Hand ]
[ Everyone Could See ]
[ That I Was As Happy As I Could Be ]
[ I Ran My Errands As Fast As I Could ]
[ I Thought That I Shouldn’t Have Gone All Over Town ]
[ But I Actually Knew I Would ]
[ All Day It Felt Like It Was Such A Thrill ]
[ To Walk Around ]
[ But As The Sun Set I Started To Get A Chill ]
[ Maybe I Need To Write Myself A Note ]
[ That The Next Time That I Go Out Like This ]
[ I Will Need To Bring A Coat ]
[ I Finally Got Home & Walked Through The Door ]
[ I Thought That This Was So Much Fun ]
[ I Should Do This More ]
[ & Then It Became As Obvious As The Tip Of My Nose ]
[ The One Thing That I Forgot ]
[ Was … To Wear Some Clothes ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(389)▪︎[ My Story … 5•5•2021 ]
[ Look Into My Eyes, Do You See My Story? ]
[ I Am Not Looking For Glory ]
[ What You Might See ]
[ Could Fill Your Thoughts With Worry ]
[ Do You Worry Because Of What You See? ]
[ Or Do You Show Worry For Me? ]
[ I, Instead ]
[ Worry About What Lay’s Ahead ]
[ Will Those That Say ]
[ Want To Find A Way ]
[ To Stand Beside Me, When Things Do Not Look So
Good ]
[ But They Left, Because They Thought That Their Actions &
Words Were Not Understood ]
[ How Can I Understand When Someone Just Up & Leaves? ]
[ What Is There To Believe? ]
[ They Up & Broke Their Word ]
[ Which They Gave Many Moons Ago ]
[ @ Least That Is What I Heard ]
[ & I Hear Very Well ]
[ Does Any Of This Ring A Bell? ]
[ If You Do, Please Tell ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(379)▪︎[ No Stereotyping Here! … 5•1•2021 ]
[ Friends Can Come In All Shapes & Sizes ]
[ Enemies Can Wear Masks ]
[ & Have All Very Different Disguises ]
[ A Friend Could Look All Straight Laced ]
[ & Fine ]
[ An Enemy Can Say Things To Your Face ]
[ As They Cross Your Personal Line ]
[ What Drags You Through Hell ]
[ Are The Times When You Are Unable To Tell ]
[ The Good From The Bad ]
[ The Worst Of The Sad ]
[ The Chameleons Are The Hardest To Deal With ]
[ They Could Be Plyable Or Stiff ]
[ It Just Depends On The Guy ]
[ & If It Is A Day Of The Week That Ends With ( Y ) ]
[ Why Is Not The Question That They Want To Be Asked ]
[ Chameleons Don’t Like To Be Un-Masked ]
[ Don’t Even Bring To The Table That Stupid Saying That Blood
Means They Are Family ]
[ Not From What I See ]
[ Growing In My Crooked Family Tree ]
[ Family, Like Friends, Do Not Have To Be Blood Related
By Any Means ]
[ Some Blood Related People Don’t Care About Others
It Seems ]
[ Family Can Actually Be Picked Throughout Your Life ]
[ Some People Fit Just Right ]
[ While Others Are So Negative ]
[ They Try To Turn Out The Light ]
[ & Extinguish Your Bright Flame ]
[ They Will Find Out The Effort Is Futile ]
[ Because It Has Never Been Man Made ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(378)▪︎[ Not A Home … 4•30•2021 ]
[ It Saddens Me When A Very Dear Friend
Of Mine Told Me That She Did Not Have A Home ]
[ I Was Shocked ]
[ This Was Never Known ]
[ It Is Not That She Did Not Have A Place To Live In ]
[ But It Is Not A Place Where She Wants To Go To
Again & Again ]
[ When I Moved Out I Heard That Your Home Is
Always Where You Hang Your Hat ]
[ My Friend Has An Apartment That She Shares With
Others ]
[ But It Does Not Give Her Feelings Like That ]
[ Actually, She Does Not Have The Kind Of Hats
That Hang ]
[ Nothing That Would Kind Of Look The Same ]
[ Because She Has Two, Plus A Child, Roommates
From Hell ]
[ They Are Nice When She Cooks ]
[ Because There Is Always A Good Smell ]
[ So She Walks Through The Door ]
[ @ The End Of The Night ]
[ She Doesn’t Feel Comfortable Anymore ]
[ & That Is Not Right ]
[ There Is No Doubt ]
[ She Really Needs To Move Out ]
[ My Friend Used To Love To Share ]
[ When She Had Food To Spare ]
[ Not Anymore ]
[ No … Not There ]
[ So Her Apartment Does Not Feel Like Home ]
[ Maybe To Her Roommates ]
[ But She Does Not Feel Like It’s Her Own ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(377)▪︎[ My Thoughts … 4•30•2021 ]
[ My Thoughts Continue To Swirl ]
[ Some Just Hang Like A Gerry Curl ]
[ Old Fashioned & Out Of Date ]
[ Some Just Sit Still & Gain Some Weight ]
[ Some Are Bright ]
[ & Used The Next Day ]
[ Some Sound Just Right ]
[ & Are Used Right Away ]
[ But Day In & Day Out ]
[ Am I Still Writing Good Enough Stories ]
[ To Shout ]
[ About? ]
[ When I Write, It’s The Only Draft ]
[ After I Write A Story ]
[ I Set It Adrift On My One Man Raft ]
[ My Thoughts Are Like The Current & Could Take Me Any
Which Way ]
[ Will It Take Me A Week? ]
[ Or Will I Be Done On The Very First Day? ]
[ Who Knows? ]
[ I Just Can’t Say ]
[ I Wish I Had The Great Skill & Power ]
[ To Be Able To Write A Really Good Story ]
[ In Under An Hour ]
[ Practice Makes Perfect Is One Thing That People Have
Said To Me ]
[ Hmmm … Could That Be? ]
[ Whenever I Start A Story I Have To Wait & See ]
[ ( PLEASE BE PATIENT ) Is What I Say To Everyone ]
[ Because When It Stops Being Fun ]
[ I Tend To Run ]
[ Then & Only Then Will I Say ( I AM DONE! ) ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(092)▪︎[ The Old Fork … 1•26•2021 ]
[ When You Come To A Fork In The Road, Which Way Will
You Choose? ]
[ Will You Go Right Or Left? ]
[ Is This That One Decision Where You Could Win Or Lose? ]
[ How Far Down The Road Will You Walk ]
[ Before You Realize That You Are Completely Lost? ]
[ A Couple Of Yards? ]
[ Or A Couple Of Miles? ]
[ Is It Not In The Cards ]
[ That You Have To Walk For Awhile? ]
[ The Scenery Starts To Go Dark ]
[ You Start To Think That You Should Have Turned Left &
Then Your Mark? ]
[ By The Time You Look Back To Change Your Mind ]
[ You See That The Scenery Has Changed ]
[ & There Are Blurry Lines ]
[ Did You Make A Bad Decision Back @ That Fork? ]
[ Is Something Telling You To Stay On The
West Coast? ]
[ Instead Of Heading East To New York? ]
[ Your Conscience Is Telling You To Stay ]
[ & Find The Way ]
[ To Make Things Work Here ]
[ & Stay Away From The Drinking Hard Alcohol & Beer ]
[ Alcohol Is Never A Friend Or The Answer ]
[ It Causes Destruction Worse Than Cancer ]
[ You Need To Find Out About To Win ]
[ By Finding Your Strength That Comes From Within ]
[ Don’t Seek Out The Validation & ]
[ Justification ]
[ From Others ]
[ Especially From Fake Sisters & Mothers ]
[ Be Yourself ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(109)▪︎[ Sometimes Silence Is Best … 2•1•2021 ]
[ @ Times It Seems Like We Live In Such A Hateful
World ]
[ Where People Are Not Too Nice To Each Other ]
[ We Use So Many Words ]
[ That We Would Never Say In Front Of Our Mother ]
[ If We Did, We Would Get Slapped In The Face ]
[ Then Put In Our Place ]
[ People Forget That Words Can Slice ]
[ Deeper Than A Sharp Knife ]
[ & The Scars That Are So Deep ]
[ Are The Ones That We Keep ]
[ A Cut On The Knee ]
[ Has Never Hurt As Much As The Cuts That Nobody
Can See ]
[ People Always Have A Choice ]
[ About The Words They Say, When They Use Their Voice ]
[ Oftentimes The Words That You Have Heard In
The Past ]
[ Are The Memories That Last ]
[ Blurring The Memories Where You Used Your
Sight ]
[ But Not Forgetting What Was Said During Your Last Fight ]
[ Words That Are Said ]
[ Get Stuck In The Other Person’s Head ]
[ & Harder To Forget ]
[ Then Remembering How You First Met ]
[ Some People You Meet ]
[ Don’t Turn Out To Be A Treat ]
[ That Is When You Realize ]
[ That In Some Situations, Silence Can’t Be Beat ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(113)▪︎[ Too Much, Or Impossible? … 2•3•2021 ]
[ Sometimes It Feels Good To Be Alone With My Thoughts ]
[ As Long As I Am Not Left Alone Alot ]
[ There Is A Fine Line Between Too Much & Not Enough ]
[ Sometimes Too Much Makes Things Tough ]
[ When I Am Alone I Often Like To Get All Of My Thoughts
In A Straight Line ]
[ Before I Act ]
[ The Silence Gets To Me ]
[ When The Only Voice That I Hear, Is Mine ]
[ Then The Sound Of The Tic-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ From The Wall Clock ]
[ Replaces The Sound Of My Self-Talk ]
[ Walking Around The House Doing Laps ]
[ It Is All I Can Do To Keep Me From Taking More Than
2 Naps ]
[ Then Reclining In My Chair Feels So Good ]
[ This Is So Much Better Than Taking The Chance Of
Getting The ‘VID ]
[ From Walking Around In The Neighborhood ]
[ I Do Need Adult Human Contact Once In Awhile ]
[ It Is Nice To Hear A Good Word ]
[ & It Warms The Heart To Sometimes See A Loved One’s Smile ]
[ But Too Much, Can Be Too Much ]
[ There Are Times When I Don’t Feel Or Want The Feel Of The
Human Touch ]
[ A Hug Here & A Hug There ]
[ Is Always Nice To Share ]
[ Unless I Am Around The Types Of People Who Don’t
Really Care ]
[ About How I’m Doing Or Even About Me ]
[ Sometimes I Get That Feeling ]
[ Because That Is Something That I Can’t Always See ]
[ & Sometimes It Seends Me Reeling ]
[ About How Sneaky Others Can Be ]
[ It Is Just Like Others Have Said ]
[ Since Time Began ]
[ It Is Good To Have Eyes In The Back Of My Head ]
[ That Is Not Impossible ]
[ But That Is Not Always Plausible ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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