[ How Do We Bring Each Other ]
[ Back Together ]
[ When We Are Told To Still Stay 6 Feet Apart? ]
[ Will Intimacy ]
[ Now Be A Progressive Art? ]
[ Always Learning Something New ]
[ Always Paying Attention To All & Any Social Cues ]
[ How Do I Touch Someone Without Touching Them
@ The Same Time? ]
[ Would It Really Matter If I Expressed My Love In A
Story That Will Rhyme? ]
[ The Big Problem With The Written Word ]
[ Is That There Is No Chance Of Any Emotion Being
Heard ]
[ Zero Highs & Way Too Many Lows ]
[ The Words Being Said Really Fast ]
[ But The Thinking Might Come To The Front Really Slow ]
[ Words & Sentences Sounding Like I Am Rebelling ]
[ But Being Thought & Expressed ]
[ Without The Obnoxious, Loud Yelling ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(294)▪︎[ Reinvent … 4•7•2021 ]
[ In This Period Of Your Life, Would This Be A Good
Time To Reinvent Your Outlook On Your Life? ]
[ Do You Need To Re-Evaluate Your Perceptions Of What
You Feel Is Wrong Or Right? ]
[ Maybe Something That Was ( RIGHT ) Before The ‘VID, Is
Now Considered Wrong ]
[ The Old Way Of Greeting Others Is Now Going, Going Gone ]
[ A Handshake Is Now Not The Proper Way To Greet ]
[ & A Person’s Personal Bubble Has Extended To Be @
Least Six Feet ]
[ Now The Act Of Someone Coming Up & Hugging You ]
[ Is Totally Taboo ]
[ Maybe A Touch Of Elbows ]
[ For Someone You Know ]
[ Being Socially Distant In It’s Most Basic Form ]
[ Is What Society Now Considers The Norm ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(295)▪︎[ What Happened? … 4•7•2021 ]
[ Sometimes I Catch Myself Staring Off Into The
Distance ]
[ If You Triy To Pull Me Back In ]
[ I Would Not Offer Any Resistance ]
[ I Seem To Be Looking Past The Rainbow ]
[ But Not Looking For That Pot Of Gold ]
[ How Did I Ever Know? ]
[ That I Would Still Be Looking When I Am Old ]
[ I Always Have Regrets That I Have Not Ever Given
My Beautiful, Understanding Wife ]
[ The Kind Of Rich, Fulfilling Life ]
[ That She Has Earned & Deserved All Of This Time ]
[ I Don’t Have Much To Give ]
[ Except This Silly Rhyme ]
[ In 1998 We Both Started Our Respective Careers ]
[ About The Same Week ]
[ She Has Continued For Over 23 Years ]
[ I Lasted Just Five ]
[ Before My Career Took A Nose Dive ]
[ For The Next 15 Years I Did Not Play So Good, In
The Game Called Life ]
[ Oftentimes I Think The Grass Could Be Greener On The
Other Side Of The Fence ]
[ For My Wife ]
[ Every Morning That I Wake Up, There Is One Thing That
I Am Sure ]
[ The Main Reason That Gets Me Out Of Bed, It Is Because
Of Her ]
[ Sometimes The Look On Her Face Says That She Knows ]
[ She Would Find Happiness Again ]
[ If I Would Just Let Her Go ]
[ I Feel That I Could Go Missing & Not Be Missed For
Very Long ]
[ Nobody Would Think Anything Was Wrong ]
[ I Know We Just Celebrated Year Number 25 ]
[ I Also Celebrate @ 57, That I Am Still Alive ]
[ I Have Always Wanted To Give Her The Best ]
[ Now All I Can Do Is Rest ]
[ I Finally Have Been Able To Know Some Of Life’s Answers ]
[ But Murphy’s Law Has Changed The Test ]
[ She Is The Best Part Of Our Team ]
[ As My Wife ]
[ She Became The Answer To My Dreams ]
[ How Do I Know That She Hasn’t Been Looking Over
The Fence Looking @ The 1000’s Of Miles Of Green Grass ]
[ I Really Fear The Answer ]
[ So I Don’t Have The Courage To Ask ]
[ My Body Seems To Breaking Down Right Before
My Very Eyes ]
[ In The Mornings I Find That Everything Hurts When
I Rise ]
[ I Am Always Scared To Go Away ]
[ For The Day ]
[ Fearful That There Will Be A Surprise ]
[ That She Left To Find If The Grass Is Really Greener ]
[ Someone Who Has A Much Healthier & More Positive
Demeanor ]
[ So Then This Story Will Just Fade To Black ]
[ Because Once You Go … There Is No Looking Back ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(190)▪︎[ If People Are … 3•4•2021 ]
[ If People Are Wrong ]
[ It Does Not Change Anything ]
[ But If The Proof Is Strong ]
[ It Changes Everything ]
[ Sometimes People Do Not Know How To Act ]
[ When They Are Shown The Facts ]
[ They Think They Are Blessed ]
[ When They Are Surrounded By Those That Always
Say ( YES! ) ]
[ But When Pushed ]
[ They Tell You To Your Face That It Was Always Just
A Calculated Guess ]
[ Made On Assumptions ]
[ Not On Deductions ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(198)▪︎[ People Can Be Different … 3•10•2021 ]
[ Some People Are Afraid Of Others Because They
Are Different ]
[ Some Feel That They Are Always Trying To Make
A Statement ]
[ They Are Just Trying To Live The Best Life That They
Can ]
[ That Goes For Every Woman, Child & Man ]
[ They Want To Love & Live With Whomever They Want ]
[ Sometimes They Feel Like The Saying ( THIS IS THE
LAND OF THE FREE ) ]
[ Is A Taunt ]
[ People Should Oftentimes Mind Their Own Business ]
[ They Shouldn’t Guess ]
[ & Make A Mess ]
[ What I Do In My House ]
[ With My Child & Spouse ]
[ Should Not Be Dictated ]
[ Or Medicated ]
[ By Others ]
[ I Don’t Answer To A Mother ]
[ Or Any Sisters, Or Brothers ]
[ But My Mind Is Not So Closed ]
[ Up ]
[ To Think That My Responsibilities End @ The Tip Of
My Nose ]
[ I Have A Big Responsibility ]
[ To Live In Tranquility ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(297)▪︎[ A Tough Year … 4•8•2021 ]
[ It Seems Like The Year 2020 Pushed Us All To
The Brink ]
[ It Made Alot Of People Sit & Think ]
[ It Caused Alot Of People To Turn Towards Drugs ]
[ & To Drink ]
[ Was It So Wrong ]
[ To Wake Up One Morning & Not Feel As Strong ]
[ As The Days Prior ]
[ It Is Like Your Belly Lost Its Fire ]
[ Being Nice To People Is No Longer The Norm ]
[ It Has Become Confusing In Filling Out New Forms ]
[ I Am Not Understaning The They, Them, Their Movement ]
[ When Someone Marked ( OTHER ) ]
[ I Have No Idea What That Meant ]
[ I Grew Up Being Told That There Were Two Genders
Born ]
[ That Is Not What I Am Being Told Now ]
[ & If I Get The Pro-Noun Wrong I Face Others Scorn ]
[ @ The Top Of The Bucket List Was To Experience A
Much Better Year In 2021 ]
[ 4 Months In ]
[ & The ‘VID Epidemic Is Far From Done ]
[ Some Places In This Country Are Going Rogue ]
[ & Not Doing What They Have Previously Been Told ]
[ This Country Is Far From Being United ]
[ & If You Show Up To A Party With The Wrong Colored
Skin ]
[ You Will Be Turned Away, Because Your Kind Of People
Were Never Invited ]
[ People Are Now Gathering In Groups, But Excluding
Others ]
[ Sisters Are Turning Their Backs On Their Brothers ]
[ & Then Not Listening To Any Advice From Their Mothers ]
[ 2020 Was A Year That We Will Never Get Over Or Forget ]
[ It Seems Like A Solid Bet ]
[ The Dark Times Are Not Over Yet ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(281)▪︎[ Another Day … 4•4•2021 ]
[ The Hectic Day Turned Into A Dark, Quiet Night ]
[ & The Wind Was Moving Oh So Slight ]
[ Licking Around The Windowsill ]
[ You Seem So Restless ]
[ You Are Having Problems Laying Still ]
[ To The Left, Than To The Right ]
[ You Keep Rolling Back & Forth In Your Sleepless
Fight ]
[ Then You See The Lightning ]
[ Flash Across The Moonless Sky ]
[ You Decide To Stop The Fighting ]
[ You Start Your Sleepless Night Routine ]
[ You Have Been Doing Laps Around The House Since Your
Early Teens ]
[ You Remember The Mornings When You Felt
Really Ill ]
[ Those Were The Times When You Mixed Your Favorite
Tequilla & Sleeping Pills ]
[ About 15 Years Ago Your Mind Was Very Hazy ]
[ & Your Thoughts Were Mostly Dark ]
[ Then You Stopped Being Depressed & Lazy ]
[ & Just Settled On Being Depressed ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(193)▪︎[ Why The Need To Fake? … 3•6•2021 ]
[ People Do Not Fake Depression, They Fake That
They Are Okay ]
[ You Need To See For Yourself ]
[ Instead Of Only Listening To What They Say ]
[ Nobody Wants To Hear Bad News ]
[ After They Ask All Of Their Fake ( HOW ARE YOU’s? ) ]
[ People Tend To Walk Away After They Have Heard ]
[ A Negative Word ]
[ Most Of The Time They Gloss Over What They Hear ]
[ Then You Want To Ask ( DO YOU EVER PAY ATTENTION
TO WHAT I SAY WHEN YOU ARE HERE? ) ]
[ It Is Much Easier To Disregard A Text ]
[ They Just Read The One That Is Coming Next ]
[ Then They Can Hit ( DELETE ) ]
[ That Is An Easier Way To Get Rid Of You Than When
You Are Standing Their Feet To Feet ]
[ Why Must People Fake Their Emotions Day In & Day Out ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(189)▪︎[ It Will Be The Main Reason … 3•3•2021 ]
[ Sometimes Words Flow Back & Forth ]
[ In My Mind ]
[ Some Go South & Others Go North ]
[ Are The Ones That Go South ]
[ The Ones That Should Not Come Out Of My Mouth? ]
[ The Words That Are Not Said ]
[ Should Lay Dead ]
[ In My Head ]
[ Why Can’t I Say What Is On My Mind? ]
[ When I Am In A Situation That Is So Unkind? ]
[ It Seems That Others Do ]
[ Why Can’t I, Too? ]
[ Give Me A Reason Or An Explanation ]
[ The More Time That Goes By ]
[ Causes Me Alot Of Frustration ]
[ How Can I Remain Real? ]
[ When I Cannot Say What I Feel? ]
[ That Would Be The Time When I Would Look All Around ]
[ & Then Shut Down ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(186)▪︎[ You Are A Work In Progress … 3•2•2021 ]
[ What If You Were Told That The First Place To
Begin ]
[ When Working On Yourself ]
[ Is From Within? ]
[ Take Out All Of The Outside Distractions ]
[ & Then Split Your Problems Into Fractions ]
[ Maybe Take On A ¼ @ A Time ]
[ Then Work Your Way Down The Line ]
[ Knock One Off Then Take On Another ]
[ Throw That One To The Side ]
[ & Then You Are ½ Way Through The Others ]
[ Where Is The Finish Line To Cross? ]
[ Maybe That Would Be A Lost ]
[ Cause ]
[ Because The Finish Line Does Not Exist ]
[ So Cross That Off The Top Of Your Bucket List ]
[ Working On Yourself Is Something That Is In Perpetual
Motion ]
[ Problems Keep Coming In ]
[ Like The Waves Of The Ocean ]
[ Some Break Right ]
[ & Some Do Not Break @ All ]
[ It Is Always A Fight ]
[ When You Try To Go Through A Wall ]
[ It Is Best To Keep Your Feet On Solid Ground ]
[ Never Try To Go Up & Over ]
[ When You Could Just Go Around ]
[ What Is Always A Must, Should Be Done First ]
[ Always Stay Hydrated ]
[ & Take Care Of Your Thirst ]
[ & Find Ways ]
[ To Eat Throughout Your Days ]
[ Don’t Starve @ Night ]
[ By Not Having Anything To Eat ]
[ When There Is Moon Light ]
[ Keep Chugging Along ]
[ & Know That It Is An Impossible Task ]
[ To Right Everything That You Think & See Is Wrong ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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