[ Well, Let The Stress Begin ]
[ Because It Is Fire Season Again ]
[ You Used To Love This Time Of The Summer Season ]
[ Now You No Longer Have A Reason ]
[ The Smoke Starts To Rise Above The Tree Tops ]
[ Oh How You Wish There Were More Rain Drops ]
[ Why Show Any Refrain ]
[ You Wish For Another Month Of Rain ]
[ Now Your Stomach Will Hurt ]
[ & You Will Sweat Through Your Shirts ]
[ Because Of Your Worry ]
[ You Have Wished For Winter To Come In A Big Hurry ]
[ You Used To Love Spring & Summer ]
[ Now The Seasons Are A Bummer ]
[ All Because Mother Nature Is Pissed Off ]
[ Last Year @ This Time ]
[ You Could Not Count The Number Of Nights Of Sleep That
Was Lost ]
[ You Will Worry From This Night Forth ]
[ Last Year It Wasn’t Even Worth ]
[ Driving Anywhere Up North ]
[ You Hate These Nights ]
[ You Hate Hearing About The Fire Fights ]
[ You Totally Forgot The Fear ]
[ That You Had Last Year ]
[ So Now It’s Back, All Very LOUD & CLEAR!! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(1021)▪︎[ What Is A Loss? … 12•5•2021 ]
[ How Much Is Enough? ]
[ How You Keep Going, Has Got To Be Tough ]
[ When You Have A Loss, You Mourn ]
[ Your Life’s Clock Is Ticking Right When You Are Born ]
[ This Is Inevitable, You Have To Remember ]
[ You Will Forever Have This Bad Memory Of This December ]
[ You Will Write A Story, Then Whatever Thoughts Are Next ]
[ There Will Come A Day Soon, When You Won’t Get Another One
Of Her Texts ]
[ When She Would Come To See You, She Was Always A Breath
Of Fresh Air ]
[ All That She Wanted For You Was Love & Care ]
[ She Did Not Play With Your Heart Or Your Emotions ]
[ All That She Gave Was Love & Devotion ]
[ You Filled A Big Void In Her Life ]
[ She Was Never, Ever A Threat To Your Wife ]
[ & What Does She Do? ]
[ She Loves Your Wife, Too ]
[ It Was Always A Good Bet ]
[ That Your Best Friend, Was Never A Threat ]
[ When Will It Be Enough, To Humble You? ]
[ You Have No Clue ]
[ You Thought That You Were Humbled Years Ago ]
[ Ever Since Then You Just Tried To Go With The Flow ]
[ You Were Never A Leader ]
[ & You Were Never A Defeater ]
[ Someone That Goes Around Making Others Feel Defeated ]
[ That’s Never Needed ]
[ Nobody Needs A Reminder Of A Loss ]
[ That Is Someone That You Would Never Want To Come Across ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1019)▪︎[ Growing Up … 12•5•2021 ]
[ In Life ]
[ @ Least Where There Is Light ]
[ Other People Owe You Nothing ]
[ Especially If You Want Something ]
[ You Have To First Learn ]
[ How To Earn ]
[ @ Your Birth ]
[ You Have No Worth ]
[ Even After Your First Year ]
[ Of Your First Career ]
[ You Probably Have (1) Bowl To Eat From ]
[ After Your Years Of College )
[ You Are Probably Numb ]
[ It Would Be Nice If You Had Someone With Which You Could
Share Your Life & Bed ]
[ Hopefully Able To Share & Talk About The Monsters That Live
In Your Head ]
[ Sometimes It Is Okay To Be Going It Alone ]
[ Just Don’t Lose Your Cellphone ]
[ The Growing Up Years ]
[ Is Where You Face Alot Of Your Fears ]
[ Then When You Go Through College ]
[ You Cause & Shed Alot Of Tears ]
[ After College You Start To Fumble & Are Trying To Find Your
Niche ]
[ Most Careers Don’t Start By Making A Wish ]
[ If You Are Lucky, You Could Start As A Dishwasher @ A Great
Restaurant With Good Teachers ]
[ Or You Could Go The Seminary Route & Become A Preacher ]
[ A Good Teacher In A Restaurant Is A Patient Chef ]
[ They Would Be Showing You How To Maneuver Around The
Grill, Right & Left ]
[ Or Work @ The Lowest Level Of A Good Company ]
[ So You Could Learn About Everything That You Hear & See ]
[ If You Are Not Good @ Sports, The Military Could Be Your
Ticket Out From Your Surroundings ]
[ You Could Live In Different Cities Or Countries ]
[ & See Amazing Things ]
[ Growing Up You Need To Keep Open Your Options ]
[ Then Maybe Later In Life You Could Work With Kids Going
Through Adoptions ]
[ Try To Keep The Kids From Staying Above Their Doubt ]
[ & Letting Them Know That There Is Always A Way Out ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1016)▪︎[ Words Can’t Say … 12•4•2021 ]
[ You Made Memories When You Went To The Beach ]
[ Now Those Memories Are Out Of Reach ]
[ To Ever Be Equaled Or Matched ]
[ It Was Amazing That The Idea Was Hatched ]
[ For Some Reason The Beach Always Felt Like A Place
That Was Far To Travel To ]
[ But That Never Felt That Way When She Went With You ]
[ You Both Traveled The Ocean’s Highways Totally Carefree ]
[ There Was Never A Time Schedule Where You Would Be ]
[ You Two Never Had A Plan ]
[ There Were Never Any Demands ]
[ She Taught You How To Love The Ocean Sunsets ]
[ She Knows That You Will Cherish The Time That You Will Get ]
[ With Her, In The Days Ahead ]
[ Maybe You Will Be Able To Come & See Her Instead ]
[ You Will Try Your Hardest To Arrange Rides ]
[ So She Shouldn’t Dare Think That She Could Run & Hide ]
[ As Your Caregiver, She Was So Hard To Try To Replace ]
[ When It Comes To Your Memories & Heart ]
[ She Will Always Have A Place ]
[ She Is Such The Unique Woman To Know ]
[ When She Was Your Caregiver ]
[ She Never Knew The Word (SLOW) ]
[ You Always Enjoyed Whenever You Were Able To Have A Heart
To Heart Talk ]
[ You Thoroughly Enjoyed Your Long Beach Walks ]
[ You Wish You Could Go For (1) More Beach Walk ]
[ But You Will Settle With A Few More Long Talks ]
[ You Have Learned So Much From Her In Such A Limited Amount
Of Time ]
[ So Many Times She Had Been The Subject Of A Story
That Rhymes ]
[ You Have To Come To Terms Of What The Future Will Hold ]
[ & You Do Know There Will Be Days When You Feel Cold ]
[ Not From The Outside ]
[ & You Won’t Want To Remember All Of The Days That You Cried ]
[ You Know For Sure ]
[ There Will Be Many ]
[ Because She Will Not Be Part Of Your Future ]
[ You Have NEVER Had A Stronger & Deeper Love For A Friend
As You Do For Her ]
[ You Hope These Memories Never Blur ]
[ You Will Always Remember Your Deep Conversations ]
[ When She Talked With You, With No Reservations ]
[ You Began To See A Side Of Her That She Did Not Normally
Show ]
[ But She Made A Decision ]
[ That It Was A Side Of Her That She Wanted You To Know ]
[ You Love That She Trusted You Enough To See That Side ]
[ You Love That She Would Let You Confide ]
[ It Is Funny That You Can ]
[ Learn More From Her, About Being A Man ]
[ Than Any Man That You Had Ever Come Across ]
[ She WasThe One Woman That Taught You How To Be The Boss ]
[ But To Always & Also Be Fair ]
[ As You Stand There ]
[ As The Man Of The House ]
[ & Demand To Be Treated As An Equal Spouse ]
[ To Say That You Will Miss Her Would Be The Biggest
Understatement Ever Made ]
[ Oh How You Wish That Your Memories Will Never Fade ]
[ But There Is Not (1) Minute That You Spent With Her That You
Would Ever Trade! ]
[ Your Love For Her Is Beyond Words ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(680)▪︎[ That Dart … 8•14•2021 ]
[ Sometimes You Feel Like You Have A Huge Hole In Your Heart ]
[ But When You Look Within ]
[ You See That It Was Done By A Dart ]
[ Thrown @ You, By Those That Mean You Harm ]
[ Done By Those That You Tried To Disarm ]
[ You Can Find A Friend In Strange Places ]
[ You Should Never Judge People By The Color Of Their Faces ]
[ But Enemies Can Come In All Shapes & Sizes ]
[ They Will Be Wearing All Kinds Of Different Disguises ]
[ As A Friend, Relative, Teacher Or Coach ]
[ No One Is Above Reproach ]
[ Some People Are Just Fair Weather Friends ]
[ When Things Gets Tough ]
[ That Is Where & When The Friendship Ends ]
[ It Is Funny How Those People Come Back Again When
Things Are Good ]
[ They Just Say That Their Absence Had Been Misunderstood ]
[ They Say That You Have Always Been In Their Thoughts ]
[ Ya, You Believe That Lots ]
[ When Given That Hole Some Thought, That Huge Hole
Turned Small ]
[ That Hole Did Not Turn Out To Be Very Big @ All ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(698)▪︎[ It Is Just An Opportunity … 8•20•2021 ]
[ They Say That When An Opportunity Presents Itself You
Should Run To It ]
[ But Sometimes That Opportunity Just Doesn’t Fit ]
[ Into Your Life Or Your Plans ]
[ Sometimes Life Gives You Different Demands ]
[ So It Is Not Looking A Gift Horse In The Mouth ]
[ If Your Path Takes You On A Different Route ]
[ People That You Think Are Going To Stay In Your Life,
Don’t Stay ]
[ Then There Are Unhealthy Relationships That You Really
Hope, Won’t Last Another Day ]
[ Just Walk Away & Never Look Back ]
[ Hopefully A Friend Will Watch Your Six ]
[ In Case There Is An Attack ]
[ Walk Away, So Another Word ]
[ Will Not Be Said ]
[ Or Heard ]
[ Let Bygones Be Bygones ]
[ Because, Something Went Very Wrong ]
[ Every Bad Night, Turns Into A Brand New Day ]
[ Every Bad Event, Gets Slept Away ]
[ That Is, If You Are Lucky Enough To Be Able To Get Any
Sleep ]
[ But The Angle Is Steep ]
[ The Chances Of Getting Any Sleep Is Slim To None ]
[ & Trying To Get To Sleep Is Not Very Fun ]
[ Sometimes The Journey Is Long ]
[ You Just Are Not One Of Those Lucky Ones ]
[ That Are Able To Nod Off After They Yawn ]
[ You Remember What That Was Like ]
[ It Was Way Back When Your Mode Of Transportation Was
A Bike ]
[ You Could Drift Off Once You Laid Down ]
[ With Hope ]
[ That You Would See, Go To & Experience, Different Nouns ]
[ The Next Day Opens You Up, For Different Experiences ]
[ Who Knows, You Might Get The Pleasure Of Meeting (1)
Or (2) Nigerians ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1014)▪︎[ The Telephone … 12•3•2021 ]
[ Some People Talk, But They Don’t Risk ]
[ They Only Sit Back & Wish ]
[ They Talk A Good Game ]
[ & Are Quick To Point Out Who Is To Blame ]
[ Without Any Witnesses Or Facts ]
[ They Never See How Someone Acts ]
[ A Bad Reputation Follows Them In Every Story ]
[ Even Though The Person Is Not Telling Something ]
[ & Then Expecting The Glory ]
[ These People Sit Back & Point ]
[ Than, When They Are All Alone ]
[ Making Accusations While Smoking A Joint ]
[ The Telephone Is The Weapon Of The 20th Century ]
[ It Is Used Unnecessarily ]
[ People Can Make Accusations From Anywhere In The World ]
[ Even Saying That Man Touched That Girl ]
[ They Like To Be Mean ]
[ Even Though They Had Never Walked A Scene ]
[ They Won’t Ever Sit Down & Wince ]
[ When They Are Never Shown Any Evidence ]
[ Accusations Are In Their Wheelhouse ]
[ They Even Go Against The Opinion Of Their Spouse ]
[ Spouses Try To Keep Them From Making Mistakes ]
[ & They Help When They Have Tremors ]
[ & Shakes ]
[ They Know That Karma Comes In All Shapes & Sizes ]
[ It Can Come Full On In Front ]
[ Or Have Clever Disguises ,]
[ They Say (THAT KARMA IS A BITCH ) ]
[ When It Comes To Murphys Law ]
[ You Have To Figure Out Which Is Which ]
[ Those People Think That When They Talk ]
[ It Should Always Be Done ]
[ That Is When Others Balk ]
[ Then Turn & Run ]
[ Maybe The Phone Is Not A Weapon @ All ]
[ Oh Hang On For A Minute ]
[ While I Take This Call ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1013)▪︎[ Afraid … 12-3-2021 ]
[ You Are Afraid Of How You Would React ]
[ You KNOW How You Are Supposed To Act ]
[ Bold & Strong ]
[ You Are Supposed To Act, Like There Is Nothing Wrong ]
[ This Isn’t A Movie, So You Don’t Have Many Takes ]
[ There Are No (DO OVERS) If You Make Mistakes ]
[ Tears Will Not Be Welcomed ]
[ You Really Should Apologize If You Were To Say Something
Dumb ]
[ What Do You Talk About? ]
[ You Definitely Cannot Pout ]
[ It Is Well Known ]
[ That If You Pout ]
[ You Are Sent Home ]
[ None OfTheir Family Wants You To Bring Your Dark Cloud
Into Their House ]
[ It Is Loud ]
[ So Now You Have To Be As Quiet As A Mouse ]
[ Not A Dirty Rat ]
[ But Then You Would Need A Wild Cat ]
[ Then Cats Have Fleas ]
[ They Would Stay Without Saying (THANK YOU) or (PLEASE) ]
[ You Won’t Know How Many Times You Will Be Able To See
Your Best Friend This Coming Year ]
[ When She Leaves ]
[ How Would You Stop Your Tears? ]
[ If She Knew This, Was What You Are Thinking ]
[ She Would Put You In Your Place, Without Blinking ]
[ She Was (1) Of The Best Things That Ever Happened In Your
Life ]
[ The Only (1) Who Has Ever Been Above Her, Is Your Wife ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1011)▪︎[ Thank You, Best Friend … 12•2•2021 ]
[ You Are About To Lose Your Best Friend & You Do Not
Know What To Do ]
[ Time Won’t Stand Still For You ]
[ Even Though You Wish Upon Wishes That Time Would Not
Fly By ]
[ You Know That It Will ]
[ & You Won’t Have The Ability To Ask Why ]
[ Father Time Will Not Halt A Tic Tok For Anyone ]
[ Because Watching The Seconds Fly By Is Not Very Fun ]
[ You Could Be In Denial ]
[ For Awhile ]
[ You Could Sit Down & Take The Battery Out Of A Clock ]
[ Then Actually Feel Like You Put A Halt ]
[ To Your Life’s Real Tik Tok ]
[ That Would Be Denial In The 4th Degree ]
[ How Would That Feel ]
[ Do You Feel Free? ]
[ Your Best Friend’s Body Has Been Taken Over By Cancer ]
[ Some People Say That Everything Happens For A Reason ]
[ Okay, What Is The Reason, When Can I Hear That Answer? ]
[ This Will Leave Such A Void ]
[ In Your Life ]
[ This Is Something That You Wish You Could Avoid ]
[ No One Will Take Your Best Friend’s Place ]
[ That Choice Would Never Be Made In Haste ]
[ No One Will Ever ]
[ You Can Only Wish That Your Memories Could Last Forever ]
[ You Don’t Have A Negative Memory With Your Friend ]
[ There Is Not A Single Event To Defend ]
[ The Sun Setting @ The Beach Will Always Be A Special Memory ]
[ We Did That Twice ]
[ We Were Never In A Hurry ]
[ Time Did Not Matter On Those Days ]
[ We Liked To Sit & Watch The Waves ]
[ That Was When Time Slowed Down ]
[ & The Sun Was All Around ]
[ The Air Felt Warm With Barely A Breeze ]
[ & We Did What We Pleased ]
[ Great Memories In Your Memory Bank ]
[ & You Have Your Best Friend To Thank ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1009)▪︎[ What Is This Reason? … 11•30•2021 ]
[ Well That Was Something That You Never Expected ]
[ Was There A Sign That You Neglected? ]
[ Your Best Friend Just Talked To You On The Phone ]
[ & Told You Something That Was Previously Unknown ]
[ You Never Knew That Her Cancer Was That Bad ]
[ It Would Be A Huge Understatement To Say That You Were A
Little Sad ]
[ A Little Bit? ]
[ Holy Shit! ]
[ It Was A Kick In The Butt ]
[ It Was Also A Punch To The Gut ]
[ You Don’t Want To Feel This Broken ]
[ You Don’t Want Your Best Friend Taken ]
[ She Is So Important In Your Life ]
[ The Most Important Person, Behind Your Wife ]
[ Your Best Friend Has The Biggest Balls Of Anyone That You
Have Ever Met ]
[ She Has Taught You To How To Have Your Own Big Set ]
[ It Has Helped You & Your Marriage Tremendously ]
[ You Will Miss Her Tremendously ]
[ Your Love & Support For Her Is Off The Chart ]
[ Right Now You Have A Broken Heart ]
[ You Don’t Want Someone Coming Up To You & Tell You That
Everything Happens For A Reason ]
[ Really? ]
[ WTF Is This Reason? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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