[ What Does A Comfortable Life Consist Of? ]
[ Money, Expensive Toys, Fast Cars? ]
[ Or Familial Love? ]
[ Some Say That Money Can Buy Happiness ]
[ & Some Say Money Can Be A Mess ]
[ If You Are Able To Afford The Best ]
[ Are You Able To Get Any Rest? ]
[ Money Can Never Take Away That Pain In Your Chest ]
[ I’ve Never Had Money, So I Wouldn’t Know That Side ]
[ If I Ever Said That I Would Not Like Money ]
[ I Probably Lied ]
[ Enough Money To Pay My Bills ]
[ Would Be Nice ]
[ Would I Go On Vacations For Exciting Thrills? ]
[ Uh … That I Would Have To Think About Twice ]
[ To Some, I Don’t Have Alot ]
[ But If You Put Me On The Spot ]
[ I’d Say That I Am Really Happy With What I’ve Got ]
[ I Have A Loving Wife That Has Stood By Me For Almost
25 Years ]
[ I Have A Great Son Who Keeps Up With His Peers ]
[ I’m Not Drunk From Drinking Whiskey & Beers ]
[ But I Do Have My Fears ]
[ The Fear Of Where Is Society Going? ]
[ Why Isn’t This Virus Slowing? ]
[ Society Is Filled With So Much Hate Nowadays ]
[ We’ve Lost The Human Touch ]
[ in So Many Ways ]
[ For So Many Days ]
[ A Comfortable Life Never Saw This Coming ]
[ The Way That Our Leaders Are Constantly Mumbling &
Grumbling ]
[ Makes This All Mind Numbing ]
[ Everything Is Upside Down ]
[ The Politicians Are Not Leading ]
[ Because Washington Is A Circus Full Of Clowns ]
[ In America’s Biggest Crisis They Don’t Feel The Need ]
[ To Lead ]
[ Or Give More Money For Families Can Feed ]
[ Their Own ]
[ Or Pay On Their Loans ]
[ For Their Homes ]
[ That Totally Changes What A Comfortable Life Looks
Like ]
[ Now It Is An Inflation Hike ]
[ & A Virus Spike ]
[ Life Has Changed ]
[ Priorities Need To Be Rearranged ]
[ But Don’t Come Closer Than Six Feet ]
[ Until This Virus Can Be Beat ]
[ I’ll Grab My Family & Stay Home ]
[ Because On The Other Side Of That Door ]
[ Is The Unknown ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(359)▪︎[ Marital Bliss, Is A Myth… 4•28•2021 ]
[ You Could Laugh Or You Could Cry ]
[ But Things Stop Being Funny ]
[ When Someone Drips Water From Their Eye ]
[ You Never Want To Be The Cause Of A Tear ]
[ In Fact, You Don’t Want To Be Anywhere Near ]
[ You Don’t Want To Be Completely Gone ]
[ Because You Do Want To Be The One To Give ]
[ Them The Shoulder, They Can Lean On ]
[ Having That Shoulder, Is A Much Needed Thing ]
[ Sometimes, That’s All You Really Need To Bring ]
[ A Good Relationship Is When You Are Able To Go
Both Ways ]
[ Sometimes You Are The Rock ]
[ & Sometimes You Just Have One Of Those Days ]
[ You Need To Feel Secure With The Person You Go To ]
[ Sometimes They Don’t Even Need A Clue ]
[ They Are Just There On Cue ]
[ & Know, Exactly What To Do ]
[ It Needs To Be Communicated ]
[ That All Parties Are Dedicated ]
[ For The Same Cause ]
[ Without Taking A Pause ]
[ There Is Fun & There Is Sadness ]
[ When You Find The Right One ]
[ You Are Usually Sad Less ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As The Highly, Sought After Marital Bliss ]
[ Every Couple Has Bumps & Curves In The Road ]
[ But Being Single Is The One Thing You Shouldn’t Miss ]
[ Being Married Will Be The Hardest Job You Will Ever, Ever Have ]
[ With A Good Partner ]
[ Your Problems Could Be Cut In Half ]
[ When You Get To The Point Where You Have Two Brains
Thinking As One ]
[ That’s When You Start To Really Have Fun ]
[ & Then No One Wants To Run ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(360)▪︎[ The Weather … 4•29•2021 ]
[ Inside Every One Of Us Is A Storm Waiting To Rage ]
[ Are You The Rain, The Thunder, The Lightning ]
[ Or The Next Ice Age? ]
[ When There Are Storms @ The Beach ]
[ The Waves Crash So Hard & So Loud ]
[ You Cannot Hear Anyone Speak ]
[ Some People Have A Fascination With Storms ]
[ That Is Just Slightly Out Of Other Peoples Norms ]
[ Is It The Driving, Blinding Rain? ]
[ That Floods The Outside Drains? ]
[ That Drive Those People Insane? ]
[ Is It The Flash Of The Lightning Or The Thunderous Boom ]
[ That Makes People Hide ]
[ Or Run Into The Inside Rooms? ]
[ The Weather Guy ]
[ Tells No Lies ]
[ When He Predicts That The Lightning @ Night ]
[ Will Light Up The Sky’s ]
[ Others Like The Calm & The Warmth That The Sun Brings ]
[ That Seems To Be When All Of The Birds Sing ]
[ It Also Has You Wonder ]
[ What Opportunities A New Day Will Bring ]
[ The Opportunities Would Be Endless ]
[ & If You Tried ]
[ It Would Knock You Senseless ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(370)▪︎[ The Frustration Sets In … 4•29•2021 ]
[ As The Frustration Sets In ]
[ I Said To Myself ( NOT THIS AGAIN ) ]
[ Then I Think ( I JUST CAN’t WIN ) ]
[ So You ]
[ Think That This Is All Brand New? ]
[ Well Let Me Tell You A Thing Or Two ]
[ This Is Something Real ]
[ You Are Not Reinventing The Wheel ]
[ Here ]
[ Do I Make Myself Clear? ]
[ I’ve Tried & Tried ]
[ As He Has Lied & Lied ]
[ After All Of This Time ]
[ Part Of Me Has Actually Died ]
[ So Don’t Come In Here & Point Your Finger ]
[ @ All Of This ]
[ Because What Lingers ]
[ Is The Constant Diss ]
[ You Have Been Here A Grand Total Of About A Week ]
[ & I’ll Sit Here & Let You Speak ]
[ Your Piece ]
[ & I’ll Say Nothing ]
[ Just To Keep The Peace ]
[ So I Will Watch The Dances ]
[ & Give You The Many Chances ]
[ Because As You Think You Are Rearranging ]
[ His Attitude ]
[ I Say That Are Only Changing ]
[ The Altitude ]
[ & Are Hanging ]
[ My Gratitude ]
[ You Have All Of These Ideas That You Think That Are Grand ]
[ Then I Will Sit Quietly ]
[ Wanting To Ask ( AND? ) ]
[ So Don’t Come @ Me Self-Righteously ]
[ Acting Like You Are In Command ]
[ Normally, Usually I Am A Very Calm Guy ]
[ But In MY Home ]
[ That Just Doesn’t Fly ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(372)▪︎[ Finish … 4•29•2021 ]
[ Whenever You Begin ]
[ Always Work Through The Finish ]
[ When You Want To Win ]
[ This Should Be Your Biggest Wish ]
[ Show Some Heart ]
[ When You Start ]
[ & Don’t Forget To Complete Every Part ]
[ Every Journey Begins With One Step Forward ]
[ Don’t Worry If You Take A Step Back ]
[ But Then Overcome The Urge To Be Bored ]
[ Stay Consistent ]
[ Continue To Be Persistent ]
[ Know The Difference ]
[ Each Step Is Better Than The Last ]
[ Don’t Go Too Fast ]
[ & Do Not Dwell On Your Past ]
[ Set Goals That You Can Achieve ]
[ Make The Path Clear With What You Perceive ]
[ Will Be The Fastest Path Within Your Reach ]
[ Then Make The Information Simple To Teach ]
[ To Others ]
[ Like Your Father & Brothers ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(373)▪︎[ Thinking … 4•29•2021 ]
[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]
[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The
Mistakes You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]
[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]
[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Be Really Nice ]
[ Sometimes My Mistakes Make Their Way Into My Dreams ]
[ I Have No Control Of That It Seems ]
[ Everyday I Wind Around Life’s Potholes ]
[ Many Times ]
[ I Have Questioned My Roles ]
[ Of What I’m Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]
[ Do I Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On A Few? ]
[ I Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ I Never Want To Shift The Spotlight On Me ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO ) ]
[ I Don’t Believe In Pity Parties, So You Could Sit In The
Corner & Pout ]
[ I Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then I Can Fall Asleep With No Nagging Doubts ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(356)▪︎[ Boink … 4•28•2021 ]
[ Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days When Nothing
Made Sense? ]
[ & When You Go Into The Backyard ]
[ You Notice That There Are Two Tents? ]
[ Then You Felt Like Such A Goof ]
[ When You Stumbled Off Of The Roof ]
[ & Broke Your Last Tooth? ]
[ What Do You Do Now With A Crooked Smile? ]
[ When All You Want To Do ]
[ Is Swim In The Long River Of Denial ]
[ Swim, Swim Until You Reach The Dry Land ]
[ Is This Wish A Want? ]
[ Or A Demand? ]
[ Grass Clippings In The Dishwasher, Shampoo In The
Sink ]
[ How Your Journey Has Come To This Point ]
[ Has You Ice Skating On The Roller Rink ]
[ Where Do You Go From Here? ]
[ As You Cough Up Another Tear ]
[ Your Steak Does Not Taste Quite Right ]
[ When You Sneeze In Your Beer ]
[ When The Sun Rises In The West ]
[ Does It Help You Grow Hair On Your Chest? ]
[ Or Do You Go To The Grocery Store Looking For Ice Cream
That Is Good, Better, Best? ]
[ When You Turn On The Light, Does That Help You Sleep? ]
[ Or Do You Stand In The Shallow End Of The Pool ]
[ & Only Splash Water When It’s Deep? ]
[ Life Is Really Confusing When You Open Your Ears ]
[ When You Fall Out Of Bed In The Afternoon ]
[ Do You See The Thunderous Cheers? ]
[ A Snake On The Floor Beats A Bird In The Hand ]
[ Will Anyone Feel It ]
[ When You Give That Command? ]
[ Nothing Makes Sense As Long As My Knee ]
[ Life Is Really Confusing When Your Eyes Yell @ Me ]
[ Ice Cream, Ice Cream Is Always Cold On The Brain ]
[ Sometimes When You Eat It So Fast ]
[ It Feels Like You Are Swimming On A Train ]
[ Around & Around The Eyeballs Go ]
[ When Will The Stop Light Turn Yellow ]
[ I Will Never Know ]
[ Life Gets So Confusing When You Have To Say The Alphabet
Backwards In Numerical Order ]
[ Anybody Up For Burger King ]
[ As I Run For The Border? ]
[ A Taco From Baskin Robbins Sure Sounds Good Right Now ]
[ But Since I Don’t Have A Car To Walk With ]
[ I Really Won’t Know How ]
[ I Can Pick Up The Order That I Sent In Long Before Yesterday ]
[ I’ve Been Meaning To Get It ]
[ Since The 10th Of May ]
[ Life Sure Does Get Confusing The Younger I Get ]
[ I’m Sure Glad That I’ve Known You ]
[ Ever Since We Met ]
[ Make Sure You Don’t Break When You Only Mean To Bend ]
[ So Now There Is No Need To Start Over ]
[ Once You’ve Started @ The End ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(355)▪︎[ Who Was That? … 4•28•2021 ]
[ One Day, The Lonely Man Came Back To Show
His Deepest Scars ]
[ When He Pulled Up His T-Top Undershirt ]
[ They Looked, As Big As Small Cars ]
[ Why Would The Lonely Man Lift Up His Shirt? ]
[ & Show His Hurt? ]
[ It Was NOT For The Itty Bitty ]
[ Pity ]
[ That He Could Get From A Stranger In The City ]
[ It Was, So Others Could Learn ]
[ That It Doesn’t Take Spicy Food ]
[ To Cause, Someone’s Heart To Burn ]
[ Wounds, Are Not Always Made In The Physical Sense ]
[ Just Like Someone’s Dirty Look, Can Make You Feel Tense ]
[ A Stab, Is Not Always Physical ]
[ Jokes, Are Not Always Comical ]
[ If You Are Not, Always Mindful ]
[ Jokes, Can Quickly Turn Hurtful ]
[ You Can Not Joke About Gender, Race Or Being
Black Or White ]
[ You Can’t Joke About Age Or Weight ]
[ But People Still Joke About Some One’s Height ]
[ Asks The Lonely Man ]
[ You Don’t Try To Go There, There Or There ]
[ But Others Have A Sense Of Entitlement & Think That
They Can ]
[ Sometimes, He Takes The Elder Woman’s Cart ]
[ Back Into Walmart ]
[ Not Because He Was Being Asked ]
[ By The Older Lady With The Smile On Her Mask ]
[ He Never Stands Out In The Crowd ]
[ That Is Not What The Lonely Man Is About ]
[ How Will His Wounds Heal? ]
[ How Do His Wounds Feel? ]
[ Every One Has Wounds Of Some Sort ]
[ Some People Have Been Successful In Building Their
Own Imaginary Emotional Fort ]
[ ( THAT IS QUITE THE WALL THAT YOU’ve BUILT ) ]
[ Is It As High, As Your Mountain Of Guilt? ]
[ How About The Many Pages Of Regrets? ]
[ The Lonely Man Has More, He Bets ]
[ Looking Within @ Your Own Feelings Stings ]
[ Self-Doubt & Insecurity Are The Kings ]
[ Nothing Around The Lonely Man Makes Him Feel
That Bad ]
[ Or That Sad ]
[ Oh, Here Is One ( HELLO, DAD! ) ]
[ Sometimes The Lonely Man Could Be Standing On
The Corner Waiting For The Bus ]
[ Sometimes There Is A Little Bit Of The Lonely Man
In Each One Of Us ]
[ ( a very quiet mike drops ) ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
[ 376 ][ What I Will Miss … 4•29•2021 ]
[ What I Will Miss When Asha Leaves After Her Last
Shift ]
[ I Will Miss Everything About Having This Gift ]
[ She Is A Gift Because Everytime She Comes I Have No
Idea What I’ll Get ]
[ She Is One Of The Most Complex & Wonderful Person
That I Have Met ]
[ Yet! ]
[ Asha Has Never Been About Being An Ordinary ( ABC ) ]
[ Just Watch This Poetry In Motion & You Will See ]
[ She Is 5′ 11″‘s Of Sure Confidence ]
[ She Is Very Decisive ]
[ She Never Straddles The Fence ]
[ I Will Miss The Times When She Puts Her Blonde Haired
Wig On ]
[ Sometimes She Does Get The Punch Line Before The
Joke Has Been Completely Gone ]
[ I Will Miss How Protective Of Me That She Has Become ]
[ I Will Miss How She Makes Me Feel Young ]
[ When It Is Just Me & Asha, We Could Talk For Hours ]
[ We Will Talk About Any Subject ]
[ Except Flowers ]
[ That Would Be Where I Would Draw A Blank ]
[ I Think It Is My Purple Thumb To Thank ]
[ I Will Miss Asha’s Intellegence & Personal Incite ]
[ I Will Miss Asha’s Fire & Fight ]
[ When She Gives You An Inch, Never Dare To Take
A Mile ]
[ She Will Yank That Rope Back So Fast ]
[ Still Giving You That Beautiful Smile ]
[ I Will Miss The Quiet Time When Asha Is Near ]
[ Ha, Quiet Time? ]
[ Really? When Asha Is Here? ]
[ Asha’s Sense Of Humor Is Beyond Compare ]
[ I Know That This Young Woman Is Going To Go
Somewhere ]
[ What Will I Miss About Asha When She Clocks Out
That Last Day? ]
[ @ The Beginning Of May? ]
[ Everything That I Prior Said ]
[ Memories Of Asha Will Always Be In My Head ]
[ So She Will Need To Visit A Whole Lot Instead ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(352)▪︎[ What We Do … 4•27•2021 ]
[ What Do We Gamble With Everyday Of Our Lives? ]
[ It Is Something That We Always Regret When It Is no
Longer Here ]
[ But We Never See It When It Arrives ]
[ We Gamble With Time Every Second Of The Day ]
[ But Sometimes We Gamble With Our Time ]
[ To Find The Best Or Shortest Way ]
[ To Accomplish What We Do ]
[ Or Lengthen The Time We Spend With Friends & Loved Ones
Too ]
[ Time Seems To Fly By When We Are Doing Something We Like
Or Is Fun ]
[ But Time Seems To Drag On When We Have To Get Something
Done ]
[ We Gamble On The Time We Give Ourselves To Sleep
Through The Night ]
[ From The Moment We Close Our Eyes ]
[ We Hope We Get Enough Sleep Before The Morning
Light ]
[ We Gamble With The Time We Give Ourselves To Do A
Task ]
[ We Try To Do It Really Fast ]
[ & Probably Learned How To Do It Faster From Completing
It In The Past ]
[ When We Gamble With Time We Never Get More Time Back ]
[ The Reward, Is What The Gamble Lacks ]
[ We Might Gamble That A Task May Take One To Three More
Hours ]
[ When It Comes To Control Of The Clock ]
[ It Is Totally Outside Of Our Powers ]
[ It Is Nice To Set Aside A Couple Of Hours For The Ones
That Care ]
[ In Those Situations, We Try To Find The Time To Spare ]
[ We Can Share Our Time With Others ]
[ Like With Our Friends, Sisters Or Brothers ]
[ Sometimes The Gambles Pay Off ]
[ Othertimes We Might Regret That It Has Been Some Time That
We Lost ]
[ Gambling With Our Time Is Not Like Gambling With Dollars
& Cents ]
[ To Some ]
[ Gambling Lots Of Money Does Not Make A Bit Of Sense ]
[ Sometimes Gambling With Our Time Can Come With The Loss
Of A Monetary Value ]
[ Maybe When People Let Time Waste Away ]
[ They Have No Clue ]
[ That They Have A Say ]
[ When Others Say That ( TIME IS MONEY ) ]
[ That Is When Only Time Will Tell ]
[ They Will Have To Wait See ]
[ If Their Gamble Went Well ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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