[ When I Met Superman, I Was Not Looking For Him
To Come & Save The Day ]
[ I Wanted Him To Show Me How To Live My Life In A
Much Better Way ]
[ So I Began To Listen To What He Had To Say ]
[ Treat Others Better Than They Treat You ]
[ Do Not Be A Follower ]
[ By Always Doing What They Do ]
[ Always Turn The Other Cheek, Is What He Said ]
[ Never Let Someone Else’s Actions ]
[ Dictate The Thoughts In Your Head ]
[ Give When & What You Have Plenty Of ]
[ Give Extra To Those That You Love ]
[ Find Some Things To Give ]
[ To Help Someone Be More Comfortable As They Live ]
[ I Told Him That I Could Never Match His Feats Of
Strength ]
[ He Told Me That The Love From The Heart ]
[ Has Never Been Measured By Length ]
[ Touch Those That You Don’t Even Know ]
[ Giving To Those That Don’t Have ]
[ Might Make You Their Hero ]
[ Very Few Can Ever Get Ahead In This Human Race ]
[ By Running In Place ]
[ Keep Going Forward ]
[ Make A Goal That You Can Move Toward ]
[ But He Is The Lucky Guy ]
[ Because He Is The Only One That Can Fly ]
[ How Do I Compete With That? ]
[ Well, I Can’t ]
[ He Said That Kind Of Thinking Is Wrong ]
[ Just Like Nobody Is Judged ]
[ By How They Sing A Specific Song ]
[ So Superman Talked With Me For Hours & Hours ]
[ & He Told Me That We All Don’t Need To Have Or
Use Super Powers ]
[ He Said Every Woman & Man ]
[ Should Always Do What They Can ]
[ To Make A Diferrence & A Reason That They Are
Remembered ]
[ For Many More January’s & December’s ],
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(18)▪︎[ The Riots … 1•7•2021 ]
[ The Riots, The Riots Are Happening All Over
Again ]
[ Just Because He Didn’t Win ]
[ If You Have Not Been In One ]
[ You Should Never Want To ]
[ Because They Are Not Fun ]
[ The Rioters Have Angry Minds ]
[ & Angry Thoughts ]
[ Of The Worst Kinds ]
[ Violence & Mayhem ]
[ Is All That Matters To Them ]
[ They Have One Track Minds In What They Want
To Do ]
[ Their Main Objectives ]
[ Is To Get By Or Through You ]
[ Material Things Is Not Want They Want ]
[ Their Angry Voices Yell Angry Taunts ]
[ The Meaning & Reasons For All Of This Is So
Absurd ]
[ His Reasons That He Caused This ]
[ Are The Worst That I Have Ever Heard ]
[ He Lost In A Fair & Honest Election ]
[ If He Had Any Time For Honest Reflection ]
[ He Would Come Out & Tell His Mob To Change
Their Direction ]
[ & Go Back Home ]
[ But Not One Calming Message Was Ever Shown ]
[ He Turned The Volume Up Because Of His Asinine &
Violent Tweets ]
[ He Told His Trumpanzees To Get Violent In The Streets ]
[ Watching The Riots Flooded My Brain With Such
Horrible Memories ]
[ Of A Violent Incident ]
[ That Was Life Changing For Me ]
[ A Riot Changed My Life ]
[ It Wasn’t By A Man Holding A Gun Or A Knife ]
[ I Felt Such A Huge Amount Of Empathy ]
[ For Those Officers ]
[ Trying To Give Others Enough Security ]
[ So They Could Get Home Safely ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(16)▪︎[ Hope Or Nope … 1•7•2021 ]
[ What Does It Mean When Someone Exclaims That They
Have Hope? ]
[ Could It Be Squashed When Another Person Says ( NOPE ) ? ]
[ Can Someone Go Through Their Whole Life Without Any? ]
[ That Would Be Uncanny ]
[ What Is The Difference Between The Words ( HOPE ) & ( FAITH ) ]
[ Can You Ever Get Them Straight? ]
[ Faith Can Be When You Believe In Something Or Someone Every
Day ]
[ Hope Can Be Having Faith In Some Imaginary Way ]
[ The Two Words Can Be Intertwined ]
[ Both Are Kept In The Depths Of The Mind ]
[ Neither Can Be Based On A Command ]
[ Neither One Can Be Physically Held Or Touched By Your Hand ]
[ Can This Be Something You Could Teach? ]
[ Not Preach ]
[ To Have Either ]
[ Would You Still Have To Define Each? ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(37)▪︎[ No Footprint … 1•11•2021 ]
[ Another Day Being Left In The Dark ]
[ Another Day Not Leaving A Mark ]
[ In Society ]
[ So Anyone Can Remember Me ]
[ If Someone Was Looking For My Footprint ]
[ They Would Have To Get To The Right ]
[ Light ]
[ & Squint ]
[ Their Eyes ]
[ Because I Am Just One Of Those Boring, Average Guys ]
[ That Blend ]
[ Someone Easy To Offend ]
[ Someone That No One ]
[ Even Pretends ]
[ To Defend ]
[ I Blend Into The Background ]
[ I Blend Into Whatever Scenery Is Around ]
[ A Chameleon That Doesn’t Want To Be ]
[ A Person, In Person That Nobody Sees ]
[ I Don’t Wear Bright Shorts Or Shirts ]
[ I Am Overlooked & Dismissed So Much It Gets To
The Level That It Hurts ]
[ I Try To Grow Thicker Skin ]
[ I Am Rarely With The Crowd That’s ( IN ) ]
[ I Play Game After Game On My Phone ]
[ & It Seems That I Never Win ]
[ It All Makes Me Feel So Alone ]
[ I Can’t Ever Catch A Break ]
[ I Am Not Ever Thought Of As The One To Thank ]
[ Even Though I Try To Go Out Of My Way ]
[ Everyday ]
[ To Pay A Compliment ]
[ But Never Making A Statement ]
[ To Blow My Own Horn ]
[ If You Asked The Two Barbara’s ]
[ They Did Not Like That I Was Even Born ]
[ Is That Normal Or What? ]
[ Even As I Write This ]
[ The Words Cut ]
[ The Thoughts Are Even Worse ]
[ Oh How I Wish I Wasn’t Born With This Curse ]
[ Who Were My Strong Male Role Models ]
[ My Dad Or Donald? ]
[ My Dad Blew His Brains Out ]
[ Don Pushed Me Out ]
[ Oh, I Sure As Hell Know ]
[ I Really Don’t Think So ]
[ Don Showed Me Plenty Of Examples That Went Into
The Bucket In My Head That Was Labled ( I WON’t ) ]
[ He Showed Me & Did Things In Front Or To Me That
Went Into The Bucket Labeled ( PLEASE DON’t ) ]
[ Donald Taught Me How To Judge ]
[ & To Not Budge ]
[ On His Lifelong Grudge ]
[ With Me, His Only Son ]
[ But When He Refused To Speak To Me This Last Time ]
[ I Knew That Our Relationship Was Done ]
[ But Now I Am Happy To Say That I Am Smiling
In My Head ]
[ Because Dear Ole Donald ]
[ Is Dead. Dead. Dead ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(335)▪︎[ The Lonely Man … 4•23•2021 ]
[ Woe Is The Heart Of The Lonely Man ]
[ Walking Through Life Doing The Best That He Can ]
[ He Tries To Put A Smile On The Face Of Someone
Every Single Day ]
[ Each Time Is Different ]
[ & So Is The Way ]
[ Maybe Giving A Much Softer, Kinder Word ]
[ Than The Stranger Has Ever Heard ]
[ In A Long Long Time ]
[ Maybe A Positive Word In A Short Poetic Rhyme ]
[ The Lonely Man’s Sole Intention On This Earth ]
[ Is To Show & Tell Others About Their Worth ]
[ Some May Need A Pick-Me-Up Or A Compliment Or
Two ]
[ Maybe Some Positive Reinforcement About What They
Do ]
[ A Moment In Time That They Will Remember ]
[ A Date In Time Between Now & December ]
[ It Does Not Cost The Lonely Man One Single Cent ]
[ To Show A Stranger That They Only Have The Best
Intent ]
[ & Show Their Best ]
[ Interest ]
[ Does The Lonely Man Ask For Anything In Return? ]
[ Has The Lonely Man Taught The Stranger A Single
Thing To Learn? ]
[ Maybe To Never Judge Another ]
[ Like Others ]
[ Are Prone To Judge A Book By Its Cover ]
[ The Tattered Pages May Look ]
[ Like It May Be An Old Throw Away Book ]
[ But Not By Looks Or The Reading Of A Single Page ]
[ Can A Book Tell The Invaluable Content ]
[ Or The Approximate Age ]
[ Of What May Be The True Intentions That Lie Deep
Down @ The Heart ]
[ If There Was A Finish Line ]
[ When Was The Start? ]
[ A Kind Word From A Stranger May Be Just That ]
[ It Deserves A Thoughtful Thank You ]
[ A Tip Of The Hat ]
[ & Then With A Blink That Lonely Man Is Gone ]
[ Because It Was Past The Time For Him To Move On ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(28)▪︎[ Foster Kids … 1•9•2021 ]
[ Some People Say That Kids In Foster Care
Do Not Dream ]
[ Instead In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ They Have Nightmares That Make Them Scream ]
[ They Never Feel Like Their Feet Are On Solid Ground ]
[ They Are Always Waiting For The Sound ]
[ Of Someone Saying That It Was Time To Move ]
[ It Could Be A Month Or A Couple Of Years ]
[ So They Never Get Into A Groove ]
[ Their Head Keeps Spinning ]
[ Because Their Life Keeps Beginning ]
[ It Seems That They Are Never Winning ]
[ @ The Game Of Life ]
[ When They Look Through The Tunnel ]
[ They Just Don’t See The Light ]
[ Be It The Sun Or Of An Oncoming Train ]
[ Making Them Afraid ]
[ To Rejoice Or Refrain ]
[ From Having The Happiness Of A Growing Child ]
[ & Not Having Any Control Of His Small Piece
Of Tile ]
[ That He Lives On ]
[ His Security Is Not Gone ]
[ Because He Has Never Had That Feeling Before ]
[ He Always Anticipates That Knock On The Door ]
[ Waiting For A Representative From The State ]
[ To Tell Them There Is Another Move In Store ]
[ All He Wants To Do Is Yell ( WAIT! ) ]
[ ( I DON’t WANT TO MOVE ANYMORE! ) ]
[ But He Knows That His Pleas Will Fall On Deaf Ears ]
[ Nobody Listens ]
[ Nobody Hears ]
[ They Just Want To Be ]
[ Adopted & Settled With A Good, Loving Family ]
[ Where They Feel Nurtured ]
[ & Loved ]
[ So Then & Only Then … They Can Finally Have Dreams About The
Future ]
~ The End ~
[ Auhea kuʻu hoaaloha ]
[ Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e pono ai e lawe i kēia moʻolelo
i kahi hopena ]
[ Mahalo no ka hoʻoloheʻana i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ]
[ No laila,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka mea ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1128)▪︎[ It Is Gone … 12•21•2020 ]
[It Seems Like All I Want To Do Lately
Is Sleep ]
[ Not Just A Light Nap ]
[ It Seems Like I Want To Go Deep ]
[ It Seems ]
[ That I Don’t Remember Any Of My Dreams ]
[ Though ]
[ That, I Know ]
[ Not Good Or Bad ]
[ No Happy Ones Or Ones That Are Sad ]
[ My Subconscious Is Left Floating On Air ]
[ Not A Single Thought There ]
[ I Have No Idea What Is Going On ]
[ I Don’t Know Why My Imagination Is Gone ]
[ It Just Is ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1235)▪︎[ This Is A Recording … 10•13•19 ]
[ I Remember Putting On A Brave Face ]
[ To Hide The Symptoms Of Depression ]
[ I Always Felt Like A Disgrace ]
[ Because I Needed to Make A Confession ]
[ Whenever Someone Would Ask ]
[ [ HOW ARE THINGS? ] ]
[ I Wanted To Take Off My Mask ]
[ & Tell Them About The Guilt That Depression Brings ]
[ I Could Never Get Away From The Guilt Because It Was
Always On My Mind ]
[ Add My PTSD To The Mix ]
[ & It Seemed Like I Was Always On Rewind ]
[ PTSD Affects Me In Many Different Ways ]
[ & It Can Affect Me For Many Consecutive Days ]
[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ There Were Days Where All I Wanted To Do Was Shout ]
[ Because I Was Having Nightmares About Subjects That
I Knew Nothing About ]
[ Later In The Day The Subject Would Become Clear ]
[ I Was Having Nightmares About Things That I Fear ]
[ Can You Hear That? ]
[ I Can ]
[ I Just Don’t Know Where I’m @ ]
[ As A Man ]
[ Oh, I’ve Been Sitting Here All Of The Time ]
[ Having Flashbacks ]
[ In Between Writing Rhymes ]
[ What’s The Subject For The Day? ]
[ Even In My Confusion ]
[ My Thoughts Can Still Stay ]
[ But I Didn’t Want Or Need Them All ]
[ When One Wouldn’t Go Away ]
[ It Drove Me Up The Wall ]
[ How Do I Keep My Modesty & Sanity? ]
[ In A World Filled With ]
[ Insanity & Vanity? ]
[ That’s One Reason That I Try To Keep My Thoughts Wrapped
Up Nice & Tight ]
[ Because Sometimes When I Try To Verbalize Them ]
[ Things Don’t Quite ]
[ Sound Right ]
[ But Most Of The Time I Stay In My Head ]
[ So My Expressionless Face Can’t Be Read ]
[ But Then Complimentary Words Would Go Unsaid ]
[ Often My Home Was My De-Compression Zone ]
[ A Better Place ]
[ Was Never Known ]
[ I Had To Find Another Place Where I Felt As Safe As Before ]
[ Would I Ever Be Able To Find That Door? ]
[ Where It Was Safe To Walk On It’s Floor? ]
[ Now I Know A Place Where I Can Take My Thoughts & Park ]
[ It’s When I Go To Sleep In The Dark ]
[ When I Open My Eyes I’d Hear This Song ]
[ That Usually Told Me When Something Was Wrong ]
[ I’d Tell Myself [ BE STRONG, BE STRONG ] ]
[ Even When I Did Not Quite Know What Was Going On ]
[ When I Could Clearly See ]
[ I’d Find That There Is Nobody In The Room ]
[ With Me ]
[ Then I’d Wonder [ HOW COULD THIS BE? ] ]
[ I Figured Out That It Was Another Flashback ]
[ Caused By My PTSD ]
[ How Can I Get Away From This Disorder ]
[ That Is Like A Recorder ]
[ [ SHUT DOWN! SHUT DOWN! ]
[ Is What I Tell Myself ]
[ It Never Works, It Never Works, I’ve Found ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(47)▪︎[ Who Wears The Crown? … 1•14•2021 ]
[ What Goes Up, Doesn’t Always Come Down ]
[ Just Like The Most Powerful Man ]
[ Does Not Wear The Crown ]
[ The Most Powerful Person May Be A Woman Of
Any Age ]
[ The One Without A Temper Problem ]
[ Could Have The Most Rage ]
[ The Kind Of Rage That Wells Up From Deep Deep
Down Inside ]
[ The Path Is Long ]
[ & The Path Is Wide ]
[ The One That Takes On That Role ]
[ Could Have The Biggest Heart ]
[ & The Most Pure Soul ]
[ Because I Believd That You Have A Soul, You Are
Not One ]
[ When You Die ]
[ The Purpose Of Having A Soul Is Done ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(29)▪︎[ You Did Not Fail … 1•9•2021 ]
[ Just Because It Took You Longer ]
[ Doesn’t Mean You Failed ]
[ Maybe What Made You Stronger ]
[ Was That You Never Bailed ]
[ On The Responsibilities ]
[ That Eventually ]
[ Opened Up More Opportunities ]
[ Doors Open As Soon As Some Close ]
[ You Take Risks ]
[ Going To Places That Nobody Chose ]
[ Being A Risk Taker Has Paid Off For So Far ]
[ Just Like When You Go Outside @ Night ]
[ & Look For The Brightest Star ]
[ You Often Let Your Mind Wander To Distant
Lands ]
[ Where Nobody Knows You ]
[ To Make Any Demands ]
[ Demands On Your Thoughts ]
[ & Demands On Your Time ]
[ Sometimes All You’ve Got ]
[ To Show For The Effort Is Two Nickels & A Dime ]
[ Making It Almost Impossible To Make A Dent ]
[ On Car Payments ]
[ Or Rent ]
[ So The Dreams Of Being Free Is What Gets You
Through ]
[ & The Fiance & A Small Circle Of Friends]
[ That Has Always Been True & Real For You ]
[ The Wedding In The Future Seems ]
[ Like It Is The Live Version ]
[ Of One Of Your Past Dreams ]
[ Live For The Future, But Learn From Your Past ]
[ The Man That You Chose To Marry ]
[ Will Give It His All To Make It Last ]
[ Never Go To Bed With Problems On Your Mind ]
[ Always Let Your Last Words @ Night For Your Husband ]
[ Be Loving & Kind ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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