[ How Do I Look, Through Your Eyes? ]
[ Do You Think, That I Am Just One Of Those Guys ]
[ That Smiles ]
[ While Telling You, A Bunch Of Lies? ]
[ So I’m Just, A Guy ]
[ Who Tells, Lie After Lie? ]
[ Why Would You, Think That ]
[ Because You Might Think That I May Have An Allergy ]
[ To Telling You, The Needed Facts? ]
[ What, Have I Done? ]
[ To Ruin, Your Fun? ]
[ Some Say, That I Crave Trouble ]
[ But I Just Don’t Want, Resistance ]
[ Because I Live, In A Bubble ]
[ & I Never, Ask For Assistance ]
[ It Is Not Like I Think, Getting Help, Means That You Are Weak ]
[ Some Of The Words, That I Would, Have To Say ]
[ I Just Don’t Speak ]
[ I Rarely Used The (H) Word ]
[ But It Is Something That Seems To Be ]
[ The Only Words That I Have Heard ]
[ Yesterday & Last Night ]
[ Sometimes, The Word (HELP) ]
[ Causes Some People, To Start A Fight ]
[ Fighting, Against Family Or Friends ]
[ Can Go On A Long Long Time ]
[ & Having, A Bruised Ego Never Ends ]
[ Confrontation, Or Trouble, Is Not Somthing That I Seek ]
[ If That Was The Case ]
[ This Is What I Speak ]
[ People Even Think That All I Do Is Hurt ]
[ That Is Not Always True ]
[ If You Asked The Heart That Pumps Under My Shirt ]
[ I Would Give The Shirt, If Needed Or Asked ]
[ I Would Think Nothing, If Given This Task ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(421)▪︎[ William W. … 6•21•2022 ]
[ Today’s Caregiver Is A Young Man Named William & He
Is Quite Tall ]
[ He Has A Proud & Authoritative Voice That Would Be
Heard By All ]
[ He Told Me That He Stands Tall @ 5′ 7″ ]
[ His Presence Has Him Standing @ 5′ 11″ ]
[ He Seems To Not Care Of Feet Or Inches ]
[ He Looks Like He Has Nerves Made Out Of Steel ]
[ So I Bet He Rarely Flinches ]
[ I Asked For His Last Name, So … ]
[ I Could Find A Word That Rhymes With Show ]
[ He Is A Very Young (36) ]
[ Given The Chance Or Choice ]
[ Those (2) Numbers Put Together Would Not Be My Picks ]
[ The Last State That He Lived In Before He Came Here ]
[ Was Our Neighbor Up North ]
[ He Did Not Shed A Tear ]
[ Knowing That He No Longer Had To Keep Driving Back & Forth ]
[ His Girlfriend Already Lived Here Working As An Accountant
Counting Numbers ]
[ I Bet Balancing A Checkbook Does Not Cause Her To
Slumber ]
[ William Told Me Stories About What Living In Kenya Was Like ]
[ I Don’t Think The Dominate First Name Would Be Mike ]
[ He Told Me About A Situation That Happened In A Mall ]
[ I Did Not Ask If It Happened In The Spring, Summer, Winter Or
Fall ]
[ Earlier When We Were Talking I Could Not Remember A Specific
Word ]
[ This Wasn’t One That I Have Regularly Heard ]
[ I Laughed @ Myself Because I Told Him That I Would Probably
Remember It Days From Now ]
[ The Problem Would Be How? ]
[ A Couple Of Hours Later I Remembered The Word That Should
Not Had Been Too Hard ]
[ The (2) Words Were (NATIONAL GUARD) ]
[ We Have Talked About A Wide Variety Of Subjects ]
[ I Feel That We Never Talked About Any Of Them Out Of Context ]
[ I Don’t Think That There Would Be A Subject That William Could
Not Talk About ]
[ I Am Glad That He Has A Calm Demeanor & Does Not Shout ]
[ Of All Of The States He Could Have Lived In, He Picked
This One ]
[ He Is Good Addition To Or e Gun ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(347)▪︎[ Like An Open Book … 5•10•2022 ]
[ Where Do I Begin? ]
[ When Do I Let You In? ]
[ Why? ]
[ Should I? ]
[ When I Let Someone In, I Feel As Vulnerable As An Open Book ]
[ Just Laid Out For Anyone To Peer Inside To Take A Look ]
[ Some Give Me Sympathy ]
[ Some Give Me Empathy ]
[ Some Look Away ]
[ Some Run Away To Stay ]
[ Away For Good ]
[ Because They Misunderstood ]
[ The Message In Front Of Them ]
[ So They Choked On Their Own Phlegm ]
[ & Almost Gasped ]
[ As They Tried To Grasp ]
[ The Meaning ]
[ Because To Them, They Thought That The Message They Were
Sent Was Demeaning ]
[ Some Ran ]
[ Because They Did Not Understand ]
[ The Ones That Stayed ]
[ Felt That It Was Knowledge That They Gained ]
[ Because Is There No Such Thing As Right Or Wrong? ]
[ Weak Or Strong ]
[ If You’re Weak, Someone, From Somewhere, Will Want To Get
Over On You ]
[ Why? ]
[ Because That Is What Some People Do ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(918)▪︎[ Today’s News … 11•1•2020 ]
[ So Many People In Today’s News ]
[ Push & Push ]
[ Their Own Personal Views ]
[ They Say That I Must Like Them Because Of That & This ]
[ & My Only Reply To That Is ( YOU WISH! ) ]
[ Their Name & Personal Cause Is Not On My List ]
[ I Only Like Someone Because I Want To ]
[ So That May Never Be You, You Or You ]
[ & I Am Sure You Know ]
[ That Is Not Something New ]
[ My Views Are Made By Me ]
[ & Only Matters To Me ]
[ & Is Only Shared By Me ]
[ Let Me Get My Opinion About You On My Own ]
[ So Now That I See That Is Going To Be Your Tone ]
[ There Is The Door ]
[ Then Leave Me Alone! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(021)▪︎[ Another Bust … 1•6•2022 ]
[ Well, Another One Bites The Dust ]
[ She Wasn’t Here Long Enough To Scrape Off The Rust ]
[ It Might Have Been Because Of A Harmless Text ]
[ Then She Abruptly Put A Stop Out There, So There Would
Not Be A Next ]
[ The Way Hers Came Across, Was Very Rude ]
[ It Was Short, Like A Tweet ]
[ But It Came Across With Alot Of Attitude! ]
[ You Thought That The (2) Days That She Was Here Went Okay ]
[ If Things Were This Bad, What Didn’t She Say? ]
[ You Wish That Only The Grown-Ups Would Pull Up A Chair @ The
Adult Table ]
[ Do Things Like This, Only Happen In A Fable? ]
[ Sometimes You Are Your Worst Enemy ]
[ You Just Want People To See Who You Can Be ]
[ You Could Be Light Hearted Most Of The Time ]
[ But Always Have To Remember That Mountain To Climb ]
[ That Mountain Is Called Life ]
[ Everyday You Try To Do What Is Right ]
[ So You Don’t Run Around Wielding A Knife ]
[ Or Running With Scissors Through The House ]
[ Would Not Go Over To Well With Your Spouse ]
[ But This Woman Turned Into A Spoiled Little Girl ]
[ Sitting There Not Paying Attention ]
[ Concentrating By Playing With Her Curls ]
[ She Complained About Complaints That Never Was ]
[ She Did It To Get Out Of The Assignment ]
[ & Just Because ]
[ She Was A Bitch In Sheeps Disguise ]
[ So You Could Not Get Out Of The Way Of This Persons Lies ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(010)▪︎[ Oh … It’s You! … 1•3•2022 ]
(Disclaimer … This Is All Fiction of Course)
[ There Is No Bigger Thrill ]
[ Than Going Up & Down The Aisles Of Wahlgreens ]
[ When You Have Time To Kill ]
[ But Sometimes You Find Time To Sit ]
[ By The Pharmacy ]
[ Listening To The People Standing Around Talking About A
Variety Of Shit ]
[ The Blonde, Older Woman Hurrying From Aisle To Aisle ]
[ Looking @ This & That ]
[ Sometimes, Stopping For Awhile ]
[ Then Listening To The Daddy Talking About Steve Jobs &
Stocks ]
[ Looking @ The Kid ]
[ You Could Tell, That He Won’t Be Wearing Out Too Many
Jocks ]
[ Another Daddy Coming Out Of The Bathroom, With Chatty
Kids ]
[ The Couple In Front Of You Giving Each Other A Kiss ]
[ The Line Keeps Getting Longer & Longer ]
[ The Smell Of Body Odor Keeps Getting Stronger & Stronger ]
[ Finally Your Wife Gets To The Front ]
[ & She Has To Speak To The Pharmacy Tech Very Blunt ]
[ (I WANT MY MEDS) She Shouts ]
[ & That Brings The Store Manager Out ]
[ To See What All Of The Shouting Is All About ]
[ Then He Locks Eyes With Your Wife & Says (OH, IT’s YOU!) ]
[ Then She Shouts Back (WOW, SHERLOCK, WHAT WAS YOUR
FIRST CLUE?!) ]
[ No Other Guy ]
[ Should Lock Eyes ]
[ With Your Wife, While Figuring Out Her Size ]
[ Your Wife Will Not Back Down From Any Guy Or Gal ]
[ She Is So Smooth ]
[ They Would Leave Thinking That They Made A Lifetime Pal ]
[ But Money Is Money ]
[ Don’t Be Dripping Hate On The Counter & Calling It Honey ]
[ They Might Get Smacked ]
[ If They Try To Pass It Off Like That ]
[ The Manager Looked Pretty Rough ]
[ Then Came Back Acting All Tough ]
[ He Took His Time To Roll Up Each Sleeve ]
[ He Gave Her A Huge Discount ]
[ So She Would Not Leave ]
[ My Wife Made Him Smile ]
[ For Awhile ]
[ That Is (1) Of Many Things That My Wife Is Good @ ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(251)▪︎[ Once Upon A Time … 3•10•2020 ]
[ Once Upon A Time, In A Land Far Far Away ]
[ There Was This Boy Who Wanted To Runaway Just For
That Day ]
[ But Then He Sat & Thought (THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
NO REASONS) ]
[ (WHY I SHOULDN’T STAY AWAY FOR MANY SEASON’s?) ]
[ It’s Been Made Perfectly Clear ]
[ That Only His Dog Wants Him Here ]
[ Those Thoughts Used To Tug @ His Heart ]
[ But He’s Getting Used To Getting Hit By Darts ]
[ Now He Doesn’t Feel The Pinch ]
[ & It Only Goes In Less Than An Inch ]
[ The Main Thing That He Is Proud Of ]
[ Is ]
[ That He Doesn’t Flinch ]
[ That Used To Really Get To Him Before ]
[ Because It Made The Others ]
[ Laugh So Hard, It Had Them Laughing Until They Fell
To The Floor ]
[ (SO BE IT I GUESS) Is What He Thought ]
[ He’s Not ]
[ Going To Argue About What He’s Got ]
[ He Wasn’t Raised To Be A Fool ]
[ He Knows That Some Things In Life Can Be Used As A Tool ]
[ Those Are The Things & Examples That You Treat Like
A Jewel ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(681)▪︎[ Wait For Later In Your Life … 8•9•2020 ]
[ Be A Tomorrow Person & Don’t Settle On What You Are
Doing Now ]
[ Celebrate Your Accomplishments Later ]
[ & Then Say ( WOW! ) ]
[ But Don’t Be A Hater ]
[ & Need To Know How ]
[ Accomplishments Are Great When You Can Reminisce About
The Years That Have Gone By ]
[ Talk About Them ]
[ Brag About Them ]
[ Just Don’t Lie ]
[ It Is Good To Share ]
[ With People Who Care ]
[ But Never With A Person Who Does Not Believe That You
Were There ]
[ You Know You Were, So You Should Never Have To
Prove You Were ]
[ Your Intentions Are Pure ]
[ That Showed That You Were Sure ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(680)▪︎[ Get Up … Get Up! … 8•8•2020 ]
[ Sometimes It May Seem Like Life Is Beating You Down ]
[ Then When You Look Up ]
[ The View You Have Is That Of Looking Up From The Ground ]
[ How Did You Get There? ]
[ Laying On The Ground Looking Up Into The Air? ]
[ You Dust Yourself Off, Then Wipe Off Your Hands ]
[ Then You Look To The Sky ]
[ & Say Thank You For Another Chance ]
[ The Chance To Screw Up Again? ]
[ Then You Realize ]
[ That Screwing Up Is Not A Sin ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(679)▪︎[ What Side? … 8•7•2020 ]
[ Okay … You Need To Look @ Things From MY Side ]
[ Does That Get You To Open Your Eyes Really Wide? ]
[ You Seem To Think That Yours Is The Only Side To See ]
[ That Is Not True ]
[ For Me ]
[ You Say I Don’t See Your Side Only When I Don’t Agree
With You ]
[ We Are Two Totally Different People ]
[ Who Has Two ]
[ Totally Different Points Of View ]
[ From What You Have Grown Up Doing & Experiencing
Makes Us Who We Are ]
[ There Are Many Nights ]
[ When I Know I’m Not The Brightest Or Shiniest Star ]
[ I Try To Always Understand What You Are Talking About ]
[ But Sometimes I Don’t ]
[ Those Are The Times When We Needed To Talk It Out ]
[ But Those Times I Won’t ]
[ Be Filled With Doubt ]
[ When I Don’t Think That You Don’t See Mine ]
[ & Since I Don’t Scream & Shout ]
[ You Think That Is Fine ]
[ & We Don’t Discuss Those Points Anymore ]
[ You Don’t Seem To Mind ]
[ That My Concerns Are Left On The Floor ]
[ I Don’t Think You Care ]
[ & That’s Not Fair ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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