[ When You Hear A Loud Outside, It Startles You Awake ]
[ It Always Makes You Shiver & Shake ]
[ When You Look, It Is Pitch Black Outside ]
[ Now Your Eyes Are Open Wide ]
[ You Don’t Know If Anyone Is Out There ]
[ & That Makes You Pull @ Your Hair ]
[ The Pitch Black Always Makes You Wonder ]
[ Will There Be A Storm Coming In ]
[ Bringing The Lightning & Thunder? ]
[ You Are Not Telling A Lie ]
[ When You Say That You Love When The Lightning Flashes
Across The Sky ]
[ It Is The Thunder That Gets Inside Your Head ]
[ As You Lay In Your Bed ]
[ Thunder Makes A (BOOM) ]
[ & That Shakes Your Bedroom ]
[ You Could Hear Nothing Else ]
[ You Hope That It Doesn’t Rattle What Is On Your Shelves ]
[ A Minute Or Two ]
[ & The Storm Moves Through ]
[ On To Rattle & Shake Elsewhere ]
[ Where? ]
[ You Don’t Really Care ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(682)▪︎[ A Sad Statement … 8•15•2021 ]
[ You Don’t Make Things Up, Just To Write Something Nice ]
[ You Never Think ]
[ That Every Word That You Write Will Be Taken As Advice ]
[ You Don’t Say Something Nice Just So YOU Feel Good ]
[ If That Is How It Comes Across ]
[ Than The Whole Situation Has Been Vastly Misunderstood ]
[ You Say Or Do Something With A Pure Heart ]
[ If That Is Not Believed ]
[ Then Why Should You Even Start? ]
[ You Just Want To Make Others Smile ]
[ Not For Just Awhile ]
[ Some People Never Give Or Get A Compliment In Their Life ]
[ They Would Rather Stand On The Side ]
[ & Slash @ People With A Knife ]
[ Cut Downs Is What They Are Used To ]
[ They Are Not Used To What You Come Out & Do ]
[ Some People Are Used To Being Used ]
[ & Pointed @ & Accused ]
[ Men Are The Main Perpetrators ]
[ There Is The Occasional Woman ]
[ & Men Are Also Some Of The Worst Instigators ]
[ You Are Not Expecting Anything Out Of It ]
[ You Are Not Saying Anything Just To Show Your Wit ]
[ Everybody Should Like A Little Sunshine Sprinkled On
Their Head ]
[ Would They Rather Have Negative Remarks Thrown @ Them ]
[ That Sticks In Their Memory, Instead? ]
[ You Guess Negative Comments Are Much Easier To Take ]
[ They Sure Are Easier To Make ]
[ Their Height, Their Weight Or What They Are Wearing ]
[ It Is Much Easier To Say Something That Shows That
You Not Caring ]
[ None Of Those Would Be Worth Sharing ]
[ It Seems That People Accept Rude Comments Much Easier
Than They Do Compliments ]
[ & That Is A Very Sad Statement ]
[ Why Is It Easier For Some To Accept Remarks That Cut? ]
[ Instead Of Compliments That Are Supposed To Lift Their
Spirits Up? ]
[ People Are Quick To Tear Others Down ]
[ Than They Are To Say Something Nice To Replace The
Frown ]
[ It Is Really Strange How That Works ]
[ The Good Guys Always Finish Last ]
[ Because Some People Are Used To The People That Spend
Their Time Being Jerks ]
[ & That Is Sad ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(681)▪︎[ The Bad Years … 8•16•2021 ]
[ There Were Years When All You Wanted To Do Was Just
Lay Down & Drift Off Into A Deep ]
[ Long Sleep ]
[ Could Anybody Take Your Pain Away? ]
[ Even For A Day? ]
[ If You Took All Of Those Pills, Would That Do The Trick? ]
[ You Had All Of Those Bottles From Which To Pick ]
[ Days Were Dark ]
[ You Had No Drive ]
[ You Felt Like You Were Stuck In Park ]
[ You Failed To Thrive ]
[ The Nights Were Even Darker ]
[ The Bad Images In Your Mind Were Always Larger ]
[ The Sounds Of That Person In Pain ]
[ You Heard Over & Over Again ]
[ Being Stuck In A (3) Hour Riot ]
[ Has Stolen All Of The Times When You Needed It To Be Quiet ]
[ There Was Nothing You Could Do ]
[ The Whole System Failed You ]
[ You Had To Listen To That Kid Getting Beat ]
[ All The While The Powers That Had Been There ]
[ Directed You To Take A Seat ]
[ This All Became Your PTSD In A Nutshell ]
[ So For So Many Years Your Memory Dragged You Through
Hell ]
[ You Can’t Say (& BACK) Because Sometimes Your Memory
Left You There ]
[ These Kinds Of Memories You NEVER Share ]
[ Unless You Wanted To Scare ]
[ Whoever You Were Talking To ]
[ Whenever You Were In A Flashback You Never Knew ]
[ What To Do ]
[ So Your Dark Days Extended To (21) Or (22) Hours Long ]
[ Everything In Your Head Was Wrong ]
[ You Stopped Feeling Strong ]
[ You Never Turned To Alcohol Or Any Illicit Drugs ]
[ You Never Turned Into A Thug ]
[ But You Did Turn Into Your Worst Enemy ]
[ You Could Not See ]
[ How Things Should Be ]
[ All Because Of Your PTSD ]
[ If Only You Could Go To Sleep For A Day Or Two ]
[ Would All Of These Sleeping Pills See You Through? ]
[ They Almost Did That ]
[ I Was @ The Count Of (2) On The Mat ]
[ But Then You Woke Up One Day ]
[ Then Decided That Wasn’t The Way ]
[ Everyday Since Then, You Walk The Fine ]
[ Imaginary Line ]
[ Do You Want To Go? ]
[ Or Do You Want To Stay? ]
[ Do You Always Know ]
[ That It Is Okay If You Are Not Feeling Okay? ]
[ You Say That Only The Wise ]
[ Recognize ]
[ The Prize ]
[ Through All The Angst & Strife ]
[ The Prize Is Living Your Life ]
[ The Best That You Possibly Can ]
[ & Try To Be Your Biggest Fan ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(003)▪︎[ The First Day … 1•1•2020 ]
[ Today Is The First Day Of The New Year ]
[ Is It Going To Be Full Of Cheer? ]
[ Or Are There Going To Be Problems That Kick You In The Rear? ]
[ To Some This Is The Start Of The 2020 Decade ]
[ Will You Need Or Come To Someone’s Aid? ]
[ If You’re Always Going To Be There @ The Drop Of A Hat ]
[ Are You Able To Let A Stranger Come Up To Bat ]
[ & Take Their Swings? ]
[ That May Help Them Get Their Wings ]
[ When You Randomly Give Things ]
[ You’ll Soon Realize What Happiness It Brings ]
[ But Always Use Your Common Sense ]
[ Don’t Leave Someone Hanging ]
[ In Suspense ]
[ If You Are Going To Give, Then Give ]
[ Make It Easier For Someone To Live ]
[ Will The New Decade Bring New Problems ]
[ That You Won’t Want To Face? ]
[ Can You Solve Them? ]
[ So You Can Put Your Priorities Back In Place? ]
[ Face This New Decade Head On ]
[ If You Run & Hide ]
[ & Then Threw Them Out Onto The Lawn ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(005)▪︎[ What’s Possible … 1•2•2019 ]
[ @ Times I See What’s Possible ]
[ Instead Of What’s Already Here ]
[ When Things Look Attainable ]
[ I Look For Ways To Make The Vision Clear ]
[ Some People Make Things Happen ]
[ Others Look To Dampen ]
[ The Bright Days Of Their Peers ]
[ & They’ve Been Doing That For Years ]
[ They Just Want To Rain On People’s Parades ]
[ They Do This Under The Disguise That They Are Playing
An Innocent Game Of Charades ]
[ Just Never Turn Your Back ]
[ & Watch Out For A Stab ]
[ @ The Beginning Of An Attack ]
[ For It Will Inevitably Come ]
[ Some People Around You Have No Heart ]
[ & Their Emotions Are Cold & Numb ]
[ Sometimes In Life You Have To Play The Game ]
[ It Might Be Different In Name ]
[ But Their Objective Is The Same ]
[ Disrupt The Calm ]
[ Hide Their Intentions In Their Clenched Palm ]
[ Then Let Them Out ]
[ When Others Show Doubt ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1144)▪︎[ Not The Good Kind Of Luck … 9•20•2019 ]
[ You Have Come To Notice That You Have The Luck Of A Cracked Mirror ]
[ The Bad Luck Keeps Showing Up ]
[ Year After Year ]
[ This Bad Luck Doesn’t End @ Seven Years & Then Go Away ]
[ No, This Bad Luck Is Here To Stay ]
[ Day After Long Day ]
[ It Affects Your Everyday Living ]
[ This Kind Of Luck Keeps Being ]
[ The Gift That Keeps On Giving ]
[ The One That You’re Not Seeing ]
[ Bad Luck Has Such A Profound Effect On Your Life ]
[ It’s Like The Switch ]
[ That Turns Out The Light ]
[ It’s Like The Seven Year Itch ]
[ That You Try Your Hardest To Fight ]
[ Bad Luck Trys To Pony Up To Your Side ]
[ Under The Pretense It’s Good Luck ]
[ Until You Figured Out It Lied ]
[ But By Then It’s Too Late ]
[ Because You Were Tricked ]
[ Into Thinking That This Luck Is Great ]
[ Great It Is Not ]
[ This Kind Of Luck Leaves You On The Spot ]
[ & It Usually Is Someplace Hot ]
[ Sometimes It Makes Your Life Be A Living Hell ]
[ This Is Not Something That Makes Your Heart Swell ]
[ This Is Something That Puts Out & Leaves A Bad Smell ]
[ In The Air ]
[ Because Bad Luck Doesn’t Actually Care ]
[ Bad Luck Does Not Do This On A Dare ]
[ You Start Wearing The Smell Like A Bad Suit ]
[ If You Ever Look For The Origin ]
[ It’s The Bad Luck That Took Root ]
[ You Won’t Win ]
[ Because You Can Never Give It The Boot ]
[ So Go Break As Many Mirrors As You Deem Fit ]
[ That Won’t Decrease Your Bad Luck One Bit ]
[ It Wears You Down & Makes You Want To Sit ]
[ & Just Take It ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1140)▪︎[ Same Blood, Not Family … 9•8•2019 ]
[ Just Because They Share The Same Blood ]
[ Doesn’t Always Make Them Family, Because ]
[ Blood Doesn’t Always Connect Your Soul & Heart ]
[ Some People With The Same Last Name ]
[ Have The Ambition To Tear Your Life Apart ]
[ Hatred Can Easily Course Through Their Veins ]
[ You Always Want Sunshine ]
[ While They Only Like It When It Rains ]
[ A Person You Meet By Dumb Luck ]
[ Could Be The Who That Always Keeps You Up ]
[ Even Though You Might Not Have The Same Blood ]
[ Doesn’t Mean You’ll Never Walk Through The Same Mud ]
[ You Can Be One Half Of A Twin Set ]
[ & Later On In Life ]
[ It Could Feel Like You Just Met ]
[ When You Take A Spouse ]
[ & Go Buy A House ]
[ You Start A Family Where The Blood Is Only Half Yours ]
[ But When You Follow Your Course ]
[ You’ll Find The Family That You Need To Find ]
[ & Then You Won’t Mind ]
[ That Some Of Your Family ]
[ Did Not Start Their Life As Part Of Your Family ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(676)▪︎[ Outside Of The Norm … 8•12•2021 ]
[ It May Not Be So Sappy ]
[ That You Don’t Have To Be Okay ]
[ To Strive To Be Happy ]
[ It Is Okay, To Feel Sad ]
[ It Is Okay, To Feel Bad ]
[ Depending On The Reason ]
[ Not The Season ]
[ It Is Okay To Not Always Be @ The Top Of Your Game ]
[ Everyday ]
[ There Is No One To Blame ]
[ On Why Things Might Be That Way ]
[ It Is Okay If You Are Not In The Mood To Talk ]
[ As We Take A Silent Walk ]
[ Silence Is Nice When Others Around You No Why ]
[ You Do Not Need To Smile & Lie ]
[ Be Honest With Those Around You ]
[ Don’t Play Them Like A Fool ]
[ Maybe They Are Not Okay, Too ]
[ & They Look To You For Guidance ]
[ & Being A Good Alliance ]
[ Not Giving Them Defiance ]
[ More Than A Few People Are Not Okay In Some Form ]
[ Because It Is Okay To Live Outside Of The Norm ]
[ If You Are Not Hurting Yourself ]
[ Or Anybody Else ]
[ It Is Quite Okay ]
[ Anyday ]
[ To Not Be Okay ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(674)▪︎[ Not The Ideal Way To Live … 8•12•2021 ]
[ Do You Know What Friends Are For? ]
[ Are They There To Help You Up Off Of The Floor? ]
[ Maybe They Are There To Pat You On The Back ]
[ Or To Always Have Your (6) ]
[ Whenever You Might Be Under Attack ]
[ They Put Out Their Hand When You Need One ]
[ They Spend Time With You When Life Is Not All That Fun ]
[ Not Everyday, Is Filled With Fun & Games ]
[ A Friend Is Always There When You Start Kicking Ass &
Taking Names ]
[ A Good Friend Also Brings Good Conversations ]
[ Talking About Any Subject Without Reservations ]
[ You Can Talk About Most Anything ]
[ & Honesty Is King ]
[ Honor & Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ Helping Those Who Had Less Than Yourself ]
[ Giving Homeless People Food Off Of Your Own Shelf ]
[ Because One Detour Off Of Your Life’s Path Could Find
Yourself There, Too ]
[ It Is What Could Be Done ]
[ Not Because Of What You Do ]
[ A Homeless Man Did Not Wish He Would Be One When He Was
A Young Boy ]
[ Somewhere Along His Path, Something Happened That Took
Away His Joy ]
[ Maybe What Changed His Life ]
[ Was When He Lost His Wife ]
[ That Could Be A Legitimate Reason ]
[ & Then He Had To Live Outside Where The Weather Was Freezing ]
[ Nobody Wants To Get In A Mess ]
[ That Will Cause Them To Be Homeless ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(673)▪︎[ To Choose Or Not To Choose … 8•11•2021 ]
[ Way In The Back Of Your Mind ]
[ You Look For The Answer To The Question That Continues
To Stump All Of Mankind ]
[ Why Are We Here On This Earth? ]
[ Have We All Had A Purpose Here, Ever Since Birth? ]
[ Are We Really Supposed To Get Along With Others? ]
[ Are We Supposed To Grow-Up To Battle With Our Brothers ]
[ Love Thy Neighbor, But To Hell With The Family ]
[ How Can This Be? ]
[ Blood Does Not Always Turn Out To Be The Ones That Are
Around You When Your Life Comes To An End ]
[ Family Usually Tends To Be Made Up Of A Couple Of Good
Friends ]
[ You Grow Up Being Told That You Can’t Ever Pick Your
Family, But Then You Find Out Otherwise ]
[ As You Find Out ]
[ When You Were Young, You Are Told A Handful Of Lies ]
[ Blood Family Members Do Not Always Stick Around ]
[ It Is Usually A Good Friend That Helps You Up Off Of The
Ground ]
[ Family Members All Have Free Will ]
[ If They Ever Want To Stick Around When You Get Ill ]
[ Every Single Person Has Their Own Agenda To Work
Towards ]
[ People Usually Don’t Put Their Hand Out Unless There
Are Personal Rewards ]
[ During The Holidays Do You Think That Most Family Members
Want To Be There? ]
[ Most Do Not Care ]
[ It Is Far More Rewarding To Have People That Want To Come
Over & Spend Time With You ]
[ For An Hour Or Two ]
[ When Nobody Was Forced ]
[ Where Nobody Was Coerced ]
[ Family Get Togethers Are Mind Numbing ]
[ How Many Really Enjoy Coming? ]
[ It So Much More Rewarding To Become Part Of A Family Than
To Be Expected To Be Part Of One ]
[ The Way You Grew Up ]
[ (30) Years Ago, You Were Done ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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