[ If You Were To Go Your Own Way, Which Way Would
That Be? ]
[ Would You Need A Barrel Of Money? ]
[ Or Would It All Be Free? ]
[ Free Of Problems Or Mistakes? ]
[ Don’t Forget To Stop @ Jack ‘n the Box For Their Thick
Chocolate Milkshakes ]
[ Would You Travel By Car Or Train? ]
[ Über, Bus Or Airplane? ]
[ Nothing Good In Life Is Ever Free For Any Period Of Time
Though ]
[ As You Go ]
[ This Will Be One Of The Most Important Things That You
Will Come To Know ]
[ When You Are Out In The World You Might Come In Contact
With Many Different Cultures ]
[ There Are A More Good People To Meet ]
[ Than Predators & Vultures ]
[ Nice People You Can Walk Around ]
[ Vultures & Predators Try To Grind You Into The Ground ]
[ Would You Need To Tell Someone To Their Face ]
[ That They Would Need To Hurry Up Their Pace? ]
[ So They Won’t Whine ]
[ When They Fall Way Back Behind ]
[ In The Lunch Line? ]
[ Some People You Can’t Help ]
[ Those People Try To Drag You Down ]
[ By Grabbing Onto Your Belt ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(505)▪︎[ Things Were Good … 6•19•2021 ]
[ Have You Ever Had Something On Your Mind That You Can’t
Get Away From? ]
[ Something That Bothers You So Much It Makes Your
Brain Numb? ]
[ What Is That Thought That Is Gnawing @ Your Brain ]
[ When You Try To Close Your Eyes ]
[ The Silence Is As Loud As A Passenger Train ]
[ Can You Smell What You Can’t Always See? ]
[ Can You Hear As Well As A Bumble Bee? ]
[ You Go To The Ocean To See The Scenery ]
[ Than You Come Back To The Country To Check Out The
Greenery ]
[ When You Come Back To The City ]
[ You Come Back To Get Some Coffee @ The Beanery ]
[ Than, In A Way ]
[ You Call It A Day ]
[ & Say That Things Were Good ]
[ When Nothing Was Misunderstood ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(520)▪︎[ A Happy Marriage … 6•26•2021 ]
[ Being ½ Of A Successful Marriage Partnership, Has Been The
Hardest Job, You Have Ever Had ]
[ Though Alot More Rewarding, Than Your Failed Attempt @
Being A Dad ]
[ You Can’t Make Somebody, Love You ]
[ No Matter How Hard You Try ]
[ & No Matter, What You Do ]
[ In A Marriage, You Get What You Give ]
[ It All Depends, On How You Want To Live ]
[ Peace & Harmony Are Two Important Ingredients, To Work
For ]
[ If You Don’t Have That, For The Majority Of The Time ]
[ Someone, Would Be Headed For The Door ]
[ One Thing, That People Say ]
[ Is That You Don’t Want To Be Mad @ Each Other @ The End Of
The Day ]
[ That Is Nearly Impossible To Happen ]
[ Once Something Is Said … ]
[ Then … ]
[ An Argument Is Hard To Stop ]
[ A Subject That You Are Talking About, Is Hard To Drop ]
[ Being Understanding & Having Patience Are A Must ]
[ (2) Very Important Tasks, Is To Give & Have Trust ]
[ ( HELLO ) Turns To Like, Then Turns To Love ]
[ A Committment Is Made, That Is As Tight As A Glove ]
[ Through The Years, Each Other Goes Through Changes, But
They Always Need To Adjust As They Come ]
[ Never, You Say Never, Call Your Spouse Dumb ]
[ It Is Imperative ]
[ That In Stressful Times, You Need To Get Creative ]
[ Understand That Each Of You Comes With Emotional
Baggage & Faults ]
[ Always Give, From The Heart ]
[ & Show More Emotions Than A Robot ]
[ Celebrate Milestones & Never Forget Birthdays Or The
Anniversary Of Your Wedding Day ]
[ Stick Together Through The Good & The Bad ]
[ & … Stay ]
[ You Are 25 Years In ]
[ & You Would Do All Of This All Over Again & Again ]
[ But You Would Also Change A Few Events That Blocked
Your Path ]
[ You Would Have Done Better In Your Classes While In
College ]
[ Especially In Math ]
[ Maybe You Would Have Called Out Of Work, The Night Of
The Life-Changing Riot ]
[ & Stayed Home Where There Was Peace & Quiet ]
[ You Would Change How You Raised Your Son ]
[ The Way He Is Now ]
[ You Never Liked How It Was All Done ]
[ Other Than That One Major Thing ]
[ You Sure Picked The Right Woman To Give Your Ring ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(525)▪︎[ Do Things Differently … 6•28•2021 ]
[ Whenever You Felt Like Taking A Walk ]
[ Around The Block ]
[ You Liked To Think Alot ]
[ & @ Times, You Liked To Be Deep In Thought ]
[ Sometimes Your Thoughts Would Travel ]
[ Sometimes Your Ideas Would Unravel ]
[ Not Every Thought Could Be Strong ]
[ Not Every Thought Was Wrong ]
[ There Were Times ]
[ When Your Thoughts Turned Into Rhymes ]
[ The Rhymes That Did Flow ]
[ Were The Times When Things Went Slow ]
[ But Were They Accurate? ]
[ Were They Exact? ]
[ Some Drifted ]
[ Those Were The One’s That Shifted ]
[ A Shift In Thought, In Words, In Topic ]
[ One Day You Were In The Woods ]
[ The Next Day You Had Been In The Tropics ]
[ Not A Barrier In Sight ]
[ No One Telling You ( THAT’s WRONG ) ]
[ ( THAT’s RIGHT ) ]
[ You Made Your Decisions On Your Own ]
[ No One There, Who Gave You A Negative Tone ]
[ Yes, That’s You ]
[ All Alone ]
[ That Is How You Like It Now ]
[ There Is Not A Single Reason To Ask How ]
[ There Is No Reason To Speak ]
[ There Is Not A Reason To Seek ]
[ Anybody Or Anything Out ]
[ No Reason To Pout ]
[ Things Are Turning Out Good ]
[ There Is Not A Thing That Was Misunderstood ]
[ That Is How Things Should Be ]
[ These Are The Things That You See ]
[ Do You Ever Do Things Different? ]
[ Do You Ever Get Stopped By A Deterrent? ]
[ Naw … ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(502)▪︎[ Times … 6•18•2021 ]
[ To Those Who Say ( TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS ) Are
All Wrong ]
[ Those Word’s Are From The One’s Who Think That They Are
Really Strong ]
[ Strong Muscles & Strong Will ]
[ They Would Be The Types That Would Help Jack ‘n Jill ]
[ Bring That Heavy Bucket Of Water ]
[ Up That Steep, Snowy Hill ]
[ How Would Time Heal A Wound That Never Closes ]
[ That Would Be As Easy ]
[ As Getting Water Out Of Some Kinked Up Hoses ]
[ Maybe A Little Here Or A Little There ]
[ Fully Healing Is Extremely Rare ]
[ The Passing Of Time Is Like Putting A Band-Aid On It So It
Could Heal Up ]
[ That Never Works ]
[ Because These Wounds Are Much Bigger Than A Plain Old
Cut ]
[ Time Is Not An Ointment That One Can Apply To A Wound ]
[ Sometimes Time Brings In More Gloom & Doom ]
[ Each & Everyday Is A Reminder Of The Day When You Got
Hurt ]
[ Time Reminds You Of The Day When & Where You Got Kicked
Into The Dirt ]
[ They Sure Did Kick Dirt In Your Eyes ]
[ When You Were Down ]
[ Then Told A Bunch Lies ]
[ To The Crowd ]
[ Not One Accusation That They Made While Interrogating
You ]
[ Was True ]
[ Those Old Women Had Nothing ]
[ So They Brought In A Guy Who Really Thought HE Was
Something ]
[ In Situations Like That, Time Does Not Heal ]
[ Time Actually Steals ]
[ Away From You, While You Are Trying To Learn What’s Real ]
[ Again ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(521)▪︎[ It Cost Everything … 6•26•2021 ]
[ If You Were Asked ( WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN
YOU GROW UP? ) What Would You Say? ]
[ Would It Be The Type Of Job That Drives You Or Would
It Be The Pay? ]
[ Money Does Drive Some People’s Lives @ Times ]
[ Everyday They Only Push To Earn More Dimes ]
[ Grabbing All Of The Money Possible ]
[ Taking The Time To Stop To Smell The Flowers ]
[ Becomes Nearly Impossible ]
[ Some People Do Not Grow-Up By Choice ]
[ Some Lucky Few Have A Natural Singing Voice ]
[ Some Never Want To Grow Up ]
[ They Spend Their Nights Going From Club To Club ]
[ Some People Never Grow Up, But Have No Problem
Mooching Off Of Their Parents ]
[ To Pay Their Bills & Rent ]
[ Those Are The One’s That Have No Drive Or Aspirations ]
[ Not One Person Is Their Inspiration ]
[ Those Would Be The Future Homeless Transients That
Are Going To Be Sleeping On The Cities Park Benches
With Only A Blanket To Their Name ]
[ They Always Treated Life As A Game ]
[ & The Cost? ]
[ Was Really High ]
[ Everything They Owned, They Lost ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(500)▪︎[ What To Bring To The Table … 6•17•2021 ]
[ There Comes A Time In Your Life When You Have To Pull Up
Your Big-Boy Pants ]
[ There Will Be A Time & A Reason ]
[ It Would Not Be By Chance ]
[ Either ]
[ Nope, Neither ]
[ There Was A Time When You Had To Stop Acting & Being A Child ]
[ There Was A Time During Your Twenties ]
[ When You Had To Stop Going Out To The Clubs Getting Drunk
& Acting Wild ]
[ It Is Not Like You Have Stopped Living ]
[ You Will Find That What Is Fun ]
[ Is When You Are Able To Bring People Together & Enjoy Gift
Giving ]
[ Giving Is The Best Thing ]
[ The Worst Feeling ]
[ Is When You Catch Someone Stealing ]
[ You Hope To See People As They Really Are ]
[ You Don’t Get Impressed When They Drive Up In An Expensive
Car ]
[ It Would Be Nice If People Would Take Each Other @ Their
Word ]
[ Sometimes It Is A Nice Thought That Later In Life You Would Be
Able To Travel The World ]
[ Trust In & From Others Is A Very Important Thing ]
[ When People Are Trusting That Is A Wonderful Quality
To Bring ]
[ To The Table When You Meet Someone New ]
[ The Most Important Trait To Come With ]
[ Is The Ability To Just Be You ]
[ Not Someone Older ]
[ Not Someone With Bigger Shoulders ]
[ The Biggest Gift ]
[ Is When You Can Give All Of Yourself ]
[ Without Causing A Rift ]
[ Things Are Good ]
[ When You Are Understood ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(498)▪︎[ The Binds That Bond … 6•17•2021 ]
[ Are You Proud Of Yourself When You Look @ Yourself
In The Mirror @ Night ]
[ Do You Accept What You See? ]
[ Or Are You Angry @ The Sight? ]
[ Sometimes You Do Not Like The Reflection ]
[ But You Have Come To Find ]
[ That You Are Pretty Good When It Comes To Deflection ]
[ Why Don’t You Like What You See? ]
[ Sometimes You Are An Animated Show ]
[ & I Can Eat Popcorn, While I Watch Everything Up Close
For Free ]
[ Clearly Two Shows Are Never The Same ]
[ If They Were ]
[ I Would Know That She Was Playing A Game ]
[ Games Do Have Their Time & Place ]
[ Sometimes When You Do Play Games ]
[ I Will Tell You To Stop, Right To Your Face ]
[ I Do Not Have A Problem Standing Up To You ]
[ That Is Nothing New ]
[ We Have That Kind Of Relationship ]
[ Because We Have That Honest & Open Friendship ]
[ That Is The Bond ]
[ That Is What Keeps Us Going On ]
[ There Is Nothing Wrong ]
[ With Not Always Being Strong ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(497)▪︎[ Your Brother Is Gone … 6•16•2021 ]
[ As You Sit There Looking @ Your Brothers Tombstone ]
[ You Now Feel, All Alone ]
[ Some Say It Was A Senseless Death That Day ]
[ Is That Really What Some People Say? ]
[ I Am On The Fence ]
[ Is There A Way That your Brother Could Die That Would Make
Sense? ]
[ You Hear Mumbles ]
[ & Grumbles ]
[ You’re Not So Dense ]
[ To Hear That ]
[ & It Not Make You Tense ]
[ This May Sound Dumb ]
[ But Death Took Away My Brother’s Freedom ]
[ He Can No Longer Come Over For A Visit ]
[ You Can’t Have The Option To Go Over To His House & Just
Sit ]
[ For A Bit ]
[ Your Brother Is Pain Free Now ]
[ You Wish That You Could ]
[ But You Don’t Know How ]
[ How Do You Continue On ]
[ Now That Your Brother Is Gone? ]
[ Nobody Knows What Went Wrong ]
[ Was His Will To Live, Not Very Strong? ]
[ When His Path Was Shown ]
[ Was The Writing On The Wall Known? ]
[ The Grim Reaper Does Not Show Up @ Your Doorstep To
Talk ]
[ They Show Up To Take You On That Long, Quiet Walk ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1153)▪︎[ Anger … 12•30•2020 ]
[ Anger Seems To Be Directly Part Of My Life ]
[ Be It @ Me ]
[ Or From Me ]
[ Affecting My Son Or My Wife ]
[ Names Can Be Called Or Felt ]
[ It Can Feel Like ]
[ The Tightening Of A Belt ]
[ Either Way, It Hurts ]
[ Easy To Feel & Give ]
[ As If It Is Pulling Off My Shirt ]
[ Anger Can Tear Couples & Families Apart ]
[ Some Angry Comments ]
[ Are Meant To Pierce The Heart ]
[ Or Are They Meant? ]
[ To Stay In The Head ]
[ Instead? ]
[ Either Reason Or Way ]
[ Piercing Words ]
[ Find A Way To Stay ]
[ & Be Heard ]
[ Ping Ponging Back & Forth ]
[ Heading South ]
[ Then Heading North ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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