[ Now, Just Because You Found Out ]
[ About ]
[ Surprise Number One ]
[ Doesn’t Mean We Are Done ]
[ With All Of The Fun ]
[ You Did Not Ruin Your Surprise By Any Means ]
[ So There Will Be No More Screams ]
[ & Take Your Hands Out Of The Pockets Of Your Jeans ]
[ So ]
[ Listen Close, To Know ]
[ Where We Want You To Go ]
[ Now Big M ]
[ Follow The Clues ]
[ & Listen To Every Single One Of Them ]
[ The First Clue That Is On Your List ]
[ Will Be Attached To Jessica’s Gift ]
[ Jessica Will Point You ]
[ In The Right Direction ]
[ For Clue ]
[ Number Two ]
[ So There Will Not Be A Change Or Correction ]
[ Jessica Will Say ( GO TO THE FRIDGE, IT IS RIGHT HERE ) ]
[ It Will Be Attached To The Bottom Of Your Favorite Beer ]
[ Clue Number Three ]
[ Will Have You Looking Under The Tree ]
[ Now Don’t Get Frustrated & Not Want To Continue This
Anymore ]
[ Take This Nose Plug ]
[ & Look Behind Jessica’s Door ]
[ To Find Clue Number Four ]
[ Please Be Mindful Of Your Health ]
[ Don’t Take A Deep Breath ]
[ & Put A Mask On Your Face To Protect Yourself ]
[ Don’t Pause Or Wait ]
[ To Find Clue Number Five ]
[ Go & Look In Bolt’s Crate ]
[ Have Andrea Take You To Your Favorite Place ]
[ Clue Number Six ]
[ Will Be Handed To You By Your Saving Grace ]
[ Stay Strong, Keep Your Head Held High ]
[ I Decided To Write You Another Story ]
[ Because You Are One Really Great Guy ]
[ I Finally Got To Meet You, My Most Favorite Stranger,
A Few Nights Ago ]
[ You Have Always Been One Person That I Want To Get Know ]
[ Just As I Expected ]
[ You Are One Man That Should Be Respected ]
[ Giving You This New Story Has Been My Utmost
Pleasure ]
[ Because I Know This Gift ]
[ Will Be One That You Will Always Treasure ]
[ 2020 Has Definitely Been One Of Those Up & Down Years ]
[ There Have Been Far Too Many Tears ]
[ While Facing Down Many Fears ]
[ The Key To All Of This Will Be In The Hand Of The Woman That
Shows You The Most Love ]
[ She Is The Woman That You Always Think Of ]
[ Everyone Feels That You Deserve This Gift ]
[ Everyone Hopes That This Will Always Give You A Well Deserved
Lift ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(1138)▪︎[ Happy December 25th, Everyone … 12•24•2020 ]
[ Here I Stand On Another December 25th Celebrating The
Day ]
[ When I Asked Nicole The Biggest, Most Important Question
That I Had Ever Asked ]
[ & She Answered With An ( EH, OKAY ) ]
[ Well Actually She Did Not Answer Me @ That Time ]
[ So Instead, She Gave Me Tears ]
[ Maybe Because She Saw How Big Of A Mountain This Would
Be To Climb ]
[ So This Will Be Our 27th, December 25th Together ]
[ In Marriage, Things Sometimes Change As Fast As The
Oregon Weather ]
[ This Years December 25th Will Be Different Because I Am
Enjoying The Company Of Two New Friends ]
[ Friends & Family Means So Much More To Me Than Others Can
Comprehend ]
[ My Circle Is As Small ]
[ As I Am Tall ]
[ But … I Do Not Mind That @ All ]
[ Z., You Came Into My Life On The 29th Of May ]
[ Maria Stopped Being My Cargiver 4 Days Earlier ]
[ Much To My Dismay ]
[ Because I Had No Say ]
[ For Things To Turn Out That Way ]
[ So When I Opened My Door & Met You, Z. ]
[ I Really Wondered If You Would Be ]
[ Patient Enough ]
[ To Take Care Of Me? ]
[ I Think It Took One Shift To Find Out ]
[ That You Could Walk ]
[ The Talk ]
[ Because You Were Definitely As Good As Your Agency Talked
About ]
[ So Z, Tag, You Are It ]
[ When I Wanted Someone To Fit ]
[ You Come Into My House 4 Days A Week ]
[ & You Have NEVER Complained One Little Bit ]
[ Also Since Day One You Talked About This Incredible, Hard
Working & Respectful Man ]
[ I am Usually Kind Of A Very Private Guy ]
[ But Right Away, Big M., I Became Your Biggest Fan ]
[ The Way That Z. Talked About You ]
[ & Talked About The Things That You Do ]
[ I Decided That I Had To Meet This Guy ]
[ & Have My Own Point Of View ]
[ Through My Own Two Eyes ]
[ So Far, So Good ]
[ & The Things That You Are & Have Been Going Through ]
[ Are 100% Understood ]
[ I Feel You Protect Me Through Your Thoughts ]
[ & I Thank You Lots & Lots ]
[ I Am Always Here For You To Give You Much Needed Advice ]
[ I Will Be Brutally Honest ]
[ Even If It Doesn’t Come Across As Being Nice ]
[ Big M & Z. You Have Become Important In My Life ]
[ Thank You For Taking Time Out Of Your Day ]
[ To Spend Some Time Here With Me, My Son & My Wife ]
[ I Root For You Two Making It More Than Any Other Couple I’ve
Known ]
[ Except, Of Course, My Own ]
[ Staying Together Is Very, Very Hard To Do ]
[ Always Tell Each Other ( I LOVE YOU ) ]
[ When They Are Going To Be Out Of Your View ]
[ You Can Never Feel It, Say It, Mean It Or Hear It
Too Much ]
[ Say It With A Warm & Loving Touch ]
[ Reach Out ]
[ When There’s Doubt ]
[ Care ]
[ & Share ]
[ Always Be There ]
[ Anytime ]
[ From Anywhere ]
[ Friends & Family Really IS What Makes The World Go ‘Round ]
[ Because I Have Found ]
[ They Are The Ones That Help Keep ]
[ My Feet ]
[ Firmly Planted On The Ground! ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1122)▪︎[ The Year … 12•18•2020 ]
[ As The Year 2020 Rapidly Comes To An End ]
[ I Hope That I Don’t Find ]
[ That The Love That I Get From Some Of My Friends ]
[ Does Not Turn Out To Be Just In My Mind ]
[ But Maybe I Will Find Better People To Become Friends
With Someday ]
[ Some Who Know How To Play ]
[ & Enjoy Themselves In Completely Different Ways ]
[ Then Find That Catching Lightning In A Bottle, Sure Would
Be Nice ]
[ But As You Reminisce About The First Time ]
[ Would You Ever Dare To Dream That It Could Happen Twice ]
[ For The 99.7% Of The People That This Had Never Happened
To Them, Once ]
[ You Feel That You Have A Hunch ]
[ That This Would Happen Before Lunch ]
[ Why Would It Happen Twice For You? ]
[ Is It Because You Know What To Do ]
[ Automatically ]
[ When There Is An Obvious Clue? ]
[ How Are The Clues Seen? ]
[ Have You Had The Vision & ]
[ Ability Since You Were A Teen? ]
[ All Signs Point To The Year Of 2021 ]
[ Because When The Horrible Year Of 2020 Is Done ]
[ We Hope That The Next Year Will Be Alot More Fun ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(628)▪︎[ I Do Not Want To Get To 70 … 7•28•2021 ]
[ As The Frustrations Set In, It Seems ]
[ Like All I Want To Do Is Let Out A Scream ]
[ Because This Is By Far, Not Part Of My Dreams ]
[ More To The Point ]
[ It Is A Nightmare ]
[ That Gets Me All Out Of Joint ]
[ Why Do I Let These Minor Things Get To Me ]
[ The Reasons For This ]
[ I Just Cannot See ]
[ Very Clearly ]
[ It Hits Me In The One Spot ]
[ That Makes Me Hot ]
[ 0 To 60 In 1 Second Flat ]
[ When I Get To 70 ]
[ I Feel Like Swinging A Baseball Bat ]
[ I Wish I Could Hit (25) Baseball’s ]
[ Against The Gym Walls ]
[ That Would Feel So Good ]
[ The Therapeutic Value ]
[ Is Clearly Misunderstood ]
[ The Cathartic Effect Would Send Me Sky ]
[ High ]
[ But When I’d Bottom Out ]
[ It Would Be A Very Low Point ]
[ No Doubt ]
[ But I Just Do Not Want To Go ]
[ That Low ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(627)▪︎[ Making The Silence Last … 7•28•2021 ]
[ When You Look In The Mirror What Do You See? ]
[ Do You See The Person ]
[ That You Always Hoped You Could Be? ]
[ Why Can’t You See What Others Can See In You? ]
[ Is It Because You Don’t Want To? ]
[ Why Not? ]
[ Is It Tough Being Put On The Spot? ]
[ Is It That Hard To Re-Evaluate What You’ve Got? ]
[ Others See Your Potential ]
[ They Have Said That How You Go Through Life Has
Been Influential ]
[ To Others That Are Where You Came From ]
[ Show Others That Are Quiet ]
[ Not Dumb ]
[ Sometimes Silence Is The Best Answer That Was Never
Said ]
[ Sometimes Let Your Silence Get In Their Head ]
[ So Much So ]
[ They Become Lost ]
[ Making Things Seem, That Now They Don’t Know ]
[ What They Are Talking About ]
[ Leave Their Heads Swimming In Doubt ]
[ Maybe Next Time They Won’t Come @ You So Fast ]
[ That Is How Can Make Being Silent Really Last ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1122)▪︎[ The Year … 12•18•2020 ]
[ As The Year 2020 Rapidly ComesTo An End ]
[ I Hope That I Don’t Find ]
[ That The Love That I Get From Some Of My Friends ]
[ Does Not Turn Out To Be Just In My Mind ]
[ But Maybe I Will Find Better People To Become Friends
With Someday ]
[ Some Who Know How To Play ]
[ & Enjoy Themselves In Completely Different Ways ]
[ Then Find That Catching Lightning In A Bottle, Sure Would
Be Nice ]
[ But As You Reminisce About The First Time ]
[ Would You Ever Dare To Dream That It Could Happen Twice ]
[ For The 99.7% Of The People That This Had Never Happened
To Them, Once ]
[ You Feel That You Have A Hunch ]
[ That This Would Happen Before Lunch ]
[ Why Would It Happen Twice For You? ]
[ Is It Because You Know What To Do ]
[ Automatically ]
[ When There Is An Obvious Clue? ]
[ How Are The Clues Seen? ]
[ Have You Had The Vision & ]
[ Ability Since You Were A Teen? ]
[ All Signs Point To The Year Of 2021 ]
[ Because When The Horrible Year Of 2020 Is Done ]
[ We Hope That The Next Year Will Be Alot More Fun ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1152)▪︎[ How Functional … 12•30•2020 ]
[ The Functionality]
[ Is Based On The Punctuality ]
[ Then, Depending On The Personality ]
[ You Get The Degree & Level Of Maturity ]
[ Did You Assume Or Speculate? ]
[ Did You Burp ]
[ Or Flatulate? ]
[ Either Way, You Let Out Wind ]
[ So When Will You Begin ]
[ Again ]
[ Either Way You Just Can’t Win ]
[ So Why, Or When ]
[ Would That Ever Be A Sin? ]
[ The Pain Moves Quickly Up & Down My Spine ]
[ & No I Don’t Need Any Cheese ]
[ To Go With This Whine ]
[ Even When You Say ( PLEASE ) ]
[ When I Take You Out To Dine ]
[ This Might Be Our Time ]
[ & Your Mountain To Climb ]
[ But The Way This Is Written ]
[ Everyone, Everywhere, Everytime ]
[ Will Say That I & Only I, Wrote This Rhyme! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1125)▪︎[ My Big Mistake … 12•19•2020 ]
[ All That I Could Ever Do ]
[ Is To Say That I Am Sorry ]
[ Because I Never Meant To Hurt You ]
[ I Wish That The Words Would Have Stayed In
My Head ]
[ So They Were Never Said ]
[ @ That Instance You Were Not Listening To Me ]
[ & I Would Not Just Let Things Be ]
[ But Now I Can See ]
[ That You Are Just Being The Same Old You ]
[ & I Was Blind To The Social Cue’s ]
[ As Soon As I Said It I Had Regret ]
[ Because Saying That ]
[ Was As Low As Low Can Get ]
[ I Have Been Really Moody Since The Day After Last ]
[ Usually I Have A Good Filter ]
[ But That Comment Came Out Way Too Fast ]
[ I Am Very Sure ]
[ That The Comment Did Not Paint A Very Good Or
Accurate Picture ]
[ I Can’t Apologize Anymore Than I Already Had ]
[ I Know What I Said Was Extremely Bad ]
[ But If We Can’t Work This Out ]
[ I Will Be Very Sad ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(292)▪︎[ Going Where? … 4•6•2021 ]
[ I Really Feel Like I Am Going Nowhere Fast ]
[ Sometimes I Want To Throw In The Towel ]
[ Because I Just Don’t Know If My Will To Live Is Going To Last ]
[ Last Until Tomorrow, Or The Day After That ]
[ I Am So Glad That I Do Not Have Nine Lives Like An
Ordinary Cat ]
[ I Don’t Feel Like I Have A Purpose Or A Goal ]
[ I Don’t Feel Like I Have Anything Left To Give, Deep Down In
My Soul ]
[ It Has Been Oh So Long Since I First Fell In This Hole ]
[ I Do Not Remember Ever Feeling Completely Whole ]
[ Where Do I Go Right Now? ]
[ Really? ]
[ How? ]
[ My Gas Tank Is Running On A Lower Level Then Fumes ]
[ My Presence Would Not Be Noticed, If I Came Or Left The Room ]
[ I Feel Like I Am An ‘Ain’t ]
[ I Never Stand Out ]
[ I Just Blend Into The Paint ]
[ To Me An ‘Ain’t Is Neither A Good Thing Or A Bad ]
[ I Am A Husband Of 25 Years ]
[ But I Am Not Respected As A Dad ]
[ I ‘Ain’t This & I ‘Ain’t That ]
[ If I Was To Ever Be Given An Androgynous Name, It Would
Definitely Be Pat ]
[ Something That You Can’t Tell If It Isn’t Or Is An Is ]
[ The Only Time That I Am In Front & Center Is When I Am Getting
Dissed ]
[ But That Is Never A Good Feeling ]
[ That Always Leaves Me Reeling ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(291)▪︎[ Kirsten & Cassidy … 4•6•2021 ]
[ Kirsten & Cassidy Make Quite The Pair ]
[ It Was A Nice Surprise ]
[ When I Got To Meet Cassidy When I Was There ]
[ Cassidy Came From Ohio ]
[ So Nicole & I Were More Than Happy To Greet
Her With A Warm Hello ]
[ I Am Sure That Everyone Feels That The Part Of The Country
That They Currently Reside In, Is The Best ]
[ But I Will Still Ask ]
[ How Do You Like Being In The Great Pacific Northwest? ]
[ How Did You Pick Our Itty ]
[ Bitty ]
[ … City? ]
[ When You Were Assigned To Kirsten To Shadow ]
[ You Will See That She Is The Best There Is ]
[ Because I Have Yet To Ask Her A Question Concerning My P.T.
That She Did Not Know ]
[ Kirsten Might Be Slender In Stature, But She Packs Alot Of
Power ]
[ She Doesn’t Ever Need A Rest @ The End Of The Hour ]
[ I Always Come To See Kirsten When My Body Is A Wreck ]
[ Right Now It Is My Foot, Back & Neck ]
[ I Haven’t Yet ]
[ & She Has Never Let ]
[ For Me To Ask Her To Cut Me Some Slack ]
[ Why Should I? ]
[ Because She Does Amazing Work On My Back ]
[ I Just Write Whatever Comes To My Mind ]
[ & I Write About People Who I Find ]
[ Are Really Kind ]
[ Even Before My Surgery The Subject Of P.T. Was Talked About
Really Nice ]
[ Before I Was Asked Where? ]
[ I Did Not Have To Think Of The Answer Twice ]
[ Kirsten Isn’t Done With Me Until I Feel Better ]
[ When I Look Back Over The Last Couple Of Years ]
[ I Am Always Thankful That I Met Her ]
[ I Actually Have A Hard Time With The Whole Premise Of Fate ]
[ & Sending Me To The Best Was Not A Mistake ]
[ I Could Compliment This Wonderful Therapist Until I Was Blue In
The Face ]
[ But This Is Not The Time Or The Place ]
[ I Was Very Impressed With Something That You Did Cassidy ]
[ This Was Something That I Don’t Usually See ]
[ It Wasn’t The Whole Time That Your Face Was Making A
Statement ]
[ Of Acknowledgement ]
[ It Was How You Approached The Table & You ]
[ Knew ]
[ What To Do ]
[ Today I Felt & Could See ]
[ That You Were NOT Just An Observer ]
[ I Had 2 Very Qualified Physical Therapists Helping Me ]
[ To Get To A Place That Time Forgot ]
[ That Is A Time & Day Where I Could Go Through A Whole Day …
OF Being Pain Free! ]
[ From The Bottom Of My Heart … I Say Thank You ]
[ Those Two Very Important Words ]
[ Are Always Way Over Due ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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