[ Tomorrow Is The Culmination Of 25 Years ]
[ Through It All There Has Been Lots Of Fears ]
[ & Tears ]
[ Faced & Shed ]
[ There Has Been Alot Of Thought Going In & Out Of
My Head ]
[ Tomorrow Is A Celebration Of Me Taking A Bride ]
[ & For The Most Part It Has Been A Wonderful Ride ]
[ All Marriages Are As Up & Down As A Roller Coaster ]
[ Most Days Are Very Pleasant ]
[ Some Make You Feel Like You Have Been Burnt Through A
Toaster ]
[ There Has Been Many Many Successes ]
[ With Very Little Expenses ]
[ Money Should Not Make Or Break A Marriage ]
[ It Should Not Cost Alot To Buy A Good Baby Carriage ]
[ What Is Important Is That You Cover All Of The Big Major
Points ]
[ So Nothing Surprises You ]
[ Or Makes Her Be Out Of Joints ]
[ But Surprises Come In Big & Small ]
[ Just Don’t Let Your Anger Encompass All ]
[ But Tomorrow You Will Wake Up In A Hospital Room ]
[ Celebrating 25 Years Of Being A Groom ]
[ I Wish You Luck In All Of Your Future Endeavors ]
[ Just Don’t Go Broke By Doing Too Many Favors ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(216)▪︎[ Nice Nurse Named Laurel … 3•15•2021 ]
[ Well, Here I Sit On Monday, March 15th, 2021 ]
[ I Was Excited For This Surgery ]
[ But Now I Am Really Glad That It Is Finally Done ]
[ Spending The Night Before My Anniversary Has
Never Been An Ultimate Dream Of Mine ]
[ But @ Least It Is Just One Day & Night ]
[ Instead Of Nine ]
[ This Is A Whole Lot Better Than My Eleven Days ]
[ Stay ]
[ Completely Different Circumstances Than The Time
Before ]
[ Back Then The Need For Care Was A Whole Lot More ]
[ One Thing Is Definitely The Same With All Of My Stays ]
[ & That Is The Appreciation I Have For The Salem Hospital’s
Nurse’s ]
[ Each & Every Day ]
[ This Time I Am On The 7th Floor ]
[ Five More ]
[ Than The Time Before ]
[ I Had Fantastic Nurses Then ]
[ & I Have Fantastic Nurses Now ]
[ So How Did I Ever Get So Lucky, Again? ]
[ My Nurse Right Now Is A Nice Woman Named Laurel ]
[ If The Head Of The Hospital Ever Asked Me If She Should Get A
Big Raise ]
[ I Would Not Quarrel ]
[ Nurse Laurel Is So Nice & Polite In Everything She Does ]
[ She Is Not Looking For Accolades ]
[ She Does It, Just Because ]
[ It Is Not In Her Job Description, It Is In Her ]
[ There Is No Hidden Agenda ]
[ Because Her Intentions Are Pure ]
[ I Am Sure There Must Be Days That Nurses Wished It Would Go
By Quicker ]
[ Those Must Be The Days When Each Patient Comes Feeling
Sicker ]
[ Sicker Than The One Prior ]
[ Or During The Period Of Times When We Had The Fires ]
[ Sometimes They Probably Go A Whole Day Without Someone
Saying ( THANK YOU ) ]
[ But That Is Not The Reason That They Do What They Do ]
[ It Is Sad To Think That The Doctor’s Get All Of The Glory While
The Nuses Do All The Work ]
[ & I Bet More Than 1 Out Of Every 5 Patients Can Be A Jerk ]
[ Then You Brought Up This Nice Nurse Named Matt To Replace
The I.V. ]
[ That Had Fallen Out Of Me ]
[ To Be A Great Nurse Like Laurel You Must Start ]
[ With A Nice Personality & A Big Heart ]
[ & Not Just Anyone Can Handle This Part ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(207)▪︎[ Full Circle … 3•12•2021 ]
[ There Are Some Things In Life That Come Full Circle ]
[ It Is Like The Gamble You Take When You Put Your
Hand In The Bag ]
[ To Pull Out Some Good Tiles While You Are Playing
The Game Called Quircle ]
[ I Tried & Tried To Be Accepted By Don ]
[ I Never Knew If I Was Doing Good ]
[ But I Sure Found Out If I Was Doing Something Wrong ]
[ I Have Come @ My Son From Every Angle That I Know ]
[ The Results Don’t Come In Slow ]
[ They Quickly Fly Into My Face As A ( NO ) ]
[ When I Was Around Don I Would Always Hold My Tongue ]
[ But My Son Has Been Cursing @ Me Since He Was
Really Young ]
[ I Never Did Anything To Don That Would Have Given Him Any
Reason To Permanently Walk Away ]
[ My Son Gives Me Many Reasons To Walk, Many Times A Day ]
[ Don Walked Away Because He Was Miffed ]
[ I Have Never Gone Anywhere When I Have Been So Pissed ]
[ My Son Never Gives Me A Single Reason To Want To Stay ]
[ Some Days I Just Smile & Say ]
[ ( OKAY! ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(205)▪︎[ About Her … 3•12•2021 ]
[ What Can You Do When You Feel So Broken
Hearted? ]
[ Does It Make You Feel Regret That You Ever Started? ]
[ When You Met Her ]
[ You Seemed So Sure ]
[ That Your Dating Days Were Done ]
[ Because You Thought She Was The One ]
[ The One To Be Your Wife ]
[ The One Who Will Be On Your Arm ]
[ Giving You A Happy Life ]
[ It All Fell Apart When You Caught Her Cheating ]
[ & Then She Refused To Answer Your Questions ]
[ Last Monday Night When You Were Eating ]
[ This Is Not The First Time That You Turned The
Other Cheek ]
[ From The Other Times That She Had Cheated ]
[ Because She Takes Your Kindness As Being Weak? ]
[ This Is Not The First, Second Or Third Time ]
[ All The While Living Off Of Your Dime ]
[ What Has She Done Since You Two Got Married? ]
[ What Part Of The Burden Has She Carried? ]
[ She Gets Money Because Of Her Great Grandfather’s
Trust ]
[ Getting A Job Throughout Her Life Was Never A Must ]
[ She Has Never Had To Live Alone ]
[ She Has Never Had Disconnect Letters Concerning Her
Cell Phone ]
[ Or Wondered When Her Next Meal Will Come ]
[ She Has Never Sat @ An Empty Table & Wondered Where That
Meal Will Come From ]
[ She Has Been Treated Like A Little Princess Every Day &
Night ]
[ How Would She Like Living When PGE Turned Off The Lights? ]
[ She Is Going To Learn Fast ]
[ Because Tomorrow I Am Taking My Life Back ]
[ By Kicking Her Out On Her Ass ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(620)▪︎[ Some People … 7•26•2021 ]
[ Sometimes People Need To Get Out Of Their Own Way ]
[ Like What They Say ]
[ To Make It Through Their Day ]
[ To Even Reach The Norm ]
[ Some People Will Have To Try To Conform ]
[ & Get Rid Of Their Arrogant Attitude ]
[ Because That Ruins Everyone’s Mood ]
[ & When That Does Not Do Them Any Good ]
[ They Think That Everyone Else Is Wrong ]
[ & They Are Misunderstood ]
[ Everybody Else Is Wrong ]
[ Is Their Favorite Song ]
[ They Sing That Song To Themselves Every Night & Everyday ]
[ ( I AM NEVER WRONG! ) Is What They Say ]
[ There Just Seems To Be One Problem ]
[ They Just Can’t Get Anybody To Agree With Them ]
[ Sometimes What They Say Is Misconstrued ]
[ But Then Other Times What They Say, Comes Out Rude ]
[ They’ve Never Met ]
[ Someone Who Could Sit & Go Over Proper Etiquette ]
[ With Them Yet ]
[ They Have Asked Around ]
[ There Are No Volunteers To Be Found ]
[ Nobody Has The Patience ]
[ Their Asks Are Always Met With Silence ]
[ Silence Is Not Their Friend ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(343)▪︎[ It Was All A Shame … 4•25•2021 ]
[ Is Part Of The Healing Process, Showing The Ability
To Keep Moving On? ]
[ Especially After Your Love For One Another Has Gone? ]
[ Gone, But Not Forfotten ]
[ & Thought Of Often ]
[ Could She Ever Budge ]
[ On That Long, Drawn-Out Grudge? ]
[ That Is The Main Reason She Left ]
[ Because Of That One Imaginary Theft ]
[ She Made A Mountain Out Of A Mole Hill ]
[ When She Asked You To Explain ]
[ You Gladly Said ( I WILL ) ]
[ But She Did Not Believe ]
[ A Single Word ]
[ So She Said ( THEN I THINK I WILL LEAVE ) ]
[ @ Least That Is What You Heard ]
[ But After Flipping Her Lid ]
[ That Is Not What She Did ]
[ She Drew This Out For Days ]
[ Then Months ]
[ Trying To Find Different Ways ]
[ To Get The Answer She Wanted ]
[ ( I WILL LEAVE YOU ) Is What She Taunted ]
[ But You Held Your Ground ]
[ You Have Become Tired Of Being Pushed Around ]
[ Many Times You Paced Around The Floor ]
[ How Can You Take Anymore? ]
[ It Has Gotten So Bad That When The Thoughts Stay In
Your Head ]
[ So Much So ]
[ You No Longer Want To Sleep With Her In The Same Bed ]
[ Because From What You Know ]
[ The Romance Has Been Dead ]
[ When She First Made That Accusation ]
[ That You Stole Her Lucky Penny ]
[ That Changed The Whole Direction ]
[ Of Her Faith In You ]
[ But You Know That Stealing Is NOT What You Do ]
[ So She Was Not Giving You The Respect That You Were
Due ]
[ So During One Of Her Many Drunken Nights ]
[ You Put Two Doses Worth Of Xyrem In Her Drink ]
[ So She Would Pass Out Instead Of Starting Fights ]
[ Then It Gave You Time To Think ]
[ Then Your Alarm Clock Goes Off In The Morning ]
[ & You Laugh Because Your Dreams Are Definitely Not
Boring ]
[ But They Are True ]
[ & When She Went Missing They Centered On You ]
[ & Now, Three Years Later ]
[ They Don’t Have A Single Idea Or Clue ]
[ What Happened ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(333)▪︎[ So Much Pain … 4•22•2021 ]
[ There Is So Much Pain Busting @ The Seams In Your Heart ]
[ When Another Dart Is Thrown ]
[ It Continues To Tear You Apart ]
[ It May Be A Word ]
[ That You Heard ]
[ Or An Action That Was Done ]
[ But You Found Out A Long Time Ago ]
[ That Hurtful Words Are Things That You Cannot Out Run ]
[ They Find You By Seeking You Out ]
[ It Could Be A Whisper ]
[ Or It Could Be A Shout ]
[ The Whispered Hurtful Words Do Not Draw A Crowd ]
[ But, What Always Does ]
[ Are The Ones That Are Said Out Loud ]
[ Those Are The Ones That Always Draws Others Attention ]
[ & Because It Does ]
[ There Are Higher Levels Of Contention ]
[ Sometimes Hurtful Words Are Said Because Someone
Lied ]
[ When Hurtful Words Are Said ]
[ You Want To Run & Hide ]
[ Not In A Playful Way Of Another Game Of Hide -n- Seek ]
[ These Words Can Create Such Big Problems ]
[ It Could Cause Two People To Not Want To Speak ]
[ To Each Other ]
[ Like To Your Father ]
[ Like With Your Mother ]
[ That Has Happend So Many Times In Your Past ]
[ Their Grudges Were Created To Last ]
[ You Were Written Off By Both Your Dad & Mom ]
[ @ One Time You Were Dealing With Don ]
[ Then You Had To Deal With Barbara’s Bomb ]
[ Through The Whole Accusatory Conversation You Had
With Barbara You Remained Respectful ]
[ You Did Not Need To Be ]
[ You Did Not Have To Be ]
[ So You Were Careful ]
[ Because You Were Expected To Be ]
[ Because You Were Raised To Be ]
[ You Had So Many Occasions Where You Could Have Laughed
It Off ]
[ & You Had Just As Many Times Where You Could Have Said
( FUCK YOU BARBARA ) In A Fake Cough ]
[ One Problem Is That You Don’t Go Against How You Were
Raised ]
[ This Was The Under The Same Roof Where You Craved ]
[ To Be Praised ]
[ But It Never Came ]
[ That Is Why Mom & Dad Were Never Looked @ The Same ]
[ That Is Why ( MOM ) & ( DAD ) Were No Longer Their
Names ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(349)▪︎[ On An Island … 4•26•2021 ]
[ Being Alone On An Island Causes Depressing Thoughts ]
[ Looking Up To The Blue Sky ]
[ Makes You See Spots ]
[ But There Should Not Be Any There ]
[ Floating In The Air ]
[ But There They Are, Dancing On The Clouds ]
[ & Then The Silence Of It All ]
[ Can Get So Loud ]
[ So Loud, It Hurts Your Ears ]
[ You Have No Idea How Often This Happens ]
[ But This Has Happened Many Many Times Throughout The Years ]
[ It Is Just A Feeling That You Get ]
[ It Is Also A Feeling That You Would Love To Forget ]
[ It Is The Raw Kind ]
[ That Kicks You From Behind ]
[ Because You’ll Find ]
[ It Is Not A Feeling That Easily Leaves My Mind ]
[ You Just Want To Sleep It Away ]
[ But You Always Know ]
[ It Will Come & Visit Me On Another Day ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(342)▪︎[ That One Is The Best To Give & Get … 4•25•2021 ]
[ The Whole Premise Around The Word ( EMPATHY ) Is To Show
That You Know How It Is To Be There ]
[ While @ The Same Time You Show That You Care ]
[ Empathy ]
[ Is A Whole Different Animal Than Sympathy ]
[ It Could Mean Different Things To Different People In Your
Life ]
[ It Can Even Be Different Between A Husband & His Wife ]
[ Unless One Of Them Is A Jerk ]
[ The Successful Couples Learn To Make It Work ]
[ Different Experiences, Brought Them Together ]
[ If People Meet In Oregon ]
[ It Wasn’t, Because Of The Weather ]
[ Then You Have Pity ]
[ That Emotion Oftentimes Makes Others Feel Shitty ]
[ If You Were Really Trying To Get Something Off Of Your
Chest ]
[ & An Emotion You Might Seek From Others ]
[ Getting Empathy, Would Be The Best ]
[ Some People Have No Idea What Empathy Is ]
[ That Has Never Been On Their Emotional List ]
[ But You Bet ]
[ Those That Don’t Give ]
[ Don’t Get ]
[ & The Universe Is Whole Again ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(339)▪︎[ Empathetic … 4•24•2021 ]
[ You Know How Those People In The House Felt When Someone
Broke Into Their Home ]
[ Footprints In The Hallway ]
[ Left By People That Were Unknown ]
[ They Were Not Invited By Anyone In Their House ]
[ You Even Asked Your Kids, The Dog & Your Spouse ]
[ You Feel Violated ]
[ In A Place Where You Used To Feel Validated ]
[ You Look @ The Locks On Your Back & Front Doors ]
[ You Wonder If You Should Get Two More? ]
[ If You Don’t, Will They Come Back Again Sometime In The
Night? ]
[ So You Can’t Take Your Sleeping Meds ]
[ In Case You Will Need To Fight ]
[ So Many Bad Thoughts Are Going Through Your Head ]
[ Even If You’re Tired ]
[ You Would Not Be Able To Lay Down On Your Bed ]
[ Now You Will Find That This Will Be One Of The Hardest
Parts ]
[ You Have To Look For What Is Missing ]
[ Will A ( SOMETHING ) Be So Sentimental It Will Break Your
Heart? ]
[ Was There Just One, Or Two Or Three? ]
[ You Want To Send Them To Prison ]
[ & It Eats @ Your Gut Knowing That They Are Out There Just
Running Around Free ]
[ What Are They Going To Do With What They Just Stole? ]
[ You Have To Know That They Scoped Out Your House
Before ]
[ What Were They After, What Was Their Goal? ]
[ It Would Literally Cause You To Shout ]
[ Repetitively ]
[ If You Tried To Figure Out ]
[ What The Burglary Was Supposed To Be About ]
[ Not To Sound Mean ]
[ But It Was All About The Ammount Of Belongings That Was
Seen ]
[ Holler, Holler ]
[ It Was About The Almight Dollar ]
[ Now You Are Not Misunderstood ]
[ When You Loudly Tell Them ]
[ When It Comes To Residential Burglaries, Sometimes Knowing
Is Not Good ]
[ Sometimes The People That Are There For Protecting ]
[ Are Worthless @ Detecting ]
[ Some Can’t Tell Their Ass From A Hole In The Ground ]
[ They Never Called Back Saying ( GUESS WHAT I FOUND? ) ]
[ Well You Pointed Them In A Specific Direction ]
[ You Wanted To Hear That Those Thieves ]
[ Would Now Be Spending Sometime In Adult Corrections ]
[ But That Wish Was To No Avail ]
[ Those Detectives Could Only Fail ]
[ That Is The One Thing That Those Salem Detectives Were
Good @ ]
[ That ]
[ & Eating Donuts, To Make Them Fat ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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