[ Goodnight To My Friend That Lives Many Many Miles Away ]
[ I Wish That There Will Be A Day ]
[ When We Can Say ( HELLO ) Face To Face ]
[ @ Our Designated Meeting Place ]
[ We Will Be Able To Look Into Each Other’s Eyes ]
[ As We Eat Our Burgers & Fries ]
[ I Think Since The First Time Me Met ]
[ I Am Very Predictable With What I Get ]
[ It Really Doesn’t Matter What I Eat ]
[ But It Definitely Has To Be A Sandwich With Actual Meat ]
[ I Would Have To Pinch Myself Because You Would
Actually Be In Front Of Me ]
[ You Have Stayed With Me Through The Very Worst Of
Times ]
[ & I See ]
[ A Good Friend Is What You Will Always Be ]
[ You Were Never Able ]
[ To Turn Your Back On Me Through The Many Years
When I Was Unstable ]
[ Our Friendship Continues To Last ]
[ & I Love The Memories Of The Past ]
[ When You Moved Away That Would Have Been The Easiest Time
When You Could Have Walked ]
[ Away ]
[ & Never Talked ]
[ To Me On Another Day ]
[ But You Wouldn’t ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(336)▪︎[ The Lonely Man … 4•23•2021 ]
[ Woe Is The Heart Of The Lonely Man ]
[ Walking Through Life Doing The Best That He Can ]
[ He Tries To Put A Smile On The Face Of Someone
Every Single Day ]
[ Each Time Is Different ]
[ & So Is The Way ]
[ Maybe Giving A Much Softer, Kinder Word ]
[ Than The Stranger Has Ever Heard ]
[ In A Long Long Time ]
[ Maybe A Positive Word In A Short Poetic Rhyme ]
[ The Lonely Man’s Sole Intention On This Earth ]
[ Is To Show & Tell Others About Their Worth ]
[ Some May Need A Pick-Me-Up Or A Compliment Or
Two ]
[ Maybe Some Positive Reinforcement About What They
Do ]
[ A Moment In Time That They Will Remember ]
[ A Date In Time Between Now & December ]
[ It Does Not Cost The Lonely Man One Single Cent ]
[ To Show A Stranger That They Only Have The Best
Intent ]
[ & Show Their Best ]
[ Interest ]
[ Does The Lonely Man Ask For Anything In Return? ]
[ Has The Lonely Man Taught The Stranger A Single
Thing To Learn? ]
[ Maybe To Never Judge Another ]
[ Like Others ]
[ Are Prone To Judge A Book By Its Cover ]
[ The Tattered Pages May Look ]
[ Like It May Be An Old Throw Away Book ]
[ But Not By Looks Or The Reading Of A Single Page ]
[ Can A Book Tell The Invaluable Content ]
[ Or The Approximate Age ]
[ Of What May Be The True Intentions That Lie Deep
Down @ The Heart ]
[ If There Was A Finish Line ]
[ When Was The Start? ]
[ A Kind Word From A Stranger May Be Just That ]
[ It Deserves A Thoughtful Thank You ]
[ A Tip Of The Hat ]
[ & Then With A Blink That Lonely Man Is Gone ]
[ Because It Was Past The Time For Him To Move On ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(326)▪︎[ Here’s To My Rock … 4•19•2021 ]
[ You Were Once Told ]
[ That If You Mess With The Woman, You Mess With The Rock ]
[ Through The Many Years As You Are Getting Old ]
[ The Woman Is The Center Of The Family Because She Is The
Mother ]
[ If It Wasn’t For Them ]
[ You Would Not Have A Sister Or Brother ]
[ Women Can Be As Consistent As The Tick-Toc ]
[ Of A Grandfather’s Clock ]
[ You Look @ Your Wife & You Look In Awe ]
[ There Have Been Many Times Through Your Marriage ]
[ When You Deserved A Smack In The Jaw ]
[ Women Hold The Family Together ]
[ No Matter The Weather ]
[ Women Are The Rock Because They Don’t Crumble Under The
Pressure ]
[ That Others Could Measure ]
[ You Went Through About 12 Hellish Years ]
[ Your Actions Caused Many Tears ]
[ You Were Not Your Best Self ]
[ But Your Wife Stood By You ]
[ & Did Not Go & Seek Out The Attention & Love From Someone
Else ]
[ She Held The Family Together, Because You Could Not ]
[ She Never Put You On The Spot ]
[ Or Ever Threw You Under The Much Deserved Bus ]
[ It Was Never About You Or Her ]
[ She Made Everything About Us ]
[ She Held Steady With A Baby & A Husband That Was
Very Mentally Sick ]
[ But She Was & Is Your Rock & Never Quit ]
[ Your Wife ]
[ Of 25 Years ]
[ Saved & Changed Your Life ]
[ You Will Figure Out How ]
[ You Can Be HER Rock Now ]
[ Thank You Mrs. DeVoe ]
[ You May Have Slowed ]
[ Through My 57 Years ]
[ But I Thank You For Not Saying ( NO ) ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(609)▪︎[ We Are All Just People … 7•24•2021 ]
[ When It Comes Down To The Base Of All Things, Kindness
Matters ]
[ Just Like A Compliment Flatters ]
[ Both Matter In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ Real Honest Love Is Never Bound By Strings ]
[ Giving Should Come From The Heart ]
[ Words Should Never Be Used To Tear Someone Apart ]
[ Sometimes It Is Hard To Be Seeing ]
[ Someone You Are @ Odds With As A Simple Human Being ]
[ Someone With A Father & A Mother ]
[ A Sister Or A Brother ]
[ Everybody Needs To Put Their Guns Down ]
[ A Bullet Doesn’t Care Who Or What It Found ]
[ It Cannot Be Put Back In The Gun ]
[ A Bullet Is One Thing, That A Person Cannot Out Run ]
[ It Is Not Searching Out A Name ]
[ A Gun Should Never Be Used In The Playing Of A Game ]
[ Words Can Cause Scars That Can Last A Lifetime ]
[ Said In Anger Or A Hurtful Rhyme ]
[ We Are Only On This Earth To Live The Best Life That We
Possibly Can ]
[ Be That A Woman Or A Man ]
[ When You Find Someone In Need, See What You Can Do ]
[ You Never Can Predict When That Person In Need Might
Be You ]
[ There Is Not Much That Separates You From The Next ]
[ Anybody’s Life Can Change By A Simple Text ]
[ A Group Of Words Coming Across The Screen ]
[ Everybody Having A Different Interpretation Of What The
Words Might Mean ]
[ Do Not Ever, Have A Fear ]
[ To Be Nice, To Those That Are Near ]
[ It Won’t Mean That You Are Weak & Feeble ]
[ It Means That We Are Simply People ]
[ Here Today & Then Gone Tomorrow ]
[ Time Is That One Special Commodity That We Cannot Borrow ]
[ Say Something Nice To The Person To Your Right ]
[ Be @ Peace With Your World ]
[ Every Time You Turn In For The Night ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(608)▪︎[ Don’t Let Life Fly By … 7•23•2021 ]
[ I Swear That Everytime That I Look Into Your Eyes ]
[ Time Doesn’t Stop ]
[ Time Flies ]
[ I Do Not Always Know ]
[ Where I Should Go ]
[ Do I Stay & See What The Future Holds? ]
[ Or Do I Walk Away & Forever Regret The Choice That I
Chose ]
[ Do I Open Up My Heart ]
[ Or Do I Keep It Closed? ]
[ Either Way, I See A World Of Hurt ]
[ Because Every Night, My Nightmares Makes Me Sweat
Through My Shirts ]
[ I Lay Awake Worried About What Is Out There, Beyond The
Dark ]
[ Wondering If @ My Age I Have Left My Mark ]
[ How Many More Years Do I Have Down The Line? ]
[ Am I Proud Of All Of The Accomplishments That I Can Say
That Are Mine? ]
[ Have I Affected A Life Or Three? ]
[ Can I Actually Say That I Feel Like I Live My Life Totally
Free ]
[ Have I Left My Footprint In The Sand? ]
[ Do I Live Free Of Any Demands? ]
[ Is My Eyesight 20/20? ]
[ Have I Been Able To Give Away Plenty? ]
[ What Is Out There For Me To Touch ]
[ Will My Future Cost Too Much? ]
[ I Never Envisioned My Life To Be Lived On Easy Street ]
[ I Wonder Who Is Out There In My Future That I Am Still
Destined To Meet? ]
[ A Close Friend That Is Near That I Want To Hold & Keep ]
[ I Am Finding Out That Good Living Isn’t Going To Come
Easy Or Cheap ]
[ I Envision That It Would Be Good For Me If I Tightened
My Inner Circle Soon ]
[ I Need To Stop Shooting For The Moon ]
[ Good Friends Are Not Met Very Frequently ]
[ A Good Friend Is Not Even Made Yearly ]
[ To Get A Friend You Must Be A Friend First ]
[ To Need A Glass Of Water ]
[ You Must Need A Thirst ]
[ Treat Others Like You Would Want To Be Treated ]
[ Don’t Go Through Life, Already Feeling Defeated ]
[ I Shall End This Rhyme ]
[ By Saying That I Don’t Want To Be The Type Of Guy ]
[ That Won’t Take The Time ]
[ To Never Ask ( WHY? ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(607)▪︎[ How Did He Get Involved … 7•23•2021 ]
[ His Sweater Vest Was Gone ]
[ Because It Would Not Be Needed, While He Was Moving On ]
[ Shackled @ The Legs & Hands ]
[ Staring Straight Ahead, So He Could Listen, For More
Commands ]
[ He Wasn’t Moving An Inch ]
[ His Locked Eyes, Never Flinched ]
[ His Mind Was Going A Mile A Minute ]
[ He Could Never Figure Out How, He Got Dragged In To It ]
[ But Now, How Was He Going To Get Himself Out Of This
Problem? ]
[ This Should Not Have Involved Him ]
[ This Was All, On Them ]
[ So Now He Had Doubt ]
[ That He Would Ever Get Back Out ]
[ He Got In This Mess ]
[ All Because He Said ( YES ) ]
[ He Should Have Known ]
[ That He Should Been Shown ]
[ What They Really Wanted Him To Do ]
[ He Thought All That Was Needed Was To Drive Those Two ]
[ & Then He Would Be Through ]
[ But The Police Were Watching Them, The Whole Time ]
[ That They Took, To Commit The Crime ]
[ He Thought That It Was A Quick, In ‘n Out Job ]
[ He Did Not Know, That They Went Inside That 7-11 Store,
To Rob ]
[ But Now, The Two Guys He Thought That He Trusted ]
[ Were With Him, When They Got Busted ]
[ How Come ]
[ He Could Be So Dumb? ]
[ The Amount Of Times He Thinks Back To That Event ]
[ Makes His Brain Go Numb ]
[ Then The Judge Called Out His Name ]
[ He Was Asked ( HOW MUCH ARE YOU TO BLAME? ) ]
[ He Said That All He Did Was Say ( YES, TO GIVING THOSE
TWO GUYS A RIDE ) ]
[ He Was Telling The Truth, He Never Lied ]
[ & Then A Judge That He Didn’t Know ]
[ Said ( I BELIEVE YOU … SO ) ]
[ ( YOU MAY GO ) ]
[ He Didn’t Want To Linger ]
[ Even Though He Wanted To Stand There & Give Those Two
Guys The Finger ]
[ For Getting Him Involved ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(375)▪︎[ Men Might Also … 5•8•2021 ]
[ Is There Such A Thing As ( MALE MENOPAUSE )? ]
[ Or Do Men Constantly ]
[ & Consistently ]
[ Are Moody Every Month Just Because? ]
[ Women Have The Hormone, Estrogen, Flowing Throughout Their
Bodies Everyday ]
[ Men Have The Hormone,, Testosterone, Flowing Through Their
Bodies In Kind Of The Same Way ]
[ It Is Quite Possible That Men Rant & Rave ]
[ Every 27 Days ]
[ Because Their Hormones Misbehave ]
[ Hormones Are A Powerful Thing ]
[ Changes In Moods Is What It Can Bring ]
[ Women Can Get Frustrated ]
[ Because Men Have Never Mensturated ]
[ I Guess That Is Where It Is Quite Different ]
[ & More Infrequent ]
[ I Wonder If There Was Ever A Study Done ]
[ About Why Sometimes During The Month Are Absolutely
Not Very Fun ]
[ Would Men Be Believed? ]
[ Would Most Men Be Relieved? ]
[ Does Relief ]
[ Equate With Belief? ]
[ Some Say ( YAY! ) ]
[ When Others Say ( NAY ) ]
[ To Those You’d Want To Say ( HEY ) ]
[ This Could Explain The Fight ]
[ Why Sweat So Much On Some Nights ]
[ It Could Be Understood ]
[ Why The Moods Are Not Always That Good ]
[ A Study Could Give Alot Answers ]
[ But It Won’t Fortell Any Future Cancers ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(369)▪︎[ She Never Pretends … 5•5•2021 ]
[ She Doesn’t Let People In Because Of Events In Her Past ]
[ She Could Possibly Crack The Door ]
[ Then Let You Peek Inside Really Fast ]
[ You Will See ]
[ That You Have To Give A Non-Verbal Oath To Secrecy ]
[ She Is As Complex As She Is Tall ]
[ She Never Wants The Spotlight Shone In Her Direction ]
[ Because She Would Rather Blend Into The Wall ]
[ As Pretty As She Is, You Would Never Look Past Her ]
[ Her Intentions Are Always Pure ]
[ Most Of The Time ]
[ Her Confidence Is Always Sure ]
[ But If You Look Really Close You Can See Tiny Cracks
In Her Armored Shield ]
[ She Only Looks For Long Term Relationships ]
[ She Doesn’t Ever Play The Field ]
[ Her Personality Is As Big As The Whole Outdoors ]
[ She Oozes Honesty Out Of All Of Her Pores ]
[ She Is 71″ Of Intelligence, Attitude & Beauty ]
[ She Is All Woman ]
[ So Please Do Not Ever Call Her ( A CUTIE ) ]
[ Any Woman, Part Of Nature Or A Flower Can Have Beauty
Of Some Sort ]
[ Many People Can Score Two Points On A Basketball
Court ]
[ It Takes The Whole Package To Be Called ( BEAUTIFUL ) ]
[ It Takes Having Alot Of Something To Say That You
Have Plentiful ]
[ But She Is A Beautiful Woman As You Can See ]
[ She Is A Whole Level Above Of Just Being Called A Beauty ]
[ It Is Really Hard For Her To Trust ]
[ If She Ever Let’s You Near Her, It Is A Must ]
[ It Is Not Like She Puts You Through A Test ]
[ But She Surely Must Be @ Your Best ]
[ Because She Will Always Give You Hers ]
[ That Is On Thing That You Could Be Assured ]
[ Will She Be A Life Long Friend? ]
[ One Thing She Does Not Do Is Pretend ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(374)▪︎[ You Hurt, Right There … 5•7•2021 ]
[ Sometimes, You Wish You Could Go To The Top Of The Highest
Building & Cut Open Your Shirt ]
[ Then Point To Your Heart ]
[ & Yell ( THIS IS WHERE I HURT! ) ]
[ You Don’t Know How Or Why ]
[ You Have Become, Such The Insecure Guy ]
[ It Is Clear ]
[ That You Do Not Feel ]
[ That You Have Stood On Firm Ground, In Years ]
[ When You Go Away ]
[ For The Day ]
[ Will Your Life Change, Without Your Say? ]
[ From What Others Tell & They Can See ]
[ That Everything In Your Life, Has Become Cheugy ]
[ Out Of Date ]
[ In Their Natural State ]
[ Where Does Your Life, Go From Here? ]
[ You Feel Like Some Bright Headlights Were In Your Eyes ]
[ Showing Your Fear ]
[ Do You Stand Tall? ]
[ Even Through Those Times Where You Feel, Like You Are So
Off Balanced ]
[ You Were Going To Fall ]
[ Who Will Be There, To Lend YOU A Hand? ]
[ You Have Been There For So Many Others All Across
The Land ]
[ It Is Not Like Your Plea For Help, Has Turned Into A Demand ]
[ For Attention ]
[ Sympathy Or Affection ]
[ That Was Never, Your Style ]
[ Not For A Single Minute ]
[ Not Even For Awhile ]
[ From What You Know ]
[ About Yourself ]
[ That May Be So ]
[ For Someone Else ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(368)▪︎[ Very Unusual … 5•5•2021 ]
[ I Heard Someone Say That They Put Their Foot In
Their Mouth Unintentionally ]
[ That Made No Sense ]
[ Who In Their Right Mind Would Do It Intentionally? ]
[ C’mon, Really? ]
[ Freely? ]
[ That Would Be Like Someone Saying That They Made Themselves
Look Like A Horses Ass Because They Thought It Would Look
Good ]
[ As A Child ]
[ Were They Always Misunderstood? ]
[ Like Eating Paint ]
[ Is Good For The Brain? ]
[ Does Anyone Ever Like To Embarrass Themselves? ]
[ I Know That Some People Want To Embarrass Everyone Else ]
[ Some People Like To Do That For Sport ]
[ Driving Some Where To Hide Behind Their Own Imaginary Fort ]
[ Some Of The Walls ]
[ Can Be 40 Feet High ]
[ With Skinny Long Halls ]
[ The Inner Sanctum Is Seen By Very Few ]
[ Definitely Not By Anyone New ]
[ & If By Chance Anyone Is Let In ]
[ They See The Person That Nobody Knew ]
[ Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ If Someone Is Let In, They Usually Will Not Like What They See ]
[ How Things Look ]
[ & How Things Seem To Be ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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