[ I Like To Express Myself Through What I Write ]
[ Because I Have Feelings Every Morning, Noon & Night ]
[ & Because I Am Writing What I Think ]
[ There Is No Wrong Or Right ]
[ Some Say This Is A Gift ]
[ Whenever I Think About How I Got It ]
[ It Gives Me A Tremendous Lift ]
[ When I Write My Thoughts I Know Some Don’t Approve ]
[ But Not To Be Sounding Rude ]
[ I Have Nothing To Prove ]
[ So With This Attitude ]
[ I Always Look For Ways & Times Where I Can Improve ]
[ I’ve Been Told That Sometimes I Write What Others Want
To Say ]
[ How Come Others Can’t Find Their Own Way ]
[ To Say What Their Thoughts Are Everyday? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(595)▪︎[ Two Days In A Row! … 6•30•2020 ]
[ After Sitting Around The Living Room Listening To The Tic-Toc ]
[ Of The Wall Clock ]
[ I Decided To Get Up Off Of My Butt & Go For A Walk ]
[ Around The Block ]
[ Yesterday I Went Two Laps Around ]
[ So Two Laps & One Mailbox Further ]
[ Had Me Covering More Ground ]
[ So Down The Street & Then A Left Turn ]
[ I Want To Do This ]
[ Before My Back Feels A Burn ]
[ I Go One More Mailbox Everyday ]
[ This Is Because I Really Do Not Like What I Weigh ]
[ Once You Reach A Certain Age ]
[ Body Fat Seems To Want To Stay ]
[ This Was The First Time In My Most Recent Life ]
[ That I Went & Got Nicole ]
[ My Wife ]
[ I Wanted Her To Walk Too ]
[ Because She Needs Too As Much As I Do ]
[ We Walked Almost A Full Mile ]
[ Even Though It Took Us Awhile ]
[ I Felt An Accomplishment On My Side ]
[ I’ve Done That Hill Four Times Now ]
[ & I Haven’t Died ]
[ I Remember That I Would Have Always Had To Stop ]
[ Or I Felt I Would Drop ]
[ Before I Completely Made It To The Top ]
[ I Cannot Say That This Is Alot Of Fun ]
[ & I Know That I Could Never Do This In A Run ]
[ But I Do Feel Really Good When I’m Done ]
[ Two Days In The Books ]
[ Let’s See How All Of This Looks ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(592)▪︎[ @ Times … 6•29•2020 ]
[ Sometimes When Things Get Loud ]
[ I Instantly Want To Get Away From The Crowd ]
[ & Stand All Alone ]
[ So I Can Just Be On My Own ]
[ But When I Look Down ]
[ There Is No Other Person Around ]
[ Was The Noise ]
[ Just My Own Voice? ]
[ & The Reflection I See ]
[ In The Mirror ]
[ Was Just Me ]
[ Standing Here ]
[ Then How Do I Get Away? ]
[ For Just One Day? ]
[ What If I Spun Around Until My Head Will Spin? ]
[ I’d Probably Fall On My Butt ]
[ & Never Want To Do That Again ]
[ I Don’t Want To Go Outside Because Of All Of The Violence ]
[ I’d Stay In & Create My Own Silence ]
[ Sometimes Silence Is A Good Thing ]
[ Sometimes I Like The Smiles ]
[ That It Brings ]
[ The Smiles & Good Times ]
[ That Are Not Attached With Strings ]
[ Nothing Asked For, Nothing Borrowed ]
[ Not A Single Demand ]
[ That Needs To Be Delivered Tomorrow ]
[ Everything Is For Now! ]
[ There Is No One Peeking Around The Corner ]
[ Asking ( HOW? ) ]
[ Nobody Around To Not Believe You ]
[ Everybody Around Takes Your Word ]
[ @ Face Value ]
[ Ever ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(579)▪︎[ Why Is This So? … 6•23•2020 ]
[ Laugh & The World Laughs Too ]
[ Cry ]
[ & Everybody Moves Away From You ]
[ Why Do Tears ]
[ Cause Fears? ]
[ & Then When You Talk ]
[ There Are No Ears ]
[ Laugh Out Loud & People Are Running Towards You To Talk ]
[ They Want To Know What You Have To Say ]
[ When You Cry ]
[ People Won’t Hesitate To Walk ]
[ Away ]
[ That Is When You Need That Shoulder ]
[ But When People Turn Their Back ]
[ & The Atmosphere Gets Colder ]
[ Why Is That? ]
[ Why Is That So? ]
[ Why Are You All Of A Sudden Treated Like A Doormat? ]
[ By The People You Know? ]
[ When You Cry In Front Of Others ]
[ Do They Have To Be ]
[ Your Mother Or Brothers? ]
[ Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ Because When You Are Down ]
[ You Don’t Want To Feel That You Are The Clown ]
[ That Is Being Talked About ]
[ All Over Town ]
[ Cry Because Of Love Lost ]
[ Cry Because Of The Loss ]
[ Mourn What Was Lost ]
[ Cry & Reach For That Hand ]
[ Don’t Feel Any Less Of A Man ]
[ Empathy Cannot Be A Demand ]
[ If A Friend Is There ]
[ To Give You Care ]
[ Let Them Pull Up A Chair ]
[ Then Share ]
[ You Never Should Open Your Heart ]
[ Just To Have It Torn Apart ]
[ So Laugh & The World Laughs ]
[ But Tears ]
[ Shouldn’t Cut You In Half ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(570)▪︎[ If There Is Bias, There Should Be Silence … 6•19•2020 ]
[ Prejudice In Any Form ]
[ Should Not Be The Norm ]
[ Or Put Out There ]
[ For Others To Perform ]
[ Either Because Of Height, Weight Or The Color Of
Your Face ]
[ There Should Never Be A Time Or Place ]
[ For Someone To Be Biased Because Of Your Race ]
[ But Others Think That It Is Quite Alright ]
[ To Make Fun Of Someone’s Height ]
[ Why Or How ]
[ Can That Be Right? ]
[ Height Or Race Was Never A Choice ]
[ Being That Tall Or That Color ]
[ The Person Had No Voice ]
[ If You Do Think That They Did, Then What Was Said? ]
[ The Conversation Was Not Just In That Person’s Head ]
[ Was Something Else Heard Instead? ]
[ Weight Is A Whole Different Conversation Altogether ]
[ Losing Weight ]
[ Can’t Change Like The Oregon Weather ]
[ Most Everything Is Off Limits Except If You Are Not On
The Tall Side ]
[ That’s When You Get Comments That Are Hurtful & Snide ]
[ People Should Not Be Hurtful Or Biased Towards Each Other ]
[ Not Every Woman Is Your Sister Or Mother ]
[ But You Can Treat Other Men ]
[ As Well As You Would Treat Or Welcome Him As A Brother ]
[ To Help Everyone Cope ]
[ Don’t Treat Anybody Like A Dope ]
[ On Any Scope ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(567)▪︎[ Are They The Same … 6•17•2020 ]
[ Is Loneliness The Worst Feeling You Could Have? ]
[ Is That The One Feeling That Makes You Feel Like You Have
Been Cut In Half? ]
[ It Is Like Being Invited To A Party & You Have No One To Bring ]
[ Or Waiting By The Phone ]
[ & It Never Rings ]
[ Is It That You Know ]
[ That Nobody Will Want To Go? ]
[ It Is A Fact ]
[ That When You Do A Selfless Act ]
[ That There Is No One Around To Pat You On The Back? ]
[ Being Altruistic Is Being Kind ]
[ Without Having A Reward In Mind ]
[ But It Is Nice ]
[ When Some Other Person Sees It With Their Own Eyes ]
[ & Then You Feel Like Doing That Twice ]
[ How Does One Make Loneliness Go Away? ]
[ Even For Just One Day? ]
[ When It Does ]
[ Will It Stay ]
[ That Way ]
[ Does Despair ]
[ & Loneliness ]
[ Come As A Pair? ]
[ Is That What Makes People ]
[ Lose All Of Their Hair? ]
[ What Does Someone That Feels All Alone ]
[ Do About The Silence ]
[ When It All Sounds So Monotone? ]
[ Is That Much Better Than Feeling All Alone In A Crowd ]
[ While Trying To Drown ]
[ Out All Of The Voices That Sound ]
[ So Loud? ]
[ Does The Silence ]
[ Bring On The Violence? ]
[ Loneliness & Feeling Alone Are Two Different Things ]
[ The One Thing They Have In Common Though ]
[ Is That They Both Makes The Heart Sting ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(481)▪︎[ It’s A Double Edged Sword … 5•14•2020 ]
[ It Seems Like Forever Since That Last Phone Call ]
[ If I Knew Then, What I Know Now ]
[ I Would Have Stalled ]
[ If I Knew That Would Be My Last Conversation Forever ]
[ I Wouldn’t Hang Up … Ever? ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Would ]
[ I Don’t Think That I Could ]
[ The Thought That We Would Never Again Talk ]
[ To Him ]
[ Oh The Thought ]
[ Would Make Me Balk ]
[ Forever Never Is An Awfully Long Long Time ]
[ All That I Can Do Now ]
[ Is Write My Pain Out In A Rhyme ]
[ Line After Line, Word After Word ]
[ Hello World ]
[ Please Let Me Be Heard ]
[ Hug Your Family, Pull Them Close ]
[ Make A Circle ]
[ Touch Nose To Nose ]
[ I Found That Brent Died Alone In His Sleep ]
[ There Was No Sound ]
[ Not Even A Peep ]
[ He Didn’t Look Around ]
[ Because His Slumber Was Deep ]
[ He Went Peacefully Into The Night ]
[ There Was No Struggle ]
[ There Was No Fight ]
[ He Had No Trouble ]
[ As He Walked Silently Towards The Light ]
[ There Was No Choice ]
[ He Heard Nobody’s Voice ]
[ & There Was No Noise ]
[ My Plan To Visit Came Three Weeks Too Late ]
[ My Brothers Spirit ]
[ Could Not Wait ]
[ There Was Nothing To Be Done ]
[ In That Moment ]
[ There Wasn’t Even One ]
[ More Comment ]
[ The Next Call From Las Vegas Was A Doozy ]
[ The Conversation Made Me Woozy ]
[ Oh, Brother Brent ]
[ I Have So Many Regrets ]
[ Now, I Feel So Spent ]
[ & As The Sun Sets ]
[ I’ve Lost All Track Of The Times When I’ve Wept ]
[ So Love Your Family, Love Your Friends ]
[ You Just Don’t Know ]
[ When A Life Is Going To End ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(434)▪︎[ My Piece Of Tile … 5•24•2021 ]
[ When I Say That I Want To Concentrate On My Own Piece
Of Tile ]
[ That Means That I Won’t Walk A Mile ]
[ So I Could See Your Side For Awhile ]
[ Your Side Is All Yours ]
[ With Your Own Ceiling, Walls & Floors ]
[ I Don’t Even Want To Come & Sneak ]
[ A Peak ]
[ While We Speak ]
[ When It Comes To How You Think, I Have Zero Say ]
[ Today ]
[ Tomorrow ]
[ In Any Way ]
[ You Have 100% Responsibility ]
[ & Accountability ]
[ Just Like You Should Have 100% Confidentiality ]
[ What I Say & Do I Should Own ]
[ Even Though I Might Not Like The Other Person’s Tone ]
[ It Just Seems As I’ve Grown ]
[ Even Though, It Makes Me Feel More & More Alone ]
[ That Is The Affect Of Growing Into Adulthood ]
[ Alot Of Things That I Might Do, Could ]
[ Be Misunderstood ]
[ & Might Even Be Disliked ]
[ If I Call The Wrong Guy ( MIKE ) ]
[ But What I Say & Can Do ]
[ May Or May Not Involve You ]
[ & I Assume ]
[ I Am Not Supposed To Look Your Way & Presume ]
[ What You Might Or Might Not Think ]
[ Or What I Might Guess]
[ What You Would Want To Drink ]
[ I Only Have To Be Aware ]
[ Of ]
[ The One Tile Square ]
[ That I Am Supposed To Love ]
[ So I Can Wine ]
[ & Dine ]
[ On Mine ]
[ Until The Clock Strikes Nine ]
[ All That I Am Responsible For ]
[ Is How My Piece Of Tile Fits On This Very Large Floor ]
[ I Am Supposed To Defend ]
[ Where It Fits In ]
[ & That Is It ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(429)▪︎[ Who Is This Asha? … 5•22•2021 ]
[ Who Is This Asha Woman In A Nutshell? ]
[ Well … ]
[ Okay, I Will Tell ]
[ She Cannot Be Explained In Simple Terms ]
[ She Is A Woman Of Alot Of Words ]
[ She Is A Whole Lot Of Fun & Sometimes Very Predictable ]
[ If She Was A Piece Of Furniture She Would Be A Dining
Room Table ]
[ A Solid & Incredibly Strong Base ]
[ & Always Dependable ]
[ She Can Be Small But Then Expanded By Adding A Leaf ]
[ She Is Totally Transparent ]
[ & Never Hides Anything, Like A Thief ]
[ What You See Is What You Get ]
[ Her Temperature Rarely Changes ]
[ Like Going Cold After Accidentally Getting Wet ]
[ But Then, If You Ask ]
[ If She Could Do A Task ]
[ That Is When The Humor Starts ]
[ After Asking Her To Fold A SWEATSHIRT ]
[ I Had To Break Down The Instructions Into Several Simple
Parts ]
[ Show Her How To Fold Them In Thirds Really Neat & Nice ]
[ But The Whole Concept Confuses Her ]
[ Because In Her Eyes The SWEATSHIRT Was Only Folded
Twice ]
[ She Is Complex, Concerning, Comedic & Confusing ]
[ She Is Also As Sweet, Beautiful & Intelligent As She
Is Tall ]
[ & When Her Sense Of Humor Comes Out, She Is Downright
Amusing ]
[ She May Ask Questions Alot ]
[ & When She Puts On This One Certain Red Dress ]
[ You Can’t Believe Your Eyes, Because She Looks HOT! ]
[ & If You Could Get Up The Nerve ]
[ You Should Ask Ms. Asha ( DAMN, WHERE DO HIDE THOSE
CURVES? ]
[ While You Show Her The Respect ]
[ That Was Not One Image That You Would Ever Expect ]
[ She Has Such A Fast Personality She Can Barely Keep
Up With Herself @ Times ]
[ If You Watch & Really Listen To Her ]
[ Many Things Wind Up In The Stories That Rhyme ]
[ Ms. Asha Is As Honest As They Come ]
[ It Would Be A Huge Mistake For Anyone To Call Her Dumb ]
[ Her Integrity Is Beyond Question ]
[ Sometimes Her Responses CAUSES Questions ]
[ Truth To Be Told ]
[ Asha Is Sincere Instead Of Cold ]
[ & In Most Instances ]
[ She Has The Biggest Heart Of Gold ]
[ If You Ever Have ALOT Of Time & Patience & Want To
Have Some Fun ]
[ Ask Asha To Do A Task That She Has Never Done ]
[ Then Stand Back & Watch ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1235)▪︎[ This Is A Recording … 10•13•19 ]
[ I Remember Putting On A Brave Face ]
[ To Hide The Symptoms Of Depression ]
[ I Always Felt Like A Disgrace ]
[ Because I Needed to Make A Confession ]
[ Whenever Someone Would Ask ]
[ [ HOW ARE THINGS? ] ]
[ I Wanted To Take Off My Mask ]
[ & Tell Them About The Guilt That Depression Brings ]
[ I Could Never Get Away From The Guilt Because It Was
Always On My Mind ]
[ Add My PTSD To The Mix ]
[ & It Seemed Like I Was Always On Rewind ]
[ PTSD Affects Me In Many Different Ways ]
[ & It Can Affect Me For Many Consecutive Days ]
[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ There Were Days Where All I Wanted To Do Was Shout ]
[ Because I Was Having Nightmares That Had To Do With Subjects That
I Knew Nothing About ]
[ Later In The Day The Subject Would Become Clear ]
[ I Was Having Nightmares About Things That I Fear ]
[ Can You Hear That? ]
[ I Can ]
[ I Just Don’t Know Where I’m @ ]
[ As One Man ]
[ Oh, I’ve Been Sitting Here All Of The Time ]
[ Having Flashbacks ]
[ In Between Writing Rhymes ]
[ What’s The Subject For The Day? ]
[ Even In My Confusion ]
[ My Thoughts Can Sit Still & Stay ]
[ But I Didn’t Want Or Need Them All ]
[ When One Wouldn’t Go Away ]
[ It Drove Me Up The Wall ]
[ How Do I Keep My Modesty & Sanity? ]
[ In A World Filled With ]
[ Insanity & Vanity? ]
[ That’s One Reason That I Try To Keep My Thoughts Wrapped
Up Nice & Tight ]
[ Because Sometimes When I Try To Verbalize Them ]
[ Things Don’t Quite ]
[ Sound Right ]
[ But Most Of The Time I Stay In My Head ]
[ So My Expressionless Face Can’t Be Read ]
[ & Complimentary Words Would Go Unsaid ]
[ Often My Home Was My De-Compression Zone ]
[ A Better Place ]
[ Was Never Known ]
[ I Had To Find Another Place Where I Felt As Safe As Before ]
[ Would I Ever Be Able To Find That Door? ]
[ Where It Was Safe To Walk On It’s Floor? ]
[ Now I Know A Place Where I Can Take My Thoughts & Park ]
[ It’s When I Go To Sleep In The Dark ]
[ When I Open My Eyes I’d Hear This Song ]
[ That Usually Told Me When Something Was Wrong ]
[ I’d Tell Myself [ BE STRONG, BE STRONG ] ]
[ Even When I Did Not Quite Know What Was Going On ]
[ When I Could Clearly See ]
[ I’d Find That There Is Nobody In The Room ]
[ With Me ]
[ Then I’d Wonder [ HOW COULD THIS BE? ] ]
[ I Figured Out That It Was Another Flashback ]
[ Caused By My PTSD ]
[ How Can I Get Away From This Disorder ]
[ That Is Like Playing A Recorder ]
[ [ SHUT DOWN! SHUT DOWN! ]
[ Is What I Tell Myself ]
[ But It Never Works, I’ve Found ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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