[ In Today’s World, Life For Some Is Filled With So Much Sorrow ]
[ Some Are Wondering About Today ]
[ & Then Dreading Tomorrow ]
[ Some Have Lost Everything ]
[ When They Go Home ]
[ They Cannot Find Anything ]
[ Their Belongings Are Just Gone ]
[ & The Massive Fires Keep Moving On ]
[ Destroying Everything In It’s Path ]
[ This Is The Utmost Worse Of Mother Nature’s Wrath ]
[ That Has Ever Been Done ]
[ When Mother Nature Is Wielding A Loaded Gun ]
[ The Only Thing That People Can Do Is Run ]
[ Get In Their Cars & Drive Fast ]
[ But Stay In Control ]
[ Everything Is Now In The Past ]
[ It Is Sad That Some Memories Will Eventually Fade ]
[ Through Time ]
[ Making Room For New One’s Made ]
[ The Fires Just Came Out Of Nowhere ]
[ All @ The Same Time ]
[ There Was No One Out There ]
[ That Knew That The Elements Were Prime ]
[ For Fire ]
[ Causing Disasters From Downed Wires ]
[ & From Unusually Bad Lightning Storms ]
[ Which Were Way Out Of The Norm ]
[ The Top Authorities Thought That COVID-19 Wasn’t Going
To Be That Bad ]
[ & When You See People Without Masks ]
[ That Can Make You Mad ]
[ But All The Loss Of Life Can Leave You Sad ]
[ For The Majority Of The Residents In This Wonderful State ]
[ They Have To Sit & Watch The News ]
[ As They Wait ]
[ For Someone To Shout ]
[ ( PACK UP & GET OUT! ) ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ Poetic Stories ]
(767)▪︎[ Just Two More! … 9•10•2020 ]
[ Sometime There Will Come A Day ]
[ When I Can Find A Way ]
[ To Ask ]
[ If I Can See Your Bright Smile ]
[ That You Have To Hide, Under Your Mask ]
[ It Seems That The Way You Are Moving My Spine So
I Won’t Hurt ]
[ Really Works ]
[ & You Don’t Give Me A Hard Time Because I Wear Two Shirts ]
[ We Move Across The Floor ]
[ So You Can Show Me A New Exercise ]
[ When I Thought I Was Done, You’d Say ( NO, GIVE ME TWO MORE ) ]
[ ( & KEEP YOUR FORM PRECISE ) ]
[ I Never Want To Be The Kind ]
[ Of Patient ]
[ That Doesn’t Do Anything But Complain & Whine ]
[ When It Comes To Keeping The Right Form ]
[ I Want To Do Better Than The Norm ]
[ Once I Have The Instructions Clear ]
[ I Will Do What I Hear ]
[ & Watch My Form In Front Of Me In The Mirror ]
[ It Was Good That You Did The Planks With Me
@ The Same Time ]
[ & That Helps To Make A Sentence ]
[ In This Rhyme ]
[ Every Session You Show Me How Wise ]
[ You Are ]
[ You Break It Down Much Better Than The Other Guys ]
[ By Far ]
[ You Would Have Been One Heck Of A Trainer For Me When I
Used To Compete ]
[ My Workouts Would Have Been Grueling ]
[ But Then I Would Be Sure I Would Never Be Beat ]
[ When You Show Me An Exercise, I Want To Do It The Exact
Same ]
[ If I Do It Wrong ]
[ Only I Am To Blame ]
[ What You Do Always Has A Good Affect ]
[ & Afterwards I Have Plenty Of Time To Reflect ]
[ With All Seriousness ]
[ & Not In Jest ]
[ Kirsten Is The Best ]
[ & Therapeutics Associates ]
[ Is Alot Better & Complete, Than PT Northwest ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(401)▪︎[ Whatever Happened To Little Red? … 5•10•2021 ]
[ Why Do My Ears Hurt When I Walk My Car Home? ]
[ It Is Like My Hands Go Dizzy From The Loud Honks Waving From
The Guy Floating On The Picnic Merry-Go-Round ]
[ Why Do They Feel So Quiet? ]
[ Why Does It Hurt My Bellybutton Everytime I Sneeze? ]
[ Pepper Does That To Me When I Am Cold, Sitting On My
Shower Couch ]
[ I Have Seen It Both Ways × 4 ]
[ Why Doesn’t Blue, Yellow Or Pink Start With An ( S )? ]
[ ( OKAY ) Is Not A Dressed Up Answer ]
[ Maybe Because They Are No Longer Sold In Pairs ]
[ Now If They Were Sold In The Condiments Section @ Disneyland,
They Would Not ]
[ What Is Yours? ]
[ Orange Is The New Vegetable ]
[ Mine, Was Too + 5 =3 ]
[ I Agreed To That Objection When I Yawned, About It 2 Weeks
Ago ]
[ Speaking Of Blue, Why Are Tennis Shoes Like They Are? ]
[ But I Don’t Agree With The Soup That You Spoke ]
[ @ Times It Itches Like You Just Shoot From Your Pocket ] [ Really? ]
[ With All Of That, I Have Not Gone Under? ]
[ That Does Not Make Two Cents ]
[ I Think You Should ]
[ Again & Again, Like I Said ( HEY! ) Next Week ]
[ Betsy Ross Wanted To Sew Circles In The Flag, But She Got
Tackled Before She Could Eat ]
[ That Did Not Sound Fair Before The Sun Came Up ]
[ Does Purple Really Smell Like Chicken? ]
[ If You Took The Number 27, Please Put It Back ]
[ When Does 4 + 7 = 9? ]
[ Right Then ]
[ I Thought Only Green Did That In March ]
[ Speaking Of March … ]
[ Well? ]
[ If My Watch Had Clouds In The Water, How Much Time Did You
Save? ]
[ Try It Yesterday, It Really Does Make You Giggle ]
[ Because There Are Bubbles @ The Beginning ]
[ If It Happened Next Year, It Would Never, Ever Taste Like That ]
[ But Don’t Take The Apple Cake Out Of My Blender, Yet ]
[ I Will Never Get It ]
[ Because It Only Triangulates Twice In That Lady’s Life ]
[ It Won’t Be Before The Moon Sets ]
[ Did You Know That Grass Has Not Only Been The Color
Green? ]
[ It Has Been … ]
[ Only On Days That Rhyme With Orange ]
[ My Teddy Bear Just Yelled @ You ]
[ Umbrellas Do Not Help You Tan ]
[ But Banana’s Do Float In Jello ]
[ Only The Rainbow Kind ]
[ When Jack & Jill Went For Water, Why Didn’t They Just Turn The
Oven On? ]
[ Did You Know That The Three Bears Only Drank Coffee? ]
[ Black With Sugar, Cream & Whipped Cream ]
[ When Humpty Fell Was He Then Sunny Side Up? ]
[ Why Didn’t Little Red Riding Hood Or Little Bo Peep Ever Wear
Underwear? ]
[ Both Of Them Wore Men’s Boxers ]
[ How Come Chocolate Is Red When You Sneeze On It? ]
[ When The Pied Piper Had All Of Those Mice Following Him There
Was No Sign Of His Pet Chicken Anywhere Around ]
[ Why Was That? ]
[ The Mice Eventually Deciduated From The Piper Because He
Would Not Ever Play Jazz ]
[ Did Jack Run Away From Jill Because He Was Jealous? ]
[ Jill Had A Thing For The JOLLY GREEN GIANT ]
[ Anatomically Speaking, He Knew That He Would Not Ever
Measure Up ]
[ I Have Never Seen Anybody Sing In The Rain ]
[ I Am Not Wearing Any Panty Hose Right Now ]
[ I Felt That You Should Know ]
[ Did You Know That Little Jack Horner Was Lactose Intolerant? ] [ I Trust You On That One ]
[ Why Couldn’t The Jolly Green Giant Cross-Fit? ]
[ Was It Because He Lost His Phone? ]
[ The Big Bad Wolf Had Horrendous Smelling Hands & He Has
A CBD GUMMIES Business ]
[ The Three Little Pigs Built Their Three Houses Using Non-Union
Workers ]
[ I Saw Outside Of A Magazine That The Other Year That Some
Elephants Are Allergic To Peanut Butter & Banana Jelly Ritz
Crackers ]
[ It Is Because Of The Smell Of The Vanilla Bean ]
[ @ Times They Feel Fuzzy ]
[ Fuzzy Is A Funny Word ]
[ Fuzzy Is Not Just A Word, It Is A Funny Feeling ]
[ Right? ]
[ Well I Guess This Should Be The Beginning & I You Can Have
Two Of Them ]
[ This Was Sent With Much Love To Try To Make You Smile In
Such A Turbulent & Deciduous Time ]
[ Okay … Good Talk ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(774)▪︎[ How? … 9•12•2020 ]
[ How Do Prepare For The Worst ]
[ But Hope For The Best? ]
[ All Of This Anxiety Is Starting To Hurt ]
[ My Chest ]
[ What Do I Leave, What Do I Take? ]
[ All That Is Running Through My Head ]
[ Is Making Me Shake ]
[ Even When I’m In Bed ]
[ Laying There Wide Awake ]
[ A Close Friend Of Mine Has Lost Everything Through This ]
[ Then Her Families Property ]
[ Received Satan’s Kiss ]
[ Thankfully The Kiss Of Death Was Avoided ]
[ Now They Don’t Know Where They Are Headed ]
[ They Have Become Homeless Because Of Natures Force ]
[ Everything Is Confusing Of Course ]
[ Do They Head North Or West? ]
[ Nobody Knows ]
[ Which Direction Would Be Best ]
[ When She Is Here I Try To Fill Her Life With Humor ]
[ I Don’t Ever Go On The Internet ]
[ To Listen To The Rumors ]
[ I Try To Cut Her Stress In Half ]
[ I Want To Be Goofy & Tell Jokes ]
[ To Make Her Laugh ]
[ I’ve Done The Best I Could ]
[ & I Do The Best I Can ]
[ I’ve Said All That I Should ]
[ Because I Am Just One Man ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(399)[ Memories … 5•10•2021 ]
[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]
[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The Mistakes
You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]
[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]
[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Be Really Nice ]
[ Sometimes Your Mistakes Makes Their Way Into Your Dreams ]
[ You Would Have No Control Of That It Seems ]
[ Everyday You Wind Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In Your Life ]
[ You Have Questioned Your Roles ]
[ Of What You Are Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]
[ Do You Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ You Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ Never Seek To Shift The Spotlight On You ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO ) ]
[ You Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
Corner & Pout ]
[ You Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then You Can Fall Asleep With No More Nagging Doubts ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(729)▪︎[ Belief For Relief … 8•28•2020 ]
[ Will There Ever Be A Belief ]
[ That There Will Be Some Relief ]
[ If Even So Brief ]
[ When You Are Trying To Walk The Minefield ]
[ Of Grief? ]
[ One Wrong Step & A Bomb Can Go Boom ]
[ One Whole Day Of Being In A Bad Mood ]
[ Can Quickly Clear A Room ]
[ 2 Exits, No Waiting ]
[ Anybody’s Voice ]
[ Can Be So Grating ]
[ So It Is Always A Choice ]
[ To Start Going Through Some Hesitating ]
[ Moments About Which Way You Will Go ]
[ Are You Ever Confidant ]
[ That You Really Know? ]
[ Life Can Be Tumultuous On A Regular Day ]
[ But You Find That When Grief Pops Its Ugly Head Up ]
[ It Could Be With You For A Very Long Stay ]
[ Sometimes It Doesn’t Go Away For Months Or Years ]
[ Grief Can Actually Shine A Bright Light ]
[ On Your Worst Fears ]
[ & There Could Be Many Nights ]
[ When You Have Nothing But Tears ]
[ But Some Say That Real Men Don’t Cry ]
[ The Question For That, Is Why? ]
[ Not? ]
[ Why Would A Guy ]
[ Always Want To Be A Robot? ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(728)▪︎[ Kirsten … 8•27•2020 ]
[ Nothing Gets Stronger Until You Overload It ]
[ Everything Counts ]
[ Even Just A Little Bit ]
[ But Muscle Memory ]
[ Can Mean Everything ]
[ Whatever You Want To See ]
[ Depends On What You Bring ]
[ Do You Bring A Good Attitude ]
[ Do You Always Check Your Mood ]
[ @ The Door? ]
[ What If You Do Your Whole Set ]
[ & Kirsten Yells ( NOW, GIVE ME TWO MORE! ) ]
[ Is That Demand Met ]
[ With Tears On The Floor? ]
[ Or Do You Gather Your Energy & Check Yourself? ]
[ Knowing That You Wouldn’t Do This ]
[ For Just Anyone Else ]
[ Because You Know That Kirsten Knows What’s Best ]
[ So You Always Want To Beat Every Test ]
[ She Will Always Let You Rest ]
[ A Minute Or Two ]
[ & Then Kirsten Will Once Again ]
[ Let You Know What You Need To Do ]
[ She Is So Good @ Breaking Things Down So You Can ]
[ Understand ]
[ She Is Always Your Biggest Fan ]
[ Kirsten Does Not Criticize ]
[ She Does Not Cut You Down To A Smaller Size ]
[ A Good Therapist Is One That Is Constantly Explaining ]
[ As She Goes ]
[ So You Are Never Complaining ]
[ About The Exercises She Shows ]
[ But When Things Get Easy To Do ]
[ She Will Give You Something New ]
[ & Then You May Discover ]
[ You Have A Muscle Group You Never Knew ]
[ You Never Want To Run & Hide ]
[ Let Her Be Your Guide ]
[ & In The End You’ll Find Out ]
[ That She Never Lied ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(822)▪︎[ A Big Thanks … 9•25•2020 ]
[ Dear Marianno ]
[ Here A Few Things That I Thought You Should Know ]
[ If I Was Talking To My Favorite Caregiver ]
[ I Would Talk Really Slow ]
[ Before You & Your Heroic Friends Came ]
[ We Never Knew When The Fires Would End ]
[ Or Would We Ever See Rain ]
[ Everyone Would Shout ]
[ That They Had Doubt ]
[ About ]
[ When The Fires Would Be Put Out ]
[ It Took More Than Effort & Water To Take Those
Fires Apart ]
[ It Took A Whole Lot Of Heart ]
[ You Don’t Fight Those Fires On A Dare ]
[ So What Incentive Got You Out There? ]
[ You Risk Your Lives Because You Care ]
[ You Care About The Thousands Of People That You Will
Never Meet ]
[ You Fight The Good Fight Until You Hurt ]
[ From The Top Of Your Head Clear Down To The Bottom Of
Your Feet ]
[ It Is NOT Because Of The Big Paychecks That You Get ]
[ & You Know That You Can’t Control How These Fires Are Set ]
[ But The Paychecks ARE Nice ]
[ Sometimes They Make You Look Twice ]
[ But It Is Not Worth The Ultimate Price ]
[ Watch Out For Falling Branches & Fire In The Roots ]
[ & Ground So Hot ]
[ You Can Feel It Through Your Boots ]
[ You Look Up High ]
[ Towards The Sky ]
[ & Low ]
[ @ The Ground ]
[ You Have To Be Aware Of How The Winds Blow ]
[ & Which Way It Goes Around ]
[ It Is Way Overdue ]
[ & They Finally Caught A Clue ]
[ On How They Can Better Treat You ]
[ Putting You Up In A Good Hotel ]
[ So You Could Shower ]
[ & Hopefully Letting You Sleep Well ]
[ So You Can Fight Back The Power ]
[ That Makes Your Sounding Scenery Look Like Hell ]
[ Are You Tired Of All Of The Fun? ]
[ Of Always Being On The Run? ]
[ When Will It Stop? ]
[ When Will The Fire Stop Going ( POP, POP, POP? ) ]
[ It Is Amazing How Much Damage Can Be Caused By One
Single Lightning Strike ]
[ It Does Not Do Anything That You Like ]
[ I Have To Say How Much I Am Amazed ]
[ By The Effort & Work Ethic ]
[ Of A Young Man Your Age ]
[ All Of You Guys Are Super Hero’s To All Of Us Plain Folks ]
[ Hiding In Our Homes ]
[ When The Wind Blew In All Of The Smoke ]
[ So Wherever You’d Go ]
[ You Always Chocked ]
[ But You Guys Are Beating That Fire & Turning It Into
Itself ]
[ So It Can’t Burn Anything Else ]
[ You Get In There Like You Are In A Fight ]
[ Beginning @ Your Early Morning Light ]
[ Until Well Into The Night ]
[ Half Ass Effort Is Never Enough ]
[ But Like They Say About The Astronauts ]
[ You ALL Are Made Up Of THE RIGHT STUFF! ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(753)▪︎[ One Bad Day … 9•5•2020 ]
[ Tic Toc, Tic Toc ]
[ Goes The Clock ]
[ In My Mind ]
[ As I’m Taking A Walk ]
[ I Would Much Rather It Be Your Voice ]
[ Ringing In My Ear ]
[ But I Have No Choice ]
[ Since You Are No Longer Near ]
[ As The Weather Gets Colder ]
[ It Doubles The Pain In My Left Shoulder ]
[ After My Surgery ]
[ It Really Makes Me Feel Older ]
[ As I’m Out ]
[ Walking & Thinking About ]
[ All Of The Doubt ]
[ That I Had About The Point Of View ]
[ Of That Doctor Who Never Knew ]
[ How To Break The News ]
[ About What You ]
[ Went Through ]
[ When They Called A Code Blue ]
[ Those Words Were The Kind ]
[ That Gets Stuck ]
[ As A Bad Memory, In My Mind ]
[ Those Were The Hardest Words ]
[ That I Had Ever Heard ]
[ You Were No Longer In Pain As You Moved On ]
[ All That I Know Now ]
[ Is That My Future As We Planned, Is Now Gone ]
[ & There Is No More Arguing About What Is Right Or Wrong ]
[ In My Life ]
[ I Need To Keep The Memories Strong ]
[ No Matter The Chaos Or Strife ]
[ That I May Come Across ]
[ As I’m Dealing With This Loss ]
[ As I Look Back ]
[ I Knew That For A Fact ]
[ That You Were A 1 In A Million Act ]
[ Now When I See You In My Dreams ]
[ It Makes Me Smile & Cry ]
[ Because We Made Such A Great Team ]
[ I Always End Up Screaming ( WHY? ) ]
[ It Seems ]
[ Where Will I Find The Strength This Time? ]
[ Because Your Death Was Such A Crime ]
[ That Is Why I Pour My Soul Into This Rhyme ]
[ Was This Just A Thought, Not Real? ]
[ This Is How I Never Want To Feel ]
[ So As I Come Home From My Walk ]
[ I Know That You Have Always Been My Rock ]
[ & I Find That My Biggest Wish ]
[ Is That I Hope That I Will Not Have To Hear Words Like
This ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(751)▪︎[ When The Light Goes Out … 9•4•2020 ]
[ What Really Happens When The Light Goes Out? ]
[ Is There Doubt ]
[ That Sets In? ]
[ Does The Dark Make The World Start To Spin? ]
[ The Light Went Away So Fast ]
[ You Knew It Would Not Last ]
[ But It Is Now Just A Memory Of Your Past ]
[ You Saw It Coming, But There Was Nothing You Could Do ]
[ Because It Is So Dark ]
[ You Hate Your View ]
[ Of What May Or May Not Be In Front Of You ]
[ Whenever You Hear A Sound ]
[ Do You Look Down? ]
[ Or Do Look Around? ]
[ But Look For What? ]
[ Do You Check The Doors & Windows ]
[ To Make Sure That They Are Shut? ]
[ & Check The Lock ]
[ As You Hear The Tic-Toc ]
[ Of Your Wall Clock ]
[ It Feels Like It Will Be Hours Until The Sun Comes Up Outside ]
[ You Can’t Seem To Able, To Close Your Eyes ]
[ Because They Are Open So Wide ]
[ Hours Later You Are Able To Fall Into A Deep ]
[ Sleep ]
[ Only After You Don’t Hear A Peep ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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