[ 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 ]
(215)▪︎[ The Culmination … 3•15•2021 ]
[ 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 ]
(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 ]
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