[ Let’s Take One Little Moment @ A Time ]
[ When Someone Offers To Give You Three Nickels ]
[ Don’t Ask For Three Dimes ]
[ Just Like When Someone Offers You An Inch ]
[ Don’t Take A Mile ]
[ Would It Take A Pinch ]
[ On The Cheek, To Make You Smile? ]
[ When Your Spouse Looks You In The Eyes ]
[ Do They Seem Vacant ]
[ Or Are They Bright & Wise? ]
[ You Always Want To Put Your Best Foot Forward ]
[ You Do Need To Know ]
[ Though ]
[ Where You’re Heading Toward ]
[ It’s Not Like You Need To Always Walk Towards The Bright ]
[ Lights ]
[ Sometimes You Just Might ]
[ Go Into The Tunnell That’s Dark ]
[ & Stand There & Park ]
[ Look Over Your Shoulder @ The Light ]
[ Then Lay Down & Say Goodnight ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(375)▪︎[ What We Do … 4•15•2020 ]
[ What We Do Now ]
[ Will Greatly Affect Our Tomorrow ]
[ We Don’t Want To Somehow ]
[ Turn The Next Day Into Sorrow ]
[ As We In Someway ]
[ Try To Protect Our Wealth ]
[ Throughout The Day ]
[ We Need To Take Care Of Our Health ]
[ Sorrow Can Come In Many Forms ]
[ & Be So Disruptive ]
[ It Can Change Our Norms ]
[ Is It A Constructive Way, Given Only To Help? ]
[ Is It Like Getting Positive Marks, On The
Next Entry OnYelp? ]
[ But Remarks Can Be Positive ]
[ Or Negative ]
[ I’ve Given Both ]
[ I’m Sure There Were Some People ]
[ Who Hated What I Wrote ]
[ So When They Can Complain ]
[ I’d Say ( WHAT EVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(453)▪︎[ All Bad? … 5•4•2020 ]
[ The Sun Now Sets ]
[ On A Day That Seemed To Be Filled With Unrest ]
[ What Happened When I Woke Up? ]
[ If I Would Had Known How The Day Was Going To End ]
[ I Would Had Just Wanted To Lie There With My Eyes Shut! ]
[ The Day Started Out Good, But Went Downhill From There ]
[ If My Head Was Not Already Bald ]
[ I Would Had Pulled Out Every Single Hair ]
[ It Seemed To Be One Thing After Another ]
[ If I Chose One Thing Of Two ]
[ I Would Find That I Should Had Picked The Other ]
[ & Another Thing That I Didn’t Know ]
[ Was, All Through That Day ]
[ I Was One Step Too Slow ]
[ Even @ The Start ]
[ My Horse Was Behind The Cart ]
[ The Cart Should Not Be In Front, Of Course ]
[ The Cart Should Be Pulled By The Horse ]
[ So I Had Everything Upside Down ]
[ Whenever I Took A Step Forward ]
[ I’d Find Myself On The Ground ]
[ How Could This Be? ]
[ Who Tripped Me? ]
[ Oh, I Did This To Myself? ]
[ This Was Not Done By Someone Else? ]
[ So That Was The Kind Of Day That I Had ]
[ Instead Of A Good Morning ]
[ The Whole Day Was Bad ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(452)▪︎[ Not Okay To Mourn … 5•4•2020 ]
[ Is It A Waste Of Time To Mourn? ]
[ Does It Continue To Bring Up The Reasons ]
[ That Has Your Heart Torn? ]
[ Over & Over You Have It Bouncing Around In Your Head ]
[ Would You Rather Feel The Pain ]
[ In Your Heart Instead? ]
[ Nobody Wants To Think About What That Pain You Have Is
All About ]
[ What If You Are Wrong? ]
[ & That Causes Doubt ]
[ If You Shout ]
[ It Out ]
[ Does Anybody Actually Hear A Single Word? ]
[ If They Did ]
[ What Have They Heard? ]
[ Will They Say? ]
[ Today? ]
[ Okay ]
[ But In What Way? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(416)▪︎[ See The Sea For Free … 4•25•2020 ].
[ The Sounds Of The Ocean Really Make Me Calm ]
[ Splashing Up On A Beach Lined With Trees Of Palm ]
[ It Is Such A Soothing Sound ]
[ That Helps Keep My Feet ]
[ Firmly Planted On The Ground ]
[ & Nothing Beats ]
[ The Sound Of Nobody Around ]
[ Watching & Being On The Ocean ]
[ Are Two Way Different Things ]
[ Being On The Water, Feeling The Motion ]
[ Sickness Is What It Brings ]
[ I Can’t See The End Of The Ocean, But I Know
It Is Out There ]
[ Somewhere ]
[ On The Other Side Of The World ]
[ Do The Women Have Dark Straight Hair ]
[ Or Blonde Strands Of Curls ]
[ Nobody Really Knows What All Lives Way Down Deep In
The Water ]
[ On The Other Side Of The Ocean ]
[ Is The Sun Any Hotter? ]
[ I’ll Never Truly Know What’s On That Other Side ]
[ I Thought Someone Told Me Something Years Ago ]
[ But I Think They Lied ]
[ What They Said, Sounded To Be Too Unbelievably True ]
[ I Do Love It When I Hear That The Water Is A Dark Blue ]
[ The Sounds, The Smell & The Sand ]
[ When You See The Never Ending Water ]
[ You Know That This Was Made by God’s Hand ]
[ It’s So Peaceful On the Sand When You Go For A Long Long Walk ]
[ If Anyone Dares To Go With You ]
[ Politely TELL Them { PLEASE DON’t TALK! } ]
[ Clearing My Mind Is What The Sounds Of The Ocean Does ]
[ The Reason To Go Is So Simple ]
[ I Go … Just Because ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(389)▪︎[ Regrets … 4•19•2020 ]
[ Whenever My Brother Brent Called, I’d Ask
( HEY BRENT ) ]
[ ( HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? ) ]
[ Ever Since He Passed ]
[ I Can Never Ask That Again ]
[ He Has Gone & Now Is Pain Free ]
[ For That I Smile With Glee ]
[ Now It’s Just Grief, For Me ]
[ No This Is Not A Pity Party I’m Throwing For Myself ]
[ I Leave Those ]
[ For Someone Else ]
[ I Have A Hole ]
[ In My Soul ]
[ Where When He Was Here ]
[ I Felt Whole ]
[ Once We Met I Felt That I Found My Twin ]
[ We Never Argued ]
[ Because Neither One Of Us Would Win ]
[ I Admired So Much About Him, Too ]
[ But Now I’m Blue ]
[ The Saying ( IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE SOMEONE FLOWERS
MAKE SURE THEY ARE AROUND TO RECEIVE THEM ) Is Spot On ]
[ Same Goes For Kind Words ]
[ Don’t Wait Until They Are Gone ]
[ Admitting That You Are Wrong ]
[ Does Not Mean You Are Not Strong ]
[ You Are Not A Disgrace ]
[ If You Apologize To Someone’s Face ]
[ Always Make Sure It’s The Right Time ]
[ & The Right Place ]
[ But When It Comes To My Brother, I Bet ]
[ It’s Going To Take Me Years ]
[ To Get ]
[ Over My Regrets ]
[ Just A Little Piece Of Advice ]
[ Don’t Think Twice ]
[ About Doing Or Saying Something Nice ]
[ To The One’s You Care About ]
[ Don’t Leave A Shred Of Doubt ]
[ & Give It Your All ]
[ When You Give Them A Call ]
[ Should I Have Been There … I Don’t Know ]
[ Who Is The One That Sits Down & Says So? ]
[ So, This Note I Will Send ]
[ To My Brother & Friend ]
[ ( I LOVED YOU TO THE VERY END ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(384)▪︎[ Death & Taxes … 4•17•2020 ]
[ Life Can Be So Fleeting ]
[ & For Those Left Behind ]
[ So Defeating ]
[ Death & Taxes Are The Only Sure Things In Life They
Say ]
[ & When Your Time Is Up ]
[ There Will Not Be Another Day ]
[ Tik-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ Goes The Life Expectancy Clock ]
[ Just Like A Heart Attack ]
[ There’s No Going Back ]
[ You Can’t Expand The Given 24 Hours ]
[ No One Can Do That ]
[ No One Has Any Of Those Powers ]
[ You Can’t Avoid Taxes Or Death ]
[ You Can Hasten The Journey ]
[ By Shooting & Smoking Meth ]
[ There’s No Way In Hell That Will Happen To Me ]
[ I’m Just Trying To Be Who I Think I Should Be ]
[ But Who Or What Is That? ]
[ I Just Want To Take A Good Swing ]
[ When It’s My Turn Up To Bat ]
[ See The Ball, Take A Step Toward Your Goal & Swing ]
[ & Give It All That You Can Bring ]
[ Just Try, Try, Try ]
[ & Don’t Settle On Just Getting By ]
[ But If You Get The Feeling That You Are Going To The Ground ]
[ Don’t Reach Out ]
[ To Pull Others Down ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(465)▪︎[ Words Can Hurt … 6•2•2021 ]
[ Anger Seems To Be A Constant Part In My Life ]
[ Be It @ Me ]
[ Or From Me ]
[ Affecting My Son Or My Wife ]
[ Names Can Be Called Or Felt ]
[ It Can Feel Like ]
[ The Tightening Of A Belt ]
[ & If You Check ]
[ It Would Be Around My Neck ]
[ Either Way, It Hurts ]
[ Easy To Feel & Give ]
[ As If It Is Pulling @ My Shirt ]
[ Anger Can Tear Couples & Families Apart ]
[ Some Angry Comments ]
[ Are Meant To Pierce My Heart ]
[ Or Are They Meant? ]
[ To Stay In The Head ]
[ Instead? ]
[ Either Reason Or Way ]
[ Piercing Words ]
[ Find A Way To Stay ]
[ & Be Heard ]
[ Ping Ponging Back & Forth ]
[ Heading South ]
[ Then Heading North ]
[ Which Direction Does It Hurt The Most ]
[ Hardening The Heart, Like A Piece Of Burnt Toast ]
[ Not Just Crunchy Around The Edges ]
[ But It Won’t Leave Me Teetering On Any Ledges ]
[ When Can I Look Around? ]
[ To Find Solid Ground? ]
[ Instead Of Living On My Seat ]
[ I Want To Finish Life Standing On My Own Two Feet ]
[ Is That Dream On ]
[ The Nearest Horizon ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(467)▪︎[ In The Distant … 5•9•2020 ]
[ One Time In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ Outside It Was So Dark ]
[ I Didn’t Have My Sight ]
[ I Heard A Voice That Was So Persistent ]
[ It Kept Calling Out My Name ]
[ But It Seemed To Be So Far In The Distant ]
[ I Stretched My Arms Out In Front Of Me To Feel ]
[ This Darkness ]
[ Was So Unreal ]
[ As I Walk Towards The Voice ]
[ I Feel Like I Have No Choice ]
[ But Once I Start To Follow The Sound ]
[ It’s Getting Loud ]
[ Almost Like A Crowd ]
[ But There’s No One Around ]
[ Then As I’m Walking ]
[ I Hear The Voice Talking ]
[ Who Could It Be? ]
[ Were They Talking To Me? ]
[ Then The Ground Felt Like Mush ]
[ & There Was A Hush ]
[ I Couldn’t Hear The Voice Anymore ]
[ So What Did I Walk Out Here For? ]
[ As I Walk, The Sky Turns Blue ]
[ Where Am I? ]
[ I Have No Clue ]
[ The Scenery Really Looks Peculiar ]
[ Nothing Looks @ All Familiar ]
[ Where Am I? ]
[ Did I Die? ]
[ I Don’t Actually Know ]
[ So … ]
[ Do I Look Up … Or Down? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(465)▪︎[ Should Have Just Stayed Home … 5•9•2020 ]
[ What To Do, What To Do, When I’m Bored? ]
[ Maybe I’ll Find Something That Has Been Ignored ]
[ What Will I Do Once This Has Been Found? ]
[ Maybe I Grab It ]
[ & Roll Around ]
[ On The Ground ]
[ [ Does This Make Me Feel Happy? ]
[ Or Grumpy ]
[ & Snappy? ]
[ Will I Succumb ]
[ To Boredom? ]
[ Why? ]
[ How Come? ]
[ So Then I Throw That Into The Garbage ]
[ & Try Again ]
[ By Going To The Garage ]
[ Is It Here, Or Over There? ]
[ Then I Find It Where? ]
[ Well, Now I Don’t Care ]
[ How Do I Get Myself To Care More? ]
[ Do I Let It Fall To The Floor? ]
[ Maybe I’ll Throw It Away When I Walk Out The Door ]
[ On My Way To The Store ]
[ Once I Get There, What Do I Buy? ]
[ Oh My, My, My ]
[ What Do My Eyes Spy? ]
[ Right There In The Freezer ]
[ Is An Eskimo Pie ]
[ Or Maybe I Traveled This Far ]
[ For An Ice Cream Bar ]
[ It Is Driving Me Up The Wall ]
[ Because I Really Don’t Want ]
[ Any Ice Cream @ All ]
[ Did I Come Here ]
[ For An Ice Cold ]
[ Imported Beer? ]
[ Naw, Let’s Just Go Home ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Lopaka's Poetic Stories Blog 