(001)▪︎[ Book … 2026 ]

What’s the first book you ever finished and still remember to this day?

[ What Is The Book You Remember? ]

[ Before You Went Through The Riot That Took Your Career Away You Tried To Read As Many Non-Fiction Books On Serial Murderers As You Could Find ]

[ Post- Riot … Now You Have Trouble Comprehending What You Have Read From One Paragraph To The Next ]

[ When You Were In Your Late Teens You Read An Article About John Douglas, An FBI Profiler. That Totally Fascinated You. Getting Inside How Serial Murderers Thought Was Also Very Fascinating ]

[ You Filled @ Least (2) (18gal) Totes With Just Books Based On Serial Murderers ]

[ The Very 1st Serial Killer Book Was Titled, “The Yorkshire Ripper” & It Was About A Serial Killer In England ]

[ This Guy Was Brutal ]

[ He Was Given The Name “The Yorkshire Ripper” Because The Brutality Of The Crime Reminded The Law Enforcement Over There Of The Infamous “Jack The Ripper” ]

[ One Murderer That Was Never Caught ]

[ Of Course This Caused Conspiracy Nuts To Go Nuts ]

[ Authorities Never Figured That Murder Spree Out ]

[ You Don’t Remember The Victims Names Or How Many There Were ]

[ Then The Yorkshire Ripper Slipped Up & A Woman Got Away From Him ]

[ A Survivor ]

[ So Many Victims & One Survivor ]

[ But They Still Did Not Have A Suspect ]

[ One Day The Survivor Noticed A Calendar Hanging Up In A Store, Advertising A Trucking Company ]

[ The Man Of That Month Was A Picture Of The Man That Attempted To Kill Her ]

[ That Was How The Yorkshire Ripper Was Caught ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(183)▪︎[ Don’t Strain … 2026 ]

[ Why Should You Ever Feel The Need To Hide? ]
[ Is It Because Of The Pain That You Feel Inside? ]
[ Is It Because When You Last Spoke ]
[ She Insinuated That You Lied? ]
[ & That Almost Caused You To Choke ]

[ The Words ]
[ That You Heard ]
[ Really Caused You To Hurt ]

[ You Know That You Shouldn’t ]
[ You Thought That She Wouldn’t ]

[ Cross That Line, But In The End, She Did ]
[ That Was Why You Hid ]
[ Just Like When You Were A Little Kid ]

[ Gone Was The Dream ]
[ Because You Thought That You Were Part Of The Team ]

[ Now That Dream Leaves A Stench ]
[ You Should Have Known That It Would Have Been A Stretch ]
[ For You To Ever Get Off Of The Bench ]

[ Why Was That? ]
[ Just When You Thought You Were Living Your (8th) Life Of A Cat ]

[ It Was Like You Got A Smack ]
[ On Your Back ]

[ It Has Thrown You For A Loop ]
[ Because You Never Thought As A Group ]
[ They Would Ever Stoop ]

[ This Low ]
[ But It Just Goes To Show ]
[ That When You Have Tried To Grow ]
[ There Will Still Be Alot Of Things That You Will Never Know ]

[ Sometimes It Seems Like The Things That You Don’t Know Will Out Number The Things That You Do ]
[ Could You Save Your Money ]
[ & Try To Buy Yourself A Clue? ]

[ Will That Kind Of Thinking Come All The Way Around ]
[ & Knock You To The Ground? ]

[ Through The Years ]
[ After Shedding Many Tears ]
[ You Have Heard A Whole Lot Bad Ideas ]
[ Go Through Your Ears ]

[ You Found That Fear & Anxiety Kills ]
[ As Fast As Overdosing On Prescription Pills ]
[ & As Quick As The North Wind Chills ]

[ There Is No Coming Back, When You Become That Lost ]
[ In The Dark Of The Night, Don’t You Realize The Cost? ]

[ Man, Woman, Boy Or Girl ]
[ If You Do Not Like Where You Are ]
[ In The Blink Of An Eye You Can Change Your World ]

[ Life Is So Short, You Should Live For Today ]
[ Do What You Want, Within Reason ]
[ Don’t Always Follow What Other People Say ]

[ Even When It Doesn’t Rain ]
[ Use Your Brain ]
[ Live In A Comfortable Manner ]
[ Don’t Strain ]

[ Straining Your Body ]
[ Is Not Good For Anybody ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Budget … 2026 ]

If you had an unlimited budget for 24 hours, what would you do?

[ If You Had An Unlimited Budget … ]

[ You Would Pay Up To (5yrs) Of The Cost To Run A Camp That Is For Families With Disabled Children That Is Called “Camp Attitude” That Is Located  Here In Oregon ]

[ You Would Set-Up College Scholarships For Students That Are From Your High School ]

[ You Would Set-Up Scholarships For Needy Families ]

[ You Would Triple The Yearly Pay Of Every One Of The Caregivers That Are Working For You ]

[ You Would Make Some Kinds Of Scholarships For Kids & Teenagers That Are In Foster Care ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(184)▪︎[ It Is A Choice … 2026 ]

[ They Say That You Should Live Every Day Like It Is Your Last ]
[ You Have Also Heard That If You Don’t Want To Repeat Your Mistakes ]
[ You Should Never Forget Your Past ]
[ You Feel If You Have Special People Around You, Tell Them How You Feel About Them Fast ]

[ Life Changes In The Blink Of An Eye ]
[ Because Of Someone Making A Mistake ]
[ Or Because Someone Has Been Telling A Lie ]
[ & Being Fake ]

[ In The Blink Of An Eye You Could Also Tell A Friend, “I Love & Respect You” ]
[ Not Because Of What They Say ]
[ Maybe It’s Because Of What They Do ]
[ From Day To Day ]

[ Alot Of People Are Only Wrapped Up Into Themselves ]
[ & Not Be True To Anyone Else ]

[ It Becomes Really Clear ]
[ That They Only Love The Reflection In The Mirror ]
[ But In The Dark Of The Night ]
[ & Their Own Heartbeat Is The Only Thing That They Hear ]
[ It Becomes An Internal Fight ]
[ To Control A Tear ]

[ What Do They Have To Lose? ]
[ If They Choose ]
[ To Let The Tears Loose? ]

[ It Is That Internal War ]
[ That Eats @ Their Core ]
[ Then Keeping Their External Shell Alive ]
[ That Becomes A Chore ]
[ In Their Pursuit To Thrive ]

[ Not Sharing Their Love With The Ones That Matter ]
[ Can Cause A Relationship To Shatter ]
[ While The Emotional Gap Between You & Others ]
[ Only Gets Fatter ]

[ For Some, Honesty ]
[ Is Not Their Top Priority ]
[ & Modesty ]
[ Is Not Their Favorite Policy ]

[ For Some People It Shows ]
[ That The World Ends @ The Tip Of Their Nose ]
[ & This Is How You Have Chosen ]
[ To Bring This Poetic Story To A Close ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(562)▪︎[ No Sleeping … 7-8-2021 ]

[ As You Listen To The Loud Tik Tok ]
[ Of The Wall Clock ]

[ You Wish For One Single Night That You Could Be Like A Normal Person ]
[ You Would Want The Sleepy Version ]

[ The Kind That Could Go To Sleep Before 0500hrs In The Night ]
[ The Version Where You Would Not Have To Put Up A Fight ]

[ To Get A Night Of Deep ]
[ Sleep ]
[ Without Hearing A Single Peep ]

[ You Would Take Your Liquid Knock-Out Sleeping Med ]
[ Then You Just Wait Until It Messes With Your Head ]

[ It Is The Kind Of Med That Knocks You Senseless ]
[ But It Also Leaves You Completely Defenseless ]

[ Less Is More ]
[ & More Puts You Face Down On The Floor ]
[ Left To Be Victimized By Whomever Shall Come In That Door ]

[ You Had A Premonition Years Ago That He Was Destined To Do You Harm ]
[ That Was From Years Ago When He Attempted To Hurt Your Arm ]

[ He Cannot Dictate Whether You Take Your Sleep Med @ Night ]
[ You Cannot Control If He Wanted To Come In & Fight ]

[ To Protect Yourself From Death ]
[ You Would Fight Him Until Your Last Breath ]

[ So There Is Alot Of Things @ Night That Make You Worry ]
[ There Are Alot Of Things That Cause Sleep To Not Arrive In A Hurry ]

[ You Sometimes Have To Watch The Clock As 0100hrs, 0300hrs & 0400hrs Goes By ]
[ You Sit Or Lay There Wondering, “Why?” ]

[ Why Can’t You Be One Of Those Lucky Guys? ]
[ Who Can Go To Sleep, Just By Closing Their Eyes ]

[ Even When You Are Able To Fall Asleep, It Is Never Restful Or Good ]
[ You Guess The Word, “Sleep” In Your Brain Was Misunderstood ]

[ As You Sit For Awhile ]
[ You Look @ The Ceiling ]
[ Then You Look Down @ The Cold Tile ]

[ You Only Have The Power ]
[ To Sleep For Five Or Six Hours ]

[ When You Wake ]
[ You Feel Tired ]
[ & Your Muscles Ache ]

[ Those Are The Times When You Wish That You Had Never Closed Your Eyes In The First Place ]
[ Sometimes You Feel That All Of The Effort Is A Waste ]

[ You No Longer Like Going To Bed ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Movie … 2026 ]

If you could erase one movie from your memory and watch it again for the first time, which one would it be?

[ Which Movie? ]

[ You Would Probably Like Watching “Shawshank Redemption” Again ]

[ You Have Watched This Movie @ Least (5) Times, So Watching It Again Would Be Refreshing ]

[ Ever Since You Worked In Juvenile Corrections, You Think That You Would Have A New Perspective Since You Did Work With Inmates For Over (5yrs) ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(172)▪︎[ S.Y.O.T.O.S. … 2026

[ If Someone Close To You, Comes Up To You & Says, “See You On The Other Side” ]
[ He Is Telling You, In Their Mind, He Has Already Died ]

[ He Hopes To See You Somewhere In The Next Life ]
[ Away From All The Danger & Constant Strife ]

[ He Is Giving Up ]
[ He Wants His Life Line Cut ]
[ & His Book Shut ]

[ It Is Not Suicide, Per Say ]
[ That Phrase Is Telling You That Nothing Is Okay ]
[ On That Day ]

[ It Is Probably Not What You Expect ]
[ But Your Friend Is Showing You The Highest Respect ]
[ They Know That You Won’t Over React ]

[ There Is Nothing To Do ]
[ This Is Something That He Just Has To Work Through ]

[ This Is How He Wants To Go ]
[ & It Was Something That He Wanted You To Know ]

[ He Hopes That You Will Always Have A Smile On Your Face Whenever You Remember His Name ]
[ He Is Not Handing Out Blame ]
[ Nor Is He Hanging His Head In Shame ]

[ Everyone Dies @ Some Point ]
[ He Is Not Holding Anyone @ Gunpoint ]
[ He Is Not Asking You To Join ]

[ There Is Nothing To Assess ]
[ There Is No Issue To Process ]
[ Or Access ]

[ There Are No Secrets To Unlock ]
[ In A Safe Deposit Box ]

[ After He Has Moved On ]
[ He Hopes That The Memories You Have About Him Will Not Be Gone ]

[ Remember The Camping Trips That You Both Used To Take ]
[ Fishing @ Prairie Lake? ]
[ Remember How He Taught You How To Bake ]
[ Cookies, Fudge & Your Wife’s Birthday Cake? ]

[ He Hopes That You Will Remember When ]
[ He Took You Skiing In Bend ]
[ & Then ]

[ He Wasn’t Lying ]
[ When He Told You To Try Flying ]

[ It Was Such A Freeing ]
[ Feeling ]

[ Being Up Above The Clouds ]
[ Away From The Crowds ]

[ S.Y.O.T.O.S. Everyone ]
[ Now Your Life Has Lost Its Fun ]
[ So It Has Been A Good Run ]
[ Now … You Are Done ]

[ He Told You Specifically Because He Hopes You Understand ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(1061)▪︎[ Why Do You? … 12-23-2021 ]

[ Why Do You Say, “Yes” When You Really Mean “No” ]
[ Do You Drive Fast Down The Street ]
[ Even Though You Want To Go Slow? ]

[ That Does Not Make Any Sense @ All ]
[ Do You Mean To Open The Door? ]
[ Or Make A Walkway Through The Wall? ]

[ Some Say That It Is Always Perspective ]
[ That Matters ]
[ Are They Always Being That Destructive? ]
[ When Nothing Will Matter? ]

[ Some People Grapple With This Kind Of Thinking ]
[ Some People Stare @ You, When They Are Not Blinking ]

[ Your Type Of Thinking Does Not Always Fly ]
[ Even Though ]
[ That Is What Gets You By ]

[ What Gets You By, Isn’t Always Right ]
[ When Others Think That Is Wrong ]
[ Is It Okay To Fight? ]

[ Don’t Stand There Just To Make Noise ]
[ Isn’t There A Better Use Of Your Voice? ]

[ Sometimes You Should Think Twice ]
[ Because When You Remain Quiet ]
[ That Could Also Be Nice ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(152)▪︎[ Footprints … 2026 ]

[ Is She Saying, “Hello” When We Should Be Saying, “Goodbye?” ]
[ She Might Be Wondering, “Why?” ]
[ Well, You Don’t Really Want To Lie ]

[ Because She Has Had That Done To Her Many Times Before ]
[ Maybe That Is Why You Have Felt The Last Couple Of Years ]
[ Her Mind Has Had One Of Her Feet ½ Way Out The Door ]

[ Is That Where She Likes To Start? ]
[ Or Depart? ]

[ You Wish That You Could Have Heard What Was Wrong ]
[ In The Last Song ]

[ But There Was A Word ]
[ That You Have Not Heard ]

[ In Years ]
[ Because The Meaning ]
[ Really Pierced Your Ears ]
[ Leaving Your Inner Voice Screaming ]

[ For The Truth ]
[ You First Heard It In The Chinese Restaurant ]
[ When You Both Were Sitting In A Booth ]

[ But You Don’t Really Know ]
[ How Many Years Ago ]

[ That She Had Said Such Things To You ]
[ That Was Back In The Days ]
[ When The Sky Was Always Crystal Blue ]
[ Like The Ocean Waves ]

[ Are @ The Beach ]
[ Where You Used To Walk Hand-in-Hand ]
[ When All Of Your Dreams Were In Reach ]
[ Back Then, In The Sand ]

[ But Now All Of Those Dreams Are Like Your Footprints Being Washed Away ]
[ Because In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ Dreams & Footprints In The Sand Were Never Meant To Stay ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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