Author: rdvoe165

I Am A 62yrs Young Man, That Just Enjoys Writing Short Poetic Stories From My Thoughts. I Hope That You Enjoy Them As Much As I Do Writing Them.

(071)▪︎[ Here Is The Deal … 2026 ]

[ Some Days It Feels Like Frustration & Despair Drips From Every Pore ]
[ You Feel Like You Cannot Take Anymore ]

[ Accusations & Stress ]
[ How In The World Can You Get Out Of This Mess? ]
[ Every Single Night You Can Only Guess ]

[ About What Is Going To Happen When The Sun Melts Into The Ocean ]
[ You Wish You Could Foresee When The Commotion ]

[ Will Come Upon You ]
[ Because As It Stands ]
[ There Never Is Some Kind Of Social Cue ]
[ That Demands ]
[ Your Attention Like A Hidden Clue ]

[ There Is Never A Path Of Rice Crispis To Follow ]
[ Words Without Any Actions ]
[ Come Across Hollow ]

[ You Can’t Keep Hitting Your Head Against The Concrete Wall In Your Mind ]
[ In Real Life, It Causes You To Fall Behind ]
[ But In Your Head, It Seems Like You Are Blind ]

[ Because You Used To Be Good @ Reading The Writing On The Walls ]
[ But Now, In Today’s World, You Now Have To Read Between The Lines ]
[ You Used To Hope For Comforting Calls ]
[ & Reading Signs ]

[ You Just Are No Good ]
[ @ Those (2) Things ]
[ Now, Information Is Misunderstood ]
[ & Good Deeds Are Attached By Strings ]

[ You Are A Dinosaur Trying To Live To Be (65) ]
[ How Can You Have Any Chance To Thrive ]
[ When You Don’t Even Drive? ]

[ You Have To Always Ask For A Ride ]
[ Being @ The Mercy Of Others ]
[ Sure Can Take Your Pride ]
[ For A Ride ]
[ You Can’t Even Talk To Your Brother ]
[ About The Pain You Feel Inside ]

[ So Who Can You Trust That Will Treat Your Feelings Real? ]
[ Who Can You Talk To About How You Truly Feel? ]
[ If They Want You To Make A Promise ]
[ Tell Them, “I Will Only Make You A Deal!” ]

[ You’ve Seen People Using A Promise As A Token ]
[ That’s Why People Think That Nothing Happens If A Promise Is Broken ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(066)▪︎[ You Deserve To Be Heard … 3•16•2026 ]

[ @ The End Of The Day ]
[ You Need To Find A Way ]

[ To Use Your Voice ]
[ Even Though Those Around You Only Call It Noise ]

[ Trust Your Gut More ]
[ Make Your Presence Known ]
[ When You Come In The Door ]

[ Stand-Up & Be Yourself ]
[ Don’t Try To Pattern Your Actions After Someone Else ]

[ You Will Learn ]
[ You Don’t Have To Be Loud ]
[ To Be Heard ]
[ When In A Crowd ]

[ Purge Your Mistakes From The Past ]
[ Make The Sound Of Your Words Last ]
[ Don’t Be Discouraged So Fast ]

[ It Has Become Crystal Clear ]
[ That You Have A Voice That The Masses Should Hear ]

[ Listen To The Waves Breaking ]
[ Onto The Sand ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As Faking ]
[ When You Are In Demand ]

[ Don’t Turn Weak & Melt ]
[ Stand & Tighten Your Belt ]
[ Then Make Your Presence Felt ]

[ Smile In The Face Of Danger ]
[ Be Steadfast ]
[ Never Let Them See Your Anger ]

[ Stay Humble When Facing The Shouting ]
[ Be The Calm One In The Room ]
[ To Start Them Doubting ]

[ Never Let Them Cause You To Be Weak ]
[ When You Have A Point To Make, Than Speak ]

[ When Speaking Your Mind ]
[ Always Try To Be Kind ]

[ You Weren’t Put On This Earth To Spew Hate ]
[ Then You Can Anticipate ]
[ Your Fate ]

[ Because Ever Since Your Birth ]
[ You Have Had To Prove Your Worth ]
[ On This Earth ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Learned … 2026 ]

What is the last thing you learned?

[ The Last Thing You Learned? ]

[ You Cannot Really Answer That ]

[ There Is Not A Last Thing ]

[ You Are (62yrs) Old & A College Graduate ]

[ One Important Thing That You Learned Along The Way Was If You Keep An Open Mind, You Can Learn Something New Every Day ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Growth … 2026 ]

What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

[ What Experience Caused You The Most Growth? ]

[ You Would Have To Say What Happened In February, 1982 ]

[ Don Told You That He Is Giving You (2) Weeks To Move Out ]

[ You Were Not Ready For That, But You Were Pretty Calm About It ]

[ You Did Not Know How To Fend For Yourself, Because You Were Never Told To ]

[ You Turned (18yrs) Old In June Of 1981 ]

[ The Move Really Caused You To Grow Up & Do Everything On Your Own ]

[ No More Parental Help ]

[ You Told Yourself, “If You Won’t Do It, Nobody Will” ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ The Hardest DIY Project … 2026 ]

Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on.

[ This Project Seems To Have A Mind Of Its Own Once You Passed The (25yr) Mark ]

[ The Very Hardest DIY Project? ]

[ The Very Hardest DIY Project You Have Ever Taken On Has To Be Marriage ]

[ This Is The Hardest But Most Rewarding Project You Have Ever Stepped Into ]

[ You’re Changing Through The Years & So Is She. You Just Hope You Are Not Changing Away From Each Other ]

[ No (2dys) Are Alike ]

[ But You Love Her Like No Other ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Decision … 2025 ]

What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why?

[ The Hardest Decision That Was Needed To Be Made ]

[ You Like To Think That Forrest Gump Was Right When He Compared Life To A Box Of Chocolates ]

[ You Tend To Think That Life Is Littered With Pieces Of Chocolate, But Also As Many Land Mines Along The Path ]

[ @ Any Specific Time, You Are Faced With Hard Decisions To Make ]

[ Maybe The Hardest Ones Could Be Looked @ As Putting Out The Nearest Fire ]

[ (6mo’s) After You Turned (18yrs) Old You Had To Find A Couple Of Guys, & Then A Place To Live When Dear Old Don Told You To Get Out Of His Home ]

[ Then (9mo’s) Later You Decided To Pack Your Stuff Up Again & Move Over (300mi) South To Go To College ]

[ For The Next (43yrs) Life Has Been Dotted With Hard Decisions That Personally Affected Your Life & Future ]

[ One Of The Biggest, Most Important Decisions You Made In Your Life Happened Over (31yrs) Ago. First It Was To Ask This Woman Nicole If She Wanted To Go Beyond Being Friends, & Try To Make A Go @ Being A Couple ]

[ She Thought It Over For A Very Long (5sec), Then Said, “Sure, Why Not?” ]

[ A Couple Of Months Later You Made Another Important Decision Concerning Your Future … Should You Pay Exact Change For Another Burger, Or Just Get Change?! ]

[ Oh Ya, December 25th, 1994 You Asked Nicole To Marry You? You Could Not Believe How Long It Took Her To Answer, “Sure, Why Not?” ]

[ Oh, If Only She Would Have Had The Lucky Hindsight To See What Exactly She Was Signing Up For, She Probably Would Have Thought Twice About It ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Books … 2026 ]

What books do you want to read?

[ What Books Do You Want To Read? ]

[ Ever Since Surviving The Riot Where You Used To Work, You Have Not Been Able To Sit & Enjoy Reading Books. You Lost Your Ability To Retain & Comprehend What You Just Read. Short Term Memory Lapses Are The Worst. You Keep Having To Go Back A Paragraph Or (2) To See How A Name They Are Mentioning Correlates With What You Were Just Reading. The Back & Forth Would Get Confusing & Frustrating. Some People Might Wonder, “Then How Do You Write The Stories That You Write?” It’s Easy, Because You Write Your Thoughts & Go Wherever That Adventure Might Take You. There’s No Memorization Going On.

You Are Trying To Read A Book That You Just Got Explaining The Coincidences Between The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln & John F. Kennedy. So Far It Has Been Really Fascinating. There Has Been About (14) Supposed Documented Coincidences.  But A Couple Of Them Have Been Completely Debunked. It Is Shame That People Have Felt The Need To Make Things Up For Some Kind Of Connection Between Lincoln & Kennedy.

One Of The Strangest Connection That I Have Read About Is The One When They Talked About The Book Depository Building That Lee Harvey Oswald Shot Kennedy From Was Originally Built In Lincoln’s Hometown & Then Moved To Dallas, Texas Where It Sits As A Landmark To The JFK Assassination.

The Books That You Used To Like To Read Were About Serial Murderers. From As Far Back As You Can Remember, It Always Fascinated You About The Way That Some People Think. & For Someone To Go Out Of Their Way To Plan & Carry Out Killing Other People Has Always Been Fascinating.  The Why Is The Biggest Question. You Figure There Are Times During Someone’s Day When They Might Walk The Legal Tightrope. Going Too Fast In Their Car, Lying On Their Taxes, Or Taking A Pen Home From Work, But To Go Out & Take Another Person’s Life, Is Not Just A Casual Decision For The Majority Of Society.

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~