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.

(357)▪︎[ Emotions … 2026 ]

[ Does The Brain Always Follow The Heart ]
[ Or Is That The Other Way Around? ]
[ What Can Tear You Apart ]
[ Can Also Beat You Into The Ground ]

[ Emotions Are The Things ]
[ That Brings ]
[ Situations Into Your Life That Can Be Attached By A Myriad Of Strings ]

[ Emotions Can Fog Up The Picture ]
[ Those Are The Things That You Have Experienced Before ]
[ That Is One Thing That You Know Is Sure ]
[ If Only You Knew That It Would Not Happen Anymore ]

[ Questions Will Arise ]
[ There Will Be Surprise After Surprise ]
[ There Are Alot Of “I Quit” ]
[ & Very Few “Tries” ]

[ People Will Quit On Situations For The Dumbest Reasons ]
[ Some Even Plan Things Depending On The Season’s ]

[ They Might Have An Allergy Or Their Favorite Sport Is Playing ]
[ So The Bond Between (2) People Might Be Fraying ]
[ Sending One Partner Wondering If They Will Be Staying ]

[ Emotions Can Ruin A Great Day ]
[ It Could Be Sunny Outside ]
[ Than Emotions Can Turn The Picture Gray ]

[ Everything Can Turn Cold ]
[ Once Emotions Take A Stranglehold ]
[ People Can Mature As They Grow Old ]
[ Or They Could Grow To Be Arrogant ]
[ Or Even Bold ]
[ They Could Also Feel Defeated & Fold ]

[ Some Deal With Emotions Without Tipping Their Hand ]
[ Others Have Emotions That They Do Not Understand ]
[ Some Compartmentalize Their Emotions When They Command ]

[ Those Are The Types Of People That Has “Type A” Personalities ]
[ They Don’t See Problems ]
[ They See Possibilities ]

[ They Try To Come Up With Answers ]
[ That’s Why The Type ‘A’ People ]
[ Are Trying To Find Cures For All The Many Diseases & Cancers ]

[ Emotional Situations Can Be One Big Mouse Trap ]
[ That’s Why You Should Try ]
[ To Keep Your Emotions Under Wrap ]

[ Emotions Help The Heart Grow Fonder ]
[ Emotions Can Cause Your Brain To Wander ]

[ So The Original Question Can Never Be Fully Answered ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Actually Taught … 2026 ]

What’s a thing you wish schools actually taught?

[ What Is Something You Would Like Taught In School? ]

[ You Would Bring Back The Simple Art Of Cursive Writing ]

[ Alot Of Younger Generations Do Not Even Know How To Sign Their Own Name On A Document ]

[ People Rarely Use Physical Bank Checks Anymore ]

[ You Don’t Have To Sign For An Electronic Transfer Or A Bank Withdrawl ]

[ Another Thing You Would Like Taught Would Be “A Transition Class” ]

[ This Would Be Required Starting Their Junior Year In High School & Again Before They Graduate ]

[ Schools Are Teaching Kids Math, History & Science ]

[ But They Are Not Preparing That Generation How To Live In Society Once They Graduate ]

[ Simple Things Like Banking, Living On Their Own, & Looking For Employment ]

[ When You Started Out On Your Own @ (18yrs) Old, You Did Not Know Anything About Banking, Cooking Or How To Do Your Own Laundry ]

[ Schools Are Accelerating Learning, But They Need To Mandate Basic Learning, Too ]

[ Learning In A School Environment Is Good & Usually Safe ]

[ But If You Don’t Change The Thinking Of The Student, They Will Just Become Victim’s Of Their Own Environment ]

[ Schools Have To Show & Give Students A Reason To Break The Circle Of Addiction, Abuse & Violence ]

[ Show Them A Better Way ]

[ Show Them That They Have Choices ]

[ Or Nothing Will Change! ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(356)▪︎[ What Can Change? … 2026 ]

[ One Person Once Said, “You Can’t Go Back & Change The Beginning” ]
[ But You Can Change The Direction On Where You Are Going ]
[ To See If You Could Be Winning ]
[ Or Slowing ]

[ Down ]
[ For Searching For A Reason For People To Label You By Your Pro-Nouns ]
[ When You Are Walking The Town ]

[ You Are Looking For An Escape ]
[ Much Like When Man ]
[ Transformed Himself After Living As An Ape ]

[ Why Must You Change Your Direction? ]
[ Will There Be Many Corrections ]
[ Because Of Your Indiscretions? ]

[ A New Way Of Going Forth ]
[ By Heading North ]

[ But You Want To Stay Away From The Courts ]
[ Where You Fought With All Sorts ]

[ Of People & Laws ]
[ Because You Don’t Like The People Who Have Loose Jaws ]

[ They Tend To Yap ]
[ & Flap ]
[ There By Earning A Slap ]

[ But You Need To Remember The Teachings Of Your Mother ]
[ To Never Put Your Hands On Another ]

[ You Need To Be Discreet ]
[ When You Repeat ]
[ Who You Meet ]
[ While Walking Around The Street ]

[ Learn How To Dribble ]
[ & Keep Your Head On A Swivel ]

[ There Are Bad People Around Every Corner ]
[ Don’t Just Sit There Like Lil’ Jack Horner ]
[ Eating His Pie ]
[ & Not Keeping His Eye ]
[ On The Happenings Going On @ The Border ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(355)▪︎[ True Family … 2026 ]

[ True Family Are The People You Pick Up Along The Way ]
[ True Family Stick By You Every Minute ]
[ Of Every Day ]
[ True Family Do Not Care How Tall You Are Not ]
[ Or Care About How Much You Weigh ]

[ True Family Will Walk With You On Your Path ]
[ True Family Will Even Help You With Math ]

[ True Family Will Share The Same Dirt ]
[ True Family Will Stop & Help Mend The Hurt ]
[ That You Feel Under Your Shirt ]

[ True Family Will Let You Quench Your Thirst ]
[ First ]

[ True Family Will Never Abort ]
[ Your Fort ]
[ True Family Will Stand By You In Court ]
[ When You Are Going Through A Divorce ]

[ True Family Do Not Turn Into Liars ]
[ True Family Always Stands By Your Side ]
[ While You Put Out The Fires ]
[ That Somebody Else Started When They Lied ]

[ True Family Does Not Start Lying ]
[ When Nosy People Are Prying ]
[ True Family Don’t Start Crying ]
[ Because It Might Be Hard To Keep Trying ]

[ True Family Sticks With You Through Thick & Thin ]
[ True Family Can Always Be Counted On For Support ]
[ Everytime You Begin ]
[ True Family Will Be The First People That Will Console You When You Don’t Win ]

[ True Family Will Write A Note ]
[ That Tells You That You Always Have A Vote ]
[ True Family Will Listen To You Read ]
[ What You Just Wrote ]
[ True Family Will Let You Take The Lead ]
[ The First Day You Are Showing Your Boat ]

[ True Family Will Stand With Pride ]
[ Because You Have Always Tried ]
[ True Family Won’t Lash Out @ You If You Cried ]
[ When Somebody Died ]

[ True Family Will Cry ]
[ During The Last Time That You Will Ever Drive By ]
[ True Family Won’t Question Why ]
[ You Have To Say, “Goodbye” ]

[ True Family Will Think ]
[ Before They Serve You Too Much To Drink ]
[ True Family Won’t Raise A Stink ]
[ Just Because Your Favorite Color Now, Is Pink ]

[ True Family Won’t Push Very Hard ]
[ For You To Play Your Last Card ]

[ True Family Will Welcome You In ]
[ When You Go To Visit Them In “The City Of Sin” ]

[ True Family Will Never Let ]
[ You Place That One Bet ]
[ That Could Put You In Debt ]

[ True Family Will Cut The Tension In ½ ]
[ By Sharing What They Have ]
[ True Family Will Always Make You Laugh ]

[ When Times Look Dark ]
[ True Families’ Bite Is Always Much Worse Than Their Bark ]
[ True Family Will Never Let You Be An Easy Mark ]
[ When They Walk With You In The Park ]

[ True Family Can Always Get You To Smile ]
[ For Awhile ]

[ True Family Is What You Make ]
[ True Family Gives ]
[ A Whole Lot More Than They Take ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Worry … 2026 ]

What’s something you used to worry about but don’t anymore?

[ What Was A Worry In The Past, But Now Is  Not? ]

[ You Used To Worry Alot About Death ]

[ You Used To Worry About Living Alone ]

[ You Used To Be Worried About Dying Alone ]

[ You Do Not Know What Happened Over A Year Ago, But You Have Come To Terms With Death ]

[ Now You Embrace It As An Inevitable Part Of Your Life ]

[ There Is Birth, The Start, Then There Is Death, Where Life Ends ]

[ Worrying About Death Does Not Enhance Your Life ]

[ It Actually Hampers Your Life With Needless Worry ]

[ Your Eyes Are Wide Open To The Possibilities That Getting A Divorce Brings ]

[ Because It Is The Closing Of One Chapter In Your Life & The Start Of A New Chapter ]

[ But Then Again You Could Walk Outside & Get Hit By A Bus ]

[ Oh Well ]

[ New Chapter … ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(353)▪︎[ Fears … 2026 ]

[ Why Are Fears So Hard To Overcome? ]
[ For Others It Might Be Easier ]
[ But For You, Fears Are Worrisome ]

[ They Make You Color Outside The Lines ]
[ But Then While You Are Walking Through A Field ]
[ You Wish Someone Would Have Swept It For World War II Land Mines ]

[ Do You Go Right Or Go Left ]
[ Any Which Way ]
[ You Feel That You Have To Carefully Watch Your Step ]

[ Pitfalls Around Every Corner ]
[ Then You Find Yourself ]
[ Tip-Toeing Along The Border ]

[ Wondering If You Should Take A Chance ]
[ & Cross ]
[ To Join In On The Next Dance ]
[ Without Considering The Loss ]

[ You Can Lie To Others ]
[ But You Can’t Lie Inside Your Own Head ]
[ When You Try To Get Empathy From Your Mother ]
[ You Will Get Fake Pity, Instead ]

[ You Might Think That You Are Positioning Yourself For The Best ]
[ But Ever Since You Moved To The Pacific Northwest ]
[ You Have Been Ran Through Test After Test ]

[ You Don’t Want To Sit In The Corner & Pout ]
[ Did You Pass Every Test With Flying Colors ]
[ The Thought Fills Your Head With Alot Of Doubt ]

[ How Can You Change The Direction Of The Crowd? ]
[ You Try To Avoid Any Areas Where Things Get Loud ]
[ It’s Because Of The Sound ]

[ It Is The Ride ]
[ That You Have To Take ]
[ In Building The Level Of Pride ]
[ In Your Quest To Separate Yourself From The Fake ]

[ & Rich ]
[ Who Only Sit, Whine & Bitch ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(351)▪︎[ If They Can, They Will Go Far … 2024 ]

[ What Is Always @ The End Of The Words “Love/Hate?” ]
[ What Separates Heaven From Hell ? ]
[ It Is A Large Swinging Gate ]
[ That Could Possibly Tell ]
[ You, If You Are, Or Are You Not, Doing So Well ]
 
  
[ Some People Think, That The Distance Between The (2) ]
[ Is Clear Across Town ]
[ It Might Surprise You ]
[ But Hell Is Just One Floor Down ]

[ Of Course Heaven Is On Top ]
[ & Hell Is Down Below ]
[ Of Course, The Air Conditioner Up In Heaven Has More Pop ]
[ The Conditioner Down In Hell Has Always Been On “Stop” ]

[ GOD Alone, Is The Judge Of Our Souls ]
[ He Promises, Among Other Things, Compassion ]
[ His Followers Will Always Hand Out Butter, For your Rolls ]
[ Because Good Service, Is Always In Fashion ]

[ Fashion Has Always Been A Personal Choice ]
[ Do They Make The Decision ]
[ By Using Their Voice? ]

[ Is It All Different As They All Are ]
[ The Colors Of A Car ]
[ Where Can They Go ]
[ Well, They Can’t Go Very Far ]

[ Without Manpower Behind Them ]
[ Not Having The Power ]
[ Is The Problem ]

[ Big Or Small? ]
[ Thick Or Tall? ]

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||  Mahalo E Ka hoa  ||
||  A hui hou  ||
||  Aloha  ||

||  Na  ||
||  Lopaka DeVoe  ||

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