(317)▪︎[ Life … 2026 ]

[ Can A Person Have A Disability & A Talent @ The Same Time? ]
[ It Seems Like It Would Be A Crime ]
[ If Someone Spent All Of Their Days On This Earth ]
[ Not Accomplishing Something Sublime ]
[ To Improve Their Worth ]

[ Improving Yourself Is What You Are Born To Do ]
[ That Is How You ]
[ Work Things Through ]

[ You Need To Know What Just Happened?]
[ When? ]
[ Right Then ]

[ You Will Need Congratulations ]
[ Because Of The Comparisons ]

[ ½ The House Was Standing ]
[ The Other ½ Was Demanding ]

[ Would Someone Yell @ You For The Hell Of It? ]
[ Saying Something Completely Irrelevant? ]
[ Would That Make You Feel Spent? ]
[ So Now You Are Scrambling For Next Month’s Rent! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Trend … 2026 ]

If you could erase one trend from history, what would it be?

[ What Trend Would You Erase? ]

[ That Trend Would Be “The Me” Trend ]

[ What A Selfish Way To Think ]

[ What A Self-Centered Way To Live ]

[ Only Thinking Of Yourself ]

[ Only Doing Things For Yourself ]

[ Never Thinking Of Anyone Else ]

[ Not Thinking Of The Needs Of Others ]

[ Who Needs Someone Like That In Your Life? ]

[ Not You! ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(315)▪︎[ Be The One That Stays Calm … 2026 ]

[ Love Can Happen @ Anytime ]
[ @ Anywhere ]
[ But Some People Think That It Is A Crime ]
[ To Even Care ]

[ @ The The Drop Of A Hat ]
[ The Batting Of An Eye ]
[ All Of A Sudden You Wish You Have The (9) Lives Of A Cat ]
[ Because When You Really Find Love, You Never Want To Die ]

[ Love Can Last An Eternity ]
[ Or You Could Split Bitterly ]

[ When Love Hits ]
[ The Hate Splits ]
[ & Sometimes Quits ]

[ All Of A Sudden You Can Dream ]
[ Again ]
[ You Will Love Peaches & Cream ]
[ Once You Begin ]

[ Another Chapter ]
[ You Can Once Again Experience Long Walks & Laughter ]
[ All Of Sudden You Believe In Love Forever After ]

[ Your Whole World Flips Upside Down In A Good Way ]
[ You Look Forward To The Sun Everyday ]
[ No Matter What Anyone Will Say ]

[ It Is Good To Start A Brand New Life ]
[ Getting Away From All Of That Past Strife ]
[ Then Going Face-to-Face ]
[ With The Person That Stabs You In The Back With That Borrowed Knife ]

[ You’ve Worked All Of Your Life Trying To Gain Other People’s Trust ]
[ In Friendship & Love It Is A Must ]
[ Otherwise Everything Will Just Go Bust ]

[ When There Is No Trust, There Will Not Be A Foundation To Build On ]
[ When You Try To Lead With Your Heart ]
[ Your Common Sense Might Be Gone ]
[ & Everything Will Come Apart ]

[ @ The Seems ]
[ Then All You Will Hear ]
[ Are Your Own Screams ]
[ In Your Ears ]

[ Go Out & Gain Trust In A Mutual Sense ]
[ Don’t Go On The Defense ]
[ Just Because Others Might Seem Tense ]
[ Staying Calm Only Adds To The Mystique & Suspense ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(316)▪︎[ The Real Thing … 2026 ]

[ Life Can Be As Fragile As The Petals Of A Rose ]
[ Your Story Book Can Close ]
[ Because You Think That The World Ends @ The Tip Of Your Nose ]

[ If That Is The Path That You Choose ]
[ Than It Is Common Sense That You Lose ]
[ Because When Someone Spells Out This Simple Fact ]
[ You Refuse ]
[ To Act ]

[ Actions Speak Much Louder Than Saying One Word ]
[ You Could Be Softly Talking ]
[ & Not Be Heard ]

[ Actions Are Not Heard, But They Are Seen ]
[ Even Emotions Can Be Nice Or Mean ]
[ Or Somewhere In-Between ]

[ When People Get Really Old ]
[ Some Get Bold ]
[ While Others Turn Bitter & Cold ]

[ They Push Their Loved Ones Away ]
[ It Takes Alot Of Talking ]
[ To Convince Them To Stay ]
[ & Go Walking ]

[ Life Can Also Be Defined By The Moments That We Don’t See Coming ]
[ You Can Face Them Down ]
[ Or Take Off Running ]
[ Around & Around ]

[ Searching ]
[ & Hurting ]

[ Because Every Moment Should Count ]
[ Even As The Pressures Mount ]

[ You Should Enjoy Everything ]
[ Even When You Feel That You Don’T Have Anything ]
[ Even Though Most People Feel ]
[ That The Almighty $ Is King ]
[ If You Surround Yourself With People Who Are Real ]
[ Money Does Not Mean A Thing ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(272)▪︎[ It Never Helps … 2024 ]

[ Everyone Grieves In Their Own Special Ways ]
[ It Could Take Years Or Just A Couple Of Days ]
[ Alot Of People Leave ]
[ Very Few Stay ]

[ For Someone To Believe ]
[ That They Would Receive ]

[ Some Relief ]
[ No Matter How Brief ]
[ They Would Have To Have Some Form Of Belief ]

[ Believing In Something That You Can’t Touch ]
[ Is Tough ]

[ Blind Faith Is What Some People Call It ]
[ It Is Not Always A Hit ]
[ Some People Call It All Bullshit ]

[ Having Proof That Can Be Touched, Is One Thing ]
[ Some People Do Not Believe The Healing That Religion Can Bring ]
[ Is It All Held Together By String? ]

[ Does Religion Ever Work? ]
[ Or Is It Preached By A Jerk ]
[ With Kinky Quirks? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Experiences … 2026 ]

Do you think we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are?

[ You Think The Experiences That You Have Throughout Your Life Is What Shapes You ]

[ You Feel That Most People Are Made Of Clay ]

[ Each Day Opens You Up To New Experiences ]

[ Experiences Shape Our Personality, Tastes, Perspective & How We Treat Others ]

[ So The Next Question Could Be … ]

[ Who Are You Without Your Experiences? ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(302)▪︎[ What Was The Cost? … 2026 ]

[ It Is Amazing What You Can Accomplish ]
[ When You Do Not Care Who Gets The Credit ]
[ But It Is Not Like You Would Have An Aquarium Of Fish ]
[ Scream, “Hey, We Read It!” ]

[ Too Many People Walk Around Raising Their Hand ]
[ Then Demand ]

[ Credit For Something That Someone Else Just Did ]
[ Maybe They Have Done That ]
[ Since They Were A Young Kid ]

[ But They Never Got Credit For Anything That Was Done ]
[ When The Lies Got Hot ]
[ They Would Pack Their Things Up & Run ]
[ Because They Never Wanted To Exposed For Who They Are Not ]

[ They Are An Imposter ]
[ Acting Like A Player ]
[ But Never Good Enough To Have Their Name Placed On The Roster ]

[ They Have Never Found Anything That Could Fulfill Their Life ]
[ They Never Found A Husband ]
[ Because They Never Wanted To Be A Wife ]

[ They Weighed Their Options Between Public Safety & Personal Rights ]
[ Whenever They Tried To Decide ]
[ Their Brain & Soul Had Internal Fights ]

[ It Was Always @ A High Cost ]
[ Because They Could Never Account For What Was Lost ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Animal … 2026 ]

If you had to be an animal for a week, which one would you be and why?

[ Which Animal Would You Be? ]

[ You Would Be An Adult Male Bald Eagle ]

[ The Bald Eagle Has No Predators To Worry About ]

[ The Bald Eagle Is So Majestic In Flight ]

[ The Bald Eagle Is A Symbol Of Freedom For The United States ]

[ There Are No Imitators ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(041)▪︎[ What Happened Next? … 2026 ]

[ You Laughed With Blaine Like Time Was Something You Could Bend ]
[ You Felt There Was Nothing Said ]
[ That You Would Have To Defend ]
[ & In Your Head ]
[ You Wished Moments Like This, With Her, Would Never End ]

[ Whenever Blaine Put Her Hand In Yours It Felt Steady, Warm & True ]
[ Did The World Finally Make Sense To You? ]
[ Were The Thoughts Of Your Future No Longer Looking Blue? ]

[ The Color Blue Makes Sense For The Sky Or The Ocean ]
[ But There Are Days When You Feel That All You Are Doing ]
[ Is Blindly Going Through The Motions ]
[ Without Either Giving Or Feeling ]
[ Any Devotion ]

[ From Either Side Of The So-Called Family Dimension ]
[ Maybe More Dissension ]
[ Than Connection ]

[ But Blaine Was Different ]
[ She Was Very Confident ]
[ Without Any Sign Of Arrogance ]
[ She Was Very Intelligent ]
[ With No Sign Of Ignorance ]

[ She Loved To Write ]
[ After Work, She Enjoyed Going To The Kickboxing Gym ]
[ To Learn How To Defend Herself @ Night ]
[ She Loved Feeling Slim ]
[ But Also She Loved Knowing How To Fight ]

[ Her First Marriage Was One Violent Domestic Abuse Incident After Another ]
[ It Got So Bad, She Had To Go (3) States Over ]
[ To Live With Her Big, Protective Brother ]
[ Never Again Did She Have To Run For Cover ]
[ & Thankfully Her Divorce Attorney Was Her Mother ]

[ She Took Everything From Her Spouse ]
[ His Nice Car ]
[ & The Nice House ]

[ She Wanted To Start Living A New Life ]
[ Without Being Told That All That She Would Ever Be ]
[ Is A Beaten Down Wife ]
[ She Wanted To See ]
[ What The World Could Be Like ]
[ Minus The Strife ]

[ That’s Where You Came Into The Picture ]
[ When You Just By Chance ]
[ Met Her ]
[ Through Happenstance ]
[ It Was You, That Just Wasn’t Sure ]

[ Because You Were Starting Over Again, Also ]
[ When You Both Started Talking & Sharing ]
[ You Did Not Actually Know ]
[ If She Was All That Caring ]

[ But When You Stopped Being So Guarded ]
[ The Feelings For Each Other Actually Started ]

[ You & Blaine Loved To Go On Long Walks ]
[ With Her (2) Very Large Dogs ]
[ Engaging In Long Talks ]
[ & Watching Freckles & Roxie Jumping Over Logs ]

[ It Wasn’t Love & First Sight ]
[ When You Took Her Out For A Bite ]
[ It Was Her Face Glowing In The Moonlight ]
[ That Made You Feel That This Was Going To Be Alright ]

[ Blaine ]
[ Had Been Put Through So Much Physical Pain ]
[ It Was The Emotional & Mental Kind ]
[ That You Had To Sustain ]
[ But All (3) Of Those Really Messes With A Person’s Mind ]
[ It Was All (3) Of Those That You Had Come To Disdain ]

[ You Never Had Any Premonition ]
[ If This Would Go The Distance ]
[ You Sure Could Use Your Imagination ]
[ If You Wanted To For Instance ]

[ But Love Can Fade Without A Sign ]
[ Or A Sound ]
[ All Of A Sudden There Could Be A Problem You Find ]
[ That Has You Kind Of Looking Around ]
[ You Think That It Is Benign ]
[ But Then You Are Knocked To The Ground ]

[ In The Blink Of An Eye ]
[ You Heard That Blaine Had Been Spending Alot Of Time With Another Guy ]
[ Her Upstairs Neighbor, Ryan ]
[ When You Started Asking, “Why?” ]
[ She Stuttered & Started Lying ]

[ You Didn’t Want To Hear Anymore ]
[ So You Decided To Go Home ]
[ When You Got To Your Place & Closed The Door ]
[ You Really Started Feeling Alone ]

[ It Would Be Quite The Find ]
[ If You Had A Dime ]
[ Everytime You Tried To Rewind ]
[ The Times ]
[ That You Watched The Hands Of The Clock Go Past The (9) ]

[ In The Darkness ]
[ Of The Evening ]
[ You Could Feel The Starkness ]
[ Because The Silence Was Deafening ]

[ But Then The Phone Rang … ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(356)▪︎[ What Smells Rotten? … 2024 ]

[ You Pay In Time ]
[ You Pay In Grit ]
[ Whenever Something Costs You A Dime ]
[ You End Up Hating Every Bit ]

[ You Pay In Dedication ]
[ You Grind It Out To Get Your Medication ]
[ All You Come Out With Was ]
[ The Feeling Of Aggravation ]

[ Don’t You Have A Trusting Face? ]
[ You Know That You Are Not A Darling Person To Look @ ]
[ Like A Pink, Pretty Bow, Made Of Lace ]
[ Or A Big Buddha, Which Is Bald & Fat ]

[ It Looks Like You Are Settling ]
[ It’s Going To Upset Those That Are Betting ]
[ Soon, Yes Really Soon, That Same Section, Will Be Sweating ]

[ Sweating Up A Storm ]
[ Making The Back Of The Shirt, All Wet ]
[ This Would Not Be The Norm ]
[ You Would Bet ]

[ It Is A Dog Eat Dog World Out There Beyond, The Front Door ]
[ Give An Ass An Inch ]
[ They Will Try To Take (5) More ]

[ Just So They Can Walk Away Bragging That They Took ½ A Foot From Right Under Your Nose ]
[ Those ]
[ Are The Type Of Person That You Would Want To Beat With A Garden Hose ]

[ & Then, To Show Them That They Stepped On Your Last Nerve ]
[ You Give Them A Whole New Proverb ]
[ When You Go Around A Blind Curve ]
[ You Kick Them To The Curb ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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