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.

(171)▪︎[ Which Way … 2026 ]

[ All These Words Are Swirling Around In Your Head ]
[ It Is Hard To Admit That You Feel ]
[ Throughout The Last (30yrs) You’ve Been Mislead ]
[ & Now You Have No Idea What Is Fake & What Is Real ]


[ You Thought That You Started Out On A Journey On A Ship That Was Built For (2) ]
[ As You Look Back Over The Years For Some Kind Of Clue ]
[ You Couldn’t Find A Single One ]
[ That Would Have Warned You About What She Now Wants To Put This Relationship Through ]
[ Because Right Now, This Is Not Very Fun ]


[ It Almost Brought You To Tears ]
[ When She Yelled, “You Have Been Mooching Off Of Me For The Last (30yrs)!” ]
[ It Was Very Clear ]
[ That She Wanted To Play Off Of Your Fears ]

[ Of Being Dependent On Another ]
[ You Want A Wife, Partner & Friend ]
[ You Don’t Want A Mother ]
[ Because She Has Long Since Been Dead ]

[ That Clearly Threw Your Night All Out Of Joint ]
[ You Knew She Was Lying ]
[ So What Was The Point ]
[ Of Crying? ]

[ Cry Over Spilled Milk, Maybe ]
[ What’s Next, Is She Going To Accuse You Of Being Lazy? ]
[ You Really Have To Hold Your Tongue ]
[ When You Want To Call Her, “Crazy!” ]

[ If She Wants To Play This Game, Than Bring It On ]
[ Maybe You Will Be Much Better Off When She Is Gone? ]

[ That Is A Good Question To Ask ]
[ It Seems Like It Was @ Least (5yrs) In The Past ]
[ When She Started Removing Her Mask ]

[ This Person That You Are Married To Now You Don’t Really Know ]
[ The True Revealing Part Sure Has Come About Really Slow ]
[ & Now What Does The (30yrs) Have To Show? ]

[ What Happened ]
[ When? ]
[ Way Back Then? ]

[ You No Longer Want To Wait ]
[ To Think About If You Want To Participate ]
[ In This New Game Of Hate ]

[ A Marriage That Is Only Focused On Money ]
[ Will Never Find The Land ]
[ That Flows With Milk & Honey ]

[ It Seems Like You Are Headed For Mental Numbness ]
[ You Don’t Know What To Do With This Mess ]
[ Are You Letting Out A Call Of Distress? ]

[ You No Longer Look @ This House As Your Happy Nest ]
[ It Is Not Like You Could Move Further West ]
[ To Try To Find Out What You Feel Is Best ]
[ Maybe You Should Live On Your Own For Awhile ]
[ So You Could Get Some Rest ]

[ Look @ All Of The Obvious Social Cue’s ]
[ You Don’t Like Being Anywhere Around Her While She Sits There Lighting Her Own Fuse ]
[ Because All She Wants To Do Is Point Her Finger & Accuse ]
[ After All These Years You Feel Like You Followed All The Rules ]

[ Is Divorce The Only Answer? ]
[ It Is Sad To Feel Like It Has Come To This ]
[ Because This Whole Marriage Is Becoming A Cancer ]
[ So What Will You Miss? ]

[ The Yelling, The False Accusations? ]
[ Whatever Happened To The Good Conversations? ]

[ The Good, Warm Conversations Went Out The Window ]
[ Many Years Ago ]
[ A Good Conversation Comes About As Frequently As Oregon Gets Snow ]

[ You No Longer Have Any Physical Connection ]
[ That Went Away Many Years Before The Recession ]

[ Gone For Good ]
[ Because That Is A Topic That She Doesn’t Like To Mention ]
[ The Words Only Get Misunderstood ]

[ Which Way Do Go Now? ]
[ How? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Quote … 2026 ]

What is your favorite quote?

[ What Is Your Favorite Quote? ]

[ You Have Several ]

[ But Your Favorite One That You Like & Try To Live By Is … “If You Are Not Going To Do Anything About Your Problem, Then Suffer In Silence” ]

[ There Is Nothing Worse Than Someone Bitching About Their Problems, But Choosing To Do Nothing About It ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(352)▪︎[ Family Can Be A Negative Word … 2026 ]

[ As Far As You Are Concerned ]
[ Through All The Way Too Many Times That You’ve Been Burned ]
[ You Have Finally Learned ]

[ That What Will See You Through To The Very End ]
[ Won’t Be Family ]
[ It Will Be A Good, Close Friend ]

[ From What You Have Seen & Heard ]
[ “Family” Can Be A Negative Word ]

[ It Comes Close To Being One Of Those Bad (4) Letter Words That Most People Try To Refrain From Saying ]
[ Because Most People Lay Awake Praying ]

[ & Waiting ]
[ Trying To Get An Explaination About What Someone Is Stating ]

[ The Family That You Are Raised With Could Even Be A Curse ]
[ & The Worst ]

[ For You ]
[ Not Everyone Needs A Friend To Drop A Clue ]
[ From What You Have Experienced Through Your (63yrs) ]
[ That Part Is Very True ]

[ You Don’t Have To Be A Mind Reader Or Artistic ]
[ To See ]
[ That Your Biological Family ]
[ Can Be Downright Caustic ]

[ You Might Grow Up Wearing Rose Colored Glasses ]
[ That Could Be Why You Are Giving Those Asses ]
[ So Many Passes ]

[ Family Never ]
[ Lasts Forever ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(351)▪︎[ Life … 2026 ]

[ What Does Life Mean To You In Your Own Eyes? ]
[ Do You Walk Through Your Day Telling Lies ]
[ Or Wearing A Disguise? ]

[ Either Way You Are Not Telling Others The Truth ]
[ It Seems Like You Have Not Been Honest ]
[ Since Your Youth ]

[ What Are You Afraid Of? ]
[ A Bald Eagle ]
[ Or A Tiny White Dove? ]
[ Does Your Stomach Get Queazy ]
[ Everytime That You Feel Yourself Falling In Love? ]

[ Falling In Love Is A Huge Step ]
[ When Most People Are In The Midst Of Falling ]
[ They Start Confusing Their Right From Their Left ]

[ Stumbling ]
[ Fumbling ]
[ & Bumbling ]

[ Time Starts To Slow ]
[ Common Sense Flies Out The Window ]
[ But Before You Know ]
[ Someone Will Pop Up ]
[ & Sarcastically Say, “I Told You So!” ]

[ But … ]
[ They Told You What? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(245)▪︎[ The Sad Clown … 2025 ]

[ Have You Ever Wondered How Much Effort It Takes To Willingly Give ]
[ Someone A Smile? ]
[ That Seems Like That Would Be A Great Way To Live ]
[ For Awhile ]

[ It Will Take More Effort To Live With A Frown ]
[ Nobody Wants To Go Through Life ]
[ Walking Aimlessly Around With The Face Of A Sad Clown ]

[ Clowns Are Supposed To Put On A Happy Face ]
[ Nobody Wants To Always Be Down ]
[ Do They Have To Choose Between Leather Or Lace ]
[ When An Unhappy Clown Walks Around ]
[ People Probably Give Them Alot Of Space ]

[ Nobody Wants To Go Near ]
[ Them ]
[ For Fear ]
[ That A Simple Word Could Start A Big Problem ]

[ Would A Sad Clown Have A Short Fuse? ]
[ Are They Always Looking For Someone To Use? ]
[ When Things Start Going Downhill ]
[ Are They Always The One That Would Accuse? ]

[ Other People First? ]
[ They Start To Get This Unquenchable Thirst ]

[ To Always Be Right ]
[ Even When They Are Wrong ]
[ They Won’t Back Down From A Fight ]
[ Because The Desire Comes On So Strong ]

[ Nobody Is Right All Of The Time ]
[ They Don’t Feel ]
[ That Lying Is Not Even Close To Being A Crime ]
[ So Lying Has Never Been A Big Deal ]

[ They Will Be The First One To Attack ]
[ But They Would Also Be The Last Person ]
[ That Would Give A Stranger The Shirt Off Their Back ]
[ You Never Know Which Version ]
[ Of The Sad Clown Will Deal Cards Off The Bottom Of The Stack ]

[ When They Cheat ]
[ Or Steal ]
[ They Do Not Ever Want To Be Beat ]
[ Or Feel ]

[ Emotions Are Not Their Thing ]
[ Even When They Seek ]
[ To Finish His Pursuit In Getting Enough Votes To Be The King ]
[ To Do This It Gives The Outside World A Small Peek ]

[ Of His Decades Long Desire ]
[ To Cover Up His Lies ]
[ & Maybe Be Able To Explain Why He Is Such A Prolific Liar ]

[ Some Say ]
[ That On Most Days ]
[ He Will Look For A Way ]
[ To Find That One Gimmick That Really Pays ]

[ As Sure As America Is Connected To The Bald Eagle ]
[ Whatever He Finds ]
[ It Does Not Have To Be Legal ]
[ In The Public’s Minds ]

[ Sad Clowns Would Prefer That Their Adventures Not Be On The Legal Side ]
[ It Is Much Easier For Them To Remember How & When They Lied ]
[ But It Does Make For A Bumpy Ride ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ For A Reason? … 2026 ]

Do you think everything happens for a reason?

[ For A Reason ]

[ When Someone Comes Up To You & Says, “Things Happen For A Reason” You Just Want To Look @ Them & Say, “Really, Then Please Explain (3) Events In My Life?” ]

[ 1. Why Did Your Biological Father Commit Suicide In Front Of You & Your Sister? ]

[ 2. Why Did You Have To Be The Lone Staff In The Riot? ]

[ 3. Why Did Your Brother Have To Die? ]

[ No One Can Give Me “The Reasons” Why Those (3) Things Happened! ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(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 ]

[ If There Is 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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(318)▪︎[ Where Is Your Footprint? … 2026 ]

[ If You Die Young ]
[ & There Was A Celebration Of Life Going On ]
[ Would Anybody Come? ]
[ Or Would Every Loved One Be Gone? ]

[ Have You Been Going So Fast ]  
[ That You Didn’t Leave Your Footprint On Anything In Your Past? ]
[ Will There Be Any Remnants Of You, That Will Last? ]

[ Can You See Any Kind Of A Footprint? ]
[ Or Is That Just Pocket Lint? ]

[ Where Did The Time Go? ]
[ Did It Pass By You Fast Or Slow? ]

[ It Seems That You Don’t ]
[ Will Your Neighbors Know? ]
[ You Bet They Won’t ]

[ How Come The Only Help ]
[ You Can Get ]
[ Is From The Lone Review On Yelp? ]

[ You Look & Look ]
[ But There Is Zero Chit Chat On Facebook ]

[ What About Your 100’s Of So Called Friends? ]
[ Did Anybody Stick By You Through The End? ]

[ You Are Finding Out That You Left Nothing Of Worth ]
[ On This Earth ]

[ Not In Your House ]
[ Or Words From Your Grieving Spouse ]

[ But You Quickly Find That She Is Not Grieving ]
[ She Is Packing Up & Leaving ]

[ Going Into The Unknown ]
[ Since All Of Your Life Insurance Has Been Blown ]

[ Why Should She Stay? ]
[ Another Week? ]
[ Or Another Day ]

[ Would You Want To Bet ]
[ That You Will Not Even Find Your Favorite Jacket?  ]

[ Would That Be Given To The Goodwill Store? ]
[ Since It Does Not Have A Purpose Anymore? ]

[ Did You Cherish Money Over Time Spent With Others? ]
[ When You Did Find The Time ]
[ You Chose To Stay Under Your Covers ]

[ How Come There Is Not A Single Clue ]
[ That There Has Been Any Footprint Made By You? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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