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.

(001)▪︎[ Attempt … 2025 ]

What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.

[ I Would Love To Teach High School Boys & Girls How To Lift Weights ]

[ I Am (62) Years Old, So I Am Very Old School When It Comes To Weight Lifting ]

[ When I Was In The 5th Grade I Asked My Parents For A Weight Set For Christmas ]

[ I Followed The Instructions & Taught Myself How To Lift Weights ]

[ I Lifted In Gyms When I Was Old Enough ]

[ In ’94 I Joined A Powerlifting Bench Press Team ]

[ ’99 Was My First Time @ The World Championship For Our Federation ]

[ I Competed In The 165lbs Police/Fire Division ]

[ I Took Home 1st Place Trophies In ’99, ‘2000, & 2001 ]

[ I Would Teach Proper Form FIRST! ]

[ Teach Them That When Learning Proper Form You Start Out With Light Weights ]

[ Then & Only Then You Start Lifting Heavier ]

[ When You Lift With Bad Form/Technique You Risk Injury ]

[ After Teaching Weight Lifting, I Would Coach Them & Love Watching Them Succeed ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Loss … 2025 ]

What would you do if you lost all your possessions?

[ The First Thing That I Would Do If I Lost All Of My Possessions Would Go To My Knees & Cry ]

[ There Have Been Many Nights When A Nightmare Of Losing Everything By An Act Of Mother Nature Woke Me In A Cold Sweat ]

[ Yes, Insurance Will Pay Out ]

[ But Only A Fraction Of The Monetary Value That I Would Ever Have ]

[ What About Possessions That Money Can’t Buy, Or Replicate? ]

[ Physical Pictures, Lifting Awards, Pictures, Money (Over Said Amount), Actual Letters &/Or Cards, Jewelry, Collections, All Clothing, etc… ]

[ I Never Want To Be Put In That Position ]

[ Being Burglarized Was Hard Enough ]

[ The Way Insurance Companies Pay Out Is Another Criminal Act Committed Against You ]

[ Misrepresenting Their Policies ]

[ Making It SO Hard To File, Then Collect On A Claim ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Out Of Place … 2025 ]

Tell us about a time when you felt out of place.

[ There Have Been Many Times When I Have Felt Out Of Place, Or Out Of My Element ]

[ The Earliest Times When I Had Felt Out Of Place, Was Each Time I Was Moved To Another Foster Home ]

[ I Was Not Quite (3) Years Old When My Sister & I Were Moved Into The First Foster Home ]

[ About Every (18) Months We Were Moved ]

[ When You Get There You Do Not Know A Single Thing About What You Can Or Can’t Do, Where You Are, Who Is In The House, What Do You Call Them, Where To Go, What The Daily Or Nightly Schedule Is, etc … ]

[ You Are Scared, Worried, Angry & A Number Of More Emotions ]

[ We Did Not Have Any Family In Oregon After Our Dad Shot Himself In The Head ]

[ So I Could Just Imagine That We Were A Tiny Bit Traumatized Since He Did It In The Home ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Advice … 2025 ]

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

[ The Very Best Piece Of Advice I Ever Received, I Still Practice In My Life … To Get A Friend, You Must First Be A Friend ]

[ I Have Tried To Instill This Into My Son’s Life ]

[ But He Doesn’t Get It ]

[ Do Unto Others … ]

[ Know Yourself First ]

[ What You Want In A Friend, Could Possibly Be The Exact Same Things As What Others Seek ]

[ Try It … ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(403)▪︎[ Family Is A Negative (6) Letter Word … 9/21/2025 ]

[ One Time When You Were Fooled, It Was Because You Let Your Guard Down ]
[ & Said That Your In-Laws Were Special, Like Family ]
[ Now You Have Ended Up Looking Like The Clown ]
[ Because That Is Not How They Wanted Things To Be ]

[ You Should Have Had The Strength ]
[ To Keep Them @ Arms Length ]

[ On The Bench ]
[ Or In A Toolbox ]
[ Like An Unused Wrench ]
[ Secured With (2) Locks ]

[ Because You Showed Weakness ]
[ Things Turned Into One Big Hot Mess ]
[ Now, All It Causes Is Stress ]

[ In The Beinning, You Thought You Were Blessed ]
[ & A Little Bit Impressed ]
[ But Now That The Bad Feelings Have Progressed ]
[ You Feel Kind Of Depressed ]

[ You Feel, A Little Bit Lost ]
[ You Can Only Guess ]
[ That Is The Cost ]

[ Of Putting Your Trust ]
[ In The Wrong People ]
[ Who Easily Pushed You To The Side So You Can Watch Everything Bust ]

[ If They Didn’t Love You As Family, Why Did They Do As Such ]
[ Now (30+) Years ]
[ Do Not Mean That Much ]

[ If They Never Wanted A Son ]
[ Why Did They Call You & Treat You As One ]
[ Well, They Can Still Be Happy ]
[ Because They Still Have None ]

[ The Egg Is Squarely On Your Face ]
[ You Guess When It Came To The Family Table ]
[ You Never Really Had A Place ]

[ Maybe That Was The Time That You Should Have Left en Haste ]
[ (30+) Years Of Effort ]
[ Sure Turned Into Toxic Waste ]

[ Why, Why, Why? ]
[ Do People Come Up To You, & Look You In The Eye’s ]
[ & Do Nothing But Lie, Lie, Lie? ]
[ (30+) Years Worth Of Lie’s ]

[ Disgusting, Hateful & Full Of Spite ]
[ Now, Nothing Feels Right ]
[ How Can You Fight ]
[ Something That Isn’t In Direct Sight? ]

[ You Wish That You NEVER Had Taken Their Name ]
[ Carrying It As Yours ]
[ Now Doesn’t Feel The Same ]
[ & That Is Describing The Feelings Kind Of Tame ]
[ It Is Like Putting Your Raft In The River & Not Be Given A Set Of Oars ]
[ Maybe This Was One Long Drawn Out Game ]

[ How Come Something That Used To Feel So Strong ]
[ Turned Out To Be So So Wrong? ]

[ You Need To Take The High Road ]
[ Because Now You Know ]
[ If You Continue To Be Suckered Into Their Happy Abode ]
[ It Just Sets You Up To Be In The Middle Of Another One Of Their Shit Show’s ]

[ Now YOU Should Pull Up Your Big Boy Pants ]
[ To Take A Stand ]
[ Trying To Avoid The Insects & Ants ]
[ & Draw Your Own Line In The Sand ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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(001)▪︎[ Foods … 2025 ]

What are your favorite types of foods?

[ I Don’t Know If I Have Favorite Foods ]

[ I Definitely Do Not Have A Simple “Go To” Food ]

[ I Never Really Had One Growing Up ]

[ I Imagine I Like More Hot Food’s Than I Like Cold Food’s ]

[ I Love Pineapple ]

[ I Imagine That If I Committed The Sin Of Saying That I Didn’t Like Pineapple I Would Have To Hand In My Membership Card For Being Born In Hawaii ]

[ I Love Prime Rib & Ribeye Steaks ]

[ I Also Do Not Eat Foods That Are Normally Eaten For Breakfast, Lunch Or Dinner @ Morning, Noon Or Night ]

[ I Guess, I Did Not Actually Answer The Question, Sorry ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~