Category: [ 2025 Stories ]

(306)▪︎[ The Future … 2025 ]

[ Have You Ever Felt That Your Life Has Not Been Calm? ]
[ That Someone Or Something Else ]
[ Holds Your Destiny In Their Palm? ]

[ Are There Plans For Your Future That As Of This Time ]
[ You Don’t Know? ]
[ When You See Mountains That You Must Climb ]
[ Are You In Tandem Or Are You Going Solo? ]

[ You Always Must Prepare ]
[ If You Are Going Anywhere ]
[ Close To Over There ]

[ Did You Make “A Must Have List?” ]
[ Some More Of That ]
[ & Alot Of This ]

[ You Must Be Prepared In Whatever You Choose ]
[ To Do ]
[ If You Go In Unprepared & Lose ]
[ The One That Might Be Lost, Could Ultimately Be You ]

[ It Is A Fact ]
[ That Everyone Gets Judged ]
[ By How They Act ]

[ Everyone Has An Opinion ]
[ Sometimes It Becomes Hard To See ]
[ Like The Heart Of An Onion ]

[ As The Onion Peels ]
[ Tears Will Flow ]
[ But Sadness Is Not What Your Heart Feels ]
[ But Sometime Soon You Will Know ]
[ Time Is The Thing In Your Life That Steals ]

[ Sometimes It Will Shorten Your Life ]
[ By Hours & Days ]
[ It Seems Like Strife ]
[ Happens In So Many Different Ways ]

[ Sometimes The Mirage ]
[ Will Trip You Up ]
[ Into Wondering If You Left Your Car Running In The Garage ]

[ Or Down The Street ]
[ Then The Only Way That You Got Home ]
[ Was Using Your Own (2) Feet ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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(331)▪︎[ There Are Lies Behind Those Eyes … 2025 ]

[ Sometimes You Feel Like Your Whole Life Has Been Filled With A Whole Bunch Of Liars ]
[ Going Around Starting Fires ]
[ Handing Out Love ]
[ That Is Held Up By Wires ]

[ Everything That Has Been Shown ]
[ Or Briefly Told ]
[ In The Most Obnoxious Tone ]
[ Ever Has The Longevity Of Growing Old ]
[ Or Has Been Set In Stone ]

[ There Is No Warmth (6ft) Down ]
[ Under The Ground ]
[ Nobody Has The Chance To Drown ]
[ When There Is Not A Single Drop Of Water To Be Found ]

[ No One Blinks Because They All Have Hollowed Out Eyes ]
[ Nobody Seems Wise ]
[ When You Look @ Their Disguise ]

[ Who Are They Running From? ]
[ Everybody’s Resons For Doing Things Sounds Kind Of Dumb ]
[ When Others Reach Out ]
[ Their Brain Goes Numb ]
[ Then Everyone Walks Away Filled With Doubt ]

[ When People Reach Out, It Is Because They Are In Pain ]
[ What Do They Have To Gain? ]
[ When They Find That The Effort Was All For Naught ]
[ Because They Became An Open Book All In Vain ]

[ Reciprocity Was Supposed To Be Built Around Trust ]
[ Like A Brand New Bicycle That Sits Out In The Rain ]
[ The Chrome Turns To Rust ]
[ They Can Dream That They Could Polish It Again & Again ]
[ But The End Result Is A Bust ]

[ Effort Does Not Always Equal Success ]
[ Every Day You Take A Full Bucket & Dry Mop ]
[ & Try To Clean Up The Mess ]
[ Only To Watch Your Jaw Drop ]
[ Because The Amount Of Effort You Give, Causes You Extreme Stress ]

[ Effort Given ]
[ & A Great Result Is Not Always In The Same Sentence ]
[ Quite Often ]
[ It Just Keeps People Who Have Doubt From Ever Riding The Fence ]
[ Just When ]
[ Others Show That They Do Not Have The Confidence ]
[ Then ]
[ There Is No Difference ]
[ Because There Is Nothing To Reference ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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(326)▪︎[ To My Nicole … 2025 ]

[ Goodnight ]
[ To The One That You Absolutely Hate To Fight ]
[ But Who Is Your Light ]
[ That Shines Like A Beacon ]
[ Nice & Bright ]
[ For You When You Feel Like A Frightened Little Boy ]
[ In The Middle Of The Night ]
[ Searching For Jesse, Not A Toy ]

[ She Is The Drops Of Rain That Make The Flowers Grow ]
[ She Is The Warm Sun ]
[ That Comes Out & Chases Away The Black Clouds That Sink So Low ]
[ Letting Us Come Out Of Our Houses To Play & Have Fun ]
[ Even Though ]
[ Your Run ]
[ Has Become Really Slow ]

[ She Is The Moon That Rises High Up Above ]
[ So The World Is Not Dark ]
[ She Is The One That Has Been The First Woman To Show You True Love ]
[ & The Only One That Left Her Mark ]

[ On A Truly Broken Heart ]
[ That Through The Years ]
[ Was Torn Apart ]
[ By Many Days That Caused You To Shed Tears ]

[ Because Of Many Broken Family Ties ]
[ The Word “Family” ]
[ Has Been As Bad For Your Health As The Oil That Cooks McDonald’s Fries ]
[ From What You Could See ]
[ Families Are Full Of A Bunch Of Lies ]

[ Family Feels So Much Better When You Get To Choose ]
[ Whoever You Want To Be In Your Inner Circle ]
[ You Can Never Lose ]
[ When Your People Love To Play The Game Called “Quirkle” ]

[ She Taught You How To Spot The People That Are Fake ]
[ The Ones That Never Give ]
[ & Only Take ]
[ She Has Been A Good Sport ]
[ As You Have Tried To Teach Yourself How To Bake ]
[ Without Having To Drink Down The “Pepto Bismol” By The Quart ]

[ She Is Quite The Lady ]
[ & A Great Cook ]
[ She Never Approaches The Word Shady ]
[ Later On In Your Life, Maybe She Will Help You Gather All Your Stories So You Can Make Yourself A Book ]

[ Even Though She Is Extremely Busy She Does Slow Down To Be Your Biggest Fan ]
[ When You Are Writing She Never Pushes You For Perfection ]
[ But She Does Want You To Do The Best That You Can ]
[ Then She Will Always Come Behind You To Make Any Grammatical Corrections ]
[ Only Since She Has Been By Your Side, Have You Felt Like A Complete Man ]

[ The Relationship You Were In Prior To Meeting Her, Gave You Quite The Emotional Beating ]
[ That Woman Left You In Such Financial & Emotional Distress ]
[ Ever Since Your First Greeting ]
[ Little Miss Satan In A Dress ]
[ Was Always Cheating ]
[ Causing Quite The Mess ]
[ Because The Problem Kept Repeating ]
[ But She Never Learned When Or How To Confess ]

[ Then You Took Your Chances On Waiting ]
[ Before Jumping Back Into That Unpredictable Social Game ]
[ Called Dating ]
[ But Then Nothing Was Ever The Same ]
[ After You Started Saying ]
[ Nicole Marie’s Beautiful Name ]

[ You Never Knew That Your Hardened Heart Could Melt ]
[ After Literally Figuring Out What The Word “Love” Really Meant ]
[ & Becoming Comfortable How True Love Really Felt ]
[ Since All Of Your Past Relationships Put Together Never Made A Dent ]

[ When You Finally Found The Right Woman That You Thought Would ]
[ Become Your Wife ]
[ You Decided That You Should ]
[ Cutout All Of The Meaningless Strife ]
[ & Then You Finally Could ]
[ Put Everything Else Behind You & Settle Down Into A Wonderful New Life ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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(322)▪︎[ Non-Traditional … 2025 ]

What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?

[ This Question Kind Of Hit Me Between The Eyes & Caused Me To Be A Little Sad ]
[ For The Life Of Me ]
[ I Cannot Remember A Single Tradition That Was Handed Down To From My Mom & Dad ]

[ They Never Stressed Different Ways ]
[ To Celebrate The Holidays ]

[ Don Never Taught Me Anything Fun ]
[ He Never Started ]
[ So He Was Never Done ]
[ When It Was His Time To Be One Of The Dearly Departed ]
[ I Found Out That He Never Even Wanted To Adopt A Son ]

[ I Guess If I Ever Needed To Put Him In A Class ]
[ I Would Take A Pass ]
[ The Only Label I Would Give Him ]
[ Is That He Is Being Remembered As Being An Ass! ]

[ Now That He Has Passed ]
[ Much Of What He Said To Me Was Not Positive ]
[ So The Point Did Not Last ]

[ In What Little Time That I Spent With Him Years Before He Died ]
[ I Never Lied ]
[ When I Have Told Others That There Were Only (2) Pleasant Years Living By His Side ]
[ Because From What I Have Remembered ]
[ He Was More Or Less A Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde ]

[ Neither Don Nor Barbara Ever Took The Time ]
[ To Even Show Me The Difference ]
[ Between A Lemon Or A Lime ]
[ If Someone Ever Wanted To Use That Example As A Reference ]
[ Send Me A Dime ]

[ The Main Problem ]
[ From What You Can See ]
[ Traditions Did Not Mean A Damn Thing To Either Of Them ]
[ Whatever Those Might Be ]

[ Don Did Teach Me How To Drive ]
[ So I Guess One Tradition That He Did Hand Down ]
[ Was To Stay On The Right Hand Side Of The Road If I Wanted To Stay Alive ]

[ I Must Confess ]
[ That Sounds Kind Of Meaningless ]

[ But Hey, It Was Something ]
[ Because As I Look Back Over Everything ]
[ Don & Barbara Never Taught Me Anything ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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(312)▪︎[ Life Is A Roller Coaster … 2025 ]

[ Do You Ever Look In The Mirror ]
[ Wipe Away The Dust ]
[ So Your Reflection Is Clear? ]
[ Honesty Is A Must ]

[ Do You Wonder, “Who Could That Be?” ]
[ “I Am Not So Sure About Who I See?” ]

[ If You Do Not Recognize Yourself, There Could Be A Problem ]
[ But You Have An Issue ]
[ With Your Thinking Of “Us -vs- Them!” ]
[ You Grab A Tissue ]
[ As Your Mind Goes, “Hmm” ]

[ Why Can’t You Recognize Your Own Shadow? ]
[ The Person You Saw ]
[ You Really Didn’t Know! ]
[ But When You Feel “Blah” ]
[ Your Mind Starts To Go Slow ]

[ Like You Are Trudging Through Thick Butter ]
[ When Your Eyelashes Start The Flutter ]

[ They Are Moving Faster Than A Hummingbird’s Wings ]
[ & Your Mind Starts Thinking About All Kinds Of Things ]
[ Your Thoughts Are Like A Pinball Going Off The Bells That Sound The Dings ]

[ Well Through The Years, You’ve Seen Fire ]
[ & You’ve Seen Rain ]
[ If You Do Not Remember Your Mistakes From The Years Prior ]
[ You Will Probably Make Them Again ]

[ You Can Make Mistakes All Day Long ]
[ If You Show That Your Resolve Is Not Strong ]
[ How Will You Get Any Personal Growth ]
[ Whenever You Are Proven Wrong? ]

[ No One Says That You Do Not Always Have To Be Right ]
[ Just Like The Sun Does Not Always Need To Be Bright ]
[ But When Things Are Going Well ]
[ That Can Be An Incredible Sight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

(292)▪︎[ Romance … 7/3/2025 ]

What’s your definition of romantic?

[ Your Definition Of Romantic ]
[ Is Kind Of Anti-Climatic ]

[ Everybody’s Definition Is Very Subjective ]
[ Because This Subject ]
[ Should Not Be Looked @ As Objective ]

[ Romance ]
[ Should Not Be Based On Facts ]
[ Everything Should Be By Chance ]
[ & How The Other Person Reacts ]

[ A Man Could Think That He Was Being Romantic By Buying Her A Rose ]
[ But His Partner Has Allergies ]
[ So It Affects Her Nose ]

[ She Won’t Like Candy On Any Day ]
[ She Thinks The Pounds Won’t Look Good On Her ]
[ Then When She Talks About Tooth Decay ]
[ She Seems So Sure ]

[ Romance Is In The Eye Of The Beholder ]
[ As The Guy Gets Older ]
[ His Resolve To Do Something Romantic Grows Colder ]
[ Instead Of Bolder ]

[ Sometimes People Will Look @ A Hopeless Romantic ]
[ & Thinks He Acts Like A Crazy Lunatic ]

[ Some Women Think Chivalry Is Dead ]
[ In The Water ]
[ Is It All In Their Head ]
[ Because They Never Saw A Sign Of It Coming From Their Father ]

[ When You Have Been Married For ½ Of Your Life ]
[ You Still Try To Do Romantic Actions For Your  Wife ]

[ Try ]
[ Fail, Try Again ]
[ Don’t Tell Her A Lie ]
[ As A Way To Begin ]

[ Romance In A Marriage Is Still A Thing ]
[ Always Treat Your Wife Like A Queen ]
[ Then Watch The Kinds Of Comments That Will Bring ]

[ When You Try To Be Romantic It Is Not Meant To Shine A Light On Yourself ]
[ When You Try To Be Romantic It Is For Someone Else ]

[ Romance Can Have A Really Broad Definition ]
[ With Everything That Is Going On In This World ]
[ Being Romantic Is A Pretty Good Condition ]

[ To Have … ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(242)▪︎[ The Death Of Civilization … 2025 ]

[ It Seems To Be So Problematic To Live Life In A Bubble ]
[ All Around You, There Seems To Be Nothing But Trouble ]
[ Because All Around You, People Seem To Be So Gullible ]

[ But When In Doubt ]
[ You Should Look All Around ]
[ Then Stand Up & Shout ]

[ Shout About What, Is Up To You ]
[ Maybe The Way That People See Things, Is A Good Place To Start ]
[ One Clue ]
[ Would Be To See What They Feel, In Their Heart ]

[ Some People See That The City Is The Sunset Of Civilization ]
[ The Consternation ]
[ For Any Civilized Nation ]

[ Does The City Always Promote Growth ]
[ Or Is Concrete]
[ All They Wrote? ]

[ It Is The End Of All Means ]
[ The Dead End Streets ]
[ Shows That There Isn’t A Single Thing In-Betwwn ]

[ In-Between The Concrete Or The Stop Signs ]
[ Making The Street Lights ]
[ Benign ]
[ To Personal Rights ]

[ It Has Been Stated ]
[ & Debated ]
[ That Personal Rights Has Been ]
[ Vastly Overrated ]

[ Some People Try To Be So Professional ]
[ But Then They Want To Remain Impersonal ]

[ The Probability ]
[ Of Having Their World Like That ]
[ Could Possibly ]
[ Be A Possibility ]

[ There Are Those That Just Want To Act Like A.I. ]
[ They Never Want To Look @ You In The Eyes ]
[ So That Seems To Be Why ]

[ Society Has Become What Is Now ]
[ Some Married Couples Don’t Follow Their Vows ]
[ Farms Are Bulldozed Over ]
[ So There Is No More Need For A Plow ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(227)▪︎[ It Is All A Mental State … 5-26-2025 ]

[ Any Night ]
[ Or Day ]
[ It Is Alright ]
[ To Say ]
[ “That It Is An All Out Fight” ]
[ “To Try To Feel Okay” ]

[ But When Someone Tries To Say, “Mental Behavior” ]
[ “Is Their Savior” ]

[ That Could Be Considered By Many As A Bit Much ]
[ Because Of The Punch ]
[ When It Comes To Such & Such ]

[ But, Just Like Somebody Could Have A Bit Of A Cough ]
[ Anyday Someone Can Feel A Bit Off]

[ As Rare As A Sneeze ]
[ Might Be ]
[ Some Might Not Know Or Be Able To See ]
[ How To Please ]

[ However They Like To Be Pleased]
[ By Another ]
[ Might Be Teased ]
[ By Their Brother ]

[ Just Like The Saying Is Known ]
[ The Way It Might Be Shown ]
[ Everyone Can Go By The Saying “To Each Their Own” ]

[ Their Own Food That Is Good ]
[ The Temperature Of The Water ]
[ Is Everything Misunderstood ]
[ About You Want It Colder Than Hotter ]

[ You Could Always Make Some Kind Of Reference ]
[ To What They Might Have Written Down For Their Preference ]

[ People Like To Do Just That ]
[ Instead Or Marking It Down ]
[ On An Erasable Mat ]

[ Would That Be What Some Might Prefer ]
[ Even Though That Kind Of Information ]
[ Should Be Written Down & Put In A Place That Could Be Thought Of As Being More Secure ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(215)▪︎[ The Question … 5-23-2025 ]

[ Do You Always Have A Question ]
[ To Rest On? ]
[ Does It Always Seem Like You Are Learning A Lesson ]
[ When All Of Your Motivation Is Gone? ]

[ What Is The Point? ]
[ To Annoint? ]
[ Or To Disjoint? ]

[ Will The Voo Doo ]
[ Ju Ju ]
[ Be Sent Directly ]
[ & Correctly ]
[ To You? ]

[ If You Ever Surmise ]
[ That Everything In Life Will Be A Surprise ]
[ Then Maybe You Will Be The Only One In Your  Life ]
[ To Win That Door Prize ]

[ @ The County Fair ]
[ When You Dared ]

[ To Get Away From All Of The Obtuse Thinkers ]
[ The Closed Minders ]
[ The Heavy Drinkers ]
[ That Walk Through Life Wearing Blinders ]

[ Who Always Needs That School Crossing Guard ]
[ To Get Them Across The Street ]
[ Because They Find It So Hard ]
[ To Find Themselves, Something To Eat ]

[ When They Get To The KFC ]
[ They Will Not Have Any Money ]
[ So That’s When Others Will See ]
[ Them Sucking On Packets Of Ketchup & Honey ]

[ They Will Think This Is Quite The Steal ]
[ Because In This Deal ]
[ They Feel ]
[ That They Could Make Themselves A Real ]
[ Meal ]

[ Maybe It Won’t Fill Them Up ]
[ But If You Put Warm Milk In A Cup ]

[ That Will Do The Trick ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe