(216)▪︎[ Somewhere … 2026 ]

[ The Dark Cloud Begins To Spread ]
[ Across The Land ]
[ You Can’t Even Get Out Of Your Own Head ]
[ Because Of Another Person’s Heavy Hand ]

[ A Heavy Hand That Weighs Down Your Self-Esteem ]
[ You No Longer Feel That You Are An Integral Part Of An Important Team ]
[ This Wakes You Up In The Night, Because Your Life Is Now Part Of A Nightmare, Not A Dream ]

[ If Only You Can Get Out Of Your Own Way ]
[ For Even A Day? ]
[ But Where Will You Stay? ]
[ Who Has That Say? ]

[ That Is The Million $ Question To Ask ]
[ When Will You Get Up Off Your Ass ]
[ & Really Try To Take On This Task? ]
[ People Will Pass ]
[ If You Continue To Wear This Apathetic Mask ]

[ When You Just Sit Back & Stare @ The Wall ]
[ That Continues To Push Your Existence Closer To The Edge Of The Abyss ]
[ You Can’t Afford To Fall ]
[ If You Swing & Miss ]

[ This Is Not A “(3) Strikes & You’re Out” Type Of Game ]
[ There Is Nothing That Is The Same ]
[ You Cannot Point @ Anyone To Blame ]
[ So Don’t Go Out There Merely To Drop A Name ]

[ It Is So Crystal Clear ]
[ That You Should Start Looking To Your Peers ]
[ Instead Of Incessantly Looking In Your Mirror ]
[ The Answer Is Not Here ]

[ It Is Out There … ]
[ Somewhere ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(210)▪︎[ The Person That Is Ruled By Spite … 2026 ]

[ Spite ]
[ Is Not A Love Language That Is Brought In With The Sunlight ]
[ It Could Be From Some Unforeseen Slight ]
[ Or From The Fight ]
[ That You Had Last Night ]

[ Spite Can Be Built ]
[ Like A Quilt ]

[ One Square Is Sewn ]
[ One Chance Was Blown ]

[ Each Square On The Quilt Can Equal One Event ]
[ Where Money ]
[ Or Time Was Spent ]

[ Spite Can Build Layer Upon Layer ]
[ On Each Other ]
[ It Does Not Go Away By Being Blessed With A Prayer ]
[ From Your Mother ]

[ A Big Problem ]
[ Comes About When You Start Trusting Everyone ]
[ Except The Devil Inside Them ]

[ Spite Can Happen & Start ]
[ With Hurt Feelings ]
[ Or A Broken Heart ]

[ Does Spite Go Away? ]
[ It Does Not Sway ]
[ & It Doesn’t Come About Through Fair Play ]

[ Can Spite Be Right Or Wrong? ]
[ Is The Emotion Weak Or Strong? ]
[ Is The Resentment Ever Going To Be Gone? ]

[ Spite Is Not Whimsical ]
[ Comical ]
[ Or Homicidal ]

[ It Doesn’t Get Settled With A Smile ]
[ You Cannot Walk In Their Shoes For Awhile ]
[ & It Can’t Be Turned Off By Turning A Dial ]

[ Spite Is An Angry Emotion ]
[ It Does Not Get Diverted In A Commotion ]

[ There Is No Information ]
[ To Be Learned ]
[ There Are No Confirmations ]
[ To Be Earned ]
[ There Are No Corners ]
[ To Be Turned ]

[ To Get Back To The Starting Line ]
[ Spiteful People ]
[ Always Whine ]
[ & Their Nature Is Very Unstable ]

[ There Is No Going Back ]
[ Because Now You Have A New Normal ]
[ There Gets To Be A Large Stack ]
[ Of Situations That Now Are Informal ]

[ ” @ Ease” Is What The Soldier Is Told ]
[ Now There Is No Bond To Hold ]
[ Because The Feelings Between You (2) ]
[ Have Gone Completely Cold ]
[ So Do You Give The Devil His Due? ]
[ Or Walk Away Quietly & Fold? ]

[ That Is Not Giving In ]
[ Whatsoever ]
[ You Are Now Putting Everything In A New Perspective & A Different Spin ]
[ By Being Clever ]

[ Spite Rules The Person’s Life Through Anger ]
[ The Person Has One Cautionary Word Tattooed On Their Forehead ]
[ & That Is “Danger!” ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(212)▪︎[ Time To Go … 2026 ]

[ You Don’t Get Married In Hopes Of Preparing For Divorce ]
[ That Would Be Like Putting The Cart In Front Of The Horse ]
[ Of Course ]

[ Life Is Full Of Long Periods Of Boredom, Followed By Sudden Twists ]
[ One Day You Feel Sedentary ]
[ The Next Day You Are Running All Over Town Finishing Your To-Do Lists ]

[ You Want To Drop Her One Big Clue ]
[ By Saying, “ABCDEF-You” ]

[ You Don’t Want To Cause A Scene ]
[ By Being Mean ]
[ So You Keep Your Temperment Somewhere In-Between ]

[ Being Mean & Nice ]
[ Some Comments You Have To Say Twice ]
[ But Not Thrice ]

[ It Is Not That You Are Angry Or Emotional ]
[ You Gave Up Being Devotional ]
[ When You Started Being Rational ]

[ Curves In The Road Are Common Place ]
[ Just Don’t Turn Into A Disgrace ]
[ & Do Something That Blows Up In Your Face! ]

[ You Want To Walk With Your Head Held High ]
[ Don’t Tell Lies ]
[ So You Can Be The One That Says, “Goodbye” ]

[ When You Know ]
[ It’s Time To Go ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(210)▪︎[ Someday … 2026 ]

[ Right Now Your Heart Can’t Stop Breaking ]
[ Your Whole Body Won’t Stop Shaking ]
[ These Are A Couple Emotions That You Are Not Faking ]

[ You Don’t Have A Spare Tear To Shed ]
[ When You Used To Be Down ]
[ You Would Reminisce About That Day You Were Wed ]
[ Now You Feel Like A Clown ]
[ As You Sit Here On Your Huge, King Sized Bed ]

[ What Do You Do Now? ]
[ You Have To Try To Start Over ]
[ You Just Don’t Know How ]

[ For Starters ]
[ You Need To Be The Thermostat ]
[ Not The Thermometer ]

[ Control Where The Temperature Goes ]
[ Be The Gauge Where The Temperature Shows ]

[ Do Not Bow Your Head & Shrink ]
[ Don’t Sink ]
[ In The Bottle & Drink ]

[ Don’t Let Your Broken Heart Lead ]
[ Don’t Slit Your Wrists So You Bleed ]
[ Surround Yourself With People You Love & Need ]

[ Don’t Quit ]
[ Hold Your Head High ]
[ Even Though You Might Feel Like Shit ]

[ Take The High Road ]
[ Carry The Brunt Of The Load ]
[ Take A Deep Breath & Don’t Explode ]

[ Even Though You Might Need A Breather ]
[ Things Will Someday Get Much Easier ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(178)▪︎[ The World … 2026 ]

[ This World Does Not Seem As Fun As It Used To Be ]
[ When You Go Outside Of The House ]
[ People Are Not Even As Friendly ]

[ Most People Are Still Very Much In “Stranger – Danger” Mode ]
[ Young Males ]
[ Don’t Go By Any “Gentleman’s Code” ]

[ Everybody Is For Themselves ]
[ Emptying Most Of The Grocery Shelves ]
[ Not Leaving Much For Anyone Else ]

[ Helping Your Neighbor Is Not What Most Neighbor’s Will Do Anymore ]
[ Whenever You Might Have A Problem ]
[ Not Too Many People Are Comfortable Knocking On Their Neighbor’s Door ]

[ Strangers No Longer Meet ]
[ & Greet ]
[ In The Street ]

[ People Don’t Talk, They Text ]
[ What’s Next? ]

[ As You Aged ]
[ You No Longer Got Paged ]

[ Strangers Don’t Want To Look You In Eyes ]
[ That Can Cause Fights ]
[ So, Words The Wise ]
[ Don’t Go Out, Into The Night ]

[ Strangers No Longer Care ]
[ They Won’t Share ]
[ Some Do Not Even Dare ]
[ To Make Eye Contact When You’re Standing Right There ]

[ They Don’t Want You To Be Staring ]
[ While They Are Glaring ]
[ Unless Someone Is Daring ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(149)▪︎[ Things Are Tough … 2026 ]

[ When Things Get Tough ]
[ & Your Self-Confidence Is Growing Lean ]
[ When The Rapids Start Getting Rough ]
[ & The Weather Is Getting Mean ]
[ Do You Feel You Are Enough ]
[ For Those Times That Are In-Between? ]

[ Being Human Is Part Of Life’s Plan ]
[ No Matter If You Are A Woman Or A Man ]

[ It Is Up To Each Individual To Do As They Please ]
[ Life Should Not Be A Tease ]
[ & You Shouldn’t Need To Search For Anyone To Appease ]

[ You Should Be Your Own Person ]
[ You Always Want To Put Forth Your Best Version ]

[ Of Yourself ]
[ Because You Should Not Live Your Life For Someone Else ]

[ You Must Be Happy With The Person That You See Reflecting Back In The Mirror ]
[ You Always Want To See A Smile ]
[ Instead Of A Tear ]

[ You Do Need To Be Honest To Your Inner Self ]
[ Sometimes You Must Leave Your Ego On The Garage Shelf ]

[ Throughout The Day Give Yourself A Break ]
[ Don’t Always Worry About The To-Do Lists That You Feel That You Have To Make ]
[ Every Once In Awhile Treat Yourself To A Vanilla Milkshake ]

[ That Won’t Ruin The Program That You Are On ]
[ It Is Not Like All Of Your Self-Control Is Gone ]

[ Writing Your Thoughts Is Very Relaxing For Your Brain ]
[ Don’t Work Yourself Into A Ball Of Pain ]
[ Always Be Aware Of That On-Coming Train ]

[ In The Tunnel Of Life ]
[ That On-Coming Train Might Be Your Only Light ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(175)▪︎[ Waiting For That Reprimand … 2026 ]

[ Do You Even Remotely Know The Person That Always Sits Across The Table From You ]
[ Is There Ever A Clue ]
[ That They Know What You Are Going Through? ]

[ Do They Even Take On The Task ]
[ To Use Their Words & Ask? ]

[ They Don’t Want To Step Outside Of Their Comfort Zone ]
[ & Let Their Intentions Be Known ]
[ They Would Rather Leave You All Alone ]
[ Than Pick Up The Phone ]

[ & Call ]
[ When Humpty Dumpty Fell Off That Wall ]
[ Maybe His Friends Made Him Feel Small ]
[ When Everyone Ignored Him The Last Time He Went To The Mall ]

[ Sometimes Relationships Start To Get Boring ]
[ Than Maybe One Side Does Alot Of Ignoring ]

[ Of The Other Person ]
[ So Neither Side Gets The Other Side’s Best Version ]

[ Of A Friend ]
[ It Used To Be Where Each Other Would Bend ]
[ & The Friendship Was Something To Defend ]

[ But Lines Have Been Drawn In The Sand ]
[ It Looks Like One Side Now Makes Demands ]
[ Than If They Are Not Followed ]
[ Someone Gets A Reprimand ]

[ Is There Ever A Neutral Site ]
[ To Go To? ]
[ Or Does The Other Side Always Want To Fight ]
[ Like (2) Animals In The Zoo? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(157)▪︎[ It Is All Gone … 2026 ]

[ You Feel Like You Were Watching The Deterioration Of Your Body ]
[ & Your Brain ]
[ It Feels Like You Have Been Run Over By A Freight Train ]

[ Being Wobbly Has Been Nothing New ]
[ If Someone Were To Ask How Many Times? ]
[ You Would Say Many Times Multiplied By (2) ]

[ Your Muscles Have Atrophied Beyond Repair ]
[ If You Were Ever To See Good Muscle On The Legs ]
[ You Would Quickly Whisper To Yourself, “I’d Take A Pair!” ]

[ Your Abs Ran Out Of Town Before Ever Being Seen ]
[ You Almost Caught Them Peeking Out ]
[ When You Were Training To Be Lean ]

[ @ Least You Were Trying ]
[ Instead Of Sitting In Your Basement Crying ]

[ During Your Strongest Hay Day ]
[ You Tried To Lift Heavy ]
[ While Controlling What You Weighed ]

[ All Of The Hard Days Lifting To Prepare You For Your Elder Years ]
[ Never Soothed Your Fears ]

[ Now That You See That It Was A Complete Waste Of Time ]
[ Causes You Silent Rage ]
[ It Would Have Been More Rewarding If You Went Out & Committed A Crime ]
[ & Been Locked Up In A Cage ]

[ It Is A Crime What Happened To Your Body ]
[ You Should Have Known Something Was Going Wrong ]
[ When Things Started Looking Oddly ]
[ It Sure Did Not Take That Long ]

[ For All Of Your Muscle Mass To Whither Away ]
[ You Don’t Find This To Be Okay ]
[ But You Do See That These Changes Are Here To Stay ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(183)▪︎[ Don’t Strain … 2026 ]

[ Why Should You Ever Feel The Need To Hide? ]
[ Is It Because Of The Pain That You Feel Inside? ]
[ Is It Because When You Last Spoke ]
[ She Insinuated That You Lied? ]
[ & That Almost Caused You To Choke ]

[ The Words ]
[ That You Heard ]
[ Really Caused You To Hurt ]

[ You Know That You Shouldn’t ]
[ You Thought That She Wouldn’t ]

[ Cross That Line, But In The End, She Did ]
[ That Was Why You Hid ]
[ Just Like When You Were A Little Kid ]

[ Gone Was The Dream ]
[ Because You Thought That You Were Part Of The Team ]

[ Now That Dream Leaves A Stench ]
[ You Should Have Known That It Would Have Been A Stretch ]
[ For You To Ever Get Off Of The Bench ]

[ Why Was That? ]
[ Just When You Thought You Were Living Your (8th) Life Of A Cat ]

[ It Was Like You Got A Smack ]
[ On Your Back ]

[ It Has Thrown You For A Loop ]
[ Because You Never Thought As A Group ]
[ They Would Ever Stoop ]

[ This Low ]
[ But It Just Goes To Show ]
[ That When You Have Tried To Grow ]
[ There Will Still Be Alot Of Things That You Will Never Know ]

[ Sometimes It Seems Like The Things That You Don’t Know Will Out Number The Things That You Do ]
[ Could You Save Your Money ]
[ & Try To Buy Yourself A Clue? ]

[ Will That Kind Of Thinking Come All The Way Around ]
[ & Knock You To The Ground? ]

[ Through The Years ]
[ After Shedding Many Tears ]
[ You Have Heard A Whole Lot Bad Ideas ]
[ Go Through Your Ears ]

[ You Found That Fear & Anxiety Kills ]
[ As Fast As Overdosing On Prescription Pills ]
[ & As Quick As The North Wind Chills ]

[ There Is No Coming Back, When You Become That Lost ]
[ In The Dark Of The Night, Don’t You Realize The Cost? ]

[ Man, Woman, Boy Or Girl ]
[ If You Do Not Like Where You Are ]
[ In The Blink Of An Eye You Can Change Your World ]

[ Life Is So Short, You Should Live For Today ]
[ Do What You Want, Within Reason ]
[ Don’t Always Follow What Other People Say ]

[ Even When It Doesn’t Rain ]
[ Use Your Brain ]
[ Live In A Comfortable Manner ]
[ Don’t Strain ]

[ Straining Your Body ]
[ Is Not Good For Anybody ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(184)▪︎[ It Is A Choice … 2026 ]

[ They Say That You Should Live Every Day Like It Is Your Last ]
[ You Have Also Heard That If You Don’t Want To Repeat Your Mistakes ]
[ You Should Never Forget Your Past ]
[ You Feel If You Have Special People Around You, Tell Them How You Feel About Them Fast ]

[ Life Changes In The Blink Of An Eye ]
[ Because Of Someone Making A Mistake ]
[ Or Because Someone Has Been Telling A Lie ]
[ & Being Fake ]

[ In The Blink Of An Eye You Could Also Tell A Friend, “I Love & Respect You” ]
[ Not Because Of What They Say ]
[ Maybe It’s Because Of What They Do ]
[ From Day To Day ]

[ Alot Of People Are Only Wrapped Up Into Themselves ]
[ & Not Be True To Anyone Else ]

[ It Becomes Really Clear ]
[ That They Only Love The Reflection In The Mirror ]
[ But In The Dark Of The Night ]
[ & Their Own Heartbeat Is The Only Thing That They Hear ]
[ It Becomes An Internal Fight ]
[ To Control A Tear ]

[ What Do They Have To Lose? ]
[ If They Choose ]
[ To Let The Tears Loose? ]

[ It Is That Internal War ]
[ That Eats @ Their Core ]
[ Then Keeping Their External Shell Alive ]
[ That Becomes A Chore ]
[ In Their Pursuit To Thrive ]

[ Not Sharing Their Love With The Ones That Matter ]
[ Can Cause A Relationship To Shatter ]
[ While The Emotional Gap Between You & Others ]
[ Only Gets Fatter ]

[ For Some, Honesty ]
[ Is Not Their Top Priority ]
[ & Modesty ]
[ Is Not Their Favorite Policy ]

[ For Some People It Shows ]
[ That The World Ends @ The Tip Of Their Nose ]
[ & This Is How You Have Chosen ]
[ To Bring This Poetic Story To A Close ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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