(342)▪︎[ The Next Text … 2024 ]

[ Sometimes It Is Not As Obvious As The Nose On Your Face ]
[ Of Whether Or Not You Took Your Pills Last Night ]
[ When Your Head Was In A Much Better Space ]

[ When Lines Are Supposed To Remain Completely Straight ]
[ Withought So Much Of The Slightest Bend ]
[ As Far As The Eye Can See Past The Only Swinging Gate ]

[ Does The Gate Swing Both Ways, Or Only Out? ]
[ Do You Get Credit For Time Served? ]
[ Or Only During The Time When You Were Completely Free Of All Doubt? ]

[ Whatever Made You Tick A Year Ago ]
[ Might Not Even Cause You To Slow Down ]
[ You Know ]

[ Or Halt ]
[ You Do Remember Learning That You Must Keep Moving ]
[ Or You Run The Risk Of Becoming An Outline In Chalk ]

[ Small Strides, Like Sherpa Steps ]
[ First The Right ]
[ Then You Move To Your Left ]
[ It Takes Alot Longer Than A Year Of Cooking School To Say That You Are Now A Chef ]

[ You Must Learn How To Gradually Boil Water ]
[ First You Almost Fill A Pot Or Pan ]
[ Then Wait Until It Gets Hotter ]

[ Maybe You Are The Type To Watch For The Churning Bubbles On The Bottom & The Sides Of The Pot ]
[ The Water Is Really Starting To Heat Up ]
[ When The Bubbles Are Easy To Spot ]

[ What Do You Do Next ]
[ Maybe You Will Want To Ask That In A Text ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

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(255)▪︎[ Shaking Hands & Thoughts … 2024 ]

[ She Had Shaking Hands ]
[ But, He Had A Trembling Heart ]
[ When She Starled Making Demannds ]
[ That Is When, It All Fell Apart ]

[ If You Ever Made It, To The Mountain Top ]
[ What Would You See? ]
[ Would It Cause You To Drop ]
[ Everything, But The Macaroni & Cheese? ]

[ Whatever You Were Holding ]
[ Before ]
[ You Thought That You Were About To Get A Scolding ]
[ So You Ran To The Exit Door ]

[ Because, You Would Not ]
[ Have Thought ]

[ That Would Be Correct ]
[ Especially, If You Thought That You Would Not Be Able To Connect ]

[ Connecting, Would Be Hard To Do ]
[ With The Man Who Knew ]
[ That He Had On One Remaining Dark Blue ]
[ Shoe ]

[ Because, For A Minute There ]
[ He Really, Did Not Care ]
[ That You Dropped Some Food When Your Head Hit That Rare ]
[ Thin Air ]

[ When You Decidecd To Wear That Cologne, Called, “Joop” ]
[ You Did Not Care, If It Threw Everybody’s Senses ]
[ For A Loop ]

[ Once Everyone Regained, Their Sense Of Smell ]
[ The Day, Went Fairly Well ]
[ After The Main Guide Fell ]
[ Your First Thought, Was That Your Whole Trip, Was Shot To Hell ]

[ @ Least You Had Everyone Commit ]
[ That They Would Remain Fit ]
[ Even If The Main Group Thought That The Whole Trip ]
[ Was Sure To Be Shot To Shit ]

[ But Could They, Go On ]
[ Even Though The Self-Confidence ]
[ Of The Whole Group Is Gone? ]

[ Went Right Off Of The Mountains Edge ]
[ After Checking On Everyone That Is Playing On The App “Zedge” ]

[ Now, Time Is Flying By, In The Land Of The Yellow & Green ]
[ Hoping That They Won’t Be Mean ]
[ Or Seen ]
[ Eating, That Big, Brown, Coffee Bean ]

[ But ½ Of The Group, Does Not Have Anymore Roots ]
[ On The Ground ]
[ Because, Their Black Boots ]
[ Cannot Be Found ]

[ But If They Could Only Know, What Was Next ]
[ They Would Not Sound So Vexed ]
[ While Reading Your Last Text ]

[ Then She Remembered Somethin’ )
[ She Thinks That She Left The Bath Water Runnin’ ]

[ She Feels Like She Has To Feel ]
[ When She Feels Like She Feels ]
[ But If She Doesn’t Like The Deal ]
[ How Is She Going To Be With Someone That Steals? ]

[ Could She Handle The Wrath ]
[ Of Someone Who Cannot Watch ]
[ The One That Cannot Stay On The Path ]
[ & It Turns Out, That He Is The One That Has A Hole In His Crotch ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(265)▪︎[ Looks Go Away … 2024 ]

[ Your Legs Feel Heavy, Because Both Of Your Feet Hurt ]
[ This Is The Last Time ]
[ That You Would Have To Give Up Your Shirt ]

[ When You Have Been Suckered By Some Of The Best ]
[ You Were Always Ready To Face Most Of The Rest ]
[ You Could Always Feel The Energy Coming Off Of Your Chest ]
[ You Flick Each One To The Side Like They Were A Flying Pest ]

[ Somewhere Down The Lìne ]
[ Some People Started Thinking That They Could Help Themselves ]
[ That Was Bad Sign ]
[ For Everyone Else ]

[ People Need To Remember That “Yours Is Not Mine & What Is Mine Is Not Yours!” ]
[ When People Come Through Your Front Door ]
[ They Think That It Is Another One Of Those Free For All (7-11) Stores ]

[ Where Nothing Costs A Dollar Or (2) ]
[ Everything Looks Used ]
[ Nothing Feels Brand New ]

[ You Feel Weak, But What’s Wrong … ]
[ With That? ]
[ Must You Always Be Feeling Strong? ]
[ Look Rail Thin, With Zero Fat ]

[ Is That The Typical Person In Todays Day & Age? ]
[ Isn’t The Typical Person Out Of Shape ]
[ & Full Of Rage? ]

[ Because Of The Jerks ]
[ That Has All These Coffee Quirks ]
[ That They Have To Deal With @ Their Work ]

[ Through The Line Of Gossip ]
[ Everyone Thinks That It Is Really Hip ]
[ To Get Weekly Collagen Shots Into Their Lips ]

[ Making Them Swell ]
[ & Leaving The Woman Not Feeling Very Well ]

[ They Feel That A Little Discomfort, Is The Price For Looking Good ]
[ That Seems To Be What Is Understood ]
[ In Their Neighborhood ]

[ Then With A Sneeze , & A Cough ]
[ Eventually Looks Can Wear Off ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(359)▪︎[ Misunderstood Street Signs … 2026 ]

[ Somedays You Seem To Feel Unsure ]
[ That You Are Even As Good, As You Once Were ]

[ That Should Not Be A Surprise ]
[ That You Are Not A Wise ]
[ As You Were Before Yesterday’s Sunrise ]

[ Each Day You Lose A Tiny Bit Of The Edge ]
[ That Has Been Able To Keep You From Walking Off Of The Ledge ]

[ You Often Find Yourself Teetering On The Edge Of The Abyss ]
[ This ]
[ Is The Opposite Of Finding Bliss ]

[ Each Day You Find Yourself One Step Too Slow ]
[ Your Aim Has Become Too Low ]
[ & You Have The Wrong Answers ]
[ To Several Questions That You Should Already Know ]

[ Others Are Getting Smarter ]
[ The Questions That People Are Asking ]
[ Are Getting Harder ]

[ You Don’t Know When This Started ]
[ Maybe When You Parted Ways ]
[ From The Dearly Departed ]

[ You Thought That The Lady Stole Your Heart ]
[ But What She Actually Did ]
[ Was Shoot You With A Poisonous Dart ]
[ Then Went & Hid ]

[ Taking No Responsibility ]
[ Thereby Being Devoid ]
[ Of Any Personal Accountability ]

[ That Part Of Your Life Was One Big Hoax ]
[ Like One Big Practical Joke ]

[ Every Situation Worse Than The Next ]
[ Bewildering Messages ]
[ Sent To Your Text ]

[ You Miss Talking To Others Face -to- Face ]
[ Without Accurately Reading Someone’s Body Language ]
[ The Conversation Can Be Way Off Base ]

[ Now People Feel Good That Old Fashioned Conversations Are Way Overrated ]
[ & Falsely Stated ]

[ Now, When You Think Things Are Going Good ]
[ All Of The Street Signs Are Being Misunderstood ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(044)▪︎[ A Bad Night @ Work … 2026 ]

[ These Thoughts Have Been Gnawing @ Your Brain For So Many Years ]
[ It Caused You So Many Tears ]
[ It Put A Big Spot Light On Your Biggest Fears ]

[ You See Many People Speaking About Mental Issues ]
[ When You Have Flashbacks About An Incident That Was Almost 24 Years Ago ]
[ It Causes You To Reach For The Kleenex Tissues ]

[ PTSD Is The Issue That You Are Talking About ]
[ Yes, It Is Real ]
[ Is What You Want To Shout ]

[ & It Does Not Only Just Happen To Military Personnel ]
[ It Could Happen To Anyone ]
[ Who Has Survived An Incident That Put Them Through Hell ]

[ You Were The Only Staff Locked In A Juvenile Correctional Unit When (2) Male Violent Offender Inmates Decided To Riot ]
[ For Over 3 Hours You Prayed For Peace & Quiet ]

[ Hitting A Kid’s Head With A Fire Extinguisher Makes A Horrible & Most Memorable Sound ]
[ He Kept Getting Hit Even When He Was On The Ground ]

[ You Never Knew That A Fire Extinguisher Could Break A Toilet Or A Sink ]
[ It Is Alot Easier Than You’d Think ]
[ Oh There Has Been So Many Times Since This Happened ]
[ Where You Wanted To Give In & Drink ]

[ But There Was Only One Person Who Stood By You, So You Wouldn’t Go There ]
[ & It Was Your Good Friend Nick ]
[ That Showed That He Cared ]

[ Every Other So-Called “Friend” From Work ]
[ Turned Their Back ]
[ & Became Worse Than Sniveling Bitches & Jerks ]

[ Nobody Else Came Over Or Called ]
[ After You Got Fired Because Of A Bunch Of Lies ]
[ They All Acted Appalled ]
[ The Girls Were Worse Than The Guys ]
[ When Everyone Built Their Walls ]

[ Nobody Else Wanted To Hear Your Side ]
[ So After The Agency Lied ]
[ & Stole Your Pride ]
[ Your Respect For All Those People Died ]
[ Still To This Day, The Pain Won’t Subside ]
[ It Did Not Help Your Self-Esteem ]
[ That You Got Blackballed @ Every Institution That You Later Applied ]

[ Nick Was The Only One That Did Not Stab You In The Back ]
[ The Agency Did Not Want To Just Take Your Career Away ]
[ They Went On The Attack ]
[ From That First Day ]

[ They Fought Your Unemployment Benefits Tooth & Nail ]
[ Thankfully The Inquest Was Over The Phone ]
[ & Not Through The Mail ]

[ The Judge Did Not Believe A Single Word Of Their Part ]
[ When You Talked ]
[ The Judge Took Your Statement To Heart ]
[ & Told The OYA Agency To Take A Walk ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(872)▪︎[ Humanity … 2023 ]

[ Humanity Should Be Our Race ]
[ Love Should Be Our Religion ]
[ There Has Never Been A Case ]
[ Of Hate, While Being Busy In The Kitchen ]

[ Why Is There Such A Stigma About The Color Of The Other Persons Face? ]
[ Usually The Thoughts That One Person Has About The Other ]
[ Are Way Off Base ]
[ Would You Turn Your Back On Your Own Brother? ]
[ When He Comes Over To Your Place? ]

[ The Answer Is Not, “I Don’t Know” ]
[ The Answer Would Be A Profound “No!” ]

[ Science Says That The Different Races Are More Similar Than We Think ]
[ From Bones & Frame ]
[ & How We All Blink ]

[ Take Away The Color Of The Skin, Then What Do You Have? ]
[ Will It Cut The Stereotypes In Half? ]

[ When Someone Goes To Church ]
[ They Should Not Walk Outside Hurt ]

[ Physical Pain Has No Place In Religion ]
[ That Would Definitely Cause Division ]

[ Those That Believe In Pain Needs To Take Themself Somewhere Else ]
[ Or Keep This To Themself ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(357)▪︎[ Emotions … 2026 ]

[ Does The Brain Always Follow The Heart ]
[ Or Is That The Other Way Around? ]
[ What Can Tear You Apart ]
[ Can Also Beat You Into The Ground ]

[ Emotions Are The Things ]
[ That Brings ]
[ Situations Into Your Life That Can Be Attached By A Myriad Of Strings ]

[ Emotions Can Fog Up The Picture ]
[ Those Are The Things That You Have Experienced Before ]
[ That Is One Thing That You Know Is Sure ]
[ If Only You Knew That It Would Not Happen Anymore ]

[ Questions Will Arise ]
[ There Will Be Surprise After Surprise ]
[ There Are Alot Of “I Quit” ]
[ & Very Few “Tries” ]

[ People Will Quit On Situations For The Dumbest Reasons ]
[ Some Even Plan Things Depending On The Season’s ]

[ They Might Have An Allergy Or Their Favorite Sport Is Playing ]
[ So The Bond Between (2) People Might Be Fraying ]
[ Sending One Partner Wondering If They Will Be Staying ]

[ Emotions Can Ruin A Great Day ]
[ It Could Be Sunny Outside ]
[ Than Emotions Can Turn The Picture Gray ]

[ Everything Can Turn Cold ]
[ Once Emotions Take A Stranglehold ]
[ People Can Mature As They Grow Old ]
[ Or They Could Grow To Be Arrogant ]
[ Or Even Bold ]
[ They Could Also Feel Defeated & Fold ]

[ Some Deal With Emotions Without Tipping Their Hand ]
[ Others Have Emotions That They Do Not Understand ]
[ Some Compartmentalize Their Emotions When They Command ]

[ Those Are The Types Of People That Has “Type A” Personalities ]
[ They Don’t See Problems ]
[ They See Possibilities ]

[ They Try To Come Up With Answers ]
[ That’s Why The Type ‘A’ People ]
[ Are Trying To Find Cures For All The Many Diseases & Cancers ]

[ Emotional Situations Can Be One Big Mouse Trap ]
[ That’s Why You Should Try ]
[ To Keep Your Emotions Under Wrap ]

[ Emotions Help The Heart Grow Fonder ]
[ Emotions Can Cause Your Brain To Wander ]

[ So The Original Question Can Never Be Fully Answered ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(356)▪︎[ What Can Change? … 2026 ]

[ One Person Once Said, “You Can’t Go Back & Change The Beginning” ]
[ But You Can Change The Direction On Where You Are Going ]
[ To See If You Could Be Winning ]
[ Or Slowing ]

[ Down ]
[ For Searching For A Reason For People To Label You By Your Pro-Nouns ]
[ When You Are Walking The Town ]

[ You Are Looking For An Escape ]
[ Much Like When Man ]
[ Transformed Himself After Living As An Ape ]

[ Why Must You Change Your Direction? ]
[ Will There Be Many Corrections ]
[ Because Of Your Indiscretions? ]

[ A New Way Of Going Forth ]
[ By Heading North ]

[ But You Want To Stay Away From The Courts ]
[ Where You Fought With All Sorts ]

[ Of People & Laws ]
[ Because You Don’t Like The People Who Have Loose Jaws ]

[ They Tend To Yap ]
[ & Flap ]
[ There By Earning A Slap ]

[ But You Need To Remember The Teachings Of Your Mother ]
[ To Never Put Your Hands On Another ]

[ You Need To Be Discreet ]
[ When You Repeat ]
[ Who You Meet ]
[ While Walking Around The Street ]

[ Learn How To Dribble ]
[ & Keep Your Head On A Swivel ]

[ There Are Bad People Around Every Corner ]
[ Don’t Just Sit There Like Lil’ Jack Horner ]
[ Eating His Pie ]
[ & Not Keeping His Eye ]
[ On The Happenings Going On @ The Border ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(355)▪︎[ True Family … 2026 ]

[ True Family Are The People You Pick Up Along The Way ]
[ True Family Stick By You Every Minute ]
[ Of Every Day ]
[ True Family Do Not Care How Tall You Are Not ]
[ Or Care About How Much You Weigh ]

[ True Family Will Walk With You On Your Path ]
[ True Family Will Even Help You With Math ]

[ True Family Will Share The Same Dirt ]
[ True Family Will Stop & Help Mend The Hurt ]
[ That You Feel Under Your Shirt ]

[ True Family Will Let You Quench Your Thirst ]
[ First ]

[ True Family Will Never Abort ]
[ Your Fort ]
[ True Family Will Stand By You In Court ]
[ When You Are Going Through A Divorce ]

[ True Family Do Not Turn Into Liars ]
[ True Family Always Stands By Your Side ]
[ While You Put Out The Fires ]
[ That Somebody Else Started When They Lied ]

[ True Family Does Not Start Lying ]
[ When Nosy People Are Prying ]
[ True Family Don’t Start Crying ]
[ Because It Might Be Hard To Keep Trying ]

[ True Family Sticks With You Through Thick & Thin ]
[ True Family Can Always Be Counted On For Support ]
[ Everytime You Begin ]
[ True Family Will Be The First People That Will Console You When You Don’t Win ]

[ True Family Will Write A Note ]
[ That Tells You That You Always Have A Vote ]
[ True Family Will Listen To You Read ]
[ What You Just Wrote ]
[ True Family Will Let You Take The Lead ]
[ The First Day You Are Showing Your Boat ]

[ True Family Will Stand With Pride ]
[ Because You Have Always Tried ]
[ True Family Won’t Lash Out @ You If You Cried ]
[ When Somebody Died ]

[ True Family Will Cry ]
[ During The Last Time That You Will Ever Drive By ]
[ True Family Won’t Question Why ]
[ You Have To Say, “Goodbye” ]

[ True Family Will Think ]
[ Before They Serve You Too Much To Drink ]
[ True Family Won’t Raise A Stink ]
[ Just Because Your Favorite Color Now, Is Pink ]

[ True Family Won’t Push Very Hard ]
[ For You To Play Your Last Card ]

[ True Family Will Welcome You In ]
[ When You Go To Visit Them In “The City Of Sin” ]

[ True Family Will Never Let ]
[ You Place That One Bet ]
[ That Could Put You In Debt ]

[ True Family Will Cut The Tension In ½ ]
[ By Sharing What They Have ]
[ True Family Will Always Make You Laugh ]

[ When Times Look Dark ]
[ True Families’ Bite Is Always Much Worse Than Their Bark ]
[ True Family Will Never Let You Be An Easy Mark ]
[ When They Walk With You In The Park ]

[ True Family Can Always Get You To Smile ]
[ For Awhile ]

[ True Family Is What You Make ]
[ True Family Gives ]
[ A Whole Lot More Than They Take ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

▪︎ •• •• ▪︎

(353)▪︎[ Fears … 2026 ]

[ Why Are Fears So Hard To Overcome? ]
[ For Others It Might Be Easier ]
[ But For You, Fears Are Worrisome ]

[ They Make You Color Outside The Lines ]
[ But Then While You Are Walking Through A Field ]
[ You Wish Someone Would Have Swept It For World War II Land Mines ]

[ Do You Go Right Or Go Left ]
[ Any Which Way ]
[ You Feel That You Have To Carefully Watch Your Step ]

[ Pitfalls Around Every Corner ]
[ Then You Find Yourself ]
[ Tip-Toeing Along The Border ]

[ Wondering If You Should Take A Chance ]
[ & Cross ]
[ To Join In On The Next Dance ]
[ Without Considering The Loss ]

[ You Can Lie To Others ]
[ But You Can’t Lie Inside Your Own Head ]
[ When You Try To Get Empathy From Your Mother ]
[ You Will Get Fake Pity, Instead ]

[ You Might Think That You Are Positioning Yourself For The Best ]
[ But Ever Since You Moved To The Pacific Northwest ]
[ You Have Been Ran Through Test After Test ]

[ You Don’t Want To Sit In The Corner & Pout ]
[ Did You Pass Every Test With Flying Colors ]
[ The Thought Fills Your Head With Alot Of Doubt ]

[ How Can You Change The Direction Of The Crowd? ]
[ You Try To Avoid Any Areas Where Things Get Loud ]
[ It’s Because Of The Sound ]

[ It Is The Ride ]
[ That You Have To Take ]
[ In Building The Level Of Pride ]
[ In Your Quest To Separate Yourself From The Fake ]

[ & Rich ]
[ Who Only Sit, Whine & Bitch ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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