(047)▪︎[ It Is Just Words … 2024 ]

[ Words Of Affirmation ]
[ Not Criticism ]
[ Can Be Taken As A Confirmation ]
[ Not Cynicism ]

[ Of A Job That Has Been Well Done ]
[ Or Even Looked @ ]
[ As Something That Turned Out To Be Fun ]

[ When Communication Is Not Going Well ]
[ It Might Cause ]
[ One Or The Other To Go Into A Defensive Shell ]

[ You Want To Lead The Way To Positive One To One Talks ]
[ Instead Of Having Conversations ]
[ Where One Or Both Of You Balks ]

[ Where There Are Points That Have A Clear Meaning ]
[ Not Using Words Or Names ]
[ That Sounds Demeaning ]
[ Or Points & Blames ]

[ Nobody Likes The Finger Of Blame To Be Pointing In Their Direction ]
[ Being Told Or Instructed ]
[ To Make Some Kind Or Correction ]
[ So There Could Be A Much Better Connection ]

[ Connecting Through The Heart & Through The Mind ]
[ Not Having To Do Physical Exercises Of Any Kind ]

Mahalo
~LopakaDeVoe~

(014)▪︎[ The Unsolved … 2024 ]

[ Sometimes People Can Be So Cruel ]
[ To Each Other ]
[ Nobody Wants, Chooses Or Feels The Need To Apply The Golden Rule ]
[ Especially When People Drink With Their Brother ]

[ Family In-Fighting ]
[ Is Like A Storm ]
[ Constant Rain, Loud Thunder & Lots Of Lightning ]
[ This Is What The Young Kids See Is The Norm ]

[ During The Day People Are Filled With Charm ]
[ After Introducing The Slightest Bit Of Alcohol ]
[ Family Members Can Set Out To Do Alot Of Harm ]

[ There Are Some People Who Always Want What Others Have ]
[ Maybe When They Know That Their Older Mom Is Taking A Bath ]
[ They Do Not Want To Wait Until Their Mom Passes ]
[ Because Then They Would Only Inherit Half ]

[ Of What Their Mother Ended Up Being Worth ]
[ They Never Knew How Lucky They Have Been Throughout Their Lives ]
[ Because They Had Been In Their Mother’s Will Shortly After Their Birth ]

[ There Is A Big Part Of Society That Wants To Cut Corners In Their Quest To Getting Wealthy ]
[ But Just Like A Person’s Body ]
[ People Are Not In Too Much Of A Hurry To Get Healthy ]

[ You Can Be Sure ]
[ That You Can Never Hurry ]
[ Or Fool Mother Nature ]

[ That Is Why There Will Always Be Nations @ War ]
[ Even Though It Is Filled With Death & Horror ]
[ Though Most Countries Are Prospering Now ]
[ There Are Alot Of Countries That Like To Want More ]

[ Need ]
[ & Greed ]

[ Are Not Too Far Apart ]
[ One Does & One Doesn’t ]
[ Have Or Show Alot Of Heart ]

[ People Do Not Think With That Organ, Though ]
[ So ]
[ The Leaders Of Those Countries Do Not Surround Themselves With Alot Of Men ]
[ That Continue To Say, “Uh, No!” ]

[ Why Do People Argue & Oftentimes Fight With Another Family Member? ]
[ From What Some People & Statistics Say ]
[ Alot Of This Occurs Around The Holdays That Happen In November & December ]

[ That Is During The Times That Alot Of People Fear ]
[ Whoever Thought Up The Stupid Idea ]
[ Of Bringing People Together That They Do Not Want To Deal With The Rest Of The Year ]

[ Then Someone, Years Ago, Decided To Bring Alcohol Into This Almost Explosive Mixture ]
[ Give A Man Of Any Age Several Drinks ]
[ They Start Acting Really Immature ]
[ Then No One Can Figure Out What He Thinks ]

[ There Are Alot Of Single Or Divorced ]
[ That Are Constantly Looking For Their Lifetime Mate ]
[ If A Woman Rebuffs Their Advances, Than They Might Be Forced ]
[ Because Instead Of Love, They Are Filled With Nothing But Hate ]

[ For Some Offenders, That Much Hate Cannot Ever Be Counseled Out Of Their Head ]
[ The One Sure Way To Know If The Counseling Will Ever Work ]
[ When He Is Found In His Apartment, Dead ]
[ Then Women Will No Longer Have To Put Up With The Jerk ]

[ It Seems That The Police Were Not Too Enthused About Signing Off On This Case ]
[ They Don’t Want To Walk Quickly Through A Crime Scene ]
[ Then Overlook A Clue ]
[ As They Shut The Door In Haste ]

[ So It Was Decided By Everyone Involved ]
[ This Case Will Never Be Solved ]

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

(205)▪︎[ Understanding … 5/22/2025 ]

[ When One Man Does Not Understand Another ]
[ They Think That Their Ways Are Dumb Or Abnormal ]
[ Instead Of Treating That Man As A Brother ]

[ Family Does Not Have To Be Made Up Of Blood Relatives ]
[ Oftentimes Those Ones Are The Worst Ones That Take & Never Give ]

[ Living Life Is A Give & Take World ]
[ Oftentimes They Don’t Even Know The Meaning Of That Word ]

[ Family Can Often Be Those ]
[ You Hold Close ]
[ They Also Might Be The Ones That You Chose ]

[ You Cannot Choose Who Your Blood Relative Is, But You Can Choose Those Who You Want Close To Your Heart ]
[ They Are The Ones That Play A Part ]
[ & That Is A Good Place To Start ]

[ When You Don’t Understand The Man ]
[ Do You Actually Take The Time To Understand ]
[ As Best You Can? ]

[ Maybe They Have A Different Way Of Life ]
[ & Their Eyesight ]
[ Is Better In A Different Light]

[ If You Take The Time, You’ll Learn A Thing Or (2) ]
[ It Just Might Change The Way, You Look @ You ]

Mahalo nui loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(203)▪︎[ The Raft … 5/19/2025 ]

[ Have You Ever Felt That You Are In The Middle Of The “Sea of Humanity” Just Sitting In A Liferaft Without A Set Of Oars? ]
[ Running Away From The Land ]
[ Because There Is Nothing Left For You That Is Positive On Any Of The Oceans Shore’s ]

[ You Have Tried To Drive Away ]
[ But That Only Lasted For A Day ]
[ Because In Some Way ]

[ It Didn’t Feel Right ]
[ For You To Take Your Fight ]
[ Well Into The Night ]

[ When You Set Out On Your Raft ]
[ Those That You Felt Were Friends ]
[ Stood @ The Shore & Laughed ]

[ By The Time That You Started Looking For Your Oars, It Was Too Late ]
[ For You To Anticipate ]
[ The Waves ]
[ That Would Dictate ]
[ Your Fate ]

[ What To Do? ]
[ What To Do? ]
[ The Waves Are Starting To Look Green ]
[ Because The Sky No Longer Looked Blue ]

[ All You See Now Are Dark Clouds ]
[ It Reminds You Of Those Many Times ]
[ When You Felt Alone Being In Crowds ]

[ There Would Be Chattering All Around You ]
[ Making It Sound Like You Were Standing By A Chicken Coop ]
[ But This Is Nothing New ]
[ You Know This Type Of Group ]

[ They Are There To Demoralize ]
[ They Try To Emphasize ]
[ That They Never Empathize ]
[ As They Cut You Down To Size ]
[ & Dehumanize ]

[ The Main Problem? ]
[ That Is The Most Positive Side To Them ]

[ The Up & Down Motion Of The Waves ]
[ Are In Control Of Your Life ]
[ It Is How Mother Nature Shows How She Can Misbehave ]
[ & Not Be So Nice ]

[ When You Try To Look Towards The South ]
[ The Waves Throw Water Into Your Mouth ]

[ When You Try To Look To The North ]
[ You Sit Down Quickly ]
[ Because The Waves Keep Tossing Your Raft Back & Forth ]

[ You Have No Idea In Which Direction You Are Going ]
[ It Is Really Tough Not Knowing ]
[ Now The Wind Is Blowing ]

[ Coming In From The East ]
[ Not Letting You Rest ]
[ So Your Mind Is Not @ Peace ]

[ You Start Trying To Clear Your Mind ]
[ Oh, How You Wish That Someone Would Throw You A Life Line ]
[ But You Know That Won’t Happen ]
[ Because Humanity Is Not That Kind ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(183)▪︎[ Getting By … 2025 ]

[ You Try Too Hard In A World Full Of People Who Don’t Try Enough ]
[ Very Few People Are Made Of The Right Stuff ]
[ That Makes Your Life Pretty Tough ]
[ & Your Day To Day Struggle Kind Of Rough ]

[ You Have Been Through Alot, During The Almost Sixty Two Years On This Earth ]
[ You Were Even Abused By The Mother Who Gave You Birth ]
[ Did That Forever Lock In Your Worth? ]
[ Making You Feel Not Better Than Dirt ]

[ You Have Separation Anxiety To The Highest Degree ]
[ That Is One Personality Trait That You Try Not To Let Other’s See ]
[ You Have Never Felt That You Are Completely Free ]
[ Most Of The Time You Are Relegated To Be Down On One Knee ]

[ Your Mind Constantly Recreates The Reasons That You Feel So Haunted ]
[ You Are Tired Of Thinking About The Reasons Why You Feel So Unwanted]

[ The Demons Are Once Again Trying To Poke Through Your Skin ]
[ Sometimes You Wonder Where The Ending Is ]
[ Where Was The Point Where They Started To Win ]
[ Some Of The Harshest, Most Hurtful Comments, Come From Your Kin ]

[ From your Own Kid To Be Exact ]
[ One Thing That You Know As Fact ]
[ That Son Of Yours Has Zero Tact ]

[ It Would’ve Been Much Easier To Bite A Bullet Years Ago ]
[ But Now You Are Dragged Through Hell ]
[ Really Slow ]
[ But Nobody Asks About It, So You Won’t Tell ]

[ It Has Never Been Clear ]
[ Which Way Is Up ]
[ Where Do You Go From Here ]

[ Your Back Hurts, But So Does Your Whole Body ]
[ If You Were Ever A Weather Forecast ]
[ You Would Be, “Mostly Cloudy” ]

[ Storm Clouds Coming Down From The North ]
[ The East – Winds Blowing All The Piles Of Leaves ]
[ Back & Forth ]

[ Causing The Person, With The Rake In Their Hands, To Almost Go Mad ]
[ When He See’s All The Damage ]
[ That’s When It Hits Him & He Feels Really Sad ]

[ If You Feel You Are On A Treadmill Going Nowhere Fast ]
[ All Of The Other Runner’s In The Human Race Running Past ]
[ Might Make You Feel Like You Are Coming In Last ]

[ You Trudge On Trying To Get To That Faraway Finish Line ]
[ You Don’t Know If That Is When You Turn (62) Years Old ]
[ Or Will That Be Around (79?) ]

[ You Don’t Look For The Easiest Route ]
[ Writing Takes Up Most Of Your Time ]
[ So You Don’t Sit Around & Pout ]

[ Pouting Or Asking For Sympathy Has Never Been Your Thing ]
[ You Don’t Do Karaoke Because You Cannot Sing ]
[ You Have A Queen In The House ]
[ But You Wish Throughout Your Marriage You Could Have Gifted Her More Bling ]

[ You Have Alot Of Regrets ]
[ That You’ve Always Wanted To Forget ]

[ Maybe Someday You Will ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(182)▪︎[ It’s Only A Penny … 2025 ]

[ Would You Offer Someone A Penny For Their Thoughts ]
[ Then Sell It Off For A Dollar? ]
[ Would It Then Bother You If They Became Hot ]
[ Under Their Collar? ]

[ Sometimes Someone’s Thoughts Go Up In Value ]
[ From What You Might Have Paid For It Prior ]
[ There Was No Kind Of Social Cue ]
[ That Said Selling These Thoughts Is Dire ]

[ Something Trendy Would Cost You So Much More ]
[ If You Tried To Pay For Any Clothes With It ]
[ You Would Be Asked To Leave As Quick As They Could Point @ The Door ]

[ Then Leave, En Haste ]
[ The Time That You Would Spend Trying To Figure Out Things ]
[ Would Surely Be A Waste ]

[ Sometimes There Could Be A Small Profit ]
[ Other Times You Might Lose A Little Bit ]

[ But How Can You Lose When You Only Spent A Penny ]
[ It Is Not Like You Could Have Spent On Anything That Would Be Trendy ]

[ A Penny For Some Good Thoughts Sounds Like A Solid Investment Any Time ]
[ Just Don’t Get Swindled ]
[ If Someone Told You That Their Thoughts Would Now Cost You A Dime ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(471)▪︎[ Then & Now … 2023 ]

[ Do You Remember When ]
[ This Was That ]
[ & Now Is Then ]

[ It Is About That Time That We Let The Little One’s Leave The Nest ]
[ You Might Not Agree ]
[ But You Have To Know That Is For The Best ]

[ For The First (3) Months, We Can Help With Their Bills ]
[ Through The Winter Months ]
[ We Will Make Sure To Pay The Heating Bill So Chastity Does Not Get The Chills ]

[ The Main Thing That You Taught Them Was To Always Pay Their Mortgage Or Their Rent ]
[ With That Payment ]
[ They Will Know That They Will Have A Better Roof Over Their Head, Than That Family Living In The Little (2) Person Tent ]

[ Our Friends Say That We Made (3) Good, Well Behaved & Educated Kids Now ]
[ Others Wanted To Know How? ]

[ We Knew That There Wasn’t A Secret That We Could Purchase From The Neighborhood Wizard ]
[ Like A Stew With (5) Slugs & (2) Small Lizards ]

[ A Couple Of Things That You Must Have Is Patience & The Abilty To Listen To The Craziest Situations That Your Kid Can Get In ]
[ Be Very Aware Of When You Tell Any Of Your Kids That They Committed A Sin ]

[ You Cannot Make Someone Do Something That They Don’t Want To Do ]
[ Would You Like The Same Done To You? ]

[ @ (14), (15) Or (16) Start Treating Them More Like A Young Adult ]
[ Try To Know Who Is In Their Life ]
[ Be Aware Of Anything Resembling A Cult ]

[ A Cult Will Normally Try To Split The Family Into Fractions ]
[ That Is Their First Sign Of Numerous Actions ]

[ Start The Morning With An (I LOVE YOU) ]
[ End The Day ]
[ The Same Way, Too ]

Mahalo,
Lopaka DeVoe