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(350)▪︎[ Giving Up … 8-15-2025 ]

[ You Feel Like You Are Giving Up ]
[ You Are Catching Your Tears ]
[ By Using Your Coffee Cup ]

[ You Are Feeling Like Your Life Source ]
[ Seems To Be Leaving Your Body ]
[ It Feels Like You Do Not Have Any Kind Of Protective Force ]
[ Keeping Your Head From Getting Foggy ]


[ You Have Tried All Of Your Adult Life ]
[ To Be A Good Husband, Father, Friend & Man ]
[ To Others, Like Your Son & Your Wife ]
[ While Also Wishing That They Would Become Your Biggest Fans ]

[ The Sparkle Has Been Leaving Your Eyes ]
[ For Several Years Now ]
[ Only You Can See Your Pain & Hear Your Cries ]
[ You Would Like To Express This To Others, But You Do Not Know How ]

[ Everyone Is Way To Busy ]
[ To See Your Pain ]
[ To Others They Might See You As Lazy ]
[ & A Little Bit Insane ]
[ Some People That Knows You, Might Want To Call You Crazy ]
[ But Thankfully, Most Of Them Refrain ]

[ Sometimes All You Hear Is The Riot ]
[ In Your Head ]
[ Why Can’t You Have A Single Night Of Quiet ]
[ Instead? ]

[ The Other Times Your Thoughts Are Like A Spinning Top ]
[ There Have Been Many That You Will Feel Like A Flop ]
[ Whenever That Happens ]
[ It Is So Obvious That Is The Reason Why Your Self-Esteem Will Take A Sudden Drop ]

[ Your Marriage Feels Like It Is Falling ]
[ Off A Cliff ]
[ Nobody Ever Feels Like Calling ]
[ To Give You That Much Needed Lift ]

[ You Used To Have ]
[ So Many Names In Your Rolodex ]
[ Now You Don’t Even See ½ ]
[ That Many Names To Text ]

[ When You Are Smack Dab In The Middle Of A Major Crisis ]
[ You Reach For One Of Your Electronic Devices ]

[ But When You Look Through Your Contacts List ]
[ You Have No Idea Who To Call ]
[ When You Get Upset You Clench Your Fists ]
[ All That Does Is Make You Flashback To When Frustration Caused You To Hit A Wall ]

[ But You Are Not Angry, You Are Emotionally Hurt ]
[ You Start To Feel That Your Blood Pressure Has Bottomed Out ]
[ Will Anyone Be Able To See Your Broken Heart Through Your Shirt? ]
[ That Is Just One Of The Many Things That You Doubt ]

[ Your Wife Has Said That She Hates What You Have Changed ]
[ Into ]
[ Nobody Understands What Your Brain ]
[ Has Been Through ]

[ Maybe Your Thought Process ]
[ Cannot Be Fixed ]
[ That Causes You To Feel Lost ]
[ Because You Feel As Strong As A House That Has Been Built With Match Sticks ]

[ When You Text, “I Give Up” To Your Friends, That Was A Cry For Help ]
[ Now You Feel Like You Should Have Kept Your Vulnerability ]
[ On A Garage Shelf ]
[ Because Someone With Your Type Of Personality ]
[ Should Have Reached Out On “Yelp” ]

[ You Have Kind Of Felt ]
[ Throughout The Years That You Are Like An Aquired Taste ]
[ Your Inner Circle Is Getting Smaller Like The Tightening Of The Belt ]
[ That You Wear Around Your Waist ]

[ It Is Not Crystal Clear ]
[ Where Things Will Be Going From Here ]

[ You Really Have To Get Your Thoughts Straight ]
[ You Cannot Wait ]
[ You Need To Take Your Future, Your Fate ]
[ Into Your Own Hands ]
[ Post Haste ]

[ Get Back To Living As “One” With Your Spouse ]
[ So You Will Have, Once Again ]
[ A Harmonious House ]
[ Right When Your Days Begin ]
[ Stop Being A Grouch ]
[ Do Things That Can Be Looked @ As A “Win-Win” ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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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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(001)▪︎[ Decision … 2025 ]

What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why?

[ The Hardest Decision That Was Needed To Be Made ]

[ You Like To Think That Forrest Gump Was Right When He Compared Life To A Box Of Chocolates ]

[ You Tend To Think That Life Is Littered With Pieces Of Chocolate, But Also As Many Land Mines Along The Path ]

[ @ Any Specific Time, You Are Faced With Hard Decisions To Make ]

[ Maybe The Hardest Ones Could Be Looked @ As Putting Out The Nearest Fire ]

[ (6mo’s) After You Turned (18yrs) Old You Had To Find A Couple Of Guys, & Then A Place To Live When Dear Old Don Told You To Get Out Of His Home ]

[ Then (9mo’s) Later You Decided To Pack Your Stuff Up Again & Move Over (300mi) South To Go To College ]

[ For The Next (43yrs) Life Has Been Dotted With Hard Decisions That Personally Affected Your Life & Future ]

[ One Of The Biggest, Most Important Decisions You Made In Your Life Happened Over (31yrs) Ago. First It Was To Ask This Woman Nicole If She Wanted To Go Beyond Being Friends, & Try To Make A Go @ Being A Couple ]

[ She Thought It Over For A Very Long (5sec), Then Said, “Sure, Why Not?” ]

[ A Couple Of Months Later You Made Another Important Decision Concerning Your Future … Should You Pay Exact Change For Another Burger, Or Just Get Change?! ]

[ Oh Ya, December 25th, 1994 You Asked Nicole To Marry You? You Could Not Believe How Long It Took Her To Answer, “Sure, Why Not?” ]

[ Oh, If Only She Would Have Had The Lucky Hindsight To See What Exactly She Was Signing Up For, She Probably Would Have Thought Twice About It ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Books … 2026 ]

What books do you want to read?

[ What Books Do You Want To Read? ]

[ Ever Since Surviving The Riot Where You Used To Work, You Have Not Been Able To Sit & Enjoy Reading Books. You Lost Your Ability To Retain & Comprehend What You Just Read. Short Term Memory Lapses Are The Worst. You Keep Having To Go Back A Paragraph Or (2) To See How A Name They Are Mentioning Correlates With What You Were Just Reading. The Back & Forth Would Get Confusing & Frustrating. Some People Might Wonder, “Then How Do You Write The Stories That You Write?” It’s Easy, Because You Write Your Thoughts & Go Wherever That Adventure Might Take You. There’s No Memorization Going On.

You Are Trying To Read A Book That You Just Got Explaining The Coincidences Between The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln & John F. Kennedy. So Far It Has Been Really Fascinating. There Has Been About (14) Supposed Documented Coincidences.  But A Couple Of Them Have Been Completely Debunked. It Is Shame That People Have Felt The Need To Make Things Up For Some Kind Of Connection Between Lincoln & Kennedy.

One Of The Strangest Connection That I Have Read About Is The One When They Talked About The Book Depository Building That Lee Harvey Oswald Shot Kennedy From Was Originally Built In Lincoln’s Hometown & Then Moved To Dallas, Texas Where It Sits As A Landmark To The JFK Assassination.

The Books That You Used To Like To Read Were About Serial Murderers. From As Far Back As You Can Remember, It Always Fascinated You About The Way That Some People Think. & For Someone To Go Out Of Their Way To Plan & Carry Out Killing Other People Has Always Been Fascinating.  The Why Is The Biggest Question. You Figure There Are Times During Someone’s Day When They Might Walk The Legal Tightrope. Going Too Fast In Their Car, Lying On Their Taxes, Or Taking A Pen Home From Work, But To Go Out & Take Another Person’s Life, Is Not Just A Casual Decision For The Majority Of Society.

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Name A Place … 2026 ]

Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting.

[ Name A Place To Visit? ]

[ One City That You Have Not Been To In Years Is Portland, Oregon ]

[ You Try Not To Go To Portland, Especially Downtown Portland ]

[ You Might Have To See A Dr. On The Outskirts ]

[ Now From What You See On The News It Is One Extreme To The Next ]

[ You Grew Up On The Outskirts Of Portland ]

[ You Always Lived On The Southwest Area ]

[ Portland Should Not Be Defined By The Problems @ The I.C.E. Center Or What Goes On In The East Part Of Portland ]

[ But … Downtown Portland Has Had Its Problems ]

[ The Riots & The Shootings That Used To Be On The Local Nightly News ]

[ Portland Attracts The Crazies ]

[ It Is Just An Incident Away From Exploding Again ]

(269)▪︎[ It Is Time For A Way Back Sunday … 2025 ]

[ There Are Days When You Put On Your Boots ]
[ You Need To Walk Around ]
[ Looking For A Working Phone Booth ]
[ On Your Side Of Town ]

[ When All You Get Is A Dial Tone ]
[ It Reminds You Of The Days ]
[ When It Only Cost $.25 To Get A Single Scoop Of Ice Cream Placed On A Cone ]

[ When You Get Back To Your House ]
[ You’ll Give A Kiss ]
[ To Your Loving Spouse ]

[ You Will Walk Over To Your Roll Out Desk ]
[ Put On Your Rolex ]
[ & Find Your Rolo-Dex ]

[ You Will Spin It Around & Around ]
[ Stopping It ]
[ Only After You Are Satisfied With What You Have Found ]

[ The Search For The Card ]
[ Was Extremely Hard ]

[ Searching For The Card That Just Said, “L.S.L.” ]
[ You Needed To Call Them On Your Really Old “Motorola Flip Phone” ]
[ You Really Needed To Go The “Fabulous Family Of Five” House Because They Have Always Treated You & Your Wife So Well ]

[ They Treat You Like Part Of Their Family ]
[ We Treat Them The Same ]
[ Ever Since The Matriarch Said, “This Is The Way That Things Will Be!” ]

[ We Hop In Your VW Bug With Your Full “Man-Pack” ]
[ Then Open Your Bag ]
[ & Pull Out A Tape So You Could Put It Into My 8-Track ]

[ You Love Watching The “L.S.L.” Just Experience Life ]
[ The Sentiment Is Also Felt By Your Beautiful Wife ]

[ The Love Has Always Been Sent ]
[ To Sir Dan & Ms. Teacher ]
[ The Wonderful Parents ]
[ & Elizabeth Let’s Us Borrow All Of The VCR Tapes That She Rents ]

[ S. Seems To Be The Happiest Just Sitting & Drawing While Listening To “Duran Duran” ]
[ On Her Walkman ]

[ L. Is Putting Beads On A String That Will Obviously ]
[ Turn Out Really Groovy ]

[ L. Comes Out Of His Black Lit Room In His New Parachute Pants Sporting A Brand New Pair Of Chucks ]
[ When S. & L. Quickly Turnaround & Ask, “What The F#@k?” ]

[ Dan Comes Down The Stairs Sporting An Afro ]
[ Ms. Teacher Is Wearing Neon Leg Warmers ]
[ Tossing Her Big Hair To & Fro ]
[ Dan Quickly Runs Over To His CB Radio ]
[ Because The Families Name On The Radio Is “The Charmers” ]

[ Dan Almost Tripped On L.‘s Slinky That Was Forgotten On The Brightly Lit Bottom Step ]
[ It Was A Good Thing That He Moved To His Right Instead Of His Left ]

[ When Nicole Saw Ms. Teacher, She Was Wearing Knee High “Go-Go Boots” ]
[ Your Wife Gave Ms. Teacher (2) Brand New Movies Called “Tootsie” & “Roots” ]

[ Everyone Grabbed Some Jiffy Pop Popcorn & Their Favorite Bean Bag Chair To Watch ]
[ The Movies ]
[ On The 1967 Magnavox ]

[ With The Amazing 2-Speaker Sound ]
[ The Music Was Profound ]

[ Goodnight, Good Dreams & Love To You All ]
[ If You Ever Need One Of Us ]
[ Please Do Not Hesitate To Text Or Call ]

[ Mahalo Nui Loa ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(020)▪︎[ The Four Horsemen … 2024 ]


[ Be Careful About What Is Being Said ]
[ Hurtful Things Can Ping-Pong In The Other Person’s Head ]

[ When One Is Flooded With Emotion ]
[ That Is The One That Dips Their Feet In The Ocean ]
[ So Nothing Is Said That Works Against Their Devotion ]

[ Avoid The Arrival Of The (4) Horsemen ]
[ When Treating Others With Contempt ]
[ The Question Would Not Be (IF THEY COME …) ]
[ It Would Be A Matter Of When ]

[ None Of The Four Horsemen Is A Positive Sign ]
[ That Would Be Like Walking The Opposite Direction ]
[ When Trying To Go Dakine ]

[ Stop The (4) Horesemen With Their Antidotes ]
[ Causing A Commotion ]
[ Out In The Middle Of Nowhere, Amongst The Huge Boats ]

[ Do Not Try To Think That Your Partner, Can Read Your Mind ]
[ Let Them Know Every Night ]
[ As You Unwind ]

[ Ask “HOW CAN I HELP YOU COMPLETE THIS CHORE?” ]
[ When The Chore Is Complete ]
[ Ask “CAN I DO ANYTHING MORE?” ]
[ Before The Day Is Over & When You Want To Get Off Of Your Feet ]

[ The Antidotes Will Help You With Criticism & Blame ]
[ The Discussions Won’t Be The Same ]
[ You Will Stop Saying The Problems & Then You Insert Their Name ]

[ Everynight You Must Put On Your Mask ]
[ Do Not Wait For Your Partner To Ask ]
[ You To Complete That Task ]

[ Be Open & Transparent ]
[ If You Are Not ]
[ Years Later You Will Wonder Where The Love Went ]
[ & When Talking About The Relationship That You Sought ]
[ You Wonder About The Time That Was Spent ]

[ Nothing Seems To Make Sense Anymore ]
[ During The Last (3) Years, The Stress Had Been Immense ]
[ Since It Was Burning You Clear To Your Core ]
[ You Were Having Days Full Of Stress ]
[ That Is Why & When You Walked Out The Front Door ]

[ How Was This Mess Going To Get Resolved? ]
[ & Get The Problems Solved? ]

[ Sometimes The Problems Stay ]
[ Day After Day ]

Mahalo
~LopakaDeVoe~

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