(562)▪︎[ No Sleeping … 7-8-2021 ]

[ As You Listen To The Loud Tik Tok ]
[ Of The Wall Clock ]

[ You Wish For One Single Night That You Could Be Like A Normal Person ]
[ You Would Want The Sleepy Version ]

[ The Kind That Could Go To Sleep Before 0500hrs In The Night ]
[ The Version Where You Would Not Have To Put Up A Fight ]

[ To Get A Night Of Deep ]
[ Sleep ]
[ Without Hearing A Single Peep ]

[ You Would Take Your Liquid Knock-Out Sleeping Med ]
[ Then You Just Wait Until It Messes With Your Head ]

[ It Is The Kind Of Med That Knocks You Senseless ]
[ But It Also Leaves You Completely Defenseless ]

[ Less Is More ]
[ & More Puts You Face Down On The Floor ]
[ Left To Be Victimized By Whomever Shall Come In That Door ]

[ You Had A Premonition Years Ago That He Was Destined To Do You Harm ]
[ That Was From Years Ago When He Attempted To Hurt Your Arm ]

[ He Cannot Dictate Whether You Take Your Sleep Med @ Night ]
[ You Cannot Control If He Wanted To Come In & Fight ]

[ To Protect Yourself From Death ]
[ You Would Fight Him Until Your Last Breath ]

[ So There Is Alot Of Things @ Night That Make You Worry ]
[ There Are Alot Of Things That Cause Sleep To Not Arrive In A Hurry ]

[ You Sometimes Have To Watch The Clock As 0100hrs, 0300hrs & 0400hrs Goes By ]
[ You Sit Or Lay There Wondering, “Why?” ]

[ Why Can’t You Be One Of Those Lucky Guys? ]
[ Who Can Go To Sleep, Just By Closing Their Eyes ]

[ Even When You Are Able To Fall Asleep, It Is Never Restful Or Good ]
[ You Guess The Word, “Sleep” In Your Brain Was Misunderstood ]

[ As You Sit For Awhile ]
[ You Look @ The Ceiling ]
[ Then You Look Down @ The Cold Tile ]

[ You Only Have The Power ]
[ To Sleep For Five Or Six Hours ]

[ When You Wake ]
[ You Feel Tired ]
[ & Your Muscles Ache ]

[ Those Are The Times When You Wish That You Had Never Closed Your Eyes In The First Place ]
[ Sometimes You Feel That All Of The Effort Is A Waste ]

[ You No Longer Like Going To Bed ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(172)▪︎[ S.Y.O.T.O.S. … 2026 ]

[ If Someone Close To You, Comes Up To You & Says, “See You On The Other Side” ]
[ He Is Telling You, In Their Mind, He Has Already Died ]

[ He Hopes To See You Somewhere In The Next Life ]
[ Away From All The Danger & Constant Strife ]

[ He Is Giving Up ]
[ He Wants His Life Line Cut ]
[ & His Book Shut ]

[ It Is Not Suicide, Per Say ]
[ That Phrase Is Telling You That Nothing Is Okay ]
[ On That Day ]

[ It Is Probably Not What You Expect ]
[ But Your Friend Is Showing You The Highest Respect ]
[ They Know That You Won’t Over React ]

[ There Is Nothing To Do ]
[ This Is Something That He Just Has To Work Through ]

[ This Is How He Wants To Go ]
[ & It Was Something That He Wanted You To Know ]

[ He Hopes That You Will Always Have A Smile On Your Face Whenever You Remember His Name ]
[ He Is Not Handing Out Blame ]
[ Nor Is He Hanging His Head In Shame ]

[ Everyone Dies @ Some Point ]
[ He Is Not Holding Anyone @ Gunpoint ]
[ He Is Not Asking You To Join ]

[ There Is Nothing To Assess ]
[ There Is No Issue To Process ]
[ Or Access ]

[ There Are No Secrets To Unlock ]
[ In A Safe Deposit Box ]

[ After He Has Moved On ]
[ He Hopes That The Memories You Have About Him Will Not Be Gone ]

[ Remember The Camping Trips That You Both Used To Take ]
[ Fishing @ Prairie Lake ]
[ Remember How He Taught You How To Bake ]
[ Cookies, Fudge & Your Wife’s Birthday Cake? ]

[ He Hopes That You Will Remember When ]
[ He Took You Skiing In Bend ]
[ & Then ]

[ He Wasn’t Lying ]
[ When He Told You To Try Flying ]

[ It Was Such A Freeing ]
[ Feeling ]

[ Being Up Above The Clouds ]
[ Away From The Crowds ]

[ He Told You Specifically Because He Hopes You Understand ]

[ S.Y.O.T.O.S. Everyone ]
[ Now Your Life Has Lost Its Fun ]
[ So It Has Been A Good Run ]
[ Now … You Are Done ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Movie … 2026 ]

If you could erase one movie from your memory and watch it again for the first time, which one would it be?

[ Which Movie? ]

[ You Would Probably Like Watching “Shawshank Redemption” Again ]

[ You Have Watched This Movie @ Least (5) Times, So Watching It Again Would Be Refreshing ]

[ Ever Since You Worked In Juvenile Corrections, You Think That You Would Have A New Perspective Since You Did Work With Inmates For Over (5yrs) ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(1061)▪︎[ Why Do You? … 12-23-2021 ]

[ Why Do You Say, “Yes” When You Really Mean “No” ]
[ Do You Drive Fast Down The Street ]
[ Even Though You Want To Go Slow? ]

[ That Does Not Make Any Sense @ All ]
[ Do You Mean To Open The Door? ]
[ Or Make A Walkway Through The Wall? ]

[ Some Say That It Is Always Perspective ]
[ That Matters ]
[ Are They Always Being That Destructive? ]
[ When Nothing Will Matter? ]

[ Some People Grapple With This Kind Of Thinking ]
[ Some People Stare @ You, When They Are Not Blinking ]

[ Your Type Of Thinking Does Not Always Fly ]
[ Even Though ]
[ That Is What Gets You By ]

[ What Gets You By, Isn’t Always Right ]
[ When Others Think That Is Wrong ]
[ Is It Okay To Fight? ]

[ Don’t Stand There Just To Make Noise ]
[ Isn’t There A Better Use Of Your Voice? ]

[ Sometimes You Should Think Twice ]
[ Because When You Remain Quiet ]
[ That Could Also Be Nice ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(152)▪︎[ Footprints … 2026 ]

[ Is She Saying, “Hello” When We Should Be Saying, “Goodbye?” ]
[ She Might Be Wondering, “Why?” ]
[ Well, You Don’t Really Want To Lie ]

[ Because She Has Had That Done To Her Many Times Before ]
[ Maybe That Is Why You Have Felt The Last Couple Of Years ]
[ Her Mind Has Had One Of Her Feet ½ Way Out The Door ]

[ Is That Where She Likes To Start? ]
[ Or Depart? ]

[ You Wish That You Could Have Heard What Was Wrong ]
[ In The Last Song ]

[ But There Was A Word ]
[ That You Have Not Heard ]

[ In Years ]
[ Because The Meaning ]
[ Really Pierced Your Ears ]
[ Leaving Your Inner Voice Screaming ]

[ For The Truth ]
[ You First Heard It In The Chinese Restaurant ]
[ When You Both Were Sitting In A Booth ]

[ But You Don’t Really Know ]
[ How Many Years Ago ]

[ That She Had Said Such Things To You ]
[ That Was Back In The Days ]
[ When The Sky Was Always Crystal Blue ]
[ Like The Ocean Waves ]

[ Are @ The Beach ]
[ Where You Used To Walk Hand-in-Hand ]
[ When All Of Your Dreams Were In Reach ]
[ Back Then, In The Sand ]

[ But Now All Of Those Dreams Are Like Your Footprints Being Washed Away ]
[ Because In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ Dreams & Footprints In The Sand Were Never Meant To Stay ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Community … 2026 ]

How would you improve your community?

[ Your Community ]

[ On A Nice Saturday, You Would Love To Get Everyone Out Of Their Homes, Apartments, Trailers Or Tents To Meet Each Other ]

[ Where You Grew Up There Would Be One Day In The Summer Where People Would Clean Off Their Picnic Tables That Sit In Their Backyards All Winter. Then The Streets Would Be Closed Off. Then People Would Bring Their Tables Out To The Street & It Would Be One Big, Happy Picnic With Your Neighbors ]

[ People Never Moved As Much As They Do Now ]

[ You Have Been In The Same House Now For Almost (18yrs). Everyone Around You Now, Were Already Here. We Are The Newest People In Our Neighborhood ]

[ The Reason You Would Bring Everyone Out On One Day Is So People Could Meet Their Neighbors ]

[ You Could Meet The Shy Family That Has Lived Next Door To You For The Last (2yrs) ]

[ You Could Meet The Young Couple Who Adopted A Child ]

[ Neighbors Do Not Even Know The Names Of Those That Live Around Them Anymore ]

[ The ‘VID’19 Was The WORST Thing That Could Have Happened To Society ]

[ Now … Everyone Is A Stranger ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(120)▪︎[ It Is A Sad World … 2026 ]

[ In A World Full Of Rampant Non-Compliance ]
[ & Brash Defiance ]
[ How Can You Ever Hope For Any Slight Form Of Compliance? ]

[ Domestic Violence Is On The Rise ]
[ After The ‘VID’19 Forced Everyone To Shelter In Place Years Ago ]
[ This Should Not Come As A Surprise ]

[ Men Are Not The Only One’s To Lose Their Cool ]
[ Women Are Now Picking Up & Throwing A Chair Or Stool ]
[ Making Each Party Looking Like A Fool ]

[ Sister & Brother ]
[ Are Attacking Each Other ]
[ It Is Not Even Safe Being A Father Or Mother ]

[ Homeless Shelters Are Over Flowing ]
[ The Prices Of Gas & Food Does Not Seem To Be Slowing ]
[ Nobody Knows Where The Economy Is Going ]
[ There Is No Absolute Knowing ]

[ Or Foretelling The Future ]
[ The Earth Is Being Wrecked By Disasters ]
[ Brought On By Mother Nature ]

[ Mother Nature Seems To Want To Shake Us Off Of Her Earth ]
[ Maybe She Wants The World ]
[ To Go Through A Rebirth ]
[ She Gave Us Thousands Of Years To Prove Our Worth ]

[ Humans Have Failed ]
[ A Huge Part Of This Country’s Men Have Been Jailed ]

[ Living A Slow Death Locked Up In A Governmental Cage ]
[ Hundreds Of Men Full Of Rage ]

[ Forced To Live In The Same Small Space ]
[ Because They Committed Crimes ]
[ That Took Them Out Of The Human Race ]

[ Cars & Factories Are Putting A Huge Hole In The Ozone Layer ]
[ Thousands Of Home Owners Have Now Been Relegated To Live Out Their Days In Small Trailers ]
[ Humans Have Proven That We As A Whole Society Are Failures ]

[ The ‘VID’19 Caused So Many Business’s To Close ]
[ When These Owners Started Out This Was Not What They  Chose ]

[ Then Poof ]
[ The Number Of Suicides Went Through The Roof ]
[ Just Look @ The Numbers If You Want Proof ]

[ The Poor Just Want Something To Eat ]
[ The Rich Are Fed By Nothing But Greed ]

[ There No Longer Is Such A Thing As “Middle Class” ]
[ Like There Used To Be In The Past ]

[ Violent Person -to- Person Crimes Went Up Like A Bottle Rocket ]
[ Just So Some People Could Put A Little More Money In Their Pocket ]

[ Many Generational Farms Are Shutting Down ]
[ Every Summer ]
[ Fire Wipes Out Another Town ]
[ When That Happens ]
[ Everyone Has The Tears Of A Sad Clown ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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