(114)▪︎[ The Broken Memory … 2026 ]

[ If You Were To Throw Your (2) Cents Into The Ring ]
[ Would Anybody Take That & Do Anything? ]
[ On The Open Market How Much Would Your (2) Cents Bring? ]

[ A Nickel, Or Maybe A Dime? ]
[ It Sure Would Be A Crime ]
[ If Your (2) Cents Did Not @ Least Buy Someone’s Time ]

[ Deep Down, You Think You Are Kind Of Smart ]
[ & If Somebody Were To Tear You Apart ]
[ They Would @ Least Find That You Have A Big Heart ]

[ You Tried To Show Others A Good Example Of How To Live ]
[ You Tried To Write A Good Story To Give ]

[ Some Would Say That You Tried To Live In A Great Big Bubble ]
[ Surrounded By The Few People That You Love ]
[ You Wanted To Live Your Life Away From The Trouble ]

[ That Tries To Swallow Up Society ]
[ There Is Barely Any Happiness ]
[ Or Signs Of A Calm State Or City ]

[ Sometimes In Your Quest To Find Happiness You Have To Reach Deep Down Inside Yourself ]
[ You Can’t Rely On Someone Else ]

[ Life In Today’s Society Has Become A Kill Or Be Killed Environment ]
[ WOW, All Of The Years You Spent ]
[ To Make A Cent ]

[ All Of Those Days Spent In The Gym Preparing Your Body For Old Age ]
[ Was A Waste ]
[ & Only Your Clear Mind Keeps You From Flying Into A Full Lunatic Rage ]

[ Take All Of Your Supplements & Eat Well ]
[ Oh Swell ]
[ That Was Very Little Protection From Those That Said They Were Family ]
[ & Dragged Your Life Through Hell ]

[ True Family Are The Ones That You Choose Along The Way ]
[ But You Sure Have Been Fooled ]
[ By Those Honest Liars That Choose Not To Stay ]
[ & Run Away ]

[ Those Were The People That You Needed The Most ]
[ But When You Reached Out To Them ]
[ They Turned In To A Ghost ]

[ Never Returning Your Call ]
[ Watching From Afar ]
[ As You Fall ]
[ Then Choosing To Go Get Drunk, In Their Favorite Bar ]

[ Memories Of Your Past ]
[ Are Supposed To Last ]
[ Not Dissipate So Fast ]

[ But There Are Those That Wants Your Memory To Be Selective ]
[ Not Collective ]
[ They Want It Broken ]
[ It Is For Their Protection That You Don’t Be Reflective ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(082)▪︎[ Please Do Not Share … 2026 ]

[ In The Last (5yrs) Life Has Seemed To Lost All Of Its Fun ]
[ Whenever You Go Outside You No Longer Seek Out The Warmth & Comfort Of The Sun ]
[ Or You Feel Like Bowing Your Head & Taking Off On A Dead Run ]

[ One Thing That You Still Love To Do Is Give ]
[ One Thing That You Are Losing ]
[ Is Your Will To Live ]
[ That Seems To Be Of Your Own Choosing ]
[ Since Everything Has Been Thrown In A Sieve ]

[ Whenever The Front Door Closes, You Feel Mentally Spent ]
[ You Have No Idea Where Thqe Zest For Life Went ]
[ You Try To Have A Good Day, But That Doesn’t Seem To Make A Dent ]

[ Lately You Wish That You Could Control Your Happiness By Simply Turning A Dial ]
[ Now You Can’t Even Seem To Hold A Smile ]
[ For Much Longer Than Awhile ]

[ You Feel Like You Are Aging Right Before Your Very Own Bloodshot Eyes ]
[ You Are Being Accused Of Telling Lies ]
[ But You Are Not ]
[ You Are Not Like Most Guys ]
[ Go Ahead & Polygraph You Right On The Spot ]

[ You Have No Money To Offer Another Woman ]
[ You Don’t Have The Good Looks Like The Average Man ]

[ You Feel Like Your Kind Is Headed For Extinction ]
[ Because Nothing About You Shines Of Distinction ]

[ In Your Mind, Chivalry Isn’t Dead ]
[ You Thought That Your Life Got A New Start ]
[ The Day You Were Wed ]
[ But Sometimes It Is Your Heart ]
[ That You Leave Tucked Under Your Pillows On The Bed ]

[ You Have Escaped Death Now More Than (9) Times ]
[ You Have Committed Zero Crimes ]
[ You Have Written Thousands Of Poetic Stories That Rhyme ]

[ You Felt That Over (23yrs) Ago You Found True Joy ]
[ When Your Wife Gave Birth To Your Only Child ]
[ A Boy ]
[ Raising Him Was Like Maneuvering A Canoe Down The River Nile ]

[ That Joy Did Not Last All That Long ]
[ You Cannot Pinpoint When Everything Started Going Wrong ]
[ Was The Father-Son Bond Ever That Strong? ]

[ There Is Something That You Do Know ]
[ Your Relationship Now ]
[ Sure Is One Big Shit Show ]

[ Things Have Happened Way In The Past That Still Affect You Now ]
[ You  Want To Forgive & Forget ]
[ P.T.S.D. Really Affects Your Ability To Figure Out How ]
[ When You Try To Move In That Direction Your Feet Feel Like They Are In Concrete That’s Wet ]

[ Is This Something Like Your Big Cry For Help? ]
[ Well, If Life Was A Business That You Visited ]
[ It Would Get A Horrible Rating On Yelp ]

[ You Feel Like You Are (0-4) As Far As Parents Go ]
[ You Kind Of Feel The Names “Mom & Dad” Are Just Words, With Zero ]
[ Lasting Glow ]

[ Oh Hell ]
[ With Models Like Them ]
[ No Wonder Parenting Did Not Go So Well ]

[ You Know That People Are Going To Throw Their Really Wise (2cents) In ]
[ The Ring ]
[ Well Those People Can Take Their Bony Pointer Fingers & Sit & Spin ]
[ Tell Them It Won’t Sting ]
[ If They Don’t Even Begin ]

[ To Say Whatever Advice Or Words That They Want To Say ]
[ On Anyday ]
[ In Any Way ]

[ You Have A Very Small Circle Of Family That You’ve Made ]
[ There Is Not A Single Person In Your Circle That You Would Trade ]
[ Or Tell To Stand In The Shade ]

[ Each Person Brings So Many Things To Your Life ]
[ No One Has Ever Grabbed Your Throat & Threatened You With A Knife ]
[ The Sunshine Used To Shine On You Through The Smile Of Your Wife ]

[ Not So Much Anymore ]
[ Instead Of The Smile Being A Window To Her Soul ]
[ She Has Shut Down As Easy As It Is To Close A Door ]
[ & Your Marriage Has Tumbled Down A Rabbit Hole ]

[ You No Longer Feel Free ]
[ You Can No Longer See ]
[ How Good Things Could Be ]

[ You No Longer See The Bright Side Of The Street ]
[ Your Emotions Feel Beat ]

[ Down ]
[ You Now Have A Perpetual Frown ]
[ You Look Like You Have Shed The Tears Of A Sad Clown ]
 
[ Where Can You Hide ]
[ How Many Times Have You Felt That You Were Just Along For The Ride? ]
[ How Many Times Has Your Heart Died ]
[ & Unfortunately Been Revived? ]

[ Because You Don’t Want To Hurt Anyone ]
[ The Reasons That You Are Saying This To Each & Every Single One ]
[ Is Because You Love Them A Ton ]

[ To All Of Your Friends That You Are Sending This To ]
[ You Are Writing Them This Story Because You Did Not Know What Else You Could Do ]
[ If Any Of Them Have Thought That You Have Recently Seemed Distant ]
[ This Story Just Might Be A Small Clue ]

[ You Are Struggling ]
[ & It Is Depression & Fear That You Have Been Juggling ]
[ It Is Your Fear Of The Unknown Future That You Find Troubling ]

[ It Is Uncanny ]
[ How Many ]

[ Times The Years Have Passed You By ]
[ & How Many Issues Have You Failed To See Eye-to-Eye! ]
[ Whenever You See Your Friends ]
[ You Want To Say, “Hello”, Not “Goodbye” ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(071)▪︎[ Here Is The Deal … 2026 ]

[ Some Days It Feels Like Frustration & Despair Drips From Every Pore ]
[ You Feel Like You Cannot Take Anymore ]

[ Accusations & Stress ]
[ How In The World Can You Get Out Of This Mess? ]
[ Every Single Night You Can Only Guess ]

[ About What Is Going To Happen When The Sun Melts Into The Ocean ]
[ You Wish You Could Foresee When The Commotion ]

[ Will Come Upon You ]
[ Because As It Stands ]
[ There Never Is Some Kind Of Social Cue ]
[ That Demands ]
[ Your Attention Like A Hidden Clue ]

[ There Is Never A Path Of Rice Crispis To Follow ]
[ Words Without Any Actions ]
[ Come Across Hollow ]

[ You Can’t Keep Hitting Your Head Against The Concrete Wall In Your Mind ]
[ In Real Life, It Causes You To Fall Behind ]
[ But In Your Head, It Seems Like You Are Blind ]

[ Because You Used To Be Good @ Reading The Writing On The Walls ]
[ But Now, In Today’s World, You Now Have To Read Between The Lines ]
[ You Used To Hope For Comforting Calls ]
[ & Reading Signs ]

[ You Just Are No Good ]
[ @ Those (2) Things ]
[ Now, Information Is Misunderstood ]
[ & Good Deeds Are Attached By Strings ]

[ You Are A Dinosaur Trying To Live To Be (65) ]
[ How Can You Have Any Chance To Thrive ]
[ When You Don’t Even Drive? ]

[ You Have To Always Ask For A Ride ]
[ Being @ The Mercy Of Others ]
[ Sure Can Take Your Pride ]
[ For A Ride ]
[ You Can’t Even Talk To Your Brother ]
[ About The Pain You Feel Inside ]

[ So Who Can You Trust That Will Treat Your Feelings Real? ]
[ Who Can You Talk To About How You Truly Feel? ]
[ If They Want You To Make A Promise ]
[ Tell Them, “I Will Only Make You A Deal!” ]

[ You’ve Seen People Using A Promise As A Token ]
[ That’s Why People Think That Nothing Happens If A Promise Is Broken ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(066)▪︎[ You Deserve To Be Heard … 3•16•2026 ]

[ @ The End Of The Day ]
[ You Need To Find A Way ]

[ To Use Your Voice ]
[ Even Though Those Around You Only Call It Noise ]

[ Trust Your Gut More ]
[ Make Your Presence Known ]
[ When You Come In The Door ]

[ Stand-Up & Be Yourself ]
[ Don’t Try To Pattern Your Actions After Someone Else ]

[ You Will Learn ]
[ You Don’t Have To Be Loud ]
[ To Be Heard ]
[ When In A Crowd ]

[ Purge Your Mistakes From The Past ]
[ Make The Sound Of Your Words Last ]
[ Don’t Be Discouraged So Fast ]

[ It Has Become Crystal Clear ]
[ That You Have A Voice That The Masses Should Hear ]

[ Listen To The Waves Breaking ]
[ Onto The Sand ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As Faking ]
[ When You Are In Demand ]

[ Don’t Turn Weak & Melt ]
[ Stand & Tighten Your Belt ]
[ Then Make Your Presence Felt ]

[ Smile In The Face Of Danger ]
[ Be Steadfast ]
[ Never Let Them See Your Anger ]

[ Stay Humble When Facing The Shouting ]
[ Be The Calm One In The Room ]
[ To Start Them Doubting ]

[ Never Let Them Cause You To Be Weak ]
[ When You Have A Point To Make, Than Speak ]

[ When Speaking Your Mind ]
[ Always Try To Be Kind ]

[ You Weren’t Put On This Earth To Spew Hate ]
[ Then You Can Anticipate ]
[ Your Fate ]

[ Because Ever Since Your Birth ]
[ You Have Had To Prove Your Worth ]
[ On This Earth ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Learned … 2026 ]

What is the last thing you learned?

[ The Last Thing You Learned? ]

[ You Cannot Really Answer That ]

[ There Is Not A Last Thing ]

[ You Are (62yrs) Old & A College Graduate ]

[ One Important Thing That You Learned Along The Way Was If You Keep An Open Mind, You Can Learn Something New Every Day ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Growth … 2026 ]

What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

[ What Experience Caused You The Most Growth? ]

[ You Would Have To Say What Happened In February, 1982 ]

[ Don Told You That He Is Giving You (2) Weeks To Move Out ]

[ You Were Not Ready For That, But You Were Pretty Calm About It ]

[ You Did Not Know How To Fend For Yourself, Because You Were Never Told To ]

[ You Turned (18yrs) Old In June Of 1981 ]

[ The Move Really Caused You To Grow Up & Do Everything On Your Own ]

[ No More Parental Help ]

[ You Told Yourself, “If You Won’t Do It, Nobody Will” ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ The Hardest DIY Project … 2026 ]

Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on.

[ This Project Seems To Have A Mind Of Its Own Once You Passed The (25yr) Mark ]

[ The Very Hardest DIY Project? ]

[ The Very Hardest DIY Project You Have Ever Taken On Has To Be Marriage ]

[ This Is The Hardest But Most Rewarding Project You Have Ever Stepped Into ]

[ You’re Changing Through The Years & So Is She. You Just Hope You Are Not Changing Away From Each Other ]

[ No (2dys) Are Alike ]

[ But You Love Her Like No Other ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~