(292)▪︎[ Romance … 7/3/2025 ]

What’s your definition of romantic?

[ Your Definition Of Romantic ]
[ Is Kind Of Anti-Climatic ]

[ Everybody’s Definition Is Very Subjective ]
[ Because This Subject ]
[ Should Not Be Looked @ As Objective ]

[ Romance ]
[ Should Not Be Based On Facts ]
[ Everything Should Be By Chance ]
[ & How The Other Person Reacts ]

[ A Man Could Think That He Was Being Romantic By Buying Her A Rose ]
[ But His Partner Has Allergies ]
[ So It Affects Her Nose ]

[ She Won’t Like Candy On Any Day ]
[ She Thinks The Pounds Won’t Look Good On Her ]
[ Then When She Talks About Tooth Decay ]
[ She Seems So Sure ]

[ Romance Is In The Eye Of The Beholder ]
[ As The Guy Gets Older ]
[ His Resolve To Do Something Romantic Grows Colder ]
[ Instead Of Bolder ]

[ Sometimes People Will Look @ A Hopeless Romantic ]
[ & Thinks He Acts Like A Crazy Lunatic ]

[ Some Women Think Chivalry Is Dead ]
[ In The Water ]
[ Is It All In Their Head ]
[ Because They Never Saw A Sign Of It Coming From Their Father ]

[ When You Have Been Married For ½ Of Your Life ]
[ You Still Try To Do Romantic Actions For Your  Wife ]

[ Try ]
[ Fail, Try Again ]
[ Don’t Tell Her A Lie ]
[ As A Way To Begin ]

[ Romance In A Marriage Is Still A Thing ]
[ Always Treat Your Wife Like A Queen ]
[ Then Watch The Kinds Of Comments That Will Bring ]

[ When You Try To Be Romantic It Is Not Meant To Shine A Light On Yourself ]
[ When You Try To Be Romantic It Is For Someone Else ]

[ Romance Can Have A Really Broad Definition ]
[ With Everything That Is Going On In This World ]
[ Being Romantic Is A Pretty Good Condition ]

[ To Have … ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(001)▪︎[ Worries In The Future … 7/1/2025 ]

What are you most worried about for the future?

[ I Worry About Cuts To Social Security ]

[ Since I Am On Permanent Disability ]

[ I Worry About Our Son, Because He Is Our Only Child ]

[ Will The World Be Kind To Him As He Ages? ]

[ It Seems Like Part Of Society Has Become Wild ]

[ With Their Rants & Rages ]

[ I Worry About Will We Have Enough Money To Comfortably Live Out Our Years ]

[ These Are More Than Worries ]

[ These Are My Fears ]

  • Lopaka DeVoe •

(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 ]

(026)▪︎[ Too Much Of What? … 2024 ]

[ Is Too Much Of A Good Thing Too Much? ]
[ If It Is Such ]
[ Could It Be Used As A Crutch? ]

[ Would That Be Like That For Lunch? ]
[ Stuff That Goes Crunch? ]
[ Or Only For Things That You Could Get In A Bunch? ]

[ How Is This Found Out? ]
[ Must You Research It To Remove All Doubt? ]
[ But Then Somebody Could Look @ You & Ask “What The Hell Are You Talking About? ]

[ That Would Squash All Of What You Were Thinking ]
[ So There Won’t Even Be Something Linking ]
[ You To Whatever The Thoughts That Would Be Sinking ]

[ To The End Of The Line ]
[ So Nobody Could Whine ]
[ That They Were Not Even Doing So Much As Just Fine ]

[ Once Again Your Thoughts Are Up & Running ]
[ But @ Times They Feel Like They Are Fumbling ]
[ & Bumbling ]

[ How Do You See How You Can Right This Ship? ]
[ So On The Radar Screen Called Life ]
[ It Would Not Be Seen As A Tiny Blip ]
[ Then No One Can Come @ You By Shooting From The Hip ]

[ Do You Feel Alone In A Crowd? ]
[ Only If There Are Hushed Voices? ]
[ If The People Are Loud ]
[ Does It Come Across As Needless Noises? ]

[ Is There A Difference, From What You Can See? ]
[ If There Is, What Can It Be? ]

[ Can It Be Seen? ]
[ Does It Come Across Really Clean? ]
[ Or Somewhere In-Between ] 

Mahalo
  LopakaDeVoe

(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~