(310)▪︎[ No More … 2026 ]

[ You Try To Live A Good Life Writing Poetic Stories On Your Phone ]
[ You Don’t Want To Live The Rest Of Your Years All Alone ]
[ You Are Careful To Watch Your Tone ]
[ But In The End, The Life You Might Be Saving ]
[ Will Be Your Own ]

[ The Main Thing Is, You Are The Priority, First ]
[ You Need To Take That Drink ]
[ To Quench Your Over Powering Thirst ]

[ This Is Neither Being Self-Centered Or Narcissistic ]
[ In A Time Where Most People Are Being Pessimistic ]
[ You Are Trying To Remain Optimistic ]

[ You Need To Be The One ]
[ To Get Things Done ]
[ Because You Do Not Take Off & Run ]
[ When Things Stopped Being Fun ]

[ Fun Will Only Last For A Second Or (2) ]
[ Nobody Needs To Drop A Clue ]
[ To Say That The Sky Isn’t Always Blue ]

[ You Used To Have Lots Of Dreams ]
[ Based On A Variety Of Things ]
[ But When You Would Wake-Up To Your Own Screams ]
[ It Really Stings ]

[ You Have Found That It Is Always Best To Talk Straight-Up & From The Heart ]
[ But Sometimes When You Do That ]
[ There Are Some People Who Want To Rip You Apart ]

[ & Leave Your Heart In Little Pieces ]
[ You Have Even Gotten That Kind Of Attitude, From One Of Your Niece’s ]

[ Through The Years You Make A Family By Who You Choose ]
[ When People Aren’t Forced To Love Each Other ]
[ You Cannot Lose ]

[ But People Will Come & Go Throughout Your Whole Life ]
[ You Never Felt Like One Of Them ]
[ Would Be Your Own Wife ]

[ Now You Kind Of Think, “Oh Well … ” ]
[ “It Will Be Nice Getting Out Of That Hell!” ]

[ Try To Remain Strong ]
[ The Hard Days, Might Feel Long ]

[ But @ The End Of The Tunnel, You See Light ]
[ Now, There Will Be No More Nights ]
[ That End In A Fight ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(310)▪︎[ Gone & Done Wrong … 7/1/2026 ]

[ Whenever You Are In A Situation Where All Hell’s Broken Loose ]
[ Is That A Choice Made For You? ]
[ Or Is That What You Choose? ]

[ In Order To Begin ]
[ That Is Not A Pleasant Situation ]
[ To Be In ]

[ Other People Making Their Own Personal Choices ]
[ By Raising Their Voices ]

[ @ Each Other ]
[ Because They Are Getting Hot Under Their Collar ]
[ All The While Running For Cover ]

[ Getting Away From & Avoiding The “F-Bombs” Being Thrown ]
[ & All The Aggression Being Shown ]

[ Now The Love Has Been Replaced By A High Level Of Hate ]
[ Now You Can Guess Where You Rate ]
[ In The Eyes Of Your Former Lifemate ]

[ Trying Not To Drown In The Sea Of Humanity ]
[ Where Life Has Become One Big Calamity ]
[ & Where The Situation Has Lost All Of Its Humility ]
[ & Now Borders On Insanity ]

[ Where Cool Tempers Once Reigned ]
[ Now A Mask Covers The Face Of The Insane ]
[ & Someone Is About To Burst A Blood Vessel In Their Brain ]
[ Because Of The High Level Of Pain ]

[ Does Anyone Know Where The Calm Went? ]
[ This Has Become Much More Than (2) People Trying To Vent ]
[ Especially With All Of The Energy That Was Spent ]
[ Having To Come Up With Bail Money That Was Supposed To Go Towards Rent ]

[ Will The Peace & Calm Ever Return? ]
[ Will The Stomach Acid Continue To Churn? ]
[ Will The Heartache Continue To Burn? ]

[ Now The Courtroom Seems So Formal ]
[ While You Try To Adjust To The New Normal ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(167)▪︎[ You Never … 2026 ]

[ The Blue Sky Used To Be Over Your House ]
[ In Your Eyes ]
[ The Sun Would Shine Through Your Spouse ]

[ But That Does Not Happen Anymore ]
[ Your Hopes & Dreams ]
[ Are All Scattered Across The Floor ]
[ It Seems ]

[ You Have Very Little Doubt ]
[ That There Is Any Future Plans To Talk About ]

[ Your Life Feels Awash Like The Waves You Hear Coming Out Of The Alexa ]
[ To Your Left ]
[ Now It Sounds Like A Good Idea ]
[ To Carefully Watch Your Every Step ]

[ It Has Become Known ]
[ & Shown ]
[ You Should Now Be In The “C.Y.A. Zone” ]
[ Unless, Of Course, You Are Alone ]

[ She Does Not Come Back To Where You Sit, To Put Eyes On You ]
[ She Does Know What To Do ]
[ But She Acts Like She Does Not Have A Single Clue ]

[ What So Ever ]
[ You Used To Think This Would Last Forever ]
[ & A Day ]
[ Now You Know, This Will Never ]
[ Work Again, In Any Way ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(204)▪︎[ The Cold … 2026 ]

[ The Talk Of The Town, Today, Is The Freezing Cold ]
[ The Homeless, Are Always, Put On Hold ]
[ There Are So Many Tedious Things, That They Do Not Like, Being Told ]

[ Like, Being Shown A Better Way Of Doing Something, That Could Make Their Life, Somewhat Leisurely ]
[ When They Start Feeling Like They Are Being Told What To Do ]
[ They Do Not Take To Change, Very Easily ]

[ It Just Does Not Matter If They Can Or They Could ]
[ They Have Never Understood ]
[ The Big Difference Between Bad & Good ]

[ They Don’t Like Being Told What They Can Or Can’t Do ]
[ Following All Of The Rules & Laws ]
[ Does Not Usually Stumble You, You Or You ]

[ They Feel That All Of The Rules Are Too Much ]
[ They Do Not Want To Pay Bills Or Put Money Aside For Food ]
[ They Do Not Want To Do Such & Such ]

[ They Do Not Want To Worry About An “O” Ring Full Of Keys That Belong To Door Locks ]
[ Throwing All Of That Away ]
[ For The Privilege Of Only Needing To Be Responsible For A Sleeping Bag & A Cardboard Box ]

[ Begging For Money, So They Can Afford Their Alcohol &  Drugs ]

[ Giving Up The Ability To Give Hugs ]
[ Not Caring About Living & Sleeping With The Insects & Bugs ]

[ Homeless People Have Given Up Their Ability, To Dream ]
[ They Almost Tripled Their Chances, Of Having Night Terrors ]
[ That Causes Them, To Scream ]

[ So Loud, Inside Of Their Own Head ]
[ They Wished That The Alcohol Would Be Their Magical Med ]
[ Other Times Wishing That They Were Dead ]

[ So All Of The Pain Would Go Away ]
[ They Never Get A Reprieve For Even A Day ]
[ When They Do, It Doesn’t Stay ]
[ @ Bay ]

[ The Pain In Their Head Pounds To The Rhythm Of Their Pulse ]
[ When The Pain Becomes Tolerable ]
[ That Proves To Be False ]

[ Searching For The Thing That Makes Them Feel Happy & Right ]
[ Has Become A Fight ]
[ Every Day & Every Night ]

[ Sometimes Not Getting Any Sleep @ All ]
[ Getting To Be In A Comatose State ]
[ When They Finally Hit The Wall ]

[ (2), (3), Or (5) Days In A Row ]
[ When Does The Wall Come Into Play ]
[ They Won’t Know ]
[ Until It Gets To That Day ]

[ Be It The Bare Ground ]
[ Or A Park ]
[ It Does Not Make A Difference Who Is Around ]
[ It Does Matter If It Is Light Or Dark ]

[ Sometimes The Authorities Have To Check To See If A Homeless Person Is Still Alive ]
[ The Odds Are That (1) In (5) ]
[ Have Lost Their Desire To Thrive ]

[ It Seems Like Years Ago, They Fell Down The Slippery Slope ]
[ Of Losing Their Ability To Cope ]

[ When Facing Everything That Is Thrown @ Them, Head On ]
[ They Decided That The List Of Problems Is Too Long ]
[ When They Lay Their Heads Down @ Night ]
[ They Just Want The Pain To Be Gone ]

[ The Lucky Ones, Never Wake ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ As A Kid … 2026 ]

What’s something you used to believe as a kid that seems ridiculous now?

[ What Sounds Ridiculous Now? ]

[ WOW! There Are Alot Of Things That Sounds Ridiculous Now ]

[ Always Treat Your Elders With Respect … It Is The ‘Always’ Part That Gets You On This One. A Really Good Friend Explained It Like This … That Saying Gave Carte Blanche For Parents To Treat Their Kids However Badly They Want, Then Still Demand Respect ]

[ A Better Way To Look @ It She Explained … Treat Others As They Treat You. Why Give Respect To An Elder Just Because They Are Your Elder? What If They Treat You Poorly? That’s Not To Say Treat Them Poorly. You Just Don’t Need To Respect Them ]

[ You Clearly Thought When You Were Younger That By The Time You Were (23yrs) Old, You Would Be Married, Have Your (2.3) Children, A Dog, A House With A White Pickett Fence & A Career. Your Life Went Nothing Like That ]

[ You Got Married When You Were (32yrs) Old, You Found Your Career When You Were (35yrs) Old, You Had Bought A House When You Were (37yrs) Old, Had Your Only Child When You Were (39yrs) Old & Lost Your Career & Was Blessed With PTSD When You Were (40yrs) Old, & Now You Will Be Divorced By The Young Age Of (64yrs) Old. Your Life Has NEVER  Gone As Planned ]

[ A Penny Saved, Is A Penny Earned, Or Something Like That Has Turned Out To Be B.S. Since The King Abolished The Making Of The Penny ]

[ Blood Is Thicker Than Water Is A Hilarious Saying. Most Of The Time Your Family By Blood Are The Most Caustic People Around You. The Best Family Are The Friends You Meet Throughout Your Life ]

[ Love Lasts … Another Hilarious Saying You Are Finding Out ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(216)▪︎[ Somewhere … 2026 ]

[ The Dark Cloud Begins To Spread ]
[ Across The Land ]
[ You Can’t Even Get Out Of Your Own Head ]
[ Because Of Another Person’s Heavy Hand ]

[ A Heavy Hand That Weighs Down Your Self-Esteem ]
[ You No Longer Feel That You Are An Integral Part Of An Important Team ]
[ This Wakes You Up In The Night, Because Your Life Is Now Part Of A Nightmare, Not A Dream ]

[ If Only You Can Get Out Of Your Own Way ]
[ For Even A Day? ]
[ But Where Will You Stay? ]
[ Who Has That Say? ]

[ That Is The Million $ Question To Ask ]
[ When Will You Get Up Off Your Ass ]
[ & Really Try To Take On This Task? ]
[ People Will Pass ]
[ If You Continue To Wear This Apathetic Mask ]

[ When You Just Sit Back & Stare @ The Wall ]
[ That Continues To Push Your Existence Closer To The Edge Of The Abyss ]
[ You Can’t Afford To Fall ]
[ If You Swing & Miss ]

[ This Is Not A “(3) Strikes & You’re Out” Type Of Game ]
[ There Is Nothing That Is The Same ]
[ You Cannot Point @ Anyone To Blame ]
[ So Don’t Go Out There Merely To Drop A Name ]

[ It Is So Crystal Clear ]
[ That You Should Start Looking To Your Peers ]
[ Instead Of Incessantly Looking In Your Mirror ]
[ The Answer Is Not Here ]

[ It Is Out There … ]
[ Somewhere ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Languages … 2026 ]

Which languages do you speak and how did that impact your life?

[ What Languages? ]

[ The Language You Speak Is English ]

[ But That Does Not Really Mean That You Understand Others That Are Trying Their Hardest To Speak English ]

[ There Is So Much Slang & Words With Double Meanings ]

[ Different Generations Do Not Even Understand Each Other Now Either ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~