(361)▪︎[ Once In A Lifetime? … 2026 ]

[ They Say That You Only Find Love Once In A Lifetime ]
[ Oh, If You Only Had A Dime ]
[ Each Time That Was Said ]
[ That Means There Would Only Be One Event That Would Be Sublime ]
[ Going Off In Your Head? ]

[ That Would Be A Disturbing Statement, If That’s True ]
[ Once A Marriage Doesn’t Follow All The Way Through ]
[ How Does A Man That Has A Big Heart ]
[ Such As You ]
[ Not Fall Apart? ]

[ You Thought You Found True Love Over (31yrs) Ago ]
[ Well Now You Know ]
[ That She Did Not Feel The Same Way, Also ]

[ Now That You Are Losing Your Best Friend, Confidant, & Lover ]
[ Do You Stay In Bed Underneath Your Cover’s ]
[ Or Walk Out Of The House Holding Your Head High ]
[ & Happily Start Over? ]

[ That Sounds Like A Great Idea ]
[ Get A New Place To Live ]
[ Then Furnish It With Things From IKEA ]

[ So Go Get Such & Such ]
[ Keep Everything That You Love Very Much ]

[ Start By Packing A Lunch ]
[ Get A New Place That Packs A Punch ]

[ You Have Started Over Before ]
[ Just Not Like This ]
[ Now When Go Through The Front Door ]
[ You Will Have A Brand-New ‘To-Do List’ ]

[ The World Is Wide Open Right Before Your Very Eyes ]
[ You Are Tired Of All The Past Lies ]
[ You Want A Woman Who Does Not Chase After Other Guys ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(174)▪︎[ The Fun Is Gone … 2026 ]

[ Do You Really Deserve The Kind Of Life That You Have ]
[ When You Are In A Stressful Moment ]
[ Are You Able To Cut The Stress In ½ ]
[ When You Attempt To Make People Laugh? ]

[ Life Can Overwhelm Anyone Out Of Nowhere ]
[ Things Can Happen Here ]
[ Or Over There ]
[ Without It Being Clear ]
[ That Anyone Cares ]

[ Whenever You Walk Out Your Front Door ]
[ You Feel That You Must Prepare Your Core ]
[ For Some People’s Behavior ]
[ That Comes Across Really Poor ]
[ Do You Feel Like You Must Look Towards The Sky For Some Kind Of Favor? ]
[ Because You Don’t Want To Deal With The Crap Anymore! ]

[ Where Will It Stop? ]
[ Maybe When All Hope Is Lost ]
[ If Everything Drops ]
[ What Will Be The Final Cost? ]

[ Will There Be A Final One ]
[ When All Is Said & Done? ]
[ When There Is No More Fun ]
[ Do You Want To Pack-Up Everything & Take Off & Run? ]

[ That Sounds Like A Great & Inspiring Idea Most Days ]
[ In Your Younger Years ]
[ You Could Feel Better By Going Outside & Catching Some Sunshine Rays ]
[ How Do You Get The Fun To Stay? ]

[ You Guess You Can’t ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(171)▪︎[ Which Way … 2026 ]

[ All These Words Are Swirling Around In Your Head ]
[ It Is Hard To Admit That You Feel ]
[ Throughout The Last (30yrs) You’ve Been Mislead ]
[ & Now You Have No Idea What Is Fake & What Is Real ]

[ You Thought That You Started Out On A Journey On A Ship That Was Built For (2) ]
[ As You Look Back Over The Years For Some Kind Of Clue ]
[ You Couldn’t Find A Single One ]
[ That Would Have Warned You About What She Now Wants To Put This Relationship Through ]
[ Because Right Now, This Is Not Very Fun ]

[ It Almost Brought You To Tears ]
[ When She Yelled, “You Have Been Mooching Off Of Me For The Last (30yrs)!” ]
[ It Was Very Clear ]
[ That She Wanted To Play Off Of Your Fears ]

[ Of Being Dependent On Another ]
[ You Want A Wife, Partner & Friend ]
[ You Don’t Want A Mother ]
[ Because She Has Long Since Been Dead ]

[ That Clearly Threw Your Night All Out Of Joint ]
[ You Knew She Was Lying ]
[ So What Was The Point ]
[ Of Crying? ]

[ Cry Over Spilled Milk, Maybe ]
[ What’s Next, Is She Going To Accuse You Of Being Lazy? ]
[ You Really Have To Hold Your Tongue ]
[ When You Want To Call Her, “Crazy!” ]

[ If She Wants To Play This Game, Than Bring It On ]
[ Maybe You Will Be Much Better Off When She Is Gone? ]

[ That Is A Good Question To Ask ]
[ It Seems Like It Was @ Least (5yrs) In The Past ]
[ When She Started Removing Her Mask ]

[ This Person That You Are Married To Now You Don’t Really Know ]
[ The True Revealing Part Sure Has Come About Really Slow ]
[ & Now What Does The (30yrs) Have To Show? ]

[ What Happened ]
[ When? ]
[ Way Back Then? ]

[ You No Longer Want To Wait ]
[ To Think About If You Want To Participate ]
[ In This New Game Of Hate ]

[ A Marriage That Is Only Focused On Money ]
[ Will Never Find The Land ]
[ That Flows With Milk & Honey ]

[ It Seems Like You Are Headed For Mental Numbness ]
[ You Don’t Know What To Do With This Mess ]
[ Are You Letting Out A Call Of Distress? ]

[ You No Longer Look @ This House As Your Happy Nest ]
[ It Is Not Like You Could Move Further West ]
[ To Try To Find Out What You Feel Is Best ]
[ Maybe You Should Live On Your Own For Awhile ]
[ So You Could Get Some Rest ]

[ Look @ All Of The Obvious Social Cue’s ]
[ You Don’t Like Being Anywhere Around Her While She Sits There Lighting Her Own Fuse ]
[ Because All She Wants To Do Is Point Her Finger & Accuse ]
[ After All These Years You Feel Like You Followed All The Rules ]

[ Is Divorce The Only Answer? ]
[ It Is Sad To Feel Like It Has Come To This ]
[ Because This Whole Marriage Is Becoming A Cancer ]
[ So What Will You Miss? ]

[ The Yelling, The False Accusations? ]
[ Whatever Happened To The Good Conversations? ]

[ The Good, Warm Conversations Went Out The Window ]
[ Many Years Ago ]
[ A Good Conversation Comes About As Frequently As Oregon Gets Snow ]

[ You No Longer Have Any Physical Connection ]
[ That Went Away Many Years Before The Recession ]

[ Gone For Good ]
[ Because That Is A Topic That She Doesn’t Like To Mention ]
[ The Words Only Get Misunderstood ]

[ Which Way Do Go Now? ]
[ How? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(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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(212)▪︎[ Time To Go … 2026 ]

[ You Don’t Get Married In Hopes Of Preparing For Divorce ]
[ That Would Be Like Putting The Cart In Front Of The Horse ]
[ Of Course ]

[ Life Is Full Of Long Periods Of Boredom, Followed By Sudden Twists ]
[ One Day You Feel Sedentary ]
[ The Next Day You Are Running All Over Town Finishing Your To-Do Lists ]

[ You Want To Drop Her One Big Clue ]
[ By Saying, “ABCDEF-You” ]

[ You Don’t Want To Cause A Scene ]
[ By Being Mean ]
[ So You Keep Your Temperment Somewhere In-Between ]

[ Being Mean & Nice ]
[ Some Comments You Have To Say Twice ]
[ But Not Thrice ]

[ It Is Not That You Are Angry Or Emotional ]
[ You Gave Up Being Devotional ]
[ When You Started Being Rational ]

[ Curves In The Road Are Common Place ]
[ Just Don’t Turn Into A Disgrace ]
[ & Do Something That Blows Up In Your Face! ]

[ You Want To Walk With Your Head Held High ]
[ Don’t Tell Lies ]
[ So You Can Be The One That Says, “Goodbye” ]

[ When You Know ]
[ It’s Time To Go ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(210)▪︎[ Someday … 2026 ]

[ Right Now Your Heart Can’t Stop Breaking ]
[ Your Whole Body Won’t Stop Shaking ]
[ These Are A Couple Emotions That You Are Not Faking ]

[ You Don’t Have A Spare Tear To Shed ]
[ When You Used To Be Down ]
[ You Would Reminisce About That Day You Were Wed ]
[ Now You Feel Like A Clown ]
[ As You Sit Here On Your Huge, King Sized Bed ]

[ What Do You Do Now? ]
[ You Have To Try To Start Over ]
[ You Just Don’t Know How ]

[ For Starters ]
[ You Need To Be The Thermostat ]
[ Not The Thermometer ]

[ Control Where The Temperature Goes ]
[ Be The Gauge Where The Temperature Shows ]

[ Do Not Bow Your Head & Shrink ]
[ Don’t Sink ]
[ In The Bottle & Drink ]

[ Don’t Let Your Broken Heart Lead ]
[ Don’t Slit Your Wrists So You Bleed ]
[ Surround Yourself With People You Love & Need ]

[ Don’t Quit ]
[ Hold Your Head High ]
[ Even Though You Might Feel Like Shit ]

[ Take The High Road ]
[ Carry The Brunt Of The Load ]
[ Take A Deep Breath & Don’t Explode ]

[ Even Though You Might Need A Breather ]
[ Things Will Someday Get Much Easier ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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