(357)▪︎[ Emotions … 2026 ]

[ Does The Brain Always Follow The Heart ]
[ Or Is That The Other Way Around? ]
[ What Can Tear You Apart ]
[ Can Also Beat You Into The Ground ]

[ Emotions Are The Things ]
[ That Brings ]
[ Situations Into Your Life That Can Be Attached By A Myriad Of Strings ]

[ Emotions Can Fog Up The Picture ]
[ Those Are The Things That You Have Experienced Before ]
[ That Is One Thing That You Know Is Sure ]
[ If Only You Knew That It Would Not Happen Anymore ]

[ Questions Will Arise ]
[ There Will Be Surprise After Surprise ]
[ There Are Alot Of “I Quit” ]
[ & Very Few “Tries” ]

[ People Will Quit On Situations For The Dumbest Reasons ]
[ Some Even Plan Things Depending On The Season’s ]

[ They Might Have An Allergy Or Their Favorite Sport Is Playing ]
[ So The Bond Between (2) People Might Be Fraying ]
[ Sending One Partner Wondering If They Will Be Staying ]

[ Emotions Can Ruin A Great Day ]
[ It Could Be Sunny Outside ]
[ Than Emotions Can Turn The Picture Gray ]

[ Everything Can Turn Cold ]
[ Once Emotions Take A Stranglehold ]
[ People Can Mature As They Grow Old ]
[ Or They Could Grow To Be Arrogant ]
[ Or Even Bold ]
[ They Could Also Feel Defeated & Fold ]

[ Some Deal With Emotions Without Tipping Their Hand ]
[ Others Have Emotions That They Do Not Understand ]
[ Some Compartmentalize Their Emotions When They Command ]

[ Those Are The Types Of People That Has “Type A” Personalities ]
[ They Don’t See Problems ]
[ They See Possibilities ]

[ They Try To Come Up With Answers ]
[ That’s Why The Type ‘A’ People ]
[ Are Trying To Find Cures For All The Many Diseases & Cancers ]

[ Emotional Situations Can Be One Big Mouse Trap ]
[ That’s Why You Should Try ]
[ To Keep Your Emotions Under Wrap ]

[ Emotions Help The Heart Grow Fonder ]
[ Emotions Can Cause Your Brain To Wander ]

[ So The Original Question Can Never Be Fully Answered ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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[ 176 ][ Devoid of Emotion … 2•26•2021 ]

[ I Will Take My Mask Off When I Get Home ]
[ Only If I Am There All Alone ]

[ I Feel Like A Spaceman On The Moon ]
[ But My Solitude Will Be Broken Soon ]

[ When The Kid Gets Home From School ]
[ & The Wife Gets Back From Swimming @ The Neighborhood
     Pool ]

[ But Then While I Was Waiting ]
[ I Realized That I Was Hallucinating ]

[ My Small Family Got Taken From Me Over 3 Years Ago ]
[ When Our House Got Broken Into By 2 Men
     That We Didn’t Know ]

[ They Ordered Us To Lay On The Floor ]
[ As They Went In & Out Our Front Door ]
[ After Everything Got Quiet ]
[ I Looked Around & Could Not See Them In The House
     Anymore ]

[ After Looking All Around ]
[ My Family Was No Where To Be Found ]

[ I Looked All Over The World ]
[ For My Wife & My Girl ]

[ The Police Found No Leads ]
[ Even Though They Seemed They Were Working @ A Fast Speed ]

[ I Never Imagined How Bad The Agony ]
[ Would Be ]

[ Everyday I Was Having Flashbacks Of That Day ]
[ Wishing Things Had Turned Out A Different Way ]

[ But It Didn’t, So Here I Stand ]
[ Only A Shell Of The Man ]

[ That Stood Here 3 Years Before ]

[ Just Waiting For The Phone To Ring ]
[ For Anybody ]
[ To Tell Me Anything ]

[ But That Phone Call Never Comes ]
[ So Here I Live ]
[ Feeling Totally Numb ]
[ With Nothing More To Give ]
[ Feeling Like An Emotional Bum ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
     ‎    ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]