(342)▪︎[ The Next Text … 2024 ]

[ Sometimes It Is Not As Obvious As The Nose On Your Face ]
[ Of Whether Or Not You Took Your Pills Last Night ]
[ When Your Head Was In A Much Better Space ]

[ When Lines Are Supposed To Remain Completely Straight ]
[ Withought So Much Of The Slightest Bend ]
[ As Far As The Eye Can See Past The Only Swinging Gate ]

[ Does The Gate Swing Both Ways, Or Only Out? ]
[ Do You Get Credit For Time Served? ]
[ Or Only During The Time When You Were Completely Free Of All Doubt? ]

[ Whatever Made You Tick A Year Ago ]
[ Might Not Even Cause You To Slow Down ]
[ You Know ]

[ Or Halt ]
[ You Do Remember Learning That You Must Keep Moving ]
[ Or You Run The Risk Of Becoming An Outline In Chalk ]

[ Small Strides, Like Sherpa Steps ]
[ First The Right ]
[ Then You Move To Your Left ]
[ It Takes Alot Longer Than A Year Of Cooking School To Say That You Are Now A Chef ]

[ You Must Learn How To Gradually Boil Water ]
[ First You Almost Fill A Pot Or Pan ]
[ Then Wait Until It Gets Hotter ]

[ Maybe You Are The Type To Watch For The Churning Bubbles On The Bottom & The Sides Of The Pot ]
[ The Water Is Really Starting To Heat Up ]
[ When The Bubbles Are Easy To Spot ]

[ What Do You Do Next ]
[ Maybe You Will Want To Ask That In A Text ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

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(303)▪︎[ Next Time, See The Signs … 2026 ]

[ When It Sounds Like An Argument Is Going Back & Forth ]
[ Maybe You Should Take A Pause ]
[ Then Go To Your “True North” ]
[ Before The Other Person Starts Showing Their Claws ]

[ Because You Might Find That Their Strongest Characteristic ]
[ Might Be When They Show How Narcissistic ]

[ They Truly Get & Are ]
[ That Might Be Why They Are So High Maintenance ]
[ Like A Really Expensive Sports Car ]

[ Going To Your “True North” Can Have Such A Calming Affect ]
[ Especially In The Face ]
[ Of Someone Who Acts Like They Are An Emotional Train Wreak ]

[ It Is Not Up To You To Solve Their Problems ]
[ Or Fix Them ]

[ A Narcissist Cannot Ever Get Out Of Their Own Way ]
[ Mainly Because They Do Not Ever Believe They Are In The First Place ]
[ No Matter What You Will Say ]
[ Or Show To Their Face ]

[ A Narcissist Is Never Truly Empathetic ]
[ But Getting Away From One Can Prove To Be ]
[ Very Cathartic ]
[ & Strangely ]
[ Staying With One Can Prove To Become Very Problematic ]

[ So Why Would You Want To Stay With One ]
[ Since Now That Everything Has Stopped Being Fun ]
[ You Are Just Very Pleased That There Won’t Be An Anniversary For Year (31) ]
[ So Take The Advice Of “Run Forest, Run!” ]

[ You Will Find ]
[ That You Will Never Be Able To Figure Out The Thinking ]
[ That Goes On In Their Mind ]
[ They Could Try To Spend Many Nights Binge Drinking ]
[ & They Will Never Go Dakine! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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