(549)▪︎[ Another Day … 2024 ]

[ She Came Into Your Life Like A Flash ]
[ Her Love Could Not Be Bought With Cash ]
[ Now Your Heart Is Just A Pile Of Ash ]

[ That Pile Is All You Have Remaining Of The Time You (2) Were Together ]
[ Her Moods Changed As Fast As The Oregon Weather ]

[ Sometimes It Rained ]
[ When She Got Angry & Hostile ]
[ What Did She Gain? ]
[ For Awhile? ]
[ Then She Would Refrain ]
[ From Giving You A Smile ]

[ Those Times Did Neither One Of Us A Bit Of Good, She Would Say ]
[ If It Was @ A Job ]
[ She Wouldn’t Have Earned Any Pay ]

[ But It Wasn’t, So You Could ]
[ Even If You Couldn’t ]
[ You Would ]

[ They’d Say, “Sorry, Mike” ]
[ “This Is Not The Best Way” ]
[ “To Earn Your Pay” ]
[ It Seemed Like That Night After Night ]
[ & Day After Day ]

[ You Were Concerned About How Does One Learn To Touch? ]
[ Not Too Little ]
[ Or Not Too Much? ]

[ How Does One Find The Balance Between The (2)? ]
[ You Could Throw A Shoe ]
[ But Wouldn’t That Be The Wrong Thing To Do? ]
[ Says, “She?” ]
[ Says Who? ]

[ But It Wouldn’t Be Hard ]
[ To Use The “UNO Reverse” Card ]

[ What Would That Mean ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things? ]

[ Would It Mean Having A Clear Path? ]
[ In The Subject Of Math? ]
[ Or Being Given A Shield ]
[ From The Next Woman’s Wrath? ]

[ Would That Wrath Be Not Needed Or Unwanted? ]
[ So You Will Be Undaunted? ]

[ In The Face Of Evil ]
[ Trying To Stay Civil ]

[ Maybe, The Best Thing Would Be To Just Walk Away ]
[ Then See If It Really Mattered ]
[ When The Next Woman Chooses To Stay ]
[ Because You Don’t Like Feeling Battered ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(132)▪︎[ Just A Word … 2025 ]

[ P.E. ]
[ This Is What I Have To Say To You, From Me ]
[ Sometimes Your Mind May Not Feel Like It Is Totally Free ]

[ Of All The Gunk & All The Clutter ]
[ There Must Be Days When You Feel Like You Are Walking Through Streams Of Butter ]

[ The Kind Of Butter That Clogs Your Arteries & Veins ]
[ There Will Be Days Where There Are Headaches ]
[ Like The Ones Where You Feel Like You’ve Been Hit By A Couple Of Southbound Trains ]

[ Southbound, Northbound, Coming From The East ]
[ To The West ]
[ There Is No Direction That You Like The Least ]
[ There’s No Direction That You Like The Best ]

[ Those Are The Times Where You Lean On Friends That Are Near & Far ]
[ Even On The One That You Won’t Ever See By Driving A Car ]

[ I Imagine That Sometimes Those Pretty Eyes Can Seem Like They Look Through Someone ]
[ The Kind Of Look Where They Think That You Are Telling That Person They Are About To Be Number One ]

[ On Your Short Shit List ]
[ They Are The Ones That You Really Want To Give The Finger To ]
[ But Instead, You’re Telling Them To Fuck Off By Blowing Them A Kiss ]
[ Because You Don’t Want To Be Rude While You’re In The Public View ]

[ Oh P.E., If You Only Knew The Sunshine That You Bring To All Of Those Around ]
[ You Have Such Pretty Eyes ]
[ That Some Men Can Only Take Looking @ Them For So Long Before They Have To Look @ The Ground ]

[ That’s A Different Perspective, That Is Something New ]
[ You Don’t See That ]
[ Because You’re Not Looking @ It From This Point Of View ]

[ Once Again, You Found The Love Of Your Life ]
[ & He Turns Out To Be A Very Smart Man ]
[ Because Mike Asked You, If You Wanted To Be His Wife ]

[ Not Too Many Men Find The Day ]
[ Where They Can Catch Up To The One That Previously Got Away ]

[ Do You Expect A Man Who Respects You Fully? ]
[ Mike Seems To Have A Good Head On Those Broad Shoulders ]
[ & He’s Not A Bully ]

[ You Are Loved By Many, But Truly Loved, By One ]
[ I Can Imagine That Once He Saw You Again ]
[ His Single Days Were Done ]

[ A Smart Man Would Treat You Like The Queen That You Are ]
[ I’m Not Saying Go Out & Buy You A Car ]
[ I’m Saying That His Love Will Be So Obvious, That People Will Know & See It From Near & Far ]

[ It Is Not About The Gifts That You Will Get ]
[ That Will Show That Mike Will Treat You Like A Queen ]
[ He Will Have To Have A Particular Mindset ]
[ That He Will Either Treat You As One, Because There’s Nowhere In-Between ]

[ Either Mike Doesn’t Know Or He Does ]
[ That You Don’t Give Flowers To Your Significant Other Only After An Argument ]
[ You Buy Gifts & Send Flowers Just Because ]
[ & You Never, Ever Tell Her How Much Money You Spent ]

[ In The True Give & Take Relationship, Nobody Is The Number One Boss ]
[ When There Is A Shift In The Power ]
[ The Powerless Feels Nothing But Loss ]
[ Minute By Minute, Hour By Hour ]
[ You Won’t Have Any Idea The Emotional Cost ]
[ That Will Turn The Relationship Sour ]

[ Relationships Don’t Grow Only During Good & Happy Times ]
[ They Grow During The Darkest Days ]
[ When There Are Mountains To Climb ]

[ In Marriage There Is No Such Thing As Participation Trophies ]
[ When You Are Inactive ]
[ Don’t Always Take Selfies ]
[ When You’re Reactive ]
[ Only Get Out One Of Your Comfy’s ]
[ When You’ve Been Proactive ]

[ Advice About Longevity Can Vary From Couple To Couple ]
[ Communication, Patience, Understanding & Forgiveness ]
[ Should Be In That “THOUGHT” Bubble ]

[ I’ve Always Said “MARRIAGE IS THE HARDEST JOB THAT YOU COULD EVER HAVE” ]
[ “BUT THE MOST REWARDING” ]
[ When You’ve Got (2) Like Minded People, It Will Cut Your Problems In ½ ]
[ & Keep Your Life Less Stressful & Not Boring ]

[ P.E., You Are A Once In A Lifetime Shooting Star ]
[ Your Inner Beauty, Personality, & Character ]
[ Puts You In Front Of Other Women, By Far ]

[ You Have A Good Soul & A Kind Heart ]
[ That’s Why You & Mike ]
[ Were Never Meant To Spend The Rest Of Your Lives Apart ]

Mahalo,

Lopaka DeVoe

(020)▪︎[ The Four Horsemen … 2024 ]

[ Be Careful About What Is Being Said ]
[ Hurtful Things Can Ping-Pong In The Other Person’s Head ]

[ When One Is Flooded With Emotion ]
[ That Is The One That Dips Their Feet In The Ocean ]
[ So Nothing Is Said That Works Against Their Devotion ]

[ Avoid The Arrival Of The (4) Horsemen ]
[ When Treating Others With Contempt ]
[ The Question Would Not Be (IF THEY COME …) ]
[ It Would Be A Matter Of When ]

[ None Of The Four Horsemen Is A Positive Sign ]
[ That Would Be Like Walking The Opposite Direction ]
[ When Trying To Go Dakine ]

[ Stop The (4) Horesemen With Their Antidotes ]
[ Causing A Commotion ]
[ Out In The Middle Of Nowhere, Amongst The Huge Boats ]

[ Do Not Try To Think That Your Partner, Can Read Your Mind ]
[ Let Them Know Every Night ]
[ As You Unwind ]

[ Ask “HOW CAN I HELP YOU COMPLETE THIS CHORE?” ]
[ When The Chore Is Complete ]
[ Ask “CAN I DO ANYTHING MORE?” ]
[ Before The Day Is Over & When You Want To Get Off Of Your Feet ]

[ The Antidotes Will Help You With Criticism & Blame ]
[ The Discussions Won’t Be The Same ]
[ You Will Stop Saying The Problems & Then You Insert Their Name ]

[ Everynight You Must Put On Your Mask ]
[ Do Not Wait For Your Partner To Ask ]
[ You To Complete That Task ]

[ Be Open & Transparent ]
[ If You Are Not ]
[ Years Later You Will Wonder Where The Love Went ]
[ & When Talking About The Relationship That You Sought ]
[ You Wonder About The Time That Was Spent ]

[ Nothing Seems To Make Sense Anymore ]
[ During The Last (3) Years, The Stress Had Been Immense ]
[ Since It Was Burning You Clear To Your Core ]
[ You Were Having Days Full Of Stress ]
[ That Is Why & When You Walked Out The Front Door ]

[ How Was This Mess Going To Get Resolved? ]
[ & Get The Problems Solved? ]

[ Sometimes The Problems Stay ]
[ Day After Day ]

Mahalo
~LopakaDeVoe~

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(246)▪︎[ The Spark … 3•9•2020 ]

[ When The Sun Goes Down & The Moon Comes Out ]
[ What Do You Think About? ]

[ Do You Reminisce About How The Day Went? ]
[ & How You Were Able To Call Your Partner & Vent? ]

[ Did They Listen With Open Ears? ]
[ Or Did It Seem Like You Were Talking About Subjects
That They Didn’t Want Hear? ]
[ Did It Seem Really Clear? ]
[ That They Didn’t Want To Listen Here? ]

[ Were The Problems Solved? ]
[ Was Your Partner Involved? ]

[ If So, How Much? ]
[ Did They Always Try To Avoid Talking About Such & Such? ]

[ How True Were These Last Lines? ]
[ Do You Think Your Relationship Is Still Doing Fine? ]

[ Sometimes They Come Across Aloof & Vacant ]
[ You Want Them To Stay 10 More Minutes ]
[ But They Quickly Say ( I CAN’t ) ]

[ You Wonder Where It All Went Wrong? ]
[ Your Talks Used To Be Deep & Long ]

[ Now You Don’t Know What’s Going On ]
[ Are You Thinking That The Spark Is Gone? ]

[ Did It Blow Out Long Ago? ]
[ Or Didn’t You See It ]
[ Because The Regression Was So Slow? ]

[ So How Do You Make A Spark That Starts A Flame? ]
[ First Thing You Do Is Stop The Blame ]
[ Game ]

[ That Does Not Help Each Other ]
[ To Stay Together ]
[ It Doesn’t Help Trying To Be Their Father Or Mother ]

[ You Must Let Them Be Themselves ]
[ & Don’t Try To Make Them Like Someone Else ]

[ Like Someone From Your Past ]
[ Since You Are Not Still With That Person ]
[ Obviously That Relationship Did Not Last ]

[ But Everyone Has Advice That You Don’t Have To Take ]
[ & Sometimes Some People Come Across Aloof & Fake ]

[ Can You Do Anything About That? ]
[ Maybe The Next Time That You Come Up To Bat ]
[ You Can Wipe Your Shoes Off @ The Doormat ]
[ That’s Better Than Wiping Them Off On Somebody’s Back ]

[ You Have To Stop The Hurt ]
[ & Give Him Back His Shirt ]
[ But You Could Wash It First ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]