(566)▪︎[ Strikes A Nerve … 6•16•2020 ]

[ Sometimes Things, Words, Events Really Hit Close To Home ]
[ Where Or When Did This Start ]
[ That Is Not Known ]

[ When I Was Very Young, I Had A Bad Night ]
[ It Was Because My Dad Was Drunk ]
[ So He & His Girlfriend Decided To Argue & Fight ]

[ My Dad Made The Worst Decision He Had Ever Made ]
[ He Got His Gun ]
[ & It Was His Life That He Gave ]
[ It Was Not Fun ]
[ To See His Name On A Grave ]

[ But The Rest Of Us @ Home That Night Survived ]
[ But Was I Really Alive? ]

[ There Have Been Bumps & Turns ]
[ Suntans & Burns ]

[ Everybody Had Bad Events Growing Up ]
[ Every Kid Had Times When They Just Wanted To Keep
     Their Eyes Shut ]

[ But The Point Is To Get Back Up & Fight Again & Again ]
[ That Is The Only Way You Win ]

[ But My Friends, I Write My Thoughts & I Feel What I Write ]
[ Nobody Says What Is Wrong Or Right ]
[ I Just Want To Turn On The Light ]

[ To Begin Another Day ]
[ To Find A Way ]
[ To Write What I Want To Say ]

[ It’s Not Wrong ]
[ To Have Those Moments When You Don’t Feel Strong ]

[ Don’t Make Hasty Decisions, Without Thinking Ahead ]
[ If You Are Not Feeling Well ]
[ Lay Your Head Down On Your Bed ]

[ & Go To Sleep ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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