[ You Feel Like You Are Giving Up ]
[ You Are Catching Your Tears ]
[ By Using Your Coffee Cup ]
[ You Are Feeling Like Your Life Source ]
[ Seems To Be Leaving Your Body ]
[ It Feels Like You Do Not Have Any Kind Of Protective Force ]
[ Keeping Your Head From Getting Foggy ]
[ You Have Tried All Of Your Adult Life ]
[ To Be A Good Husband, Father, Friend & Man ]
[ To Others, Like Your Son & Your Wife ]
[ While Also Wishing That They Would Become Your Biggest Fans ]
[ The Sparkle Has Been Leaving Your Eyes ]
[ For Several Years Now ]
[ Only You Can See Your Pain & Hear Your Cries ]
[ You Would Like To Express This To Others, But You Do Not Know How ]
[ Everyone Is Way To Busy ]
[ To See Your Pain ]
[ To Others They Might See You As Lazy ]
[ & A Little Bit Insane ]
[ Some People That Knows You, Might Want To Call You Crazy ]
[ But Thankfully, Most Of Them Refrain ]
[ Sometimes All You Hear Is The Riot ]
[ In Your Head ]
[ Why Can’t You Have A Single Night Of Quiet ]
[ Instead? ]
[ The Other Times Your Thoughts Are Like A Spinning Top ]
[ There Have Been Many That You Will Feel Like A Flop ]
[ Whenever That Happens ]
[ It Is So Obvious That Is The Reason Why Your Self-Esteem Will Take A Sudden Drop ]
[ Your Marriage Feels Like It Is Falling ]
[ Off A Cliff ]
[ Nobody Ever Feels Like Calling ]
[ To Give You That Much Needed Lift ]
[ You Used To Have ]
[ So Many Names In Your Rolodex ]
[ Now You Don’t Even See ½ ]
[ That Many Names To Text ]
[ When You Are Smack Dab In The Middle Of A Major Crisis ]
[ You Reach For One Of Your Electronic Devices ]
[ But When You Look Through Your Contacts List ]
[ You Have No Idea Who To Call ]
[ When You Get Upset You Clench Your Fists ]
[ All That Does Is Make You Flashback To When Frustration Caused You To Hit A Wall ]
[ But You Are Not Angry, You Are Emotionally Hurt ]
[ You Start To Feel That Your Blood Pressure Has Bottomed Out ]
[ Will Anyone Be Able To See Your Broken Heart Through Your Shirt? ]
[ That Is Just One Of The Many Things That You Doubt ]
[ Your Wife Has Said That She Hates What You Have Changed ]
[ Into ]
[ Nobody Understands What Your Brain ]
[ Has Been Through ]
[ Maybe Your Thought Process ]
[ Cannot Be Fixed ]
[ That Causes You To Feel Lost ]
[ Because You Feel As Strong As A House That Has Been Built With Match Sticks ]
[ When You Text, “I Give Up” To Your Friends, That Was A Cry For Help ]
[ Now You Feel Like You Should Have Kept Your Vulnerability ]
[ On A Garage Shelf ]
[ Because Someone With Your Type Of Personality ]
[ Should Have Reached Out On “Yelp” ]
[ You Have Kind Of Felt ]
[ Throughout The Years That You Are Like An Aquired Taste ]
[ Your Inner Circle Is Getting Smaller Like The Tightening Of The Belt ]
[ That You Wear Around Your Waist ]
[ It Is Not Crystal Clear ]
[ Where Things Will Be Going From Here ]
[ You Really Have To Get Your Thoughts Straight ]
[ You Cannot Wait ]
[ You Need To Take Your Future, Your Fate ]
[ Into Your Own Hands ]
[ Post Haste ]
[ Get Back To Living As “One” With Your Spouse ]
[ So You Will Have, Once Again ]
[ A Harmonious House ]
[ Right When Your Days Begin ]
[ Stop Being A Grouch ]
[ Do Things That Can Be Looked @ As A “Win-Win” ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
Aloha
Na
Lopaka DeVoe
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