[ Everytime He Looked @ Me It Reminded Him That
     I Wasn’t His ]
[ When The Subject Of Adoption Came Up ]
[ I Wasn’t Anywhere On His To-Do List ]

[ The Thought Was Just Not There ]
[ Not Anywhere ]

[ He Never Jumped For Joy ]
[ Because He Now Had A Boy ]

[ After Adopting Another Daughter ]
[ That Is All That He Wanted To Father ]

[ After That, He Wanted To Be Done ]
[ In His Deepest, Darkest Nightmares ]
[ He NEVER Wanted A Son ]

[ I Should Have Been For Warned In Advance ]
[ When It Came To Don Wanting Me In Their Family ]
[ I Never Had A Chance ]

[ No Matter How Hard I Tried, Don Treated Me Like
   A Zero ]
[ So Since Day One I Never Looked @ Him As My Hero ]

[ He Wouldn’t Teach Or Coach ]
[ He Never Tried ]
[ So The Important Father – Son Connection Was
     Just A Hoax ]

[ He Was Supposed To Have Skills On The Basketball
     Court, But He Wouldn’t Show ]
[ When It Came Down To Teaching Me ]
[ He Was A Total No-Show ]

[ I Grew Up Constantly Asking ( HOW COME? ) ]
[ Until I Went Numb ]

[ But Then Barbara Filled Me In ]
[ & Told Me The Truth ]
[ There Was No Chance In Hell That I Would Find Love
     & Acceptance From Him ]

~ The End ~

[ Auhea kuʻu hoaaloha ]
[ Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e pono ai e lawe i kēia moʻolelo
     i kahi hopena ]

[ Mahalo no ka hoʻoloheʻana i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ]
[ No laila,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka mea ]

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

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