[ Way In The Back Of Your Mind ]
[ You Look For The Answer To The Question That Continues
     To Stump All Of Mankind ]

[ Why Are We Here On This Earth? ]
[ Have We All Had A Purpose Here, Ever Since Birth? ]

[ Are We Really Supposed To Get Along With Others? ]
[ Are We Supposed To Grow-Up To Battle With Our Brothers ]

[ Love Thy Neighbor, But To Hell With The Family ]
[ How Can This Be? ]

[ Blood Does Not Always Turn Out To Be The Ones That Are
     Around You When Your Life Comes To An End ]
[ Family Usually Tends To Be Made Up Of A Couple Of Good
     Friends ]

[ You Grow Up Being Told That You Can’t Ever Pick Your
     Family, But Then You Find Out Otherwise ]
[ As You Find Out ]
[ When You Were Young, You Are Told A Handful Of Lies ]

[ Blood Family Members Do Not Always Stick Around ]
[ It Is Usually A Good Friend That Helps You Up Off Of The
     Ground ]

[ Family Members All Have Free Will ]
[ If They Ever Want To Stick Around When You Get Ill ]

[ Every Single Person Has Their Own Agenda To Work
     Towards ]
[ People Usually Don’t Put Their Hand Out Unless There
     Are Personal Rewards ]

[ During The Holidays Do You Think That Most Family Members
     Want To Be There? ]
[ Most Do Not Care ]

[ It Is Far More Rewarding To Have People That Want To Come
     Over & Spend Time With You ]
[ For An Hour Or Two ]

[ When Nobody Was Forced ]
[ Where Nobody Was Coerced ]

[ Family Get Togethers Are Mind Numbing ]
[ How Many Really Enjoy Coming? ]

[ It So Much More Rewarding To Become Part Of A Family Than
     To Be Expected To Be Part Of One ]
[ The Way You Grew Up ]
[ (30) Years Ago, You Were Done ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo  ]
[  A hui hou  ]
[ Aloha  ]

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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