[ Once There Lived A Brave Soul Who Walked With Quiet Dread ]
[ Every Step You Took ]
[ Was With A Downward Facing Head ]
[ It Was Like You Were Reading A Book ]
[ In Bed ]

[ Each Step You Took Was Heavy ]
[ Each Breath You Took Was A Careful Plea ]
[ You Felt Like The Raging Water Was Pushing Against The Levy ]
[ So You Were Never Feeling Quite Free ]

[ Fear Whispered In The Morning, But It Screamed @ You In The Night ]
[ It Was Easy To Get Through Midday ]
[ But As The Day Wore On, It Triggered Your Fight Or Flight ]
[ In Almost Every Way ]

[ How Do You Conquer A Simple Fear ]
[ When You Begin To Shed A Tear ]
[ If You Look @ Yourself Too Long In The Bathroom Mirror? ]

[ You Cannot Live Your Whole Life ]
[ In The Sunny Daylight ]
[ You Could Still See The Shadow Of A Bad Man Holding A Knife ]
[ Or Was That A Child Flying A Kite? ]

[ Bad Things Also Happen Under The Cover Of Dark Clouds ]
[ Disguising The Intentions ]
[ Of The Violent Men In Crowds ]

[ But Then ]
[ It Doesn’t Always Have To Be Outside ]
[ For Violence To Happen ]
[ Especially When There Are Numerous Places To Hide ]
[ Or When ]
[ You Are Waiting For Your Ride ]

[ Fear Can Be All Encompassing ]
[ When You Have No Idea What Is Happening ]
[ All The While Dampening ]

[ Your Faith In Yourself ]
[ Maybe You Left Your Courage In The Garage ]
[ Up High On A Shelf ]
[ Sitting There Away From The Barrage ]
[ Of Negative Words ]
[ That You Heard ]
[ From Someone Else ]

[ You Dislike & Almost Hate ]
[ How Bully‘s Like To Operate ]
[ Sometimes They Play It Cool ]
[ & Don’t Show You How They Shut The Gate ]
[ On People, So They Could Make Them Look Like A Fool ]
[ Or How They Sit & Wait ]
[ Until They Grab The Only Remaining Stool ]

[ It Is A You -vs- Them ]
[ Until They Become Society’s Bigger Problem ]
[ Of Sneezing & Coughing Up Phlegm ]

[ It Is Like The Nagging Flu ]
[ When You Have Zero Clue ]
[ About What To Do ]

[ A Fear Can Nag ]
[ Fears Can Zig-Zag ]
[ They Can Even Play Tag ]

[ Fear Was Never About Power ]
[ It Lived On Borrowed Breath ]
[ Once It Goes For An Hour ]
[ It Is Fed With Hesitation & Starved On Facing Death ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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