[ If You Die Young ]
[ & There Was A Celebration Of Life Going On ]
[ Would Anybody Come? ]
[ Or Would Every Loved One Be Gone? ]
[ Have You Been Going So Fast ]
[ That You Didn’t Leave Your Footprint On Anything In Your Past? ]
[ Will There Be Any Remnants Of You, That Will Last? ]
[ Can You See Any Kind Of A Footprint? ]
[ Or Is That Just Pocket Lint? ]
[ Where Did The Time Go? ]
[ Did It Pass By You Fast Or Slow? ]
[ It Seems That You Don’t ]
[ Will Your Neighbors Know? ]
[ You Bet They Won’t ]
[ How Come The Only Help ]
[ You Can Get ]
[ Is From The Lone Review On Yelp? ]
[ You Look & Look ]
[ But There Is Zero Chit Chat On Facebook ]
[ What About Your 100’s Of So Called Friends? ]
[ Did Anybody Stick By You Through The End? ]
[ You Are Finding Out That You Left Nothing Of Worth ]
[ On This Earth ]
[ Not In Your House ]
[ Or Words From Your Grieving Spouse ]
[ But You Quickly Find That She Is Not Grieving ]
[ She Is Packing Up & Leaving ]
[ Going Into The Unknown ]
[ Since All Of Your Life Insurance Has Been Blown ]
[ Why Should She Stay? ]
[ Another Week? ]
[ Or Another Day ]
[ Would You Want To Bet ]
[ That You Will Not Even Find Your Favorite Jacket? ]
[ Would That Be Given To The Goodwill Store? ]
[ Since It Does Not Have A Purpose Anymore? ]
[ Did You Cherish Money Over Time Spent With Others? ]
[ When You Did Find The Time ]
[ You Chose To Stay Under Your Covers ]
[ How Come There Is Not A Single Clue ]
[ That There Has Been Any Footprint Made By You? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
~ Aloha ~
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