[ One Time When You Were Fooled, It Was Because You Let Your Guard Down ]
[ & Said That Your In-Laws Were Special, Like Family ]
[ Now You Have Ended Up Looking Like The Clown ]
[ Because That Is Not How They Wanted Things To Be ]

[ You Should Have Had The Strength ]
[ To Keep Them @ Arms Length ]

[ On The Bench ]
[ Or In A Toolbox ]
[ Like An Unused Wrench ]
[ Secured With (2) Locks ]

[ Because You Showed Weakness ]
[ Things Turned Into One Big Hot Mess ]
[ Now, All It Causes Is Stress ]

[ In The Beinning, You Thought You Were Blessed ]
[ & A Little Bit Impressed ]
[ But Now That The Bad Feelings Have Progressed ]
[ You Feel Kind Of Depressed ]

[ You Feel, A Little Bit Lost ]
[ You Can Only Guess ]
[ That Is The Cost ]

[ Of Putting Your Trust ]
[ In The Wrong People ]
[ Who Easily Pushed You To The Side So You Can Watch Everything Bust ]

[ If They Didn’t Love You As Family, Why Did They Do As Such ]
[ Now (30+) Years ]
[ Do Not Mean That Much ]

[ If They Never Wanted A Son ]
[ Why Did They Call You & Treat You As One ]
[ Well, They Can Still Be Happy ]
[ Because They Still Have None ]

[ The Egg Is Squarely On Your Face ]
[ You Guess When It Came To The Family Table ]
[ You Never Really Had A Place ]

[ Maybe That Was The Time That You Should Have Left en Haste ]
[ (30+) Years Of Effort ]
[ Sure Turned Into Toxic Waste ]

[ Why, Why, Why? ]
[ Do People Come Up To You, & Look You In The Eye’s ]
[ & Do Nothing But Lie, Lie, Lie? ]
[ (30+) Years Worth Of Lie’s ]

[ Disgusting, Hateful & Full Of Spite ]
[ Now, Nothing Feels Right ]
[ How Can You Fight ]
[ Something That Isn’t In Direct Sight? ]

[ You Wish That You NEVER Had Taken Their Name ]
[ Carrying It As Yours ]
[ Now Doesn’t Feel The Same ]
[ & That Is Describing The Feelings Kind Of Tame ]
[ It Is Like Putting Your Raft In The River & Not Be Given A Set Of Oars ]
[ Maybe This Was One Long Drawn Out Game ]

[ How Come Something That Used To Feel So Strong ]
[ Turned Out To Be So So Wrong? ]

[ You Need To Take The High Road ]
[ Because Now You Know ]
[ If You Continue To Be Suckered Into Their Happy Abode ]
[ It Just Sets You Up To Be In The Middle Of Another One Of Their Shit Show’s ]

[ Now YOU Should Pull Up Your Big Boy Pants ]
[ To Take A Stand ]
[ Trying To Avoid The Insects & Ants ]
[ & Draw Your Own Line In The Sand ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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