[ When You Wake Up In The Morning Are You Destined
     To Live Up To Your Potential? ]
[ When You Think Back Into Your Past ]
[ Who Was Influential? ]

[ Who Helped Pave Your Path Up To Now? ]
[ Who Helped You In Life? ]
[ Who Showed You How? ]

[ How To Maneuver Around The Curves? ]
[ Who Taught You How To Steady Your Nerves? ]

[ What Got You Out Of Bed To Thrive? ]
[ Was It Internal Drive? ]

[ It All Comes Down To The Reflection In The Mirror ]
[ It Was Always You That Got You To Right Here ]

[ Don Certainly Was Not Your Strong Male Role Model ]
[ He Did Quite The Opposite ]
[ Of Love & Coddle ]

[ He Basically Told You That You Were On Your Own ]
[ He Never Took The Time To Show Any Love ]
[ Or Ever Throw You A Bone ]

[ You Had To Learn From The Few Friends That You Had ]
[ You Envied The Relationships That They Had With Their Dads ]

[ Don Would Take You To Your Games, But He Would Never
     Stay ]
[ All Through The Many Seasons Of Competing In Sports ]
[ He Never Wanted To See You Play ]

[ That Was Just The Way He Was ]
[ No Rhyme Or Reason ]
[ He Was That Way Just Because ]

[ You Learned The Ways Of The World By Watching Other
     Adult Men Interact ]
[ You Would Watch Something Happen ]
[ Then You Would See How They React ]

[ No One Was Around To Tell You Not To Step There ]
[ When You’d Fall ]
[ Don Did Not Care ]

[ You Figured Out How To Interact With Others ]
[ By Watching Others ]

[ That Was Plain & Simple ]
[ You Never Throw A Stone Into A Calm Pond ]
[ Just To Watch It Ripple ]

[ Try To Behave ]
[ By Not Making Waves ]

[ You Might Be Slow ]
[ But It Has Always Been Your Internal Drive That Makes You Go ]

[ You Were Never Taught How To Be A Father Or A Husband ]
[ Sometimes You Don’t Know How To Unwind ]
[ When You Get All Wound Up Like A Tight Rubber Band]

[ It Is Hard Not To Put That Big Wall Up & Go Within ]
[ It Is Tough To Know That You Can’t Talk To Any Kin ]

[ They Are All Gone & Dead ]
[ In Your Head ]

[ You Center Your Life ]
[ On Your Few Friends & Wife ]

[ When You Close Your Eyes @ Night ]
[ Please Remember … ]
[ It Is Not Your Turn To Walk Towards The Light ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo E Ka hoa  ]
[  A hui hou  ]
[ Aloha  ]

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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