David went to print in Karam’s booklet Innocent saying “being constantly crushed by shattered dreams, destroyed plans, broken promises and betrayals, by all I once held dear”.

This could describe David's increasing sense that his other siblings were receiving more positive attention from his parents than he was.  His parents doted on Arawa and Stephen because of all achievements, while David, at 22 had little to his credit, and was working part time on a paper run.