“Untitled 4” by Sean Clark

My name was not always Kala, before that it was Sean. I am not the only one in my family with the name Sean. My dads name is Sean and a couple people and my family's name is also sean. Some people like to call me junior, all I say is absolutely not. My name was originally sean, my sister thought when I was very young the name wasn't quite for me. One day when we were driving we saw the license plate in front of us was named Kala. My parents all thought it was a message from god saying it was meant to be. They thought it was like a lightning strike and it was directly from god. My new name was Sean Kala Clark. So I go by my middle name. I prefer not to have the same name as my father. We would always get confused with each other. Some people have names as long as sentences, I like having a short name. It makes it easier for me. Having a Hawaiian name is tough though, when people from the mainland try to pronounce my name it sounds like they are trying to pronounce an element on the periodic table. They just get it completely wrong. Although it is hard to pronounce, it gives me some originality. It is what makes me, me.