He Had a Life

A tear fell from her eye a smile on her face as she wrapped her baby up holding him in place "He's smart" they said when they looked at his test they said he'd go places in his class he was best tears fell from his eyes though he tried to keep them in his mother just lost a battle they both had hoped she win so young and on his own he tried to make it through a dark road lay before him as he lost the life he knew to poor to pay the bills though he worked a job or two they kicked him to the streets there was nothing he could do though much older now than then he still lives on the streets he cannot afford a place he cannot afford to eat yet you say he's a drunk that's he's only got himself to blame kid's see him on the street and think oh that guy is lame but this man has a story that to believe you'd have to see this man a life once as well as a family