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I Lay Down These Stones

I lay down these stones
And hope you will see
I do this for you
And what may one day be

That I am always there
And truly love you
Worrying about you
Is all that I do

These stones have meanings
This I did learn
When you turn one over
Progress is earned

One stone means faith
In what you can you do
Count on yourself
Make dreams come true

The next stone means hope
And all that I pray
Is the man you’ll become
With each passing day

Some stones cause pain
Since they show what you’ve done
Don’t run away
You’re never alone

But most of the stones
That I did lay
Are there for guidance
And light for the day

Light in the darkness
Is what I pray
I can give this to you
Don’t turn away

Accept what you’ve done
And change it from here
That’s how you grow
And then learn to care

To care about those
Who have been here for you
Waiting patiently
Is all that I do

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Humanity Lost

You’re lacking humanity
What does that mean?
Your soul is empty
Your thoughts unclean

Feelings for others
Will never come first
Greed is your hunger
Anger your thirst

And when you die
Old and alone
Remember these thoughts
It’s all you will own

For all eternity
There you shall lie
No one mourning
No one to cry

Writhing in hell
Is where you shall end
And many will smile
Good riddence, amen

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A -True - Mom

I know where I am
And where I come from
Life was not easy
But what’s done is done

Everything wrong
Happened to me
But the one thing I learned
It won’t define me

A father alcoholic
A mother who sold
One of her children
Publicity gold

Who knew one day
When I finally knew
About my birth mother
And what she did do

She traded her son
For the cost of a car
Not even a new one
How low was her bar?

She left me young
At three months old
I harbor no hate
Perhaps that seems cold

I was lucky, you see
I always said
Someone came through
Didn’t leave me for dead

And death would have come
Based on those around
I was their victim
So cruel I found

I was the youngest
At four, you see
My sister, my brothers
Were older than me

And older meant
That this horrible man
Would break them down
He had a great plan

On destroying the lives
Of the children he grew
He enjoyed it so much
What’s wrong with you?

I went into the orphanage
I loved it you see
The one thing it brought
Was stability

Surrounded by nuns
Felt so good to me
No one would cause harm
I now have safety

But reality is
It was a different time
DCFS 
Not a friend of mine

My father, the abuser
Had easy access
No one cared
He had such success

They let him in
Like he had done nothing wrong
Access to me
Was his favorite song

The anger I felt
May not go away
You let this happen
Do you feel okay?

There’s untapped rage
On what I now feel
If you had been there
How would you deal?

But eventually 
I should let it go
Not sure that I can
But I will let you know

You can only take on
So much every day
Sometimes there’s someone
To show you the way

It was given to me
By a stranger one day
Who wanted daughters
To light her way

Surrounded by sons
She knew to be true
But it’s the daughters she said
Who will be there for you

And she was there
Every day
She buried my pain
In every way

From the day I walked 
Into her home
She never failed
To make me her own

She didn’t care
Where I came from
I was her daughter
Much more than her son

And from that day forward
I would always be there
Showing my love
Showing I care

She was the person
I wanted to be
So much kindness
Is all that I see

Being a giver
Makes everything right
In this hard world
Why would I fight?

I’d rather be kind
In all that I do
I truly believe
It comes back to you

And she received
All that she gave
We took care of her
To the end of her days

I will always remember
How she looked at me
That I was special
Is what she did see

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The End Result of Hate

Here I lie
I think I have grown
The thoughts in my head
Are all that I own

But own them I will
They make sense to me
I cause harm to no one
As it should be

Yet all that I read
Is terribly sad
What causes this hate?
What makes them so bad?

To harm so many
That you do not know
Why would you do this?
You reap what you sow

Keep in mind
The harm that you cause
Will come back to you
Perhaps give you pause

And then understand
All that you’ve harmed
The women, the children
Do you really feel charmed?

You made a statement
Of what you believed
But what has it done?
To the families that grieve

You’ve taken away
Lives not meant to be lost
You think you are better
But at what cost?

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I Just Thought You Should Know

I walked into your room
I was surrounded by pain
The child I lost
Could no longer claim

Check your texts
The messages I send
You do not respond
What I feel is the end

Not the end of the love
It will always be there
But my heart it so broken
Beyond any repair

The games that you played
May seem right to you now
You think I was fooled
I just didn’t know how

To tell you the truth
You disappointed me
The lying, the drugs
Were too much for me

I’m crying right now
And I know you don’t care
But I need you to know
I will always be there

Despite what I’m told
To just let you go
It’s not that easy
I just thought you should know

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Who Do You Choose

Your father said
Don’t waste your time
His focus now
Are my daughters of mine

What he doesn’t know
Is the girls are okay
It’s our son who needs us
At the end of the day

I spoke to our youngest
And said what I feel
For her it’s unending
My love is so real

She does everything right
Such a gift to me
And yet my focus
Is the child who won’t see

I take away
From the daughter who tries
To be everything
And has never told lies

She deserves better than this
I do understand
But it’s so very hard
To make a child a man

Be what have I hoped
And know that is there
So full of love
And one day will care

Care for me
As I do for him
And worry and fret
That life won’t be grim

The path that he’s taken
Does not bode well
Jail’s his last option
His mistakes are my hell

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Three Days Ago

He just came back home
Three days ago
Yet nothing has changed
This I do know

He stayed home one night
And then he was gone
Back to his friends
Where everything’s wrong

The drugs are there
And that’s why he’ll stay
They mean more to him
Than I do this day

Perhaps in time
He may understand
It takes hard work
To act like a man

It takes courage and strength
To do the right thing
The easy road
Leads to nothing

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It's All I Can Do

I’ve been told don’t bother
Don’t waste your time
He’s too far gone
It’s the end of the line

He has a father
Who will not come through
His time is done
His son he will rue

He will not waste time
On his only son
He spent seven months
And now he is done

So I tell him
That I need to choose
I have to live with myself
Only one will lose

Our son will lose
If both of us turn
Away from him
And all he will learn

If neither of us
Were there for him
What does that say?
And so I step in

I know it looks bad
The choices he’s made
But I will not give up
My love will not fade

I need to be there
And let him see
He has someone
It will always be me

I will be there for him
For all of his days
And then perhaps
He’ll see through the haze

The haze from doing
Everything wrong
You won’t touch feelings
Inhaling a bong

That’s what he does
Every day
Not in front of me
I won’t have it that way

But it is being done
It’s in his eyes
He can’t hide the effect
He can’t hide the lies

Of telling me
He’s no longer using
You’ve been arrested twice
In one year? We are losing

The connection we had
When you were once young
Is what I want back
And where you belong

Into the arms
Of the mother who had
The child of her dreams
And then he went bad

But there’s good in you
This I do know
I know your heart
And all you can do

We hold each other
You cry in my arms
It breaks my heart
You cause your own harm

But never think
That I won’t be there
You are all that I am
Your pain I will bear

If it one day helps
To get you through
And past this time
It’s all I can do

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How Do I Feel

How do I feel?
Right now and here
Cold and Alone
Surrounded by fear

My glass is half full
Was my usual thought
But losing it all
I know there is naught

No one to count on 
No one to care
Do you move forward?
And see how you fare?

It’s not that easy
With the weight of this load
On top of my shoulders
My anger my goad

Everyone says
You must let it go
Not easily done
When feeling this low

Until you have lost
All that you’ve owned
You’ll never get me
Until you’re alone

Alone with your anger
Alone with your hate
Justice is gone
I learned this too late

And therefore the anger
Is all that remains
When no one does anything
There will never be gains

To gain in life
Is to do something good
So many do nothing
If only they would

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Your Common Response

You’re nineteen now
Yeah, I know
You have a record
 Yeah, I know

Not a good thing
Yeah, I know
Life can be hard
Yeah, I know

Were things normal
Yeah, I know
Life would be easy
Yeah, I know

You do understand
Yeah, I know
How much you’ve screwed up
Yeah, I know

You really don’t care
Yeah, I know
I get that now
Yeah, I know

You think its okay
Yeah, I know
To do what you want
Yeah, I know

But do keep in mind
Yeah, I know
I’m clearly not blind 
Yeah, I know

I try to let go
Yeah, I know
Of thinking you care
Yeah, I know

Your favorite phrase
Yeah, I know
All it tells me
Is what you don’t know

You know nothing of me
And how much I cry
And worry about you
And where you will die

You can’t live your life
With nothing to show
So much potential
Yeah, I know