A Story Told

Welcome to the greatest story ever told, the story of a little boy and his lost soul, started way back in 69', born a 4th child to a broken woman, you know the kind, four kids from a man who walked away, four after him all the same way, no father just a mom who'd been burned, lonly as her world turned, poverty, drugs , and gang life took her kids from home, sitting in her room crying with no love and all alone, forced to grow before my time, I seen it all statistically making would be a crime, seen the dead, the murdered, the killer life lost in rage,innocents in a cage. watched as mothers cried,fathers left,brothers died,as sisters in fear hid, push to the edge,pushed my luck, only to find if I stayed this way in hell I'd be stuck, packed a paper bag with what I had, turned and walked away lonly,angry and sad, stranger in a strange land when I awoke, disgruntled, painful words were all I spoke, knowing this life is no joke, found the person I was should disappear, no one would know or have to hear this poor boys tears, put a grin on my face and hope in my heart , dust off lifes dirt & made a new start , "He'll never make it," is what they use to say, 20 years have passed now, look at me today, a loving father faithful husband who finally took a chance, a person who loves life and is no longer afraid to take this dance, life dealt me a hand many poeple in this world hold, but I won't use it as an excuse for this storys been told.