Becoming Eighteen

BECOMING EIGHTEEN Now I can go to jail Have for myself, a bad name If I take the wrong steps And follow evil men One that I would carry with me for the rest of life, in shame One that would follow me till I join my brothers in Hades I fear for I will soon be leaving the teens But no worries, for I am still a kid to Him Now I can serve life imprisonment For murdering a soul whether I did or did not, since I was there Now I am a man What will I grow up as? A bad or a good one? I do not know and can not say what I want For the world is all wrong And what they see as good is actually not I am becoming eighteen I will no longer be known as a teen But an adult Who would learn from people and life, all sorts Welcome to the world, son Say this to me for all I did in the past was learn Now we’ve gotta put what we learned to fend for ourselves In this market of life, We’ve gotta struggle to not get behind Life’s gonna move on whether we like it or not Whether or not we want it to be solved. Now I know no thing, Yet, I plan to and will learn every thing All I wish to happen, I will do them And not like them, complain rather than make wishes real. I am and will always be ME, May He help me. Amen. ©Emmiasky Ojex From FOR BOYS TURNING MEN (the personal version)