Destruction - Reconstruction

I would like to share the destruction of my life How I sold all my dreams to a world of pain and strife I hope some youngster reads it and can clearly see That to walk down that path is no place to be I believe it all started the day I watched my mother die Devil crawled inside my mind and said, “Gods the reason why” It made it easy for him to attract me to the high To convince me that I was owed my slice of the pie I fell into a way of life or so it would seem By the age of fifteen I was cultivating green At the age of sixteen I had quite a need It was at that age I started slamming speed There I was a junkie trapped in a boy’s shell With no understanding my life had gone to hell At the age of eighteen I wanted to live fatter So I took a giant leap up the homeboy ladder I got a girl in collage to get a professor hooked He taught chemistry and he taught me to cook At the age of eighteen I had reached my goal Never even thinking I had destroyed my soul I learned to live with the fear that I would get busted And how to deal with people who could not be trusted In my early twenties I started doing time Like the song by Johnny Cash I learned to walk the line Time is like a waterfall that forever pours It just simply never ends there always is some more As I watched it come and go time and time again I realized that I was at home caged in a pen I looked in the mirror and studied the lines in my face And actually even said out loud "worlds a better place" I had just stabbed a man left him on the floor I honestly have no idea what it was all for When it comes to regrets I have more than most I not only have my skeletons I also have my ghost Youngsters if you read this please help spread the news Life is both good and bad it's up to you to choose Can you see the miracle that is written in this rhyme? The Lord will save any soul even one like mine I reposted this poem to enter the where I come from contest