I Got To Breathe
before i lived in my home town
we live in the inner city
i was still but a tot
not much do i remember
we left when i was just five
but what i was told
the things i've seen
moving and running
drugs and dealing on the side
an abusive faher
beating my mom
fear and hate
rattles inside
my whole life
i've been told
just putting this out there
betrays them all
and if this is
i can live with it
Copyright © John Tanaskow | Year Posted 2009
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