Truth-Fully

You wanna know about tough times? Well I’ve had mines More times Than most minds I have found mine And lost mine No lunch lines No gold mines No life lines And there’s no chance to shine From the sidelines No one around me understands The struggles that I go through I keep my problems below the surface Hoping that they don’t show through And there’s no telling what The future holds too I’m hoping for better days But hope feels like a rope That I can’t hold onto I’m up late at night Stressed out about my life Trying to Walk it how I Talk it Is a never ending fight I pour out my heart upon a page Unleashed from my bonds But somehow still trapped in a cage Looking for the wisest man among us But even he is far from being a sage This isn’t just a chapter in my life Sometimes it’s more like a stage Only the letters that form my words Are truly any kin to me My thoughts are the foundation Of my world But it doesn’t end or begin with me In front of God I had been born into this world As a bastard Life never slows down It only seems to get faster The sands of my time Flow like water through my hands I will not go gentle into that Good Night And while I’m alive I will choose the reason that I stand. Until I get laid down Into the bosom of death I will fight with all my might To hold on to what I have left