“Owwww!!! What was that?” I yelled. “That was a reader,” someone close to me said. I looked around at the clusters of loose paper scattered all around the room. The floor was completely covered and in some places stacked with the typical 8.5” x 11” printer paper. “Oooompfff!! Yikes!!” I blurted out as I felt a sharp pain in my margin and watched as a 5” spike heel left a mark. “What is this place?” “Don’t you know?” he sa...

Why is it you run and hide? And never show the hurt inside, Where does all that suffering go? The wounds that you refuse to show.Locked like a prisoner in a cell, Alone to bear your personal Hell, A Hell from which you can't escape, But really, it's your chosen fate.Pain that eats you from the inside out, Filling up your whole life with doubt, You just can't do it on your own, You were never meant to suffer alone.Because...

Crazy people scream in vain,Scream for blood, curse the rain.Useless beings line the halls,Ugly pictures on the walls.Another job that I'll hate,Not gonna argue with my fate.Another girl calls me honey,As she asks if I have any money.Politicians run the state,Preachin' love, rule with hate.Another kid goes off to die,Everyone too busy to ask why.Another day don't ask why,Another reason to get high.Get a job and settle dow...

Another friend left town today,Left this world quietly with nothin' to say.Don't matter whether it was a shot in the arm or a shot in the head,The only thing matters is another friend's dead.Hook:Another friend left town today,Another friend with nothin' to say.So many words that will never get said,Just another friend that ended up dead.Time goes on and I examine my soul,I take a close look inside and count the holes.The...

What is the price of a childhood lost?And who is the one to pay the cost?For the child who's often left alone,And forced to grow up on their own,Left at home without a reason why,While mommy goes out to get high,For the child who lives in constant fear,Who wants for love, but none is near,And left to cry throughout the night,With no one near to hold her tight,No sheltering arms to wrap around,Or childhood comforts to be f...

The one thing I will never understand,Is man's inhumanity to his fellow man,How people who call each other sister and brother,Could be so hurtful to one and other,How people can treat each other so mean,Without understanding where they've been,Who would lead each other into war,Choosing to be the problem, not the cure,Who have the power to guide another man's fate,With hidden agendas mixed with hate,Who think nothing of c...

Outside in the piss stained hall,A prostitute leans on a dirty wall.Inside I rest my head,On a dirty mattress I call a bed.Dirty clothes out to the door,Empty bottles on the floor.In the streets a car honks it's horn,Down the hall a baby is born.In the bar people drown their sorrow,Got no hope for tomorrow.Rain coming down from the sky,Falling hard , like the tears I cry.I had dreams once, like the rest,Worked real hard,...

Nothing in life is guaranteed,Of this lesson I should take heed, For what life gives it can surely take, What a difference a year can make. A year ago I was standing tall, It seemed as though I had it all, Somehow though my luck had turned, I consider it a lesson learned. Failure is hard, but so is success, Too many drown in their own excess, But no matter what, my spirit won't break, What a difference a year can make. 10...