I was raised by anger and rage,
Always felt like an animal, trapped and caged.
A place where poetry was my only escape.
A nightmare that I never woke,
Filled with blood and smoke.
I was never free,
So I was never me.
Strapped down with invisible chains,
Like a creature who could never be tamed.
Running the streets,
Hopped up on those so called “treats.”
So lost but now I’m found,
Now I’m homeward bound.
Now that I see the real me,
This is what I believe to keep.
I’m following my destiny,
To be whom I was meant to be.
I’m walking home at a minimum pace,
Because I was forgiven and saved.