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A poem for the erudite, it sure will be hot
Take the time out to listen, rubbish it's not
Straight from the life of a perpsicacious young man
Try and comprehend it...I sure hope you can
There's a lot I can tell you, but, i'll make it laconic
Words to astound/it works like a tonic
But, it all isn't good, I'm sure you'll agree
I robbed to support crack, went on a spree
Nonetheless, I must tell you about erstwhile things
About "Cause and Affect" and what it all brings
It started with punishment, and led to abuse
Stomped/punched/and kicked like a piece of refuse
That was at home, a total nightmare
Told my story to many, few seemed to care
Yet, at school it was different/ a much calmer affair
There were many happy times/but, in all they were rare
Still, to escape from my father, a partial reprieve
An escape so traumatic you can hardly conceive
Fascinated by study, entwined in my thought
Trying to achieve , knowledge I sought
Then came junior high school, another hill to climb
Still being abused...now etched deep in my mind
Then came the reefer...Then came the coke
Life became heavy/like being grasped with a choke
Playing hooky from school to hang on the "Deuce"
Leaving sadness behind/youth on the loose
Coming home at all hours, high on the drugs
Fending off admonishment/not verbally/with shrugs
Now, we come to the part of my Crack addiction
On a mission to "Scotty"/incarceration/great friction
On that mission enough years, retaining intelligent potential
Well, I couldn't lose everything, the mind is essential!
But, through all this, in prison, you can't know my chargrin
For nothing egregious/no unredeemable sin
Still, remember I told you about "Cause and Affect"?
Recalled in my poem, I helped you reflect
Being abused was profound, a real heartache
There were many times I thought my life i would take
But, instead I turned to crack/searching in vain
I know to crack you say/how gravely inane
Yet, there's a moral to this story/my life in review
I was abused and kicked crack...And, You Can Kick Too!
