I went from place to place
Hoping to find some work
They turned me away each time
I guess they didn’t like my face
…
Hope was nearly lost
And so was faith and food
Had to survive on bits and pieces
Had to count the costs
…
Finally landed myself a job in a remote corner of town
Had to carry a blind man to and fro
Felt like a dog, at times, bound by his leash
But the pay didn’t let me down
…
Had to read him, feed him and the job never seemed to end
But I’ve been taught better than to give up
It didn’t take long for me to figure everything out about the old man
I soon had him in the palm of my hands
…
Careful as he was, he was helpless without his eyes
He never doubted the purity of my soul
I got away with my petty thieving ways
My work would never fetch me as much money as my lies
…
But then life isn’t so easy, is it?
And I’m here to testify
Just when you think the road’s getting smooth
You’ll land right at the bottom of the pit
…
The old man had a daughter, let us just call her May
And I think I’ve mentioned her ere
Just when you think you are using your brain
The heart gets in the way
…
She saw through my stealthy pettyness
But she never raised a voice
She must have had something in her heart for me
With my charm, it isn’t hard to impress
…
With her around, it was heavenly bliss
Who could resist the temptations of the heart?
I saw in her a queen
And she saw in me an accomplice
…
We plotted and schemed against the old man
And nobody would have to know a thing
We planned to live our fairytale lives together
And run away with all that we can
…
We planned to flee in the dead of the night
While the old man was asleep
Even if he was awake
He would never prove to be much of a fight
…
But nothing ever goes as planned
And I have a glorious history as proof
While we were on our way out
The old man grabbed me by the hand
…
She panicked and it was hard to keep her calm
Things weren’t going to be smooth
I could hear her scream, “Kill, kill”
As the old man raised an alarm
…
Well I guess I must have panicked too
I remember my hands were shaking
When I grabbed a kitchen knife
And stabbed him through and through
…
He lay there dead on the carpet
Drenched in a pool of blood
Every picture of that night haunts me still
And his face I can never forget

When I finally opened my eyes
I found myself in an orphanage
Trying to come to grips with life
With others on the same page
Actors and audience on the same stage
…
They taught me, fed me and cared for me really well
Life seemed so fair
Finally knew what good days look like
Sleeping without a care
Drama was just around the corner though, it had followed me here
…
I made a friend, whom I wouldn’t like to name
Born in different worlds, but our problems were the same
She warned me, warned me about their game
Next day she’s gone and I don’t know who to blame
The devil had sent the good days right back from where they came
…
The institution was running a racket
Where little boys and girls were sold
And made to work as slaves for others
And do what they’ve been told
All the characters were new but the script was age old
…
It did not take a genius to know it all
I stole everything that I could lay my hands on
And I was up and away while others were down
And I fled until I could see the morning sun
With future in my own hands, a new chapter in my life was to be born
…
I hadn’t a clue what lay ahead
Where do I go next? Where do I go now?
If money makes the world go round
Then I had to find it somehow
Life is surely stranger than fiction and how!
…
Tried to erase the memories of my past
But my efforts were in vain
I must be so young at the time
But my thoughts were driving me insane
The curtains were closed for now, but will they open again?

Twenty seven years ago, on this day
They found me in a garbage bin
Half chewed by dogs
With neither clothes nor kin
…
They say I barely survived
Had to battle through the pain
The wounds healed eventually
But the scars still remain
…
They say God has sent us here for a reason
And if you’re breathing, there’s still work to do
I don’t know why He kept me alive in the first place
My unfinished mission, I hand over to you
…
Wouldn’t it have been easier
If He had just let me be chewed off?
If I had died twenty seven years ago
Wouldn’t the world be better off?
…
I fail to understand the reason behind all this
Did He really want to see me suffer all these years?
What pleasure could He be seeking
In helping me shed my tears?
…
I fail to understand the reason behind all this
Behind The Almighty and His mighty ways
It won’t be long before I meet Him
I’ve been counting the days
…
So many questions fluttering in my head
I seek all the answers tonight
Darkness has engulfed me like a nightmare
But I will find the light

Let me ask you one question. When did you open your eyes?
Just how old were you, when you can tell the difference between truth and lies?
You say you’re too young? I’m not asking you to be sagely wise
You say you’re too old? Can you hear your heart when it cries?

…

Well, that’s enough about you. Let me tell you my tale
I’ll pour my heart out in words before they crucify me with a nail
For it is words that have saved me from drowning. On them, I’ll have my last sail
Poetry is nothing but prose that rhymes and I’ll use it for my final wail

…

Where’s my mother? I don’t know. Where’s my father? I don’t care
What good is a brother or a sister when life has been so unfair?
I clutched hard at the few dreams I had but they vanished in thin air
Loneliness and depression have been my loyal companions. They follow me everywhere

…

There was a girl I knew, more beautiful than God could ever make
Like a fool I loved her, loved her more than she could take
I asked and begged for a second chance but my love she did forsake
Never trusted a girl again enough to let my heart break

…

I guess that was the turning point. She had dealt me a severe blow
After all the highs she had made me reach, I had fell to the lowest low
I knew it would take time to heal but I never thought it would be so slow
She buried my wings underneath. I’m still digging for them in the ground below

…

The old demons seemed so pale, now that new demons had been born
Fury had reached new heights, now that the battle lines had been drawn
In a life full of tragedies, this had been the most bitter scorn
What a remarkable book my life can be, but all the pages have been torn

…

So I sit down to recollect my memories and put them on this page
For all the bitter lessons that life has taught me at so young an age
Take no offence of my fiery words. I’m burning inside with rage
The bird will sing his own song tonight and free himself from this cage

There’s a little girl outside
She’s probably lost
She wants to go home
At any cost
It’s getting darker by the minute
She’s about to cry
She’s calling for her mother
She doesn’t want to die

…

There’s a wild beast outside
Starving for days
People have been cruel to him
Or so he says
Night is his only loyal friend
Looking for a prey
In daylight, he wears a coat
Of sheepish grey

…

There’s a God above in the skies
Watching things unfold
All religions have shut their eyes
In layers of gold
Not a single sign of Him
As a devil is reborn
Innocence cries out in vain
And He just watches on

Kick me, prick me, trick me
Do all the sick things in your head
Attack, stab or jab me
Or just hunt me down instead
Shoot me and gun me down too
Until my blood mixes with the rain
Do whatever you want to do
But I’m going to stand up again

…

Strangle me, manhandle me
Ban my work for all I care
End, bend and offend me
Treat me unjust and unfair
Lock, block and mock me too
Let all my efforts be in vain
Do whatever you wish to do
But I’m going to stand up again

…

Beat me, cheat me, defeat me
Judge me with your worst
Jail, tail, fail or nail me
Blow me up and watch me burst
Chain me up and whip me too
Till I cry out in pain
Do whatever you have to do
But I’m going to stand up again