Twenty seven years ago, on this day
They found me in a garbage bin
Half chewed by dogs
With neither clothes nor kin
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They say I barely survived
Had to battle through the pain
The wounds healed eventually
But the scars still remain
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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
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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?
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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?
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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
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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Let it be known far and wide
To all men and women in town
He has finally come to decide
Who’s to go up and who’s to stay down

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Put all your little children to sleep
This is not the time for them to bother
Take out all the secrets you keep
With your lawyer and your mother

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Hush! Not a word to speak
He longs to taste your breath
Surrender yourself if you’re too meek
For He rides on a horse named Death

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The day has turned to night so soon
And the sky is no longer blue
The stars have come out with the moon
To watch all that He can do

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The wise men stare in silence
They know that their end is near
The fools fear violence
When it’s the dark that they should fear

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The gloomy weather has set the stage
Amidst the pouring rain
You were a fool to invite His rage
For here He comes again