The Cry From a Ghetto's Heart | Page 12

Finally Realizing

I’M GETTING OLD.....

EVERYDAY APPEARS TOO COLD,

LIFE IS BECOMING HARDER TO HOLD,

I’M WATCHING, BUT STILL MISSING MY KIDS GROW,

YET AND STILL,

I’M GETTING OLD,

THERE SO MUCH I HAVE LEARNED, BUT STILL SO MUCH I DON’T KNOW....

BUT I’M SUPPOSE TO KNOW AS I GROW,

HAVE MORE TO SHOW,

MORE FRIENDS LESS FOE’S

MORE QUEENS, LESS HOES (NO DISRESPECT JUST FREESTYLIN’)

BUT THAT’S JUST HOW THE STORY GOES,

ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHEN THE FIRST HAIR WAS UNDER MY NOSE,

I WENT FROM BLUE BALL HAVING TO NUTT BUSTING,

QUICK STICKIN’ BUT LATER LUSTING,

SOMEONE ELSE!!!!!

EMOTIONS WERE TO NEVER BE FELT, ALL THE WAY BACK THEN,

GIRL-FRIENDS WERE FRIENDS,

UNLESS THEY WERE WILLING TO SNEAK IN,

AND GIVE UP THE SKINS, WHILE MOMS WAS NEVER IN,

OH!!! HOW WE USE TO SIN, WAY BACK THEN............?????????

BUT,

I’M GETTING OLD.....

EVERYDAY APPEARS TOO COLD,

LIFE IS BECOMING HARDER TO HOLD,

I’M WATCHING, BUT STILL MISSING MY KIDS GROW,

YET AND STILL,

I’M GETTING OLD,

PAIN LIES SO DEEP WITHIN IN ME,

I GUESS THATS, WHAT MAKES ME SO FRIENDLY,

THERE’S NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE I ENVY,

I GUESS THAT’S CUZ THEIR NOT ME........

IT’S MY KIDS,

MAYBE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE COPY OF ME,

MY WRONGS MADE RIGHT,

MY ETERNAL LIFE,

MY CHANCE TO SEE MYSELF IN THEM,

DETOURING OF ROADS THAT I KNOW ARE SLIM,

SO THAT THEY DON’T MEET ME AT THE END......

A WISE DECISION OF CHOOSING FRIENDS,

A BUILDING OF CONCRETE WALLS SO THAT HARM NEVER SETTLES IN.....................

A REFLECTION OF MY SKIN,