I have walked these streets alone despondent…..no direction….no home without a purpose and the willingness to go on Until a voice said “you don’t have to” so I prayed to the God I had made and He said “ we’ll get to that later “ I started taking advice and I came back to life…

The past is a part of me but it no longer owns me because if I look closely it holds the key to the things that hinder me so no longer is it a foe, teaching me many lessons I need to know So making friends with my past gives my future a better chance…

IThere are many things I don’t understand and not sure about what’s going on I hear the gunshots outside the maze but I quicken my pace and move on the things I thought were very simple seem confused with right or wrong and I am still determined to live the best life that I can…

I see you like to exercise your authority over me but if you were quiet and listened to me, you would hear what I need so if you want me to be the best tree I can be stop trying to force me to grow like you want me to grow And let me go…