Poetry

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My own life of hard knocks

Past time and Future time
Life of hard knock may I say
A church goer, A god believer, A bible reader
A boy scout seeker, Summer camp doer
Camping time, Travel time, With my family time

So many stories of my life
Don't know were to start
A rough childhood of mine
So many choices, So much crime when I was kid
Never listen to my family, Ran away so many times I did
Stayed in school so I did,
A mother who loved me
And forgave me for the mistakes I did

So much fighting to surviving
So much crime I did, Crime never pays
So many lesson I learn, So much time I severed
Two and half years for the time of my crimes
One chance to change my life or 7 yrs of prison time

Turned to God who saved me and changed me
No more crime, No more time, So many lesson learned
When God gave me a second chance at life
Stayed in high school until I was done, Not good grades I had
But I graduated anyways, Walked away from my faith
Because I thought I could do it on my own

So many job I had, So much money I made
Left home to live on my own
Joined the caravel made money, good money in the games
Made many friends, So much drugs I did
So much traveling, So many miles, So much road trips
Hard work of five years I did, But hooked on drugs I was

So many times I tried to quit, So many rehabs I did
Flushed my drugs down toilet gave God all my life for good
He saved and healed me from my drug life
He set me free and I let him lead me for eternity
2007 was the year I was healed from smoking meth I did

Moved to a new city
A new city, a new start, So scared I was,
Knew no one from the start
But homeless may I say, So much fear in me
But I pray it lead me the way, Not knowing were to go any ways

Fifty dollars in my pocket, No were to stay it was cold that day
A few pairs of clothes, A tent a blancket I brought to stay
Found a tree were I stayed for 6 weeks of my stay in my tent lay
Without god I wouldn't have survived
Got a job, Got on my feet, Not homeless no more
But no fear I am able to live anywhere
But God is by my side everywhere
Because he blessed me with a new life from the meth I did

So here I am a new person in God, Many new chances
Freedom for life from all the drugs I did
Godly friends, New family I made
So many stories I have told
So many lesson I learned
But the Life of hard knocks taught me,

By Christopher Scott

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