It was settling, calming, coming to a stand still,
Life was getting easy, should have known too surreal,
Thunder came, and down came a shudder and rain,
A chill ran down the spine, and the world brought on the pain,
A family broken by drugs and a conqueror of greed,
A busted love, A busted heart, one defeated sent to knees,
Screaming in vain, filled with blame, praying for a better change,
Going insane, feeling drained, wasted youth oh what a shame,
How can the progress in this house made of stone,
Burdens of family stressed, how can they move this along,
Without courage and strength, are they destined to fail,
Surrounded by screams and chants of words like “go to hell”,
Outside hope, they see as their only way to prevail,
But the only contact anymore is via text, call, and voice-mail,
Because stranded in a search for a better life, is their hope,
All wishing it would come faster but life just says nope,
But their hope, as fast as he can, continues,
Till the day he’s able to come back to the rescue,
So they can move on to the best of life’s happiness,
But until then this family suffers in life’s cancers of stress.
By: Carlos Lightsey
