TESTIMONY

I was just a little boy,

An orphan for a five year old.

You believed I was a little spoilt,

Who never did what he was told.

My mind was but in a turmoil.

I was too young, I did not know.

I stepped into school,

my life was bounded by their rules.

You believed I got into fights,

with boys who beat me and swore.

Deeply hurt I cried myself to sleep at night,

my anger I could not control.

I grew up alone, with not a single soul,

the correct path of life, I was never showed.

You believed I liked noone to be around.

you know not how I pretended to be bold. 

You know not the feeling of living in darkness, 

the feeling of lonliness, to hear your own heart pound. 

The pressure still building I could take it nomore, 

I tried to fight hunger, in your ruthless world. 

You believed I was lazy, while I tried to be decent,

looking for work, I couldnt remain afloat.

You, the people made me this deliquent,

Standing here facing you in a juvenile court.