This is the story of a young man <br />I never knew so well <br />How I never understood <br />Probably never shall <br />I don't know where he is <br />Wonder if he'll come back <br />And take another shot at living clean again <br /> <br />I met a boy last winter <br />He was just my age <br />Didn't know many people here <br />So he used to come around <br />We got to know him <br />Know a little of his past <br />But we weren't to know that the laughter wouldn't last <br /> <br />His mamma was on drugs <br />His father was in jail <br />His grandma tried to raise him <br />She tried to raise him well <br />Got caught up in the wrong crowd <br />Got caught up in some mess <br /> <br />He's good at table tennis - 'cause he played in Juvi' <br />He's good with kids cause his daughter is two <br />I thought that we were friends <br />But he left, don't know where he is <br /> <br />This is the story of a young man <br />I never knew so well <br />How I never understood <br />Probably never shall <br />I don't know where he is <br />Wonder if he'll come back <br />And take another shot at living clean again<br /><br />Louise McVicar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/living-clean-again/
