I didn’t expect much from here,
The last thing I expected
Was to hold you dear
To me like

I didn’t expect that
We would grow so close,
Our bond is something
Not known by most.
You could leaf through volumes
Of books and never find it.
Except in one word:
Family

Before I found you all I knew
Was alienation
Everyone wanted to bash me
They all said I was trash..

I kept my head up high
And tried to smile
But they kept turning away
I was a sick dog filled with rabies

I smiled and laughed with them
Hoping they might like me
But at night I cried
I wept until my eyes
Were an ocean

Everyone saw me and shied away
I didn’t understand why
It became a fact and
The fact became life.

I was ready to lie down and die
I sat down and let the vultures
Scavenge my body,
Like looters after a hurricane.

But then I found you all
I wasn’t alone
The winter was replaced
With fire,
Burning in my chest

I stopped crying.
No longer was my soul
Held down by the cords of depression.
And I let the winds of peace
Flow through my hair.
It was because of the love
That you all gave me.
That I was at last free.