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Broken Lives

By Deadman Roselia Theodor TompkinsPublished 6 years ago 2 min read
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walks out take a seat on the floor

thinking she want to be here anymore

she never been afraid of suicide

but never the one to try

more then a twisted lullaby

introducing the people who saved my life

Everyday its something new in his life

Nothing ever going right

But he keeps a smile on his face

So he can portray

Like he can make it through day

His girl lost their first kid

reoccurring addiction is setting in

They had no hope other than the end of a rope

in the form of a needle that had been misused

Track Marks covers their bodies confused About

what to do rehab seem to be the next move

been in the system for over 5 years

foster home after foster home wish they could disappear

they always promised one another it was very clear

they would never raise a broken family of their own

never could put a kid though what they call home

punishment equals solitary confinement

when home life is more violent then your environment

what are you to do when the one that raised you Imprisons to your own bedroom

of course you turn the streets for family that got you in a courtroom

every day of the a week now your looking at doing time for a crime you didn't do

They both work two job trying to survive

One with a kid at home the other trying to stay alive

Once she done at the home she pulls a double

her kid finally falls asleep now she having trouble

trying to stay awake doing homework till they both fall asleep

he been locked up just hit his year mark

when he calls home no one cares response

This isn't at all what he wanted to feel discard

He made his mistakes this wasn't how it was to end

Everything he did left him feeling haunted again

adapting to the aftermath of problems he wasn't their for

he never know his family was falling apart till the divorce

Finally went through his family turn in to a deformity

Composed of vanity and narcissistic remarks that no amount of therapy

Could bring back from the darkness

heartbreak
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About the Creator

Deadman Roselia Theodor Tompkins

not much really say about who i am my writing tells my story

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