Losing My Sanity (Contest)

There was this young boy
About sixteen years of age
He had been tainted badly
By thirteen years of rage

It started when he was three
He was cut across his back
When he cried 'cause he was hungry
And his mom fed him a snack

A drunken father to beat him
Whenever he was correct
But his father would beat him
Because this boy had no respect

He had no friends at school
He would play games only to lose
And listen to the other boys laugh
Because he had yet another bruise

When he was in middle school
His teachers crushed his dreams
They clawed at his heart
And ripped out all the seams

Well this boy is now in high school
He is seventeen years old
Although he looks like he is a rebel
He always does what he is told

This boy looks at his father
This man of vanity
And I realize he is the reason
I am losing my sanity

© Kurt Hampton 2007