HIS ONLY CRIME

His only crime… * His only crime Skipping school sometimes His single mother left for work at five So he would watch as the bus went by * He couldn't stand another day Of the taunting and teasing And them calling him gay * Just cause he was different Then all the others He kept to himself In to art and music * He didn't like football Or any other sports He wasn't a gangsta Into running whores * They sent him to a school Many miles away Away from his family Not see them for days * There were bars on the windows And mandatory church Kept him doped up on drugs So he wouldn't get hurt * He went along in a stolen car A car that was stolen By some other boy * He only wanted to get back home Back to his brother, grandfather and mom But he went to the Juvie home a ward of the state. He wanted to do right But now it's too late * I went to visit him Whilehe wasthere But I couldn't hug him I just told him I cared * From there he was transferred To a halfway house Where the Christians in charge Keep you quiet as a mouse * He couldn't have books Until they were approved If they weren't religious They wouldn't be too * He couldn't read books Or do his art. Just slept all the time In his 4 X 6 room * I think the punishment Should fit the crime They should save Incarceration for another time * I think they should give him another chance Are you allowed just one When you are just fourteen? * A victim of a system That just does not work What he needs is understanding And love to make good. Not separated from all the people he loves makes you wonder if there is a God up above? * WordPlaya, July 2009