Turn The Page Poem by Ryan Lee Morris

You see my life was never simple, I'm a child that was from the streets,
I slept under old newspapers, you slept under some sheets
I live a life you only heard about, your parents all supportive,
Yours said "The skies the limit", my parents wished i was aborted
My parents were both addicts, at age 6 I was a man
Had to feed me and my siblings, eating zoodles from the can
I lived just like a soldier, every day it was a battle
Sleeping on park benches, being herded like I was cattle
I can't live like this no more, my life is so deranged
I'm gonna die in this cold hell, unless I make some change

Here I am........All alone again
Here I am........I'm Filled with Rage
Here I go.........Start over again
Here I go.........Turn the page

My future it was written, by some crystals and the bottle
Living in the fast lane, pedal down, I go full throttle
Totally oblivious to what lies just ahead,
Some inches and some seconds saved myself from being dead.
My mind was so delusional, my being, so perverse.
I thought I was moving forward, but I was living in reverse.
I need something to save me, I'm in my darkest hour.
I'm beggin on my knees, can you help me find this power?
And then the heavens opened up and down it came this light.
To get me on my feet again, surrendered from this fight.

Here I am........Getting free again
Here I am........Unlock the cage
Here I go.........I'm Getting strong again
Here I go.........Turn the page

Today I am a warrior, I was the soldier once unknown.
My addiction was the tyrant, I had to abdicate it's throne.
There were millions here before me, but my road has been untraveled.
I stay upon this new forged path, or my life becomes unraveled.
Many times I played with snakes, many times I have been bitten.
That's just a chapter of my life, the rest has been unwritten.
Today my life's an open book, my future is unsealed,
And as I turn the page, more and more becomes revealed.
I know I always go without, unless I go within
One day my story, it will end, then another's will begin.

Here I am........Loving life again
Here I am........The world's a stage
Here I go.........I'm feeling strong again
Here I go.........Turn the page