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His face shows anger and fear

He wants people to know he isn’t afraid of anything 

The streets got to him while police be knocking on his front door

Don’t blame him for a person he is today

The streets are his family

They raised him when both his parents left

Abandoned and crying for someone to save him

No one heard him but the echoes got to the wolf pack

They saved him

My brothers heart did not get rotten by them

The stories are myths that soon turn into whispers

Deep down in his heart he wants to be loved

To be shown he has a purpose in this life

Nobody can bring him down 

But himself

Once he steps through that front door 

He takes off that mask of fear

The way he loves our mom will always be cherished 

He did not think this life would be his 

Please don’t blame him for a person he is today 

Today he is not free 

And never will be

He belongs to one 

The wolves own him 

His heart

His soul

It will never belong to him again 

Every night the wolves howl after a victory of death

And I hope there will not be a howl for you 

 

 

 

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