From The Heart Poem by Daniel McCann

I come from a place where they'l kill for nothin
terrorists found on the road next to me
the big bad wolfs huffin and puffin
but they'l blow ya house down
no warning, your not looking
that's why ignorance is forbidden
they'l take the life you've been given
we had toy guns to play with, as kids
but heard real ones fired, we did, found bullets
made memories that'l stay with
us forever
hope is that things will get better
write rhymes not just for an audience to applaud
I mean don't we all
wanna buy our mums mansions abroad?
dress sharp, make the cut like a sword
two hour talk shows, get an award
live so fast we never stop and pause
see the truth
people get away with rape in these laws
on the news
there's too many deaths from these wars
single mums working double shifts
to pretend to be their child's Santa clause
as soon as you make a few tracks
they wanna notice your flaws
encourage you to fail
so you end up being a dog
going round in circles
chasing your own tail
the story isn't always a happy ever after
a girl I know has hidden pain behind her laughter
its not always rags to riches
we live in a world that is run by (you know)
they bottle it up like beer in a brewery
I tell them don't say it about me, say it to me
you knew the old me but never the new me
she doesn't respect herself that's why he doesn't love her
if you go fishing for prostitutes
all your gonna catch is a disease like salmonella if (you know) her
cause at the other end of your rod is a hooker
she told me stuff got heated like a cooker
he was abusing her in more ways than one
she said that even though them days are gone
he still lives in the home her mother lives
they say shes seeking attention no one gives
the truth is, if you hide there's more ways to seek
and the truth is, the memories, they never leave
we live on through what we want and what we need
lets plant these words like they are seeds
and make them grow with water from a river
until they flow like we know they can
understand, metaphorically, deliver
they're turning into trees that can't get no bigger.