A Man's Ode To Growth (Poem by Devin Starling)

throughout life I've always been about personal improvements...started gang banging at the age of eleven. ...throwing up gang signs while listening to sinful music.....in the mean time I was dying inside because my favorite cousin died.....I swore those next few years I was on the edge of losing...found a flower called marijuana...all through high school it kept me above the clouds....full of illusions...then 22 came...like a bird I sang....my little bundle of joy...I knew she'd have to depend on me....so I became a father. ..no longer a boy....now here I am...proudly standing tall...willing to face every obstacle....even though I know there will be a few slip & falls...I wake up every day with a devoted face....I'm proud to say....God made me this way