Where I'm from is far from you

I'm from drugs, abuse, and drinking too

From running, hiding, looking

No food in the kitchen for cooking

I come from hiding under a mask;

I know I've been gone but please don't ask

From nine years old going on twenty-three

I didn't choose this life I just want to be free

I came from small child

Who never got the chance to be wild

To 13 years old more drunk than I should be

I didn't build forts, never climbed a tree

Like I said before, it wasn't my choice

Under their control I didn't have a voice

They'll come home I was led to believe

Why didn't you tell me that was naive?

My problems, nobody would know

Physical bruises; not there to show

Foster care three times

that's how I make these rhymes

Counseling is where they put me

Yes she broke my heart, but so did he

My emotions all laid on the table

Not once yet have I been stable

Not much longer can I be brave

14 years old and I'm ready for the grave

In bed is where I stay

My life; wasting away

"It's not good for you here"

Where they're taking me is nowhere near

Why would they do this?

I have too much here to miss

A whole new family of nine

A whole new life I have to make mine

A different world in my hands

Now for my future I have plans

Things get better of course

You just have to take it by force

Where I'm from isn't fun

My whole life I've been told to run

But now that I'm here

I have nothing to fear  

Never thought I'd make it to sixteen

Especially not with the things that I've seen

But tomorrow I celebrate  

with a loving family to help navigate.

Where I'm from doesn't define me  

It's where I'm going to which I'm free