Now They’re Just Good

I know the things I do are bad
It has something to do with not having a dad
And I guess sometimes it makes me mad
But still I can’t face the fact that these are the
hands
Of a mad man, a killer.
Once the hands of an innocent child, so crazy wild
and fun
Now they’re just good for loading and unloading a
gun.

Matthew

from Give or Take, writings by residents of the Turman Halfway House. 2011.