Writer 5
"I remember when it all began: I've come quite a long way.
Thought I was tracking the whole time, but now I've got a lifeless, gaunt face.
I told my friends to leave, I wish they hadn't let me go alone.
Cause now I've yet to know a road that shows I'm ever going home."
Name's Richard. I'm glad you spent time to talk to me tonight.
I've got a story to tell: I never thought I'd lead this life.
I wasn't born with much. The struggle to scrounge up? Is quite tough.
I was never "born with a silver spoon"... but I found one to light up.
I was nervous and twitchy, I felt the burning and twinge deep.
That didn't happen just now. That was just my first hit... At 15.
See I had dreams to be a doctor, and as tragic as it sounds?
I do work with needles... They're all scattered through my house.
At age 30? I avoided jail. I felt Judge treated me right.
But see he didn't understand the help I needed in life.
A prison sentence would've really helped me quell the demons I fight.
I would've rather screamed inside of a cell than see my cells were screaming inside!
De-tox would've been great, I would've finished it through.
Too bad he doesn't realize what he had sentenced me to...
He thought I could bandage myself up. He's prob'ly laughing now.
Cause the only thing I feel that's holding me together? Is the cloth that wraps around my arm when passing out.
That man sentenced me to death, and now my health is starting to fall.
Every needle penetration? Is like a prisoner who has his days marked on the wall.
I'm trapped inside my own block. I hope this is seen as a lesson.
I'm on death row, and now I'm really close to dying from lethal injection...
But hey, I'm glad you took time to listen to my testimony.
Not many others out there would really try to get to know me...
"I remember when it all began: I've come quite a long way.
I wound up tracking the whole time, that's why I've got the lifeless, gaunt face.
I told my friends to leave, I wish they hadn't let me go alone.
Cause now I know the road I'm on... I know I'm never going home."