holding out vs. holding on

call my name out loud

again

every single tongue

is my friend

how else could I breathe

how could I see

how could I feed 

if not for blood

put me down 

another stat's been proven right

a tan skinned child

with nothing left behind

how else could I starve

and sleep beneath the stars

wondering if I'll come out alive

old for years

I've been grown for a long time

stepping stones help

so where the hell are mine

I'll never love my mom

cause she never loved her son

but now's the time to be someone

confession's just a book

beginning, end, and hook

these battles show less than I've took

I bellowed in their arms

but warmth a false alarm

I wonder how it feels to kill someone 

to kill someone