I lost another friend today
His past reached in and pulled him way
He tried to run but couldn’t hide
From deep dark secrets locked inside

A man like me who turned around
Pulled himself up off the ground
He tried to find an inner peace
But years of chains would not release

I try to look but turn away
Is this my fate is this the way
Are all these trials I face in vain
Will my past come to reclaim

But change is what I must endure
Transformation forevermore
Never is this battle won
But day by day we rise above

Never will it be the same
Change is such a splendid thing
We take it in to give it back
To be the hand that pulls them back