No. 5 (perhaps my favorite)

Prisoner of LIfe

Mom, I am here, safe from any harm
The trip was long, much more than told
A new beginning to life, much more to learn
This place seems so far from what I hold

Is anything left for you to show me?
Has all you know spilled out from your pores
Tapped and drained your mind left empty
Can you still give me just a little more

This place, dark and cold, rips apart my head
Missed are those days when you never went
Memories of you is all the meat I'm fed
Please remind me of you, erase all this contempt

Dizziness and confusion overtake my being
Show me the way to repent my hate
Forgive my insolence, return life's gone meaning
Condemnation and loneliness become my life's lost fate

Unleash my soul from this bleak darkness
Mom--What can I do to make the pain go away?
Forgive me please, I plead for a soul not heartless
Mom I beg you, this ugly place, Don't make me stay!