BEYOND THE BOTTOM OF ROCK BOTTOM

I've been to the bottom of rock bottom
only to find it's got a new bottom
becomes your new lot when your luck's rotten
thirteen splintered pieces falling
from face broken mirror's calling
out for me to fucking listen
teaching me my greatest lesson
embrace the new count my blessings

possibilities abound
in each moment yet to come
things yet to see to be found
keep keeping on don't you run
this time they won't steal my crown
no more gloating time has come
to grind snakes deep in the ground
their time well and truly come

I've been dragged deep into puddles of mud
only to come out tougher than the rest
soul got sold and heart's been under attack
though it still beats it's been put to the test
a heart that hurts is a heart that still works
navigating through so much injustice
not retreating to all dark places worse
incarceration through unjust sentence

deafening siren sounds
indicate time for muster
unhinged heads back in the ground
before the screws can bust ya
for trying to make them frown
poison spreading like cancer
in cells where men are space bound
freedom of mind the answer