Human Being

As I come back to jail

I walk through that familiar door

I promised by mum and kids

I wouldn’t break the law

Now here I am sitting

In a cell like before

4 x 4 cement walls

Bunk beds and all

It’s my birthday

I’m 35 today

Once released

I will not lead astray

I have done just over

12 years since turning eighteen

I’m sober and off the drugs

I will leave jail clean

This is my story

This is what I mean

We all make mistakes

After all I’m a human being