From a crack I grew

Born to die

I learned to live life anew 

And to always thrive

I'm young and I head the beeps

I look over to my moms tears

We're both restless and cant sleep 

We have been fighting this for years

I was born with an illness

Something I can't fight

But through it all

I never let it take my life

It's 2013 and i walk across the stage

I look in the audience

And see more tears on my mom's face

But not tears of sorrow

They are tears of joy

Cause she sees her graduate

A young man from a boy

Doctors thought my life was written

And that I would not live on

But through sickness I prevailed

And all the negativity is gone

I'm a freshman in college

And doing academically fine

I'll continue to grow in knowledge

And strengthen my mind

I will not take my life for granted

As it was a blessing to me

I will continue to grow in my life

And be all I can be