• A boy walks home
    From his full-time job.

    He is sixteen, and doesn't go to school.

    His mother is a drug addict,
    And only cares for her needs.

    He lacks attention and care.

    On the way to work the next day,
    He seeks the local gang.

    They will shelter him.

    He finds them, asks for help.
    Here's your initiation.

    Take the gun, kill the guy.

    The job is done, the boy is in.
    Things will be different; he has a family.

    He has sanctuary.

    Months pass, jobs completed.
    But the gang life is not what he expected.

    But what is left at home?

    One day, he returned home
    Mom's recovering; her addiction's almost passed.

    He wants to go home.

    Quitting the gang won't be easy.
    Gangs are for life, even if you do quit.

    All actions in life have consequences.

    He lives with his mother, now.
    All is going fine.

    Until one night.

    A rival gang from the past
    Come to his house.

    They don't know that he has quit.

    His mother found him dead the next morning.
    She regretted her choices.

    As did he, as he was a gang member.