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From fraud to Freedom,
Addiction to sobriety, trying to live right,
in a messed up society,
From fraud to Freedom cuffs to bracelets,
survival of the fittest, just trying to make it,
Fraud to Freedom
mental health to wealth,
mind playing tricks on me , while I'm trying to better myself,
Fraud to Freedom
trying to feed my children, illegal to legal, unbelief to Faith, from public assistance, to a big body wraith!
This a short poem that I wrote that goes along with a book I am writing about myself called from fraud to freedom. I was inspired to write the poem to go along with my book because it describes a life I once lived that I no longer want to live and it ends with the life I want to live upon my release.
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