I'm writing this to tell you how much Michael meant to me. You already know that Michael was a really special person with a big heart, but he really touched my life in Keystone.
My life was a really big mess when I went to treatment. I was a scared 18 year old girl facing 15 years in prison. Michael was the only one who understood me and the only one to take the time to care.
There were nights I would be sitting outside crying and Michael would sit by me assuring me that everything would be ok.
We were both going through basicly the same shit. That's what made it so easy to talk to him.
Within 30 days, Michael became one of my best and closest friends. We assured each other that we would remain friends through everything. We made a promise to leave the alcohol and drugs alone. What we didn't realise was just how powerful drugs were.
If it weren't for Michael touching my life and being a friend, I don't know how I would be today. I am so sorry for us losing him.
Michael was and is one of the biggest reasons I am what I am today and that is myself. I was always looking for the real me and through Michael, I found it.
I promise that everytime I feel like drinking or using, I will think of him.
In The End
It starts with one thing
I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try, keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme, to explain in due time
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so (far)
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me (in the end)
You kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I
Chorus
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know (2x) Chorus
