A Young Man in YDDC

I thought that I was fine.
I thought I could do it alone.
I pushed You to the side.
And sat upon my own throne.

Everything was great at first.
I had not a care in the world.
But then I got put in YDDC;
the Juvenile prison I now call home.

I’m here for a couple years.
Yet I still thought I was fine.
Until I thought about my life
and felt the tears I started crying.

I blamed it on the judge.
I blamed it on the police.
But it was myself that put me in here.
I was walking on my own feet.

Cuz not only was I against the law,
but I was against You as well;
stealing and drinking, thinking it was ok,
So You put me in here Yourself,
to help me change my ways.

You showed me there’s nothing for me down my road.
But to follow You is surely the only way to go.
So now I stop with all the dumb things.
and go with You to find the best things.

Cuz as long as I’m with you,
I know I’m saved.
And maybe I can help other,
to follow Your ways.

-Justin