Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Please Don't Give Up on Me

I'm told that when I was born, I

Was given up in a trash can,

Unwanted, I'll never know why.

My feel abandoned life began.

The foster care system was just

A back and forth from here to there,

Never reason or time to trust.

A troubled teen filled with despair,

I joined a gang and went along

With committing a lot of crime.

Down deep I know that I did wrong.

The State agreed, I'm doing time.

Though oft a sinner I did be,

Oh God, please don't give up on me.