FRIENDS OF STEEL

BE CAREFUL HOW YOU PLAY
OUT THERE, MOTHER ALWAYS SAY,
BE KIND AND SHARE, 
AND ITS NOT POLITE TO STARE,
AS A CHILD, WORDS I OFTEN HEAR.

CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS WISELY, 
OR DOWN THE WRONG PATH
YOU WILL GO,
AND IT MAY TAKE YOU YEARS,
TO FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME.

I WISH I HAD LISTENED TO MOTHER 
AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS SHE GAVE, 
NOW HERE I AM IN THE PENITENTIARY 
SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS OF STEEL.

WILFORD BARKER.