Bat Out of Hell - Ronald Clark Florida Death Row

Bat Out of Hell

Written by Ronald Clark, Jr.

The Death Row Poet

March 10, 2005

I was living life
Like a bat out of hell.

Then I dropped into

A Death Row cell.

Yes, my life

Came to a halt

And I can truly say

It was my fault.

For I was doing drugs

Hanging with thugs.

The price I paid

For the mistakes I made.

The prices were high.

For people would die.

Now for another man’s lie

My life will be lost.

Thus he does not have

To pay the cost.

He was the triggerman

Enemy one.

Called me friend -

And put me under the gun.

But that’s the life-

The life I was liven

Yes baby -

It was unforgiving.

For now they seek revenge

Through a dirty syringe.

Yes, I fell

For I was living life

Like a bat out of hell.

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