One

One moment of criminal excitement,
And joy,
One pull of the trigger,
One life was destroyed.

One day, one minute,
One reckless decision,
Is all it took,
To step beyond the limit.

One natural law broken,
One's innocence taken,
One's family frightened,
One's mentality shaken.

And all for one laugh,
One rank,
In one gang,
Some one's life scared with immeasurable pain.

In the eye of one mother,
One son's image changed,
From the apple of her eye,
To the source of her pain.

And now I'm the cause of one's sanity,
One's tears,
Who'll suffer for a lifetime,
And I for only one year.

And not one thing I can say,
Will make it alright,
It only takes one decision,
To mess up one's life.