You are what makes me Me
Because of you my whole life changed.
Thinking about what has happened
You never could imagine
About a girl raised in Queens, New York
Where her father would beat her mother
How did it come to this?
When they were alone did he
Punch her?
Slap her?
I can't think about it
I don't want to think about it
Oh mother!
Somebody please do something
A fire has just exploded
I can feel it coming closer
Someone please put it out!
I can't breathe any longer
Please tell me what to do now
I'm so lost,
Confused
Is there anyone there?
Is there anyone there?
As I open my eyes slowly
I see time passby before me
Sisters and bro are growing with me
Mother too is standing strong
Its like breaking silence in the air
With this new life I am prepared.
I started my own book of poems based on my life and "Welcome To My World" is its title. It's a work in progress so I hope anyone who reads it likes it and let me know what they think.
Aesthete In Harlem
Strange,
That in this nigger place,
I should meet Life face to face
When for years, I had been seeking
Life in places gentler speaking
Until I came to this near street
And found Life--stepping on my feet!
-Langston Hughes
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
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