John
My Poetry
My poetry has taken me far and be on
when i was a kid 
i had nobody to look up to 
only but God 
and my mom is another person who joined the fight 
the fight for my freedom 
so i can carry on 
carry on the legacy 
just like how track runners still carry the paton 
see when i was 12 
i had no self-esteem 
My dad made me feel like i needed him to breath 
i needed to attend to everyone of his needs
cleaning and sweeping under his feet 
like a slave that had no reason for living
but it took me 4 years to realize that
 i must attend to my own needs
so i started to write poetry
i felt like I had found the cure to my heart disease
so as i write my life in a poetic rhyme 
spittin out my pain
going down memory lane 
but see it wasn't clear like seeing a yellow brick road
this was a road that had so much to indoor 
for my soul was permannently scarred for life
but i still push on hard throught life
But now i'm done with my self reflection tantrum 
see i'm 18 now with my head raised up high
letting you know how to get around 
the troubles that the world brings to you guys 
and the lies they try to hide 
see i realize that the world doesn't surround
just me
it surrounds everybody
for this world got more hatred then a
double stuffed vegetable pot pie
Like the gang banging in the streets 
see you don't have to be a thug 
for a bullet to go through your lungs 
you don't have to be a thug to 
get jumped while doing a grocery run 
don't you see 
we are the next generation
you know deep down in side 
you have the burning sensation 
plus the key to create 
a well stand up nation
so can't you see
we need to put down the gaks 
tell that trigger finger and hate level
to relax 
so the government can't hold us back 
behind their visible wire wall of law
For we are the next generation
we are like Hiroshima ticking time bombs 
waiting to go off
all you need to do is
just set your mind right 
get your life straight 
because poetry
Thats what i serve on my diner plate
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