Let Freedom ring Unless you are of color Let it ring Unless you can’t pay bills with your dollar Freedom rings
By Stelanie3 years ago in Poets
Dear Handicap, There are so many things I want to tell you. There are so many times I want to yell and scream. But all of my body is fighting with each other because it wants to fight you too.
Harriet Tubman tore a chain off Guiding us through the Underground Railroad Helping us break through the thought of being owned
Liberty I need to talk to you. Liberty I need some answers because our so called oceans of liberty turning into a sewer of lies
Many will never know the pain Of the body killing someone you love You have never met Never hugged Never got to make homemade cookies with
Coach dress matching that Coach seat Knowing full well she should have never left her bedroom Think that trip to Italy is more important than that bank account going through the phase of doom.
I’m tired of being called lazy When I have to work two jobs to get by This island is filling up quickly though I have been told to buy a home
It will be sweet… enough No one will notice I just need enough frosting to hide it They won’t see the burnt parts The scars from another rejection letter
I lost 190 pounds I lost countless lies I lost nightmares The nightmares that told me I wasn’t good enough I lost the feeling in my heart that made it feel broken and bruised