Build the Lives You Want
With complaints of racism
people complain
life is not fair
from banks that refuse loans
To elite schools that have more funding
better equipment
better education
the rich get richer
their children
have a better chance
prestigious schools
prepare children
for better lives
you are right
greater wealth
gives wealthy parents
more money to fund schools
to improve resources
to improve education
improving children's knowledge
gives children
a greater chance of success
life is about choice
If you choose to waste
your lives on alcohol or drugs
don't blame others
for their success
working together
you could create wealth for yourselves
between brothers, sisters,
cousins and aunts
every family
would have
a hundred people
in their extended family
a hundred people saving
ten dollars each per week
a thousand dollars per week
fifty-two thousand dollars per year
the deposit for a house every year
After ten years
you could sell the houses
to create companies and jobs
for yourself and your family
building family wealth
creating the wealth to fund schools
to provide a better education
for your children by becoming wealthy
Poverty keeps your people suffering
your children turn to drugs
selling drugs to make money
but destroying lives
we could all make better decisions
working together
you can create family wealth
that lifts you out of poverty
that allows you to fund your schools
granted it would take time
to provide a better education
for your children
Instead of being angry
because of other peoples success
become successful
build the lives you want
Ten dollars per week
can build housing
but another ten dollars
a week each could be used
to help your extended family's children
gain the education to improve lives
fifty two thousand dollars per year
given to one child every year
Could give them the education
to lift them out of poverty
living in poverty
struggling for every dollar
drives your children
to make bad decisions
gangs from to protect the group
it's safer to live in a wars zone
than it is, to walk down the streets
of gang-related territories
your children die every day
from the wars on the streets
Yet children turn, to selling drugs
to make money
to have a life they enjoy
gangs provide comradery
Children just want to have fun
poverty breeds hatred
but if you want
to provide a stable environment
If you want to climb out of the gutter
then people
working together
can create a better life
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2021
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