Janelle Barker Poet Rhyme

Dollar To Dollar

Living dollar to dollar
Is the way of life
If you don’t have a scholar.
Counting the pennies
Day to day
don’t have dollars
to pay your way.
Depression and tears
Go hand in hand,
Just want to bury
My head in the sand.

At the register 
Not enough, for food,
Only then you realize 
The magnitude.
Cannot go out
Without a doubt
I have no money 
To shout.
Working hard to pay bills,
Low income job
I have no skills.
Staying strong
Things will change
Then I can
Money exchange.

Staying positive, is hard to do
Set back after set back
You going to crack,
You feel under attack.
A new day dawns,
Hope is there
All in all 
You should not despair.

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Ahyia Amankwah November 11, 2019 at 5:52 AM I enjoy the last stanza. 'Staying positive, is hard.... ...You should not despair.' though tough to stay without money to pave ways and pay bills. Money is truly everything but we should go on if we fail to have it at a point in time.

Ahyia Amankwah November 11, 2019 at 5:51 AM I enjoy the last stanza. 'Staying positive, is hard.... ...You should not despair.' though tough to stay without money to pave ways and pay bills. Money is truly everything but we should go on if we fail to have it at a point in time.