Alex Duffy Poet Free verse

Times Are Hard

Times are hard, I'm not sure I want to be here anymore
I don't want to fight, but we need to be prepared for war
People should be scared of the fact I haven't felt fear before
Times are hard, I'm not sure I want to be here anymore

I'm trying to spread love in a world of hate
Turn on the news, i'm seeing kids getting murdered and girls getting raped
Someone tell me why a 6 year old had cancer and went to the pearly gates?
Just hearing about him dying really hurt me today

People carrying knives, it doesn't take a big man to pick up a knife and use it
Anyone can do that, but i have a Brain and i decide to use it
The ink is bleeding as i express my hurt and my rage
To a lot of people this is nothing but Words on a page

Maybe I word things wrong because I didn't go to college 
I embrace everything, there's  nothing I won't acknowledge
I need a weak moment, I'm tired of having to be strong
Part of me, wants to take this cash and place it in a strippers thong

Knowing my luck, the ex I miss would call as I'm getting a lap dance
She'd get mad, despite us no longer being together
I'd find hope in the fact she called and ask for a last chance
Even in my weak moment, I'm still stronger than ever

I've been held back by things I couldn't move past
The type to face every road block instead of finding a new path 
In order to grow, sometimes you need to lose what you hold valuable
But be wise enough to know you won't get over it by drinking a cold Malibu

Times are hard, I'm not sure I want to be here anymore
I don't want to fight, but we need to be prepared for war
People should be scared of the fact I haven't felt fear before
Times are hard, I'm not sure I want to be here anymore

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