Twenty Five

Creative inspiration Mixed with gas price inflation Voluntary solitude Welcomed ingratitude Served the homeless in Manila Then become a homeless college student And mother in America Racial discrimination justified As manager proclaimed Black Girl Unqualified Gave Jesus his eviction note While her abusive ex she couldn’t Wait to promote Self-employment had to end As her car became uncooperative Wrote poems and created soliloquies Since the voice in her mind Had to be freed Degree hanging on the wall While debt remained stacked 10 feet tall Apathy knocked on the front door While shame and disgust waxed the floor Dreams of the American family Burst into flames Along with the hope of wisdom, wealth, and fame