Searching for the best version of myself,
fighting the old me and the new me.
Learning to love my insecurities,
to accept all endings,
and welcome my new beginnings.
Reminding myself I can achieve
the things I want to conquer,
rejecting what no longer
feeds my soul.
Not letting my thoughts turn into
my own personal fear-monger.
Placed in situations
where I have no choice
but to be stronger —
proving to myself
that I am,
I will,
and I already am.
Jesus balances my unbalanced.
When the pressure feels too heavy,
He makes me steady again.
Whatever comes my way —
Ayanna will be ready.
God, forgive me.**
And here is our list of winners:
Bernie Sanders, Brandon Johnson
Alexandra O. Cortez, Elizabeth Warren
Cory Bush, Ayanna Pressley
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlieb
Joseph Biden, Kamala Harris
O, you lucky duck progressives, you!
Your tour guide will be the hologram of Chicago's late Mayor,
Richard J. Daley
Who will show you his administration's 'crown jewel,'
its experiment in 'public housing'
The Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side
Cabrini-Green on the Near North
'Hizzoner' the Mayor will show you apartments in the cinder-block buildings
on the day of their inauguration, gleaming-clean and pristine...
... Then you'll view them a handful of years later
Boarded-up windows, graffiti everywhere
Gunfire crackling, drug addicts cackling
blocking entrances and stairs...
The best of progressive intentions gone a-glimmering
Give tenants something for nothing, they get ~ angry
"Why we gettin' this sheet"
Dearest Ayanna
Exquisite aura
Lovely flower
I’m yours forever
To the ends of time
And back again I’m,
Yours sincerely
For eternity.
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