Poem: Free Verse
GIVE ME A CHANCE
I am a Junubi ghetto child.
A homeless soul, lost and undefiled.
I look around the desolate street.
Finding no hope, my heart skips a beat.
Morning rises, evening sets,
I cry, I weep, tears roll, and I regret.
In the open valley, shadows loom.
No safety, no rescue, a heart that's
doomed.
Wanderlust drives me to roam.
Deep down in darkness, I call home.
The beauty of life shudders at the sight.
Immersed in hopelessness, I fight.
I pick up a rod, a rope of anger tight.
Holding on tight to bitterness for a
better life.
I move through the shadows, a path unsure,
Sat watching farther into Hope-lands, a
glimmer of cure.
One more trial padded on my back,
I woke up, hugged Hope high, a new start
to attack.
Never give up; there is a way to stand.
The higher the crush, the stronger I will
expand.
