From birth, life was a rocky sea,

Full of waves: ups and downs,

Like a gun was always aimed at me

And full of endless rounds.

 

As I left the womb, I looked up high.

There were no limits in my reach.

I tried to stretch and reach the sky,

Break a barrier impossible to breach.

 

With no worries in its path,

My ship cranked up the speed.

Until life showed a portion of wrath,

And I knew I couldn't be freed.

 

The storm took grandma,

And soon swallowed my half aunt.

I stood there in awe;

Is mercy too much to grant?

 

With the arrival of my siblings,

The sky shed some light.

I didn't know they came with strings,

But I stood firm, ready to fight!

 

From bullies in fourth grade,

To drama in high school.

Each year I wanted to fade.

How come the storm was so cruel?

 

This past year I turned sixteen,

It felt like a sweet new start.

But what came ahead was never foreseen,

And it hit me in the heart.

 

My mother had a heart attack!

Something we couldn't have expected,

The one who always had my back.

Life has just neglected.

 

I felt strangely alone,

Like a child in the night.

But I do know that I've grown,

And that I withstood the fight!

 

Every ship sees a dark cloud,

And may seem, about to flip,

But at the end it stays afloat.

And the meaning of life begins to unzip.

 

At the end, my ship sailed through,

And the boat docked to dance.

I see the light coming anew,

And now it's my turn to advance!