I write to stop from crying,

my trials and tribulations make writing a replacement,

to stop myself from dying.

The pen and the pad replace my rope,

my mind replaces the needle shooting through my vein,

to stop the pain but push forth the dope.

I write so that I don't cry but I continue to yell,

voices banging in my head,

screaming for my struggles to be dead,

yet I constantly find myself deep in thought to avoid being but in a fearful shell.

Writing is my therapy,

it is the incognitive definition of black man turned into a menace,

who gives the recognition of the ghetto trying to bury me.

I write so my voice can be heard,

to change my ghetto community,

to stop the black on black crime and push forth the unity,

I write so people can see that I cry just now through my words.