A List of Things 20-Somethings Forget That They Have

Tue, 08/04/2015 - 12:43 -- Lennah

 

I have the essentials, that many people cannot rely on

food

shelter

water

air

I find these incredibly convenient as my survival depends on them. Luckily for me my survival does not depend on my parent's income but rather mine which I am more thankful for.
I may be a mess as any full time student is and at the end of each 9-5 and I may suffer my own personal battles but

I am 21

and a Senior

I have

two eyes and

two hands and

two feet and

one heart and

two lungs and

one brain and

all of me is fully functioning regardless of my

economic

and racial

and sexual

and religious

and social status.

I do not reserve the right to cry about those things I do not have in front of me because there is already so much around me. 
 

There are already people that love me

and groceries in my refridgerator

and money on my transit card

and a cat sleeping under my bed

Regardless of what I do not have to make my life easier, I still have those luxuries that make my life continuous. Not to forget that I include myself in this category, that I worked for these luxuries to push myself through college and will continue to step through every day because without this determination I would not have the luxury of survival.

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family
My community
My country
Our world

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