Lights they burn the tears of tomorrow
Sleeping the night peacefully
I look around for that feeling of complete,
Day after Day I rise with no soul or moment
for these past memories I wish to shake away,
Watching strangers smile, laugh and be happy
without a heartbeat in the world, I breathe
All alone I gather my skin to flight for the expected
Just another girl with dreams but nowhere to land
Every day I wake up for school, I wear my smiles and hope
 For the people I lost in the days, I couldn’t have caught
In the way stones they hurt, every part I tried to bandage up
The sounds of my grandma and auntie voices I keep to go
Pushing to give this life my all until the day I wear death
Crossing mountains, I climb, walking ropes to keep straight, I walk
wearing this stress for success, I crawl through these tunnels of
give up, for my past, my life, my will to succeed, I’ll give it all
if every day I have to walk 24 miles, breath twice as hard,
push my body to limits I never knew I could achieve
I’ll take it all working, thinking, school, and knowledge, I will rise
inside of my shoes theirs no end, in my house theirs no ordinary day
momma pushing us to stand tall and be strong, dad telling us what we already see
brothers getting up, sisters pushing to outlive the standard of being a slacker
I might be seventeen on the outside, but a woman of her primes I feel inside
Every time I motivate, encourage, smile, blessing the world of self-worth
I smile for all the times I planned ahead for the unplanned, I cherish
Though the morning sun I pray for success, in the day I dream of success,
Though the night I thrive for success
All my life I wanted the big lights and dreams every time I rolled over to breathe
A junior, freshman in college I will have it all, no matter the price I’m willing to study
My success is my goal, my light, to be someone is all I could ask for as I wake up too live
To be able to look back, and look my kids in the eyes and state with pride “yeah I’m your momma”