The Struggle is Real

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Man I'm tired of living life everyday the same Struggle, putting in overtime and working straight doubles. Nothing has ever been handed to me on a platter, I'm just trying to climb a neverending ladder. Everything i learned in high school was fiction, Life's hardest mission is putting food in the kitchen. Taking care of siblings because our dad's ran out, I'm sick and tired of struggling to put food in their mouths. I want a better future and to be a role model, just like Alexander the Great and his mentor Aristotle. Three more days of work until i can get paid, gas is on quarter tank and that's usually where it stays. I haven't filled my tank in at least three months, my card gets declined due to insuficient funds. All the money i do make slaving all these hours, will be used to pay a bill, another neverending tower. I wouldn't wish this life onto any other, I gave a homeless guy a twenty and he called me thy brother. I think to myself it could always be worse, i just wanna make it before im riding in a hurse. I try to help others any way that i can, a family ran out of gas, so i towed their mini-van. They tried to give me money, I advised,''You don't owe me nothing, my names Larry Cloud hopefully someday it'll mean something." He laughs, we shake hands, go our seperate ways, i try to do a good deed at least once a day. I stay optimistic for the young one's watching, just like around Christmas when santa fills their stockings. They dont see me cry about  fighting to survive, when their eyes look up to mine, I just thank God were alive. My life is like trying to see threw murky water, today i do my best and tomorrow strive harder. I thank the Lord for my blessings each and every night, but i need you guy's help, financially, in this fight. My life has brightened up since i started college, and like i've always said, it's not the year it's the mileage. Short and to the point, I swear i could write a book, but when you see Larry Cloud, Please dont just overlook.     Thank you, Larry Cloud

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