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She is a firefighter.
Putting her life before others.
Putting my life before others.
Others don't understand.
Understanding can be difficult when they are apprehensive.
i have a friend who flew with the times
and plummeted to the ground as his pocketful of rhymes sunk and spat and became one with the earth--
the ground upon which we dream still engraved with his words
Is there anything out there for me?
in a world of billions,
what does it take
to do something useful?
to do something great?
i barely even know
who i am
or who i could be.
Gaze at the sky
I am grounded
I cannot fly
Then I am astounded
It is a bird
It is a plane
My focus undeterred
From what does not touch terrain
I follow the trail
She's like a rose that grew out of the concrete.
My light in a world of confusion.
When she opens her mouth to share her knowledge, Its the greatest gift.
I liisten, I take in, I keep what she says forever.
M ountains of work, bills, burden-- the family must be fed.
A nd a young man's dreams?
N o. they don't exist.
W orried silver threads
O ver the sink, bubbles sliding on wrinkles