My Life Poem by THEODORE CARLTON III

SEE MY LIFE AINT BEEN NO PEACHES AND CREAM,
IM 21 YEARS OLD AND AINT NEVER HAD NO AMERICAN DREAM.
I'VE BEEN CHEWED UP AND SPIT OUT BY THIS COLD SOCIETY,
AND THEY WONDER WHY THERES SO MUCH ANGER BUILT UP INSIDE ME.
WITH THIS F***ED UP MINDSET WONDERING WHICH WAY TO GO,
SEE TO THE RIGHT THERES FIRE AND TO THE LEFT HILLS OF SNOW.
BEEN TRAPPED WITH THIS MINDSET FOR 14 YEARS,
MOMS PASSED WHEN I WAS 7 BUT IT GAVE ME HEART ACHE INSTEAD OF TEARS.
I RAISED MYSELF ANSWERIN TO NOBODY BUT ME,
ONE DAY AT A TIME IN THE HEART OF THE 'D'.
STRUGGLIN AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER CUZ NOTHIN COMES EASY,
BUT IF I TOLD YOU ALL I'VE BEEN THROUGH YOU WOULDNT BELIEVE ME.
A SYSTEM BRED BLACK MAN DESTINED FOR PRISON,
BUT YOU SEE IM SHOOTIN FOR THE STARS AND GOT DAMNIT I AINT MISSIN.
SO YOU SEE MY LIFE AINT BEEN NO PEACHES AND CREAM,
BUT I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS.
THIS IS MY LIFE.......

BY THEODORE CARLTON III