My Mother Is A Woman... Poem by Kyle Shield Laster

My mother is a woman;
Never one stronger, too.
She helped me battle through my Pains,
But caused, she, quite a few.

Sent I was to spiral-
Down Fornication's road,
But mother came to rescue:
To lighten up my load.

My father is a preacher,
But only in his mind.
He often shows me hatred:
Sometimes he can be kind;

And know I of his Nature,
But all throughout my life-
Not truly can I ever say
He sent me toward a Knife.