Struggling Times! ! ! Poem by Compton Wright

Late yet again but better late than gone forever
As lecture once again upon higher authority
Telling me I’ll fail this school if I don’t try harder
Well how I can try if you’re crushing dreams here
As my brother and I rebel against this madness
But still I dodge bullets, fists and kicks of expulsion
Warning shots almost hitting my heart and soul
As my friends act as shields and defenders for me
But why should they? Don’t worry about me as
I’m one of the school’s most wanted criminal here
But I disguise myself as a scholar with my mental skill

I struggle through the problems of my social actions
As each one comes out with a mental consequence
Feeling guilt and depression asking myself when
Will the struggling, the scars, and the bullet wounds
Disappear upon my skin of life’s symbol of a successor
Never seen a blessing happen to me yet as each prayer
Has never been heard at all or ease upon my soul’s darkness

I fought my demons; I fought my enemies in the world
And I fought my lies and my past for too long to die here
Life and Time won’t break my spirit or my determination
These times may be struggling and hard pounding but never
Will I show my weaknesses or my tears of sadness but…
A smile of a pure being with a glowing light of hope

As I am going to be the world’s savior upon the hatred
Peace is what I tried to follow upon my eyes of faith
With my heart of golden dreams and memories in my hand
I will win this game of life that some cheat and cut through
To make it to the very top but only to fall into their graves

Come and help me if you want the pain of complete struggle
To vanish away into thin air and breathe into salvation of harmony
As together we don’t have to be overwhelmed with the lies of relief
We don’t have to carry those lies of our skeletons in our closets holding us
Just believe in yourself and your life altering dreams…