The Struggle! ! ! Poem by Compton Wright

Struggle…This is what I fear, I fight and overcome
But struggle still follows me from the cradle, the schools
Even from your family and friends especially when
The conspiracies come down upon lonely me
Heavy problems start to weight down on my body
To keep me down in my place to keep me from success
My grandfather’s advice was the wisest one he said
“Don't let the habitation get you as this world will eat you alive”
For this quote Lord have mercy on the fallen…Amen!
As I wish that the good don’t have to struggle as we obey
The mentally of survival of the fittest it really madness
On my young mind as why must we betray each other to
Fight through our struggles instead of help one another to
Overcome our struggles as I lay back and listen to the album of life
I realize that if you follow their rules then the struggle becomes larger
Much larger than the prison population and heavier than the sorrow
Of the women and the children when their husband/father don’t come home
But that’s the part of the struggle, the battle, the war, the judgment day for some
That we all need to stick to together not as friends, not as family, or race of color
But as a global family this would end the suffering, the genocides, the sinning
And for this struggle to become a blessing, a miracle, a bit of luck that this will
Bring world peace and push the struggles we have in our souls into a…possible end