growth and change – SickyBeat

Wisdom

My wisdom is faltering And my words are cracked. My strength is lucid like a dream. I pay the price for a vertical back My road has bumps that spawn in the light As I grow parts of me do more than rearrange I leave claw marks in the wisdom of that era Which soContinue reading “Wisdom”

Demons! Danger Radar

28 years ago I survived via danger-radar Hiding when it squawked Eventually, it blended in What is what you cannot change? -Life- Staring at change in that dusk I guess my radar is broken Because I hear ghosts squawking In the dawn.

Anew

I don’t have to walk my own worn path Now can be different, now can stray. And on this first old day, I don’t shuffle out the door, I stride.

Five Minutes

I am intelligent enough To get into law school, While keeping expectations low. I plan ahead for the burden to follow. I work on scholarships, Housing, Reading law textbooks for fun, In five minute intervals, Before I lose focus, and need to reset Because I have fallen prey To the trap of the powers thatContinue reading “Five Minutes”

Home Improvement

Your home is your castle, Your body is your home, And no, this is not a “make healthy choices,” lecture. But an observation, about the atmosphere of mine. A quieter place Now that some of the demons Have grown and left. Because their “parents” Are toxic. Self-doubt, And fear of burdening, Inherited from my neighborhood.Continue reading “Home Improvement”

The Job of a Child

Is to be young, To play, to try, to learn. They deserve to hold true to ideals adults deem impossible. Because ideals only become impossible when condemned and tossed aside by “Adults” Day by day more creativity seeps up through adulthood, But, the doors of hope do creak wider by the breadth of a hair.Continue reading “The Job of a Child”