My Journey
By V.M.
Day and night is to be
Successful and to succeed
I came up and came down
When it was all said and done
I was rumbling pound to pound
In my darkest nightmare
Something I ask for
An really got what I wanted
But it was not being successful
It was being the person inside
Of me what I was not trying
Fight on them streets because
I was scared of what the
World would say that was around me
It was tearing me apart
From my family and tryna be successful.
Now it’s a fed travel plan that goes from prison to prison
South Carolina, Kentucky, Colorado, California
An where does it stop
It never stops, we all have plenty of opportunity
To get back up and be successful and succeed.
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This poem is powerful and I can sense the journey behind this poem. Everyone has their own journey they will live out. Life is better when you create your own path to the top instead of following the trail, it will take longer to get there but you would have done it on your own with a new outcome. Its okay to struggle because without struggles there is no success and without trying there are no failures that push you to try harder You got this and remember the best is yet to come!
Oh, V.M., what a powerful poem. I was touched by these lines: “It was being the person inside / Of me what I was not trying” I’m sorry for that “fed travel plan” you are in. You are getting back up and succeeding as you write poetry. Beautiful!