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Before My Time

There are days that I wonder, There are times I imagine, Just how the life was, Before I was born, Before I came to being, Was my father a better man? Was he more kind before he knew I was to be? Was he just scared because he was young? And he didn’t know what to expect at that age? What was the romance like? Between my mom and my father? What did she truly see in him? What truly did the full winning of her heart? What made them say I do? What made it fully break? Before I was even two? So many questions that were left unanswered, So many questions I will never know, So many questions that will go unsaid, There are days that I may wonder, There are times that I imagine, I wonder what life was like, Wonder what my grandfather was like on my dad’s side, How his kindness showed when my dad was a jerk, How much my dad’s family cared even though my mom lost contact, Would they accept me now many years since that last contact? Would the

Those Considered Unlucky

Some might consider those with sickness unlucky, Some might consider them scared for life, Some might consider them ones that cannot truly live, Because all they deal with are struggles, And endless strife, But they do not see the true beauty, Or the encouraging that one person can give, What one sees as unlucky, I see as someone who is encouraging, Someone who is strong, Someone who is a fighter, Someone who might have a burden, But still sees the beauty of life, Is someone who keeps on going, Despite what life has dealt to them, Because that person believes, With every fiber of their being, That they have something worth striving for, They have something worth living for, They have something they believe can be more, They remember the promise, That God is with them, No matter the trials and challenges of life, Through the good times and the bad, Through the heartaches and the hurt, And that even if they are not healed now, That

Rejection

There are so many of us out there, That has been rejected, Rejected for some reason or another, Rejected due to our looks Rejected due to our smarts, Rejected due to our lack of smarts, Rejected due to not being the jock or cheerleader, Rejected due to not being creative enough, Rejected due to not fitting in enough, We fight through our lives, Not quite fitting in one box or another, There are so many unnamed people out there, So many of us have been rejected, At one point of time or another, Some of us have found a way to rise above, And some of us have had to struggle harder, And some of us still struggle now, Some of us struggle every single day, Because we do not fit into a box well enough, For society gain, Because we choose to stay different, We choose to stay beating to another drum, We choose to stay being who we are, Not wanting to be anything else, We do not care if someone accepts us, On the merit of our looks We do no