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I Wish

November 4, 2014
By Kewan Stokes BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
Kewan Stokes BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
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I wish I had a father to play with, but he chose to sell drugs. Instead of playing with me, he looked for someone to get high with.

I wish my heart was buried, to be able to kill my pains and for the blood to stop flowing through my veins.

I wish my eyes were closed and my brain would shut down, this is my life.

I wish it would stop now.

I wish my life was like icing on a cake because when he abandoned me he said “Checkmate’!

I wish Kewan was not my name, you cant begin to picture my life because it will break your frame.

I wish there were meds for my pain, I wish I had a new life, and a new home.

I wish some peoples eyes were open wide, I wish they would notice. Judging me is effecting my entire life!

All of my wishes will never come true, because my soul will give out, it’s that powerful.

I wish I had a new me, a true family.

I might sound like Dr. Martin Luther King but the difference is that I don’ dream,
I WISH!
 


The author's comments:

This is a piece about my life as a teen on the south side of Chicago 


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B's Poets said...
on Nov. 10 2014 at 3:00 pm
This is superb! Keep Writing you are a natural and gifted poet!