I used to be afraid to write about myself
my middle school students didn’t care bout nothing else
they taught me patience, kindness, and understanding
and that a good teacher must be loving and demanding
I’m more the latter, working on the former
wish I was a WonderTwin so I could take the form of
water, let me be the wave
that carries people to the promised land and not to the grave
I will not degrade
I will recompose
I will be the verse
I will be the prose
I will be the word
I will be the truth
I will will a world where only the evil lose
I want to not lie when they ask how I am
and I say that I’m fine, wish they’d ask me again
more honest the second time, why is it the case?
cause I can’t believe anyone who knew me would stay
that’s honest
my shadow boxing my lights out, unconscious
I want this moment to last
but afraid that if I hold tight, the sand will slip through my grasp
I will fade away
I will disappear
I will live today
I will face my fear
I will be the word
I will be the truth
I will will a world where evil is good too
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