Poems from stengerber
Our greatest weapon of war
is our minds.
They can take our food,
our cars,
our children,
our money,
and even our houses-
They can beat us,...
I've got a ghetto in my soul
I pretend my pain is too deep for tears.
Tick tock tick tock
It is the tick ticking of time
That has brought the writing of this rhyme.
Tick tock tickity tock
My teeth are clinched...
She slapped my innocent face
Again
And left her authority
Rosy on my cheek,
I detest her.
My skirt fits
So its worn and dirty
It dives...
Looks like I'm a soldier,
Heaven knows I'm not a saint,
I awaken
Tear myself out of bed,
Each day defiant as the last.
Days vanish.
I...