Fighting the hunger
Just trying to survive
Rationing slivers
Just biding our time
Racing through my homework
Then teaching my sister persistence
I tried to be calm
But she needed desperate assistance
I was called over to work
While my sibling still struggled
I longed to help her
To take away all her troubles
Yet I soon became overwhelmed
With questions of why when and where he roamed
I never quite understood
At such a young age I never could
But I saw the new found rage in my mother
That struck anxieties and shame
As though in her mind I bore the the blame
Through time and caring people I learned
That learned that i have value
As all people do
With overdue bills
And an aching pain
Our stomachs stayed empty
And all in vain
For we could have the means
To eat bountifully
Yet our dear mother
Wanted to grasp a hopeless dream
That didn't mean we would despair
In fact in each other we thrived
Me and my siblings although were wildly different
Chose a life revived
We stored up on our own
Worked for more than our keep
We cleaned up the grime
And made our own home
We didn't need a big comfy house
Because as you'll know soon
With our own family
Our love and minds bloomed