This Life

January 13, 2014

As I lay here and think,

My life is on pause

Just Floating,

Hoping not to sink.

Waiting for the next clause,

I cannot afford college to get me through

Working three jobs with bills to pay,

I know there is a good cause.

Without it in writing,

I cannot get the proof

Sitting on a half done bachelors,

'til success I will keep fighting

To keep me at ease

Turning this dream to reality

I will need a little extra help

This scholarship, please.

My life is art and design

Holding so tightly

I cannot let go

This life

I desperately want to call mine.

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