Uprising Winter Slam

Uprising Winter Slam

“You’re the reason I live every day”

“You’re as perfect as can be”

That’s what my mom had said by the way

But now my mom doesn’t see

The torment I was put through was actually rough

The nightly silent cries

It was up to me to pick myself up

Getting rid of the ugly lies

My dad’s broken promises for years

Yet able to sip from his mugs

I thought I was done with those angry tears

Until I witnessed the drugs

As I stare off, imagining a better place

I think of my struggling brother

I give him my best smile in order to save face

So he doesn’t find out the other

Deplorable side where I want to give in

But instead I choose to conceive

The notion of possibly forgiving past sins

So I decide I should not leave

I in fact think of what’s ahead of me

I think of my well-earned knowledge

I decide to work toward a bachelor’s degree

Once I’m off in college

To nab a career full of stability

I carefully incorporate my tools

To increase the possibility

Of graduating high school

My future shines much brighter

It even glows in the dark

To realize I’m in fact, a fighter

With a uniquely stubborn spark

For excellence spite the bad

I have my own dreams and goals

I no longer care to be mad

So to play in my favorite roles

Of becoming a UO alumni

And a potential wife to be

I leave the negatives behind

To imagine a life fit for me

To define oneself is unstable

For a person tends to change

So sadly I am unable

But I know I’ll rock my own stage