Poems from Perissa York
We're all trying to survive
And we all are rying to make it
The only thing that can stop us from doing so is ourselves
We all gotta keep...
I close my eyes and pray for better days
Watching my mom struggle is the worst of all my days
All i can do is try
I can't let them down...
I won't allow money to be my barrier
To hurt my soul and deepen my pain
Money makes the world go round
It can't run me nor my soul
I will...
Is it possible for someone like me to be successul?
I've never see a face like mine shine
Someone of staure
I'm different then most
I...
I've see it all and heard it all
No one can tell me my own story
Typical African American story of no father
Just a mother and hope to...