Submissions by J-Unique (PoeticJustice23)

Tears flow down my cheek remembering what I went through as a child
Lets go back to the beginning you spent 9 months inside forming a close relationship with someone who is supposed to protect you not abandon you
But that is exactly what happened
I must of done something to make you run away
Confused not knowing what though so I begin to ponder and the more I think about why you left I begin to get angry
When we reconnect you give me all types of reasons for why you left but none of them are good enough because you have missed out on years
I try to find replacements...

Living each day holding something inside
The pain you have that's eating you alive but you don't say anything afraid no one will believe you but it hurts so bad physically and emotionally
So you find other ways to express yourself
You're considered a rebel not wanting to listen but if they only knew what happened to you maybe they would think differently
But until then you just accept the pain thinking that's gotta be the only way a person shows they care about you
So it continues til something goes wrong and you are no longer here
Maybe if you weren't so silent maybe...

Death has no age out here on these streets
Your own front yard is your death sentence
Where gangs and drug lords feel as though the streets are their personal property and if you are not down with them they make sure you don't wake up
Where men hit the women they so call love and challenge the police to do something about it
Where mothers abandon their children because they are not ready to be responsible
Where people sleep no matter the weather because they have no home
Where people are just reckless with no explanations
Bodies are dumped and nobody makes a...