S. Atlanta Health and Medical Sciences
April 14th, 2009
Takeyla Wright
BEING ME, MYSELF
Everyday I live my life like it’s my last
Not because of my past
I have nothing but time to be myself
The days have past and family members have left
I focus on me and only me
I feel the need to be only me
Not a fake or a phony
Not playing someone else, just letting myself be,
Around my friends, cause they know me best
Most that have known me have all left
First this earth without second thoughts
Now they’re gone and rest in my heart
So all I can be is myself
Cause in the end it’s a back with my name on it left on the—–
Pick it up and read it and you’ll see
That amongst all haters I still was me
Alisha Crooks
If I fail then I would have proven everyone right
That I am just a pretty face with nothing inside
That’s why if I fail I will try try try again to show everyone what is truly inside
If you look beyond my face you will see someone who is striving to be a doctor or a lawyer or maybe even a journalist of a magazine
If I fail then I will try try try again to prove everyone wrong
Because I’m more than what is on the outside
Alexia
Untitled
Once a shooting star aiming high in the sky
Now a fallen star falling like a dying fly
Only if his decisions were better
He wouldn’t be in jail awaiting this letter
I wish he could have rationalized
Then he wouldn’t have to compromise
Trying to see his young son
A little to late his hard time has already begun
I love him like a brother
Even though he’s my cousin from a sister of my mother
Hopefully this wont be your final doom
I’m hoping to see you soon
Samantha Ferguson
A Rose That Grew From Concrete
I’m still here
I live in a world of discontent
There was no one here for me, but I’m still here
I had someone to encourage me
But she’s not here
I’m still here
She’s dead and so long gone
My mind is often in roam, but I’m still here
I could’ve been dead and gone a long time ago
I wouldn’t even be here, but God said he wanted me here
I’m still here
I wake up every morning and thank God for waking me up every morning
And starting me on my way
I’m still here
There’s something that I really want to say
Thank you God and Mama
I’m still here
I have air in my lungs and breath in my body
I was one step away from being a dead body
But I’m still here
Cristy Wynn
If I Fail
Feeling all alone in a room with so many people
Knowing these next moments will determine my future
To teach or not to teach
How I wish it were that simple
I must pass this test because if I fail
The next generation won’t have a future
Thump, thump, thump, thump
My heart is beating so fast
A, B, C, D or E; WHICH CHOICE WILL HELP ME PASS
I know what I need to do
I must pass this test because if I fail
The next generations….
Need me!
Joshua Davis
Roll of the dice
I messed up once
I messed up twice
How many times will I be able to roll the dice
Roll the dice with my education
Roll the dice with my life
It’s about time for me to get it right
After while my luck will run out
And I’ll be left thinking about what I could have done with my life
Its about time for me to get it right
Like my momma said “Yo temper will destroy you”
I have to listen to mom cause she’s right
After its all said and done
I have nothing to blame but the dice
Victoria F. Wade
If I Fail
If I fail……….
It’s already too late
I killed my baby and I think I know my fate
It wasn’t planned, it was under circumstances
If I chose to have this baby then what are my chances
My body is weak and my mind is lost
If I fail to keep this baby will my soul be tossed?
If I fail, will my soul be saved?
Please tell me yes, no, or maybe
If I fail to be honest with myself,
Then who will handle it
How will my cards be dealt?
My mistake is bad
You can smell, see, and hear it
I can care less what ya’ll say
Because I struggle everday trying to bare it
This time around I’m lost down a path that hasn’t been found
My only question is, If I fail this second time around
Will I be above or under the ground?
Jasmine Montgomery
Untitled
I once was told that I would not be anything
By a man who’s suppose to be my father
But over the years I became something
In the eyes of my very own mother
Never though I would have made it
Without the help of my family
So however, I lift myself and remain standing
R’Vaunte Frazer
One of a kind
I am the mist unique person
If you don’t respect me for who I am then that’s personal
I’m on of a kind
Many people try to be like me
But many people dislike
I still stand and let them try and continue to not like me
There’s only one me and no one can be like me
That’s why I’m one of a kind
Don Glass Jr.
Untitled
My father taught me how to be a man
How to stand on two feet and how to use my hands
How to say yes sir and no sir to an older man
If I can be a different color
Or only had one brother with two sisters,
No mother and a sick father
No food only water
I wonder if I can be God for a day
And show kids how to love black and dodge bullets before it reaches your back
How is it that we can go out and kill black but wont shoot a white
That’s not right
Always love yourself and love life
Just do right
Amber Townes
“Your attitude will get you nowhere”
But isn’t nowhere still somewhere
“You can’t be a smart-mouth all the time”
But I thought I’m suppose 2 be smart all da time
“I hope your face get stuck like that”
Me too cuz my attitudes stuck like dat
Some say with my attitude it’s like I live in a cave
But my attitude in why I’m so brave
Tell me to change it
Why should i?
Then I would not have a say so; as if I was a slave
No I’m not gonna change
I just keep my head high
Hoping my attitude will not make me fail
Leading me back to a jail
Lonely awaiting bail
Jail, home, heaven, hell, or wherever
My attitude takes me nowhere,
Yet nowhere is still somewhere
Montavis Fluker
If I Fail
My mama told me if I fail
I’ll go to jail
Just like my dad
But now I don’t see it that way
Cause if I fail
I’m gonna try again
Can’t nobody steal my desire to succeed and win
I’m a take whats mine
Da life I’ve longed for
Kick open that golden door, of opportunity
I made mistakes in my past
But they won’t last
Cause I let them go
I just remember that if I fail
I’ma try again
Cause cant nobody still my desire to succeed and win
Montavis Fluker
Untitled
See, I don’t want a love that’s off and on
Like a light switch when a mother goes to work and comes home
Late nights in the dark by myself all alone
An it tends to remain that way, because for some fact your always gone
I call and no answer, the phone just rings off the hook
But now I’ve overcame my absence of love
It’s just me, myself, and I
For now on no more chasing females
I’ma jus say bye
Every time I think of love
I get this little twitch
Because never again will my love be off and on like a light switch
Edd Davidson
If I Fail
If I fail, I am a loser
And most people like for me to fail
But me, I’m a sore loser
And I don’t lose
That’s why I don’t fail,
I strive all my best so I won’t lose
That’s why I won’t fail
If I fail.
I won’t
