Street Roots • May 19-25, 201 7
Poetry
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Hey! Child of Five!
Somehow You’ll Survive -
by Ron Sanford
Your IQ is high. Are you justified?
Tender age of five can’t believe my eyes
Discrimination
Had to beat the odds
Had to fight back and break from the pack
Lemon emotion knew of my own faults
I made bad choices trapped in shame and guilt
You should know better! But that’s not the case
The words can’t get through
When you re out of place When you’re fighting back
Listen to your mom! Sometimes she is right
Mistakes multiplied can’t relive the past
The words did get through The words of wisdom
They re deep in my heart Some of them were true
Then I’ll laugh and sigh, forget about dad
Any wound can heal-your faith makes you well
Keep on moving Moving on higher
Got take the high ground
Somehow you’ll survive
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