Backbone
The backbone in my life
With beautiful brown smiling eyes
With a heart as big as the world
With a face that lights up the room
Energized and confident she wakes up every morning, setting up the breakfast table and getting us ready for the morning prayer.
Tearing up as she sends of her babies to school.
She is the mother of all, so gentle in words, so strong as a rock.
With her brown soft scarf and black jilbab
She is all i need in this world to keep me going.
SALAMA, MY EVERYTHING
The light in my life, so bright and shiny
The wings I need to keep me lifted My every breath when feeling out of
My legs when I am feeling down
My true superman when feeling so weak and scared
My only medicine that's not bought from pharmacies when feeling miserable
My day and night that keeps me smiling
My every heart beat that I need to live
My vegetable, water fruit and chicken I need daily to keep me going
My brain that keeps me focused and organized
My knowledge that gives power in my life
My one and only friend that I can count on
My eyes that tell me everything is going to be ok
My shoulders, always there to lean
Salama the seeds that started my garden
My umbrella that protects me from the cold rain
My sunshine that helps me wake up every morning
My teddy bear that keeps me warm and comfy
Salama the one person I believe that can cure world hunger with his kindness, hope and love
CHICAGO
The city of hats gloves and jackets.
The city were newborn are thrown in garbage cans.
Where students are being raped in there own schools.
Where children beg for anything to eat
Where a father gets murdered for 20$
Where boys get shot for wearing the wrong colors
Where kids commit graphite in school bathrooms
Chicago where there is a freakin protest because were a having a freakin Macys
Where people could careless if you need help on a stormy night
Where young girls commit suicide just to be like “that girl” on T.V.
Where car accidents kill us by drunk drivers
Where your childhood is taken away from you
Where money manipulates you to commit the unthinkable
Chicago where you want the best education yet you cant find one
Where your dreams become nightmares
Where the storm takes your home away
Where the cold keeps you starving
Chicago where the heat kills our poor bodies
Where drugs are found in our own friend’s lockers
Where you go the extra mile for a friend you thought you once knew
Where you feel like your teachers are against your own work
Where you don’t feel appreciated for working hours on the job
Where you’re judged for simply being who you are
Where you fall down and there is no one there to pick you up
Chicago where we try to make it work.
