remarkable

remarkable how amazing You are God

there is a young man who went AWOL

and never wore army fatigues

just wearing comfortable clothing 

when an unfortunate incident occurred at home

normalization of argumentative souped up nonsense

that escalates to something more severe

that lead to being a runaway

cops were called

warrant was searching without having any k-9 keen senses

just waiting for handcuffs to be slapped on your wrists

hearing the same monotanous boring speech of you have the right to remain silence

anything you say or do will be use in the court of law 

somewhere in your inner core

something told you to look for me

i'm glad you listen to that intuition

because it's going to save you

when you came in my office, i was happy to see you

your facial expression says i'm defeated

i say that you're an overcomer

i know that you feel like you're alone

you're not

the world is a cruel place where nobody cares

i'm not that nobody, i'm somebody that was put in your life for a reason

my hopes is that you pay attention, open your eyes and ears

do not close your own doors due to your own ignorance

i'm all you got

i'm all you need

that's all you need

to realize that there is light at the end of the tunnel

that there is life to your hopeless body where temptation to revolt swarms you like poisonous bees

the devil is a liar, he doesn't know any better

i'm one of God's many children that know what's in your best interest

the question is do you have any interest?

you do

you prove that by walking into my office, and screaming your pains

shouting your hurts

expressing your distrusts

all is not lost

like i told you, rewrite your history in order to create your legacy

let this community center be the foundation to build you up

i gave you the certificate award that embodies empowerment to your lost soul

i will never give up on you as long as you never give up on yourself

i'll be there to guide you

but the rest is up to you

you say you want to be independent

show it! be a man and walk with your head high

and your chest out

become an asset to triumph

and not a contribution to failure

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Comments

RaehofSon

Beautiful! So encouraging for our struggling servicemen.

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Thank you for comment 

this is about a student of mine- true story going through the struggles in the ghetto

I use metaphors in this style of poetry

Check out my other poems 

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