About Me:
"THE FIRST SIGHT OF DAYLIGHT/
I WAS BORN INTO A FIGHT/
JONDIS KEPT ME HOSPITALIZED/
IT SYMBOLIZED MY PLIGHT/
A SCARED CHILD WITH A SECRETIVE MIND THAT NOBODY KNOWS/
I HID IN THE BASEMENT WITH MY BIBLE/
BEHIND THE BARRELS AND CLOTHES/
TEARS FELL AS I STRUGGLED TO SWALLOW THIS LUMP IN MY THROAT/
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY INVISIBLE FRIENDS WERE ANGELS THAT ONCE SPOKE/
I BEEN CALLED STRANGE AND OTHER THINGS/
BY MY OWN FOLKS/
DEALT WITH THE PAIN/
AND FLOODING RAIN/
BY WRITING RHYMES AND TELLING JOKES.







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