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The Poetic Word

These streets don’t love you

BY GLORIA O’KOYE

These streets will never love you

Young one,

Realize before it’s too late.

Loyalty is foreign

In politics,

Your circle would leave you in the ditch!

Then hug your loved ones

While they are crying,

Saying

You’ll be missed.

That wounds will heal in time

And let the heavens

Deal with it.

These streets won’t protect you

My child,

They barely go in depth with its price!

Pick

One

Bail or doing time,

Either way you’ll cough up

This expensive life!

These streets don’t love you,

Young one,

Your stripes

Won’t pay for your grave.

The end result is the same

Don’t think you’ll beat this generational game!

These streets won’t love you

These streets never will.

They have their own agenda

It won’t care

Who it’ll stomp on

It feeds on mother’s tears.

Young one

Live your life,

There so much this lifetime has to offer!

The tip of the iceberg may be mesmerizing

But it will sink your ship,

No clear

Positive outcome

Don’t even bother!

These streets don’t love you

They only look out for themselves!

Don’t make the same fatal mistakes

Made by older heads.

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