One of the most satisfying experience throughout my life time was moving on my own. My mom always believed in me and prayed so I could have a better life. On the other hand my dad always critiqued me and always set me up for failure. My dad told me I would never survive I would never save up enough money that I could never do anything on my own. But after moving out I proved him wrong, I saved up enough money to pay for my education and have my own apartment at a young age. I managed to live by myself and have no problem at all. This experience gave me the chance to prove my dad wrong and for me to realize one of my powers, how independent and self reliant I am.
Another one of my experiences that I had that taught me many things was working at an elderly home. This taught me how life is precious and fragile. I worked in the alzetimers unit, where the residents had mental issues due to diseases, addictions, and life events. I learned a lot from these residents how things in your past can haunt you till a very old age. It also showed me spiritually that every life has a meaning and that you must do good things in your life time before the day you pass. I learned that life is to short to be angry that you must live and be happy because life is to short.
Moving to America even though only being a child at such a young age has changed my life forever. This expeince this event has opened many doors for me then having to live in Brazil. This gave me the chance to have a better education then the one that was offered to me in Brazil. It will increases my chances of being successful in life because I came from a really poor part of brazil where we don't have many chances. This also gave me the ability to learn another language which will be very useful in life.
age seventeen working sixteen
caffeine and nicotine was the scene
constantly feeling like a machine
sixteen turned into eightteen
eighteen turned into nineteen
boss was demanding more than normal routine
Had to give up my goals and my dreams to chase the green
His greed was getting the best of me
My pay checks were less then my breaths
my breaths that i could not take in the office
no rest is what i would collect
sometimes his ego would drop a few cents
just so i could save up for my rent
my life turned into a wreck
the whole situation got me depressed
thinking about hanging my self by the neck
but that whole idea was to complex
mabey i would just shoot myself with a rifle or a tech
thats what happends when your opressed
the end
Vitor,
ReplyDeleteGreat work! Your life experiences are quite profound. I like how you take the criticism of your dad and used it to better yourself. A lot of people would let that get to them and they'd make excuses not to move forward. You used your power and did!
Again, your poem is great. I like the natural hip-hop style you use. Excellent!
It's good, but what is the title? Your poem gives little clue as to what the actual job was as well. What were you doing? Where were you working?
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