This Is the Cure

writing has saved me from my own corruption

it has rescued me from my inner Lucifer

of all the times that i could’ve been

a victim of homicide or to some other

outlet of foolishness,

i knew that i always had something to count on

when the bullying at home and school

almost made me want to leap from

out of that window or swallow that entire

bottle of Risperidone Riaz had me on

writing prevented me from going

through with it, i couldn’t allow

myself to become defeated so feasibly

i had the spirit of a warrior

i refused to quit, i kept

spitting in the faces of my enviers

i refused to quit, i kept flipping my finger to the enemy

writing has become my cure

the cure to my psychological peril

you won’t believe how many failures i had to relinquish in

all of it was rubbed in my face, ridiculed to the death of me

you won’t believe how many terrible names

i was called, got sent to my room

then cried all night long

you won’t believe all the humiliation

i done had to suffer, so i put all that into what i was creating

i didn’t do it for fame

i didn’t do it for polygamy

i didn’t do it for greed

if some kid out there with nothing can relate to me,

then that’s what i care about

if someone out there wants to take this journey,

then i shall kindly guide them

why would i sit up here with a gift that

i’m not putting to sufficient use,

i ain’t trying to get my head cut off by the universe

it’s my duty to serve,

it’s what i been sent to do

i don’t ask for anything in return,

the smiles and the triumphs are what counts the most

writing has become my cure

when i first started, who would have ever

thought that i could go this far

it’s beyond my understanding,

i couldn’t imagine it at all