The breaking down of vinyl paneled walls
Muddy water right at your waist
Tin roof trailers touched by poverty
Swept away like paper boats, built like paper mache
The houses of brick and stone, uncompromising,
took the same unrelenting beating
- yet the foundation remained
New to tragedy but taken with dignity
Mama said there is a simple honor -
in loose change and rusted siding
We fight much harder to get back up on our feet
Reparations are just in good timing
YOU ARE READING
Vital
PoetryFeatured on @WattpadPoetry's reading list Stygian Skies and @CoffeeCommunity's Cappuccino reading list. A poetry book that trembles with fear, explodes with rage, and loves with everything it has. It tries to make sense of the past and explores trau...
