Thursday, July 5, 2018

What I Know Now


Keys Nicole
Major: College Dropout


Can I say I’m not ready,
Ready to become an adult
Or at least a student?

Responsible for showing up to class
Taking notes and participating
Do the things that’ll help you elevate
To pass and move closer to getting  
That piece of paper

Oh, that piece of paper, I just threw in the trash?
Because I didn’t like how I wrote that sentence
Up late in my dorm room
Trying to finish this paper

Oh, this paper some guy just tried
To pass to me, while at this party
With my roommates, I definitely shouldn’t have came here.
I have to get up early
And I don’t even like parties

How come I didn’t just say no
Like I didn’t say no to my mom
I didn’t say no when she ask me
If I knew what college I wanted to go to.
No I didn’t know
I just knew I wanted to get away to explore
Something new, experience freedom

Freedom to decide to leave or
To tough it out and stay
Why not just stay, get focused
And make my family proud

Dear my melanin sisters..

Be proud in your decision, the decision
To choose the alternative
My happy, that’s my alternative
I can still succeed  by putting
My all into what moves me
What lights that spark within

What do I say to you reading this?
Follow your voice, your passion
Develop a plan and act on it

And find yourself