The Struggle To Be by Jasen Sousa

The Struggle To Be

For the past 10 years of her life

she has never had to question

who or what she was.

Homies with heroin, and cool with crack.

Married to methadone, until she decided

it was time for a divorce.

She has been clean for two months,

and has not been this free at any other

point in her life.

For the first time in her life,

she doesn’t know who she is.

Has never held any type of job,

just collects child support

from two different dudes,

and sells pills when she needs

extra loot.

The struggle to get rid of

names in her phonebook

that can grant her any wish she wants, but she has never wished

for much more than being high.

First Published

Somewhere Lost

Library of Congress

Cataloging in Publication Data

ISBN 978-0-9714926-7-7

Jasen SousaJune 11, 2014Comment