night or morning

Are you more of a night or morning person?

These days it is both.

Making up time past spent

Taking up space in the rooms I’m in.

Planning and setting goals for prosperity

While I clench at my tightened chest

Filled with anxiety.

Late nights orchestrating and motivating my progeny,

Early mornings rising to beat the sun to earn a salary.

That meets my needs, and some wants,

Supplements for every expense,

From edge control, insoles and AP Exam fees,

Palpitations and flutters brings me back to loving on me.

Making sure I am the first one they see.

college

the stars that enter my orbit sometimes blind me

How could the little light of mine shine so brightly

That little old me, could navigate my way to higher education

On a wind and a prayer I always found my destinations

To be exceptional at best, excellent to say the least

Be accepted to a top 10 HBCU

The child of veterans who could find no other way