Leshaun Miller

The World is an Unforgiving and Generous Place

by Leshaun Miller

I am strong and broken I wonder if I can spend one more day with my aunt before she passed away from covid I hear my grandfather talking right next to me trying to tell me something but I can’t hear him I wanted my aunt to be there for my football game but she didn’t come but I stood strong and played the game I want to see both of them alive again I am strong and broken

I pretend I’m okay but I’m not I feel my auntie hugging me I touch my brother’s face to tell him what happened and he started crying I worry a lot about my family if they get into a car accident I cried when my grandfather was in the hospital I am strong and broken

I say everything is great people come and go to my mom and my whole family I dream that my grandfather and aunt came back to life I try not to think about my grandfather's death and my aunt's death

I hope my family stay safe I am strong and broken

I am strong and broken I wonder If I can spend one more day with my auntie I hear my grandfather talking right next to me I see my grandfather sitting down in the couch I want to see both of them alive again I am strong and broken

I understand that people died so I have to face that they are both gone I say everything is great people come and go I dream that my grandfather and aunt came back to life I try not to think about my grandfather's death and my aunt's death

I hope my family stay safe I am strong and broken

The place I belong

by Leshaun Miller

I am from basketball

from toothbrush and underwear

I am from the wood and chair

I am from the bee in a tree

I’m from a family party and football game from my dad and my mom I'm from my dad with his eating problem and my mom with her hair

I’m from Toy Story and Cat in the Hat and I don't know I’m from Jamaica and Brooklyn

Fried chicken and burgers from my dad because my dad likes to eat a lot of fried chicken but not that many burgers.

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