poem: Ghetto Girl by BOYBASHER, (2025).

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my poem:

I have a boyfriend

He’s everything

I like him so much

I don’t dare cheat

He lives so far away

And I’m no vxrgin mary

A beast isn’t tamed, til she’s married

Fell for his soft soul

Witnessing him father his child

Somber tears on cracked skin

Scary scars

Permanent ink

Memorials of friends he chose as family

Dirty baby

Tossed aside

Street sleeping

Couch surfing

Candy sxlling

You know you’re in love

When there’s a grown man, standing in front of you

Yet all you see is the traxmatized boy, dxing inside

For a hug from mommy

He rests his head on my chest

While I cradle his neck

Stroke his silvered hair

Tell him he’s the 1

He’s safe with me

My love stories are my own

Secrets turn into memories

You can never erase

Offer him release from the wicked world

Asking for nothing in return

Only found love and vivid color to paint our dreams

Passing cxgarettes

Cheap motel rooms

Sweat soaked sheets

Scruffy boots in the corner

A mother burden to never deliver offspring

A father who needed a reason to breathe

He fell in love with himself

After he saw his personality burst out, through his babies

Many moms

Good girlfriends

Pick up bottles and turn messy

Self soothe the pain, forced upon by stxpid society

Pigment of skin

Weight of body

Last names

A safe space to exist

Is what I seek and offer

Deep intimacy

Silent shrieks

Don’t need all the money

Nor upscale luxuriourities

An e-cxg and country boy to share spit with is enough

For ghetto girls like me

He gave me true sweetness

From his brittle heart

And now, I gotta sweet tooth for the rest of time