What Am I Worth?
What am i worth?
What is the price of a child?
Am i worth $200.00, maybe $500.00.
No! No!
Try $25.89!
Is the price of a child worth risking a life?
I come with a receipt and even a bar code,
I come with a stamp saying, "Best If Used By....,"
and a date follows.
My life was sold and so was my soul.
I work endless days
and i cant sleep through the endless nights?
Moving to a new place with a man i really hate,
Trying to escape but i cant find the strength!
Afraid to run, yet i can taste the freedom.
I put my trust in a man who's skin color is the same as mine!
Until i see the day i finally receive my freedom I'll never know,
the price of a life, a soul, but most importantly a child!
What am i worth?
What is the price of a child?
Am i worth $200.00, maybe $500.00.
No! No!
Try $25.89!
Is the price of a child worth risking a life?
I come with a receipt and even a bar code,
I come with a stamp saying, "Best If Used By....,"
and a date follows.
My life was sold and so was my soul.
I work endless days
and i cant sleep through the endless nights?
Moving to a new place with a man i really hate,
Trying to escape but i cant find the strength!
Afraid to run, yet i can taste the freedom.
I put my trust in a man who's skin color is the same as mine!
Until i see the day i finally receive my freedom I'll never know,
the price of a life, a soul, but most importantly a child!
Karl, you've communicated some particularly powerful emotions that deal with issues of self-worth, ownership, trust, and power. At first, I thought this was written in the voice of Bennie, but then you seemed to move into that of Mercer. I'm wondering what you set out to do when you wrote this. Whom did you envision as the speaker? I also have trouble feeling the rhythm behind your poetic voice, were all of your line breaks intentional?
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