On Becoming a Better Man, Human, and Father

Her Struggle

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It’s easy for me. I’m just her son.
I can’t truly understand,
How far she has come.
How hard it must be to raise a boy
to raise a man.
To teach him to work hard
and be all that he can.

I look back at her struggle
and feel her pain.
Her children she smuggled
and lived in shame.
Lived in the shadows and
hoped for the best.

By Teevee Aguirre
On Becoming a Better Man, Human, and Father