Entitled "Symmetrical Pain"

I never knew Jazmin but I know her pain

Two different people but one in the same

The needle poking in vain tingling spine mind going insane

And what’s the issue her scar tissue and my legs don’t work the same

Still Jazmin and I don’t complain because we are playing a dangerous game called life

And when God give you a chance

You do everything you can to live life to the fullest

I never knew Jazmin but I know her pain

In the hospital and the doctors are talking again

Using words you do not understand

But again and again you look at them

And simply wonder am I about to die?

I never knew Jazmin but I know her pain

For this reason we are one in the same

Surrounded by moving people walking through life with no care

While we sit and wonder about our medicine being covered by healthcare

While she struggles to comb her hair

While I ask for help to get in my chair

Life doesn’t seem fair when you’re sitting and the world is revolving around you

At the same time turning your soul Pacific blue

And even though our faces may get erased

In the memory time

Every time I wonder what Jazmin must have gone through

When the cells that built you

Don’t come out uniform all the time

When blood color starts out Hawaiian Punch

But ends up Manischewitz Concorde wine

What do you expect someone to do

When you get your whole life set for success

But couldn’t go like the other racers in the race

But this human race gives you a consolation prize

Also known as bronze just like the color of your skin

The summertime is still your friend

Even if it’s just for a little while

because then and only then do you truly get to smile

But just like the chlorine no no I mean morphine After a while it does nothing for the pain

Still The needle pokes Jazmin in vain

My mental health slowly going down the drain

Instead of times tables as kids

We had to Memorize time tables

To take these pills and medicines

Hoping that our heavenly father would let us in to his pearly white palace

In this world full of malice all me and Jazmin want to do some days is stay inside to

Hide the fact that we are probably a sore to the common eye when you look at family pictures

Easily picturing the struggle in a frame while we can barely fit into it

I don’t know Jazmin but I know her pain

By any chance Jazmin if your eyes are reading this

Know that from your words strength I gain

Your words are like weapons fine-tuning my brain

To shock the world like Ali

Because you like I will tell no lies

About the day-to-day struggles of being different