Ghetto Flowers

GHETTO FLOWER

TO ALL THOSE WHOM DO NOT KNOW THERE IS BEAUTY WITHIN THIS GARDEN YOU CALL THE GHETTO YES, THERE ARE MANY TWIGS, WEEDS, AND TREES OF THORNS BUT THERE ARE ALSO MANY FLOWERS YET TO BE BORN SO TO THOSE WHOM LIVE WITHIN THEIR GARDENS OF EVE SO THAT YOU KNOW THERE IS BEAUTY WITHIN THIS GARDEN YOU CALL THE GHETTO FAR FETCHED TO MANY THIS MAY SEEM BUT IN OUR GARDEN, THE GRASS ALSO GROWS GREEN AND IT SHALL CONTINUE TO DO SO, EVEN THROUGH SEASONS OF PAIN FOR FLOWERS OF PAIN WON’T BLOOM UNLESS THERE COMES KNOWLEDGE WITH RAIN AND I HAVE FAITH THAT ONE DAY, FROM WITHIN YOUR GARDENS, YOU WILL SEE THE BEAUTIFUL GROW FROM THE DIRECTION OF OUR FIELD, YOU KNOW AS, THE UGLY GHETTO…

By J. A. Rodriguez