Wanting More
I want more
Is that so hard to ask?
I want more
I want more than I have
I want more than welfare and food stamps
More than living check to check
I want more than I can give
I want more than I can get
I want more than life without a father
More than life on the street
God, is than too much to ask?
Is it too much to want more for me?
Are my expectations too high?
Because I don’t want to die before I am 25
From AIDS or HIV
Or any other STD that might kill me
I want more out of life
I want to know more than pain
More than strife
Is that too much to request?
I want more than tears
More than heartache from the last
18 years
I want more than sadness
More than despair
More than this void that’s always there
Never leaving
A constant reminder
Of having less than more
Or less than enough
Reminding me that I want more
More from life; that’s tough
To get
Tough to have
Tough to maintain
I want more than happiness
Or maybe just more of it
More joy
More loving
More is all I ask
More is who I am
I want more than a job
I want more than a career
More than a life
More than a family
More than friends wanting more from me
I want more than second rate
More than average
More than okay
I want more than the projects
I want more than section 8
Not for myself but for my kids
I want more than single mothers
I want more than childless fathers
abandoning the
responsibility the
opportunity
that lies in the eyes of
my child
I want more than the end
I want more than a date
I want more than a boyfriend
I want more of myself
To want more from life
I want more of life
To want more from me
I want more to need less
I want more to give
I want more than the best
I want more to live
I want more than
which is
more than the life I live
I want more than
one night stands
lying about needing
a man
telling myself that
I can
do it on my own
when I really can’t
I want more than a broken heart
more than a mishandled soul
fragile and sore
abused and tired
of being undervalued
underappreciated
unwanted
by life
I want more than
love songs
that make me cry
more than wishing
for a better life
more than this feeling
of hopelessness
more than want
more than need
more than I have
I want more than a pen
to capture the
pain
in my eyes
in my heart
in my soul
in my life
that I cannot escape
with my words
I want more than tears
more than fears
to consume my thoughts
and guide my
actions
I want more of what
resides
in me to be what is represented
on the outside
of me
I want more
(c) 2010 AFL
