I've been stuck in the middle for a long time.
I've been stuck in the gutter before.
I've been turned around for the last time.
Now its time to open that door.

I have fallen away from the bottom.
I have climbed up once again.
I have risen to the occasion.
Now its time that I begin.

Sometimes you have to be starving.
To understand how hunger hurts.
I've never been so determined.
To put my thoughts into my words.

A. Emmi 02/22/18