Left to start a new life
carried my children in my arms
Hope, even when the future was unknown
Courage to face challenges
single young mother of twin one year olds
Knocked on doors to find a home
Relieved to find an empty space
a place to call our own
Broke down the stereotypes
Stood up against the odds
learned what I could
Studied to get my college degree
Fought with TTC drivers
Told I didn't have a place
amongst the working class
Decided not to give up my dream
faced reality and told it to move aside
Three years later, diploma in hand
(First published in Verse Afire, The Ontario Poetry Society, I.S.S.N. 1715-0280 Sept. to Dec. 2010 Vol. 7 No. 3)
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