(For NaPoWriMo, Day 7)
As long as I can remember, from at least elementary
I was raised to excel and avoid penitentiary
That’s what always placed me on a different trajectory
The Lord must have felt that success was my trajectory
He has blessed me and the family since elementary
Even if some of my friends almost went to penitentiary
The world told me that I’d be dead or in penitentiary
Teachers and mentors seemed to sense my trajectory
A path laid out since I was in elementary
Since elementary penitentiary wasn’t my trajectory