I Come From (Poem)

I come from Jacksonville the middle of nowhere in the country where respect is easy to get no matter who you are.
I come from Marvin born and raised in Richlands who walked around with a big boom box on his should Adidas on his feet
and RN Keysha Simms whose mother Terry never thought children should be able to speak their minds because that's just disrespectful

I come from "respect your elders little girl Because if you don't your days will be shortened" any and every single day
I come from "you need an education so you don't have to struggle the way I do now" to "I'm so proud of you because your you" and " I'll always be here for you"
I come from a family that isn't close because we can't all get along to trusting a boy that told me everything I ever wanted to hear and trying to figure out how I let this happen

I come from "I don't wanna see talking to my man again" to "girl don't even worry about cause he's not even worth it"
I come from Jay-Z's, "Girls Girls Girls" to Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River" and Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me"
I come from a long line of different personalities and it's hard to understand us all

The Devil and Tom Walker

Tom Walker and his wife had an odd relationship. He is a greedy and selfish miser of a man that cherishes money more than his wife. They lived in a tarnished looking house, that stood alone. Then one day he decides to take a short cut through the swamp at an old Indian fortress. As he took a break from his walk home he started a conversation with the devil. He was known as Scratch in the story. Scratch was the man in the swamp cutting down all the trees. He was there to protect the treasure of Captain Kidd until the he returned but he never did because he died. So Scratch decides to make a deal with Tom for the treasure in the swamp. The only thing wrong with this deal is that Tom had to give Scratch his soul. Using his brain for a moment Tom said he would come back with his answer and went home. Tom's wife actually took all their valuable belongings to the swamp to give to Scratch. Once Tom noticed that their stuff was gone he returned to the swamp to find his wife's heart and liver tied up in her apron. So Tom decided to give his soul to the Devil and was in away happy about his wife's death.