Get What’s Mines

K.T. Brown 1990 (Greenwood, SC)



Getting what’s mines is something that I pray for
to make it happen so there’s no going back.
Regardless of what the world say,
there’s no holding back.
Every step I make I feel the pressure riding me,
but I keep it pushing like pleasure is in front of me;

That’s why I keep climbing up high.
I’m reaching up top of the ladder
just so my enemies will shatter,
let em’ be my stepping stool so I can reach higher
because the skies are limitless.

I’m doing more than getting by.
Yeah, I’m getting mines,
looking ahead instead of back,
ducking and dodging while haters take shots and miss.
I’m too swift to be placed at the edge of a mountain,
that’s why I never cease until I get what’s mines.

About this poem

This is one of my motivation poems I wrote back in 2018 while I was still in the Low-Residency Program at Converse College.

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Written on January 10, 2018

Submitted by kt_thewriter1021 on April 26, 2023

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXABB CDDDX CEAXXE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 714
Words 147
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 6

K.T. Brown

K.T. Brown is an African American poet, novelist, and essayist associated with Afrofuturism and Hip Hop. more…

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