"Security" was written during a poetry club meeting where two poems were to be written about opposite feelings. "Security" is the poem opposite of "New". "Security" explains the stress that I went through during my first two years of college, working a job that I was losing interest and passion in, and worrying myself about how to be self-sufficient.

Security

to not have to worry about bills

or how im gonna have my next meal

or finesse this five in my wallet

no stuntin no ballin

i don’t need it.

the best feeling in the world

is knowing that i have the security to buy a fresh pair of vans

or some shirts from the thrift

or some money for a lift in the 

yellow cab when the rain is too much.

as opposed to the aching

breaking feeling

of overdrawn accounts and poverty

because knowing you’re poor is a hell of its own

walk a million miles in these shoes

and see if you can pull yourself up by the bootstraps

and you’ll see there were no laces to begin with.

security.