MARCH 6, 2026 POETRY Remembering the Girl Complaints KIMANI HAMILTON Groundcover vendor No. 518 MONIQUE CALDWELL Groundcover contributor You return to yourself in fragments— a lesson gathered from every storm, stitched into the quiet architecture of your name. The world tried to unmake you, yet you learned to rise by studying the ruins, reading the echoes of what once broke you. You remember the girl who walked through fire with trembling hands but unshaken will, who carried questions heavier than truth and still kept moving. Now you stand in the light you built, holding the knowledge carved from trial: that strength is not the absence of fear, but the decision to continue anyway; that identity is reclaimed, not given; that every scar is a map leading you home. And home, always, is you. I choose not To complain I choose not to complain Because it weakens the soul I choose not to complain Because I am aware I choose not to complain because I know there’s truth to all sides I simply choose not To complain but to Learn Time after time KIMANI HAMILTON Time after time I’m left wondering why Time after time I’m left Speechless time after time I’m left to pick up the Pieces time after time I choose to be strong So time after Time I listen So I don’t make the Same mistakes Time after time TERESA BASHAM Groundcover vendor No. 570 You’re ominous & dangerous, I’m fallin in, We light a smoke, A shred of hope, Don’t break this lil heart, This izz a mystery, Will it be thee death of me, What can I do, I’m alwayz takin that risk, I just can’t resist, I alwayz bite my lipz, I feel thee heat, You’re my only desire, What can I do, To be close to you, I feel the rush in my bones, When we are alwayz alone, When you pull me in close, I’m alwayz losing control, My hertz alwayz on fire, I fell so deep, You pull me into thee dark. GROUNDCOVER NEWS 15 Into thee dark
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