A boy who is too old to be a kid and too young to be a man leaves his state confusing. In today’s world of chaotic bias and hatred, the boy with intellect is still that kid trying to find his way with little or no direction, leaving the boy with a sense of helplessness.
The actual examples of how to live with values have been replaced. Role models who transcend the idea of living right and remembering their roots are credited with being those icons of a modern-day era relegated to the past. Today, young people are tired of being told to pray or turn their cheek and suck it up because nothing has changed, and nothing will change quickly enough.
Waiting for someone to bring you a meal or give you a bottle of water doesn’t help the starving, thirsty boy or girl from meeting that ultimate fate. No other race of people except those of color faces such a dilemma. No other race is forced to choose between paying rent or getting that prescription. Because this is the reality of far too many successes on any level looks dim. What can be grabbed by our youth to take control of their lives reaches beyond hope and settles on the strength to see yourself differently. It will be the difference that carries you through those impossible times when you finally admit that nothing is impossible.
