The slum that birthed me,
Is where love and loss huddle close, side by side,
Shanty houses crowded, wall to wall,
Yet love’s essence bloomed, unyielding and clear,
Tin roofs, mud walls, unpaved streets, filth embellished in disarray,
In that savage realm, where Violence law, and Deceit lingered, a norm,
Shouldered my fears and nurtured my hopes breathing purpose into existence,
That...
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