Lonesome
The young Lashonda stepped into Memphis, Tennessee’s cold and unforgiving streets at the age of twenty. For the sake of her brothers and sisters, she decided to put aside her dreams and aspirations and find a job to support them.
Each of her extended family members offered fake condolences at her mom’s burial, uttering no promises of assistance. She knew she was the only person she could rely on.
Lashonda viewed the world as a lonely place.