Which choice BEST states the deeper meaning of the highlighted image?
I'm leaving home to move to a
nicer neighborhood.
I'm taking the highway because
it's smoother and faster than a
dirt road.
Midway
by Naomi Long Madgett
I've come this far to freedom and I won't turn back
I'm climbing to the highway from my old dirt track
I'm coming and I'm going
And I'm stretching and I'm growing
And I'll reap what I've been sowing or my skin's not black.
I've prayed and slaved and waited and I've sung my song
You've bled me and you've starved me but I've still grown strong
You've lashed me and you've treed me
And you've everything but freed me
But in time you'll know you need me and it won't be long.
I've seen the daylight breaking high above the bough
I've found my destination and I've made my vow:
So whether you abhor me
Or deride me or ignore me
Mighty mountains loom before me and I won't stop now,
I'm on my way toward making a
better life for myself,
I'm climbing because the
highway is uphill from the dirt
road.