movement
echoes around me
sounds
calling out
from deep inside
the epitome of Man
roaring fierce
like the lion
facing
a combatant's spear
thrust against life
till death
I
rise to my feet
battle weary
from fighting
the urge to
let go
and stand
face to face
with the eyes
of fear itself
and from now
I
no longer enslaved
by thoughts of
shallow graves
or haunted
by images of
funeral yards
and even
my mother's tears
of grief
no longer
matter
I
am a raging fire
burning
only incense
of courage
fueling
wide-eyed
visions of
my own
optimist soul
driving me
onward
and upward
I
am now
the answer
to a complex
equation
of whole numbers
stumping
the smartest minds
and the weakest
can no longer
fit me into
their problem
I
am
Osiris
as I have
always been
but no longer
one of many
identical in
shape and form
now
I
am
transformed
in spirit
and
I no longer
walk amongst you
in this
Unblessed Land
of filthy soil
I
now
radiate
the light
of knowledge
with Malcolm
and dance
on top of King's
nonviolent
message
as it drips
from the
tongues of
higher arches
and metal
spear tips
I
now hold all
of the cards
and can replay
all of the messages
and life lessons
backwards
and forwards
for
I
am no longer
of You
and no longer
able to Live
with You
or willing
to Live
amongst You
for today
I
died
and found
the
I in I