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    BEST OF ME

    Best

     

    from the darkness i emerged

    with a word

    that i cling to now i face the waking day

    no words you speak

    and yet i know you are here

    even though at times

    my deeds were insincere

     

    there is a strength

    i feel within my soul

    now that i have opened up my scroll

    and prophecy

    revealed  to me

    the best is yet to come

    the race not yet won

    for i am the sum

    of beautiful parts

    my mind 

    my soul and my heart

    and beautiful i will  be until

    the day an angel strums her harp

    and leads me home

     

    i once ran so far

    from all that i am

    walking on paradise road

    or loitering in villages of the damned

     

    and yet 

    through it all my pride 

    refused to be enslaved

    for my freedom i fought 

    as hard as i can

    though on my arm is the faint outline 

    of a brand

    never in my heart 

    was i a servant of any woman or man

     

    and though many still 

    view me as simply a slave

    when i look in the mirror 

    i see a man quite brave

     

    brave enoug to accept responsibility

    for at times acting irresponsibly

    but there will be no more 

    i am sorrys on my knees

    no more memories

    to appease

    with all due respect i say to you

    prepare to see

    the best of me 

     

    the best of me

     

    for reams and reams 

    of historical facts

    cannot counteract my claim

    forever i will stand proud and black

    beautiful i will remain

    my belief in me 

    warms my heart within

    and my soul is an eternal flame

    never again will i face my reflection

    feeling ashamed

    for upon the rock  of angels 

    i will shout

    darwin lawrence  greaves

    i will proclaim

    once swallowed in a den of iniquity

    and still i overcame

    still damn proud of my name

    on my knees i do excalim

    thank you father for reminding me

    that the rain

    falls on us all

    the proud and the profane

     

    from the darkness i emerged

    with a word

    that i will embrace until the day i die

    no more living a lie

    speaking in  absolutes

    i need to define my purpose 

    when  the world demands my proof

     

    now i am humbled

    i admit

    reluctantly so

    for so many open doors  to my destiny

    now are closed

     

    and still proudly i stand

    with arms open wide

    examine me until your hearts content

    for i have nothing to hide

     

    now i will admit 

    to many faults

    but i refuse to allow you to 

    rub salt

    into my wounds

    for there is a room

    barred from your prejudice

    sealed with my mothers kiss

     

    and when i see the pride 

    in her eyes

    i have no choice but to rise

    for now finally i see

    my family together as one

    as my ailing father quietly  hums

    a melody of love

     

    how  fortunate i am

    some would disagree

    but you do not reside inside of me

    yes i faced a proud mans greatest fear

    to be trapped in a self induced ignorance

     

    but you will not  hear

    from my lips a curse or a moan

    i say let  he or she without sin

    cast the very first stone

    i will ask no one to rescue me

    with the supreme i will either 

    swim to shore or drown alone

     

    for you i have 

    but this one guarantee

    you will see a man who looks like me

    emerge from the debris

    walking arm in arm 

    with the triune spirit  of three

    with all due respect 

    i say to thee

     prepare to see

    the best of me

     

    the best of me

    the best of dee

     

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