D.Greaves http://dgreaves.posterous.com Well Veresed. Never Rehearsed. posterous.com Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:29:00 -0700 BEST OF ME http://dgreaves.posterous.com/best-of-me http://dgreaves.posterous.com/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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