I asked you to give me the words
Give me the words to write the perfect poem
A poem that I could read and feel confident
One that I could stand and speak, beautifully
You said, say what’s on your mind
Say everything that makes you shine
Do everything that you always do
Be everything that you…are supposed to be
and I say thank you.
Thank you for allowing me to stand here with so much pride
To look at you with a single eye
To be able to be the poet that lives in me
To be able to be, Indy
I remember the nights on my knees
Poems and prayers of God please
Allow me to be much better
Allow me to get over writing these sad poem letters
Thought I didn’t know what to do
Then I looked up and I saw you
I looked at me and I was free
Because I knew exactly who I was supposed to be
I say, thank you
Now, speaking these words, I can stand here
So much taller `
than I was
So much higher than them drugs
I don’t know them anymore
I am flying
Flying past doors, mountains, oceans, and moons,
I feel so good I feel like you
I see the God that is in me
I shine brightly
Everything that I do
Is another chance for them to see you
Yes, me.
Indeed, I do have to be the change I wish to see
Truth of God, it is in me
I am the substance of a dream
That is what you see
Right?
I look at you, sistah, brother, my own self
I hear you asking for death
Looking at the floor
Thinking no more exists in you
If you want to be free
Then we can go together to thee
It won’t be easy
But please, come away with me.
And, I’ll say thank you.
