Black

I must not...

I cannot...

I shall not...

I will not…

I refuse to shed tears

I will make an example of you

I will become the example to allay all fears

I must not bend or break

The film is gone from my eyes and I can see you

Smaller, weaker, slower, fragile

I will be that light

Your weapons do not impress me

Whips, chains, guns

I break them all, my will is MY weapon

I cannot bend or break

My mind is focused

My thoughts are my own

The fool is dead and so is the monkey and the jester

Dats how we’s do good right massa?

My mind is clear; take your fog and your haze

Set to blaze, I possess a purpose

I shall not bend or break

My bones are iron

My flesh is rock

Skin like obsidian quilt

Hair like whip cord

Evolved into something, not born

This is what I’ve become

The end result of your psychological sodomy

Your spiritual alchemy

LOOK at me

I will not bleed

I refuse to cry

I reject pain

I will not die

My heart has known fire

My heart is on fire

My heart owns fire

Call on the gods ancient and new

I rebuke you

All that was me lay dead and ashen

All that is me has awoken

My will is my weapon; I will live for freedom’s sake

I will not bend or break

Glen Toussaint 2011 ©