I Am Ready

I AM READY I am ready because I'm free Free to face the enemy that was me Sabotaging gifts Deep envisioning Believing I'd rise from sleep-ins to sit-ins Oh yes! I rise on sculped lawn The American flag flapping on breezy Summer night I was ready to depart wintry days of New York My dream job in mid-Manhattan forsaken Profit sharing shared, I had share of the wilderness My voice once feeble hushed. Now, I am ready Ready with a voice for the good of us Ready because this verse stood solid From diamond dust, that In the heavens, glows and grow. *