My Soul

My Sou Console me Teach me the secret to happiness In the midst of all this gloom And if my light quickly flickers out and dies Having no more the spark of joyful youth and peace Teach me how to laugh At the mystery of being human In this world of gnashing teeth and shattered dreams My conscience Please guide me Let me know when to react with pain To these bruises that are inflicted unto my soul Let me know the times of harvest And those sure times of hunger Let me know the difference between friend and foe Let my discernment draw intelligently from The many fountains of life. My spirit Lead me to glory, Through these walls of prejudice Easily pass me like a high grade blunt Write your testament inside my palms So that when I lift my arms Your light could shine brighter And my witness could embrace the heavens In splendid grace and sweet melancholy Found in melody so eternal It lives through poetry Until the ends of time.