My State of Birth

My State Of Birth By Curtis L. Johnson, Sr. M portrays my feeling of MISSING something I never had, and could never see. The feeling that people were always MOVING away from me. I is for the times I experienced ISOLATION from things unknown. The times of ILLUSIONS of being in another place, at another time, and on my own. S is for the quiet zones of SILENCE where wearied souls came to rest, and relieve their STRESS. S shows the SANITY that enabled me to sing and survive this place of lack and loneliness. 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 I is for the INSANITY of mankind’s INJUSTICE and INABILITY to share the opportunities and wealth with one another. S reveals how my family was rooted with the hope of SALVATION. S denotes times and SEASONS. There is a time and a season for every purpose under the sun. Growing up in poverty, I knew that someday “this too would pass.” 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 I signifies the ability of the INDIVIDUAL, who with desire and determination, can rise from the strap heaps of despair and ascend to distant stars. P demonstrates that there is no device that is devised that is able to destroy anyone who dares to seek refuge through the POWER of God. P speaks of a a deep sense of PROMISE. I says to me that I am capable and well equipped to bring INSPIRATION to others. I was born in 1949 close to a railroad line where the hot sun shines; where the clocks seemed slowed by the sands of time, where humidity and sweat combined and flowed down my spine; where on a September day Mississippi became the state of mine.