Dear Lord
May I not self-absorb
May I not self-appoint
May I not self-belittle
May I not self-deceive
May I not self-destruct
May I not self-devaluate
May I not self-direct
May I not self-disappoint
May I not self-impose
May I not self-indulge
May I not hesitate to self-inspect
May I not self-negate
May I not self-promote
May I not self-reject,
But be infused with self-respect
May I not self-underestimate
May I not self-underrate
May my life be so much less about me
And so much more, even all, about you
May my life's purpose always be made clear
So that I may love you dearly, needing never to fear
110220PSCtest, Free Verse - Old or New. Joseph May.3P
faceless faces that conform
evil hands history's born
rage of one controls all
knees are bent before the fall
master's whip scourges flesh
tangled arms lies confess
trains are filled bodies crushed
guilty verdict truth is rushed
hollow lives in a hollow world
death is granted conscience curled
hell is cold desolate space
hating will embrace disgrace
never speak or conjugate
your life they must devaluate
bow your head to their demand
your questions they don't understand
you're not like them a different skin
same God made you, you're not kin
ignorance now a crop in the field
farmers of hate await their yield
insanity forms in the mind of man
from anger's seed tilled in the land
my span of life I've seen sorrow
I wonder aloud for tomorrow
5/23/17
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