PRAYER
Incognito
Justice is such a quiet creature
Master of illusion
Like some camouflaged insect
Depending on deception to survive
You don’t hear it unless you listen
Nor see it without watching
When you turn your head it escapes you
Into its sweet, safe haven
Until you smoke it out of its refuge
Even then it still looks the same
The same as when you last saw it
That is...
Until you look the other way.
By Delvin Davis
My inside gets ready for the outside
trying not to end up on the wrong side.
Only when my soul is fine tuned and
lubed
only then does my spirit dare to resume.
One is naive if they believe
that the world does not deceive us.
Gushing lies like rain to the ground
pouring down from D.C. to Cape Town.
Images burned into our brain to the extent
that we must decide where our loyalty is
spent.
Forces tugging from both sides
So I pray that my heart can reside
with a Father that provides my pride.
Proud to wear my complexion
a brown shield of protection.
Flaunting my hair as if it’s the sun
each one of my napps a powerful light
ray.
Showing the world the beauty God’s
done.
Knowing this I can stand
knowing my conditions will reverse
Because my Lord has made a path
for all His loyal travelers.
By Delvin Davis
Black Ink
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