I AM

[CARMALETHA]

I'VE SEEN VISIONS OF PLACES THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN
I'VE SEEN FACES THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN
I'VE HEARD VOICES THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD
I'VE SPOKEN WORDS THAT I DO NOT KNOW
I'VE FLOWN OVER MOUNTAINS
YET I HAVE NO WINGS
I'VE SAT ATOP CLOUDS
AND ON THE OCEAN FLOOR
I'VE SAT AT HEAVENS GATE AND AT HELLS DOOR
I'VE SEEN LIFE GIVEN AND TAKEN AWAY
I'VE SEEN ALL THIS IN JUST ONE DAY
I'VE SEEN RACISM
I'VE SEEN POVERTY
I'VE WITNESSED
ACTS OF DESTRUCTION
I'VE SEEN ACTS OF KINDNESS CORRUPTED
I'VE SEEN LOVE TURN INTO HATE
I'VE SEEN SLAVERY
AND I'VE SEEN WARS AND THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THERE WILL BE MORE
I HAVE SANG IN THE HEAVENLY CHOURS
I HAVE PRAYED AND LIVES WERE SAVED
I HAVE KNOCKED AND DOORS WERE OPENED
I HAVE WALKED ON WATER AND RAISED THE DEAD FROM THEIR GRAVES
BUT THERE ARE THOSE WHO STILL DON'T BELIEVE
THAT I AM WHO I AM
AND THROUGH ME YOU CAN BE SAVED

CARMALETHA '03

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This is an AWSOME poem....Loved it.