Ole uncle time has called me
To the task; procrastination
has had its run.
Now is the time
and the time is now;
I must keep on the path
to the task ahead.
To stop in the middle
of present trials
and tribulations is to defeat
self; question the promise
of God of deliverance
from all evil, and my soaring
as if on the wings of eagles.
Let Jacob’s strength
be my climbing motivation;
the courage of Job,
my faithful determination.
Once more and again,
let it be realized that the weary
ancestors did more with less,
leaving me less to do with more.
With legacy on my side,
the pillars of faith and hope
in my heart, the hammer of persistence
in one hand and the nail of determination
in the other, nothing can turn me around.
I’m gone to keep on talking,
keep on walking, and fighting
until my freedom is won.
All praises due to the Most High
for granting another day
perpendicular to the level plane;
continuing the labor of love,
to bring closer, the total liberation
of a once enslaved people
who are now rooted and branching
in the midst of this waste hollowing land.