HOPE

It was an abyss I saw before me
A journey of the fallen life
But another plunge my heart still feared
Hope in it yet resides
To be fallen and never to stand
To be born only to die
But every death my soul still feared
Hope in it yet resides
Questions all, my knife answered
Suffering, all the bitter healed
But every sleep my body still feared
Hope in it still resides
The black man I am
Dark beyond your every dream
But each tale my mind still feared
Hope in it still resides

A tainted white is all I remain
Of goodness purged, the sacred Lucifer
A walking corpse against the world
But in me hope still resides....