"Regress to Radiance"

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I am a child of God,
the God I glorify through poems
that audiences glorify through applause
once thought of as a lost cause
and the effect
is a spirit depressed
compressed beneath the weight of the flesh
that wars with it constantly
honestly I’d never been to the crossroads before
except for
the train tracks that guide Norfolk Southern
through Southside Virginia
while listening to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
check out my melody
so close to a felony
that my heart had steel bars
and a 235lbs. guard
with bloodshot eyes
that looked just like mine
demanding that I
lay down and die
at the feet of my demons
that came forth screaming
in the form of whirlwinds
spinning through my living room
hues switch in
identical order of the horsemen
of the Apocalypse
in my living room
I had a Revelation
Lion of the tribe
of Judah wherever I
reside
Lamb’s Garment draped over my right side
as the Spirit call eye
from darkness to sight
just to show me where I came from
and I ain’t cum from no orgasm
I came through an orgasm
From Creator consciousness riding
a bolt of lightning
down the tree of life
just to bite a quince
at the surface this
allegory may make no sense
like the Magi’s gift
of gold, myrrh, and frankincense
my fragrance of choice
to Jesus of Nazareth
but your souls feel me
speaking the speech of healing
forming phonetic pictures
of the parables from scripture
that our magnetic fields
may grow less niggas
and more gods
fertilizing wombs
with proverbs and psalms
since my genesis
I’ve sought to make an exodus
through levitical precepts
into numbers
since my nativity
I’ve sought to make an excursion
through godly practices
into numbers
since my birth
I’ve sought to take a journey
through the word
into numbers
like cuneiform and Hebrew
through the word
into numbers
like 13
a righteous number
of righteous men
with righteous aims
not saying I’m perfect
but I write just the same as
Moses and James
Malachi and Jude
John, Luke
Mark and Matthew
this is my gospel
prophet, apostle
if that’s why I’m sent
but only in death do we seal testaments
KRS-ONE asked me
what am I willing to die for?
after a little pondering Kris
my answer is this
I am a man of God
The God I glorify through poems
that audiences glorify through applause
now known to be a found cause
and the effect
is
P O E T R Y

"Regress to Radiance" © 2004. 13 of Nazareth.
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