This Body Is Mine
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
This body I've been blessed to get.
And reside in to accept and reflect,
Is mine!
With a mind of my own.
To make steps I defind.
At my best to condone.
A known identity.
I alone have shown,
What it takes that makes...
Me to be who I am to be!
I am not a replica of an image.
Branded as if,
A piece of property...
Of someone's ownership.
Or labeled stereotypically,
That is placed on my back.
To expect my ethnicity,
Can be easily held back for purposes that...
That discriminates against,
What many perceive I represent!
Who I am from birth to bloom and grow,
Is not a man-made creation.
This much of me I have always known.
And this body I've been blessed to get.
From an Almighty Spirit,
Others may interpret has no significance.
Let us all now remember to accept this,
Thrones man made to sit upon...
As if permit by God to control and rule.
Are the fools The Almighty chooses.
To have us witness and observe,
The following of them...
Is as hollow as their pretensions.
Leaving clear there are no benefits...
For anyone.
Choosing division, hatred and havoc.
To have this shared together,
As a sickness of mentalities...
Allowing there bodies and minds,
Undermined and left twisted.
With a belief they have achieved divinity!
On their terms to determine,
They are they chosen ones picked...
To destroy humanity.
Presented as a sacrificial right to do.
Before done to themselves to prove,
Their ability to select and choose...
Who among them,
Should be chosen as martyrs!
'Other than out of their narcissistic minds,
Who do they believe themselves to be?'
'Only time to observe and witness come.
Can anyone say,
HOW GREAT THOU ART!
Before and not after,
This revelation...
Starts to begin and ends,
God's ultimate performance!'
'Are you kidding?
That could be a long time.'
'Not necessarily.
By now you should know,
How these epics go.
And we are just experiencing,
The intermission of it.
Use your mind more.
To do without choosing to imitate,
Those who choose to duplicate,
Physical images.
No one can keep from fading away!'
'But...
Didn't you say,
This Body Is Mine?'
'YES!
However a mind to waste,
To have discriminated against.
Has nothing to do with one's faith!
Or...
One's body blessed given to live in?
And besides,
Like I said...
Who knows what happens,
Before and not after...
The intermission ends.'
'I'm not a follower of religion.'
'You're not alone.
Most who claim to be religious followers,
Are hypocrites anyway!'
'Meaning what?'
'If you continue,
This pointless conversation.
After God's intermission ends?
I'm going to find another seat!'
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Written on March 10, 2024
Submitted by lpahtillah on March 10, 2024
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Words | 550 |
Stanzas | 12 |
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