Everyday

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life

I am going to wake up everyday, and work on being a better me

Smile through the hard times…and dance through the difficult ones

And tell myself that it is okay to be afraid…that my tears are but temporary 

That these hands still have much to do

As I stretch these old eyes out beyond the skyline, and allow the sun to kiss my skin once again

I will continue to speak my truth 

Step into this world just as comfortable as I fit inside of my skin 

Walk from place to place with my head looking ahead

While increasing the volume to that imaginary dial that is attached to the radio that is playing inside of my mind

I am going to wake up everyday, and work on being a better me

I am going to accept the fact that although I would love to say that black lives do matter just as much as all lives do

No life matters when there is no unified acceptance of individuality 

And that I would be too much of a fool to walk blindly in a world that is so bias 

Yet still everyday, I will work on being a better me

I am still going to smile and lend a helping hand

Pray and ask for strength to get through the day

Feel the aches and pains of those around me

Look into the eyes of my enemies and hope to see change in not only their lives but also in our own personal relationship 

That lies between love, hate and uncertainty 

I am going to wake up and pray to see another day

That I will not be laid to rest before I have had the chance to say that I am no longer the man that I was on yesterdays