Day 16: Reign

It's my birthday!

I was born to reign.

I gatto lay it on you the way it is

Because I do not underestimate

The power of my story.

I dare the shadow of death

Riding the floors of its valley,

My prophecy promises no regret;

I found something to die for and I’m fit to live.

The sorrow I visualize tomorrow,

Thro tear-blinded eyes

Is the fall of a sparrow;

Hope often holds the element of surprise.

The travails in the dungeon

Is the stick of the crayon

With which I paint a new course of history.

I am all set to be martyrized

For the justification of my dream.

Yet, I will not stand aside and get pulverized

Before the event of itsaccomplishing.

A frame of the faintest vision

Will suffice as a ledge of incentive.

My mission will not lie

In a cemetery of objectives,

Neither will the potential I am die.

My unique properties will come thru

Busting like morning light from behind dark clouds.

If hate multiples the pain I go thru

I shall not be moved; I shall not be bound.

Akpan