For my Father’s Fathers

As a man…

I honor my father’s name with dignity

with courage, I stand with no disgraces

and pay homage my mother’s virtue and love

Proudly I walk the soles of history

and pray that, never will I forget

that long road

    traveled in shame

that long road

     traversed in pain

that long road

      bleeding in misery

that long road

       clouded by blame

I can see the peak of the mountains

and smell the pine of its silent sentries

taste the sweetness of her secrets

and feel her solid, beneath my feet

As a man…

I will not degrade myself in ignorance

nor debase my worth in humanity’s show

with common sense and moral fortitude

I follow the steps my grandfathers led

hard I strive and walk in freedom

and I will never forget…

that I am my father’s son*

“For my Father’s Fathers”

Jon` B. Crenshaw

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