Anthony Devon M Jackson

Defeated! Defeated From Life's Battles And Defeated From My Own. Ive Grown Tired And Weak. Ive Fallen To A Place Dark And Lonely. I Tried To Forced Love Out Of Those Who Should Have Only Been Tricks. I Tried To Build Friendships Out Of Those Who Should Have Only Been Acquaintances And I Believed In Family Merely Because We Shared The Same Blood Line.After Twenty-Three Years I Stand Before You. Lowering My Sword And Dropping My Shield. Removing My Armor And Raising The White Flag Of Surrender. I Kneel Before You Asking For Your Mercy For I Have Grown Weak From Battle. The Heart That Once Pumped Life And Hope Now Bleeds Of Sorrow And Disappointments. Eyes Of Good Are Blinded By The Sights Of Evil And The Taste Of Victory Has Long Washed Away. Twenty Three Years Of Battle One Can Take No More. I Accept My Defeat And Declare Life As A Victor.The Tears, The Blood, And The Hurt Has Shaped Me Into The Man I Am Today. It Molds The Man I Will Become Tomorrow And The Man I Forever Will Be. Broken I Move Forward. Never Forgetting (The Scars Are Forever Sketched On My Heart And Mind). One Last Glance Back The Tears Flow. I Accept People For Who They Were. I Accept Love For What It Was. I Accept The Lies And The Truths. I Accepts The Pain And The Joy. Most Of All I Accept Me. No Longer Asking The Reasons Why I Wipe The Tears And Promise Myself To Never look back Again. My Heart Stops And Pain Flows Through My Soul. Fear Rumbles Through My Soul And With My Last Breath I Place My Right Foot In Front Of The Other And At Twenty Three I Walk Towards A New Direction.A New Direction A New Path. Just As Robert Frost Before Me I Travel The Road Not Taken. Determined To Never Fight This Battle Again. Determined To Never Lose I Walk This Path Alone. Learning From The Past I Trust Within Myself And Not Those Around Me. I Provide My Own Defense And No Longer Seek The Shelter Of Those Around Me. I Find Peace Within Myself. Each Step I Become A Little Smarter Each Step I Will Become A Little Stronger. I Am Building Myself Into The Warrior I Am And Not The Warrior I Think The World Wants Me To Be.