SPIRITUAL LIGHTS
Preserved As Fossilized Specimens
In The Ghetto Of My Mind
My Thoughts Remained Rigid
Regarding My Chances Of Escaping
From The Ignorance I Had Acquired
After Years Of Existing Alone
In A Hovel Without Hope

During My Days In The Dump
I Stagnated In An Uncivilized World
Infested With Thoughts Of Poverty
And Fumigated With The Foul Orders Of Failure

Unyielding Stubbornness And A Blind Faith
In The Ideological Assertions Of My Idols
Kept Me Spiritually Restrained
In A Straitjacket Of Personal Opinions
Specifically Designed For My Own Self-Doubts

Psychologically Imprisoned
By My Own Outlook On Life
And Emotionally Entombed
By My Lack Of Enthusiasm For Living
I Began To Search My Psyche
For The Cause Of My Confinement

As I Began To Intimately Examine
The Core Of My Character
I Could See A Small Sign Of Hope
Encouraging Me To Dig Deeper
Inside Of My Soulful Self
For The Knowledge I Needed
To Free Me From My Faults

The Further I Traveled Inward
My Sense Of Self Grew Stronger
And I Began To Breakdown The Bars
Built With My Own Biases
That Had Been Blocking
My Personal Path To Wisdom

With Each Day Of Discovery
About The Essence Of My Identity
And The Potential Power Of Prayer
I Became More Convinced
That My Vision Of The Future
Was Brighter Than I Had Thought

As My Spiritual Lights Came On
I Could See More Clearly
An Array Of Unusual Opportunities
Rising Above The Horizon
Before My Mental And Spiritual Eyes