Life For Life Poem by Marcus Nunnally

Those who know my family well,
know for now, I stand in hell...

...but those who may have just met me,
may take for granted, what they see.

No strength to stand in this life of strife,
but it's not 'just me' who stands to fight.

I proclaim the gifts I can not earn.
I've gained my faith through lessons learned.

Those I love, still in the dark,
to light a candle, just takes the spark.

I step out of fear with this to say,
it is not for me, but you, I pray.

I would stand in a gap, or better yet die.
If I could know that instant, you would try.

Open your eyes and see mortality.
Surrender your life, that is your destiny.

We all know, I will not preach,
but my outstreached arms, for you I reach.

If now, more than ever, you still do not see,
just pick up your phones, call, and ask me.

What greater love has one for another,
than to lay down one's life, for a sister or brother.

You lay claim, that some, just can not know...
You seem to forget, I was with you, yo...

You asked for a miracle, and one has been given.
Please take this moment, review how you're livin'.

It's ok to be sad, I too am still grievin'.
Yet, you have not earned this moment even!

To keep your life, you'll have to lose it,
but to gain what's Right, you have to choose it!