The Painted Night (Our Message To The Sky) Poem by Falana Zion

This is our message to the sky
Written with the hope that heaven is not far from our sight
Watch our stars in the sky
For we are the ones painted with the night
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Sadness is our tone in the day
Loneliness our song in the night
Hunger is our voice with time
The heaven is always our gaze and sight

Tears stick to our eyes
Making our balls to be glass
Our soul is giving up on our hearts
For our flesh is working against our heart

We are lonely like the night
Our greatness is hidden with time
Our lives seem to reach the bank
Our might is no where to be found

But surely, we believe,
our home maybe black
Our scars mayhaps wide
Our night maybe out of stars
But our day will surely be white

Our lives may resemble a rag
Life may kowtow our lack
The world may despise our might
But, we won't give up on life

Our Chronicles may be hard to read
Our pasts may paint us black
Our shackles may rackle
But, our future will make us smile

We may resemble a snag
But, our hope is a star in the sky
Our hearts are painted with the night
For our souls to rise with the stars