Allow Me A Minute

Allow me just one more minute, and I'll tell you all you need to know

Allow me one final minute
To plan out my words
Last of my own
For you to bear
I lived through poverty, war, and crisis.
I bested failure, and discouragement.
I come from a broken tribe
But I am not a broken man.

Love has built me up
Strengtened my soul.
Hate has cracked my heart
But staved off through life

I see more than you do
But blind Am I? Nay!
Quietly I work
Yet loudly I will play

Take this final moment
Reconsider your life
Have I lost my mind,
Or did I just find it?