I believe : accepting the immutable and redressing the changeable! By AL-AMIN BUGAJE

It takes a lot of courage to believe

To profess a conviction held deep within

I close my eyes and the breath I feel,

Convinces me that I believe.

That Adam was black 

And racism is still at large.

The inevitable report of an explosive car,

And that people are afraid to go out in the dark.

I believe in the gift of life

In the unending struggle of happy and strife

It takes no much effort to be alive

It takes a deep conviction to live a life

I believe in the power of truth

To never lie even when it doesn't favor you

To give credit where it is due

To accept blame from the lapses ensued

I believe in respecting the old

And catering for the young when it is cold

That a society never succeeds

Where injustice gracefully breeds

I believe in making the plausible best of time

And the prohibition to abstain from wine

In order to get, you have to give

And sometimes it is best if you just forgive

I believe in the reality of the early morning grind

The suffering of my people that I can't feign to be blind

I believe the government is abusing power

And our hearts are so deadened that we can't protest for the lack of power

Sometimes all we can muster is a cry

A silent prayer to follow our sigh

A fake smile is all we can muster

To the harsh reality that life offers

I believe the truth can sometimes be harsh

That my people are intellectually inept and rash

That belief is a thing of the heart

And a fight never gets you that far

I believe that history sometimes forgets

And the real heroes never manifest

It takes courage to call history a lie

And that we are all afraid to die

I believe the sky is not really blue

And love stories are not entirely true

People may greatly differ in what they seek

But the truth... The truth is simply what we believe

If you walk long enough you'll get there

And this adventure, life, is fair

Every effort gets rewarded

And every action is recorded.

True strength is acting weak

And being beaten is a chance to redeem

The best result is between extremes 

And the power to change lies deep within.

I believe in enjoying a good laugh

And comforting a friend when they are sad

In enjoying a simple cup of tea

And cherishing the littlest finest of things

I believe love is the most powerful weapon

But Romeo and Juliet was only a fictional sequel

The greater good seems the driving force withal

But in the end, desire or ambition conquers all.

I believe in a life after death

And an existence before life itself

There is an overall power that sees to our affair

And we are judged accordingly, to what seems fair.

I believe in possibilities that show

There are answers besides a yes and a no.

To all the little things above

I'd say I believe in everything and nothing at all.