A LIGHT NO DARKNESS CAN CONTAIN

I sleep like a man ashamed of his own reflection.
Each morning, the mirror names me foreign.
O Lord, let me wake in a place that loves my skin, my sound & my shadow.
Let me be a boy, not a threat.

Make me a dream they can't shoot.
A song they can't silence,
A hope too fierce to fade with dawn.
Let my voice rise in streets unshackled,
Where my laughter is free, and my tears are seen.

And in that place, may I find my mirror
Not to shame me, but to show me the truth
That I am enough, just as I am,
A light that no darkness can contain.