I READ A LOT OF COMIC BOOKS,
SUPERMAN WOULD WISK ME AWAY,
I DREAMT OF BEING A HERO,
I JUST WANTED TO SAVE THE DAY.
I DIDN'T DO THAT GREAT IN SCHOOL,
I WASN'T POPULAR, I WASN'T COOL,
BUT READING POETRY WAS MY FORTE,
AND IT REALLY BRIGHTENED UP MY DAY!
I LOVED THE WAY THE WORDS WOULD RHYME,
HOW THEY FIT PERFECTLY IN THEIR PLACE,
AND I KNEW DEEP DOWN THERE WAS A PLACE FOR ME,
A HAPPY CHILD IN THE HUMAN RACE?
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE A POETRY AUTHOR,
UNTIL A WISE TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOL TOLD ME,
ERNIE TRUSSELL COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL,
YOU CAN BE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE!
SO I HONED MY SKILLS, AND PRACTICED EACH DAY,
TEACHING MYSELF BOTH RHYTHM AND RHYME,
I KNEW THAT SOME DAY I'D BE A GREAT POET,
BUT I KNEW IT WOULD TAKE ME SOME TIME.
I SPENT MANY YEARS AND I SEARCHED FOR THE KEY,
TO WRITE POETRY THAT WAS GREAT FROM THE START,
BUT I DIDN'T FIND THE RECIPE,
TILL I GAVE JESUS CHRIST MY HEART!
LORD THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS POETRY CHILD,
AND MAKING HIM INTO AN AWESOME MAN,
AND CREATING IN ME A CHRISTIAN POET,
TO SHOW THE WORLD SALVATION'S PLAN!
Written by Ernest Trussell
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