Oh this melody <br />I am lamenting <br />Oh this song I sing <br />As with sack cloth and ashes <br />Face in the warm dirt of the spring <br />Eaten the rotten fruit <br />From the seed weakness can bring <br />Swallowed it so bitter <br />I am undeserving <br />'A good for nothing slave' <br />'I am what I am' <br />Yes 'A miserable man' <br /> <br />A spirit broken <br />A spirit crushed <br />A joyful song that is hushed <br />What shout does a slave give forth <br />Other than that of humilty <br />No longer looking for refreshment <br />Or of pity <br />I dont belong to me <br />I am unworthy <br />'A good for nothing slave' <br />'I am what I am' <br />This 'A miserable man' <br /> <br />A sorrowful soul <br />Why is it that I still breathe <br />With no more tears to cry <br />And no more blood to bleed <br />No thirst or hunger <br />With no more life to feed <br />No right to need <br />Yet I have the wisdom not to ask <br />Not to ask to be freed <br />A willing slave <br />'I am what I am' <br />This 'A miserable man' <br /> <br />Brought low and afraid <br />Look only to you to be saved <br />And so I sigh <br />A Dirge of a miserable slave<br /><br />Jamie Ellen Christian<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dirge-of-a-willing-slave/
