If I Be A Child Of God

what has god asked me to do

that I have not first misunderstood

as a command to fall down and die


what has god asked me to do

that does not involve an abandonment

of people places or things


what is it about god

that makes me want to

want to want to maybe live or die another day.


By Sloane Angelou

From: Côte d’Ivoire

Twitter: MsSloaneAngelou