Christ is praised for saving souls. / Mandela was jailed but later he rose /

To vanquish the violence in his native land / And became a great activist, leader, and man.

Mahatma fought for Global Peace, / While Martin used his views to lead

A March that filled our nation’s streets / And ended with a moving speech.

As nations rise and leaders fall / All generations will recall

The lives that lead this world to change / And those who’s impact still remains.

We’ve gained insight from leaders past / Who’s lives were large enough to cast

A shadow that could shroud the sky, / And in our hearts, they’ll never die.

So why should I desire less? /Indeed I have a simple quest…

To live, to love, to lead, to learn, / To share my heart ‘til I return

Into the Earth from whist I came / And after that, I shall remain

Upon the Earth, but not through fame; / Instead, inside each heart I came

In contact with each day I played / This Game of Life, and thus, I’ll stay

Alive through them, for then, I’ll gain / Eternal Life through lives I’ve made

An impact on during the span / Of my brief life — which proves a man

Can truly live forever when / The Love he’s shared can live again.

Through the prism of television

we see ouselves tinted in colors that do not suit our frame…

we’re the crooks, and the clowns, yet we constantly name

ourselves as the victims of Establishment’s Game,

all the while trying hard to find Fortune and Fame

from within the confines of the System we blame.