Never cared
to be the one
to have a popular opinion
perhaps prepared
to be the one
to share the truth
through my experience
resilience and fearlessness
alchemized
who Truist is
I already AM
how I’ve
mastered my craft
is by
building my character
I tried
standing at registers
went to
colleges that’s regular
served this country
with predators
sat in churches
that were more secular
than the music
the preacher
told us not to listen to
to still be programmed to follow what leaders do
sitting in church with a group of leaders who still asking what would Jesus do