Here I Stand

Here I Stand
written by Corey L. Stokes

Amidst the storm, his son
watches as he struggles to maintain
His wife cries!
She can’t remember his name.
The man he was
is a shadow; he doesn’t exist
His daughter searched for
a father amongst the abyss.
His way is dark,
he searches for light
He searches for his strength
recovering his might.
He looks to the hills
and he waits
He calls for his Father
and still he waits.
His mother sees him
and she prays for his pain.
prays to fill his void,
she prays to stop the rain.
They tell him that
“a woman can’t raise no man”,
They say “a boy needs his father”!
Yet, here I stand!