With God’s will, Jesus’ spirit, transform my mind, let me write

Give me my sword that now I might fight.”

In his poem, “Why I write,” Malone says,

“I am a poet and for my people it’s my duty to fight

Cause my chocolate skin glistens like a star in the moonlight

I was put here and told to let my light shine and I’m going to do so with all my might

That’s why I write, so to tell the world don’t hate me, I didn’t make me

Martin got some more sermons to preach, Jesus got more people to reach

I raise my pen and shout out, “Master, use me, please let me teach!”

Because I write to educate, encourage, enlighten, entertain and to uplift

However, most of all I write because from God, it is my gift.”

Malone will read his work Saturday, Dec. 6 at “World, Sound & Power: Poetic Male Revue” at Expansion Books at 4550 Meridian St., Suite B, Huntsville.