I am Malcolm X
At 13 years old
You appeared
I knew your name
Not life
There you were
So page by page
I found out
Learned about Garvey too
And Harlem, Detroit, really
America
Learned about prison
Drugs, burglary
Mostly I learned about
Redemption and salvation
How in saving your people
One can save themselves
My life was changed when I
Read the epilogue
Realizing that you KNEW
Recording your history
Cuz you KNEW
Thank you for your ancestors
Who bore the legacy that would
Give us
You