Evance Ombaka - Upon My Epitaph

Neath this mound of swarthy earth
Lies twined with roots and stones,
The vanity of my flesh and bones.
Say what you may of my life's worth,
But while I still had my breath in me
I was and would say, I am just me.

Evance Ombaka

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