The more sincere the soul, the heavier the cross endured.

History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.

The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various 'individuals', or groups of 'individuals', experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their "pursuit of happiness" to outright obliterating it.

On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage.

Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.

The word 'survivor' carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women. It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be 'at risk' of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.

At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.