I Am Gone Like A Shadow... When It Lengthens...

About the Book

About the Book “I am Gone Like A Shadow When It Lengthens” is an excerpt from the Christian Bible. It appears in different versions of the 109th Psalm of David. The Gideon Holy Bible, Psalm 109 states in verses 23-29. “I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a Locust. My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt. I am an object of Scorn to my accusers, when they see me, they shake their heads. Help me O Lord my God. Save me in accordance of your love. Let them know that it is your hand, that you, O Lord have done it. They may curse, but your servant will rejoice. My accusers will be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak…” This book is dedicated in loving memory of two good friends Michael Griffith, age 23 whom died on the hand of racist youths in Howard beach. He was beaten with baseball bat, trench iron and tree stump. He was chased onto the Belt-Parkway. He was struck by oncoming cars and was killed. Wendell Innis, in his early 20’s was a life-long friend in the early 1980´s, he was said to have contracted “AIDS,” the once termed Gay Disease. He lived his life in seclusion and the family in shame for fear of retribution over their son’s sexuality. They both hailed from the twin-island nation of Trinidad & Tobago. For Michael and Wendell Victims of the Struggle, to overcome Racial and Homophobic hatred….. May you both Rest in Peace!

About the Author

Marlon-Paul is a scholar and author, born Marlon Paul Moseley, June 1965. He was born to parents, Joseph Moseley, Jr. a conductor an elevator operator and Sylivia Moseley, a teacher¡¦s assistant and a home health aide. He grew up on the twin island nation of Trinidad & Tobago, once native to the Taienos, Carib, and Arawakan Indians before the arrival of colonial black slavery. He was raised in Central Port-of-Spain in the Province of LaVentille. In 1980 he and his mother with siblings, Sandra, Joanne and Kurt migrated to Crown Heights Brooklyn where they reunited with their father in order to start a better life. Dr. Moseley is his professional academic and clinical title, as he was schooled in the Elitist-Anglo-American tradition of education. He is also a self-taught scholar, in the Afro-Caribbean tradition education. He is an author of two books. The independent Caribbean short story, ¡§Creame Ah De Cocoanut,¡¨ which is being re-released. He received a featured write-up in the Trinidadian Sunday Punch, captioned ¡§Trini makes in big in New York¡¨ in 2004 he won the Caribbean community short story telling award and voted best short story teller. In 2002 he published his social work essay, ¡§The Black Casework Experienced in New York City¡¦s Fostercare System- A Case for Office Politics.¡¨ In 2006 he received a distinguished write-up from the (NASW), National Association of Social Workers, for his self report and research into the psychopathology of New York¡¦s City¡¦s (ACS) Administrator for Children Services. Dr. Moseley is a licensed clinical social work psychotherapist in practice since 2006. He has a daughter Maya Zade Moseley and Step-Daughter Brittany Pantin and an infant brother Jamel. He is a human rights campaigner and activist. His charitable contributions goes to: ƒx Dual-diagnosed support for mental health research ƒx Diabetes- UK & USA ƒx Save the Children ƒx Green Peace ƒx HIV-AIDS Prevention and Research. Some of the proceeds of his book will be donated to the above organization and will help support and fight Racial Discrimination, Child Abuse, Homophobia, & Depression.