I Am Man

I am man No dictionary can define my legacy I am man Defiant of of transgressors destiny I am man Something more than mere masculinity Something corporeal of life's spirituality I am man I am man And no legal scale nor constitution defines me I am man More than dreamers and thinkers desire me I am man Measureless vastness of finite history Embrace me in my borderless geography I am man. I am man Not because of my burnt sepia of skin I am man Not to be measure by fallen leaves of sin I am man Conveyor of dignity, castling love within Beaten but unbroken, shackled but still to win I am man I am man Do not define me by color, class, or creed I am man Defying boundaries riding faith as a steed I am man The image of my Creator, stigma for his seed Through my veins run something more than I bleed I am man