ASK ME WHAT I WAS
I'LL REPLY WITH WHAT I'VE DONE,
THOSE THINGS OTHERS WOULD NOT DO,
I DID;
THOSE RIVERS OTHERS WOULD NOT SWIM,
I SWAM;
THOSE HILLS OTHERS WOULD NOT CLIMB,
I CONQUERED;
THOSE BRIDGES OTHERS WOULD NOT CROSS,
I CROSSED;
I HAVE CELEBRATED.
I HAVE MOURNED;
I HAVE SEEN DEATH AND FELT IT'S WARM BREATH.
IT DID NOT FAZE ME, FOR I WAS DIFFERENT.