
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.