I\u2019m nothing more
\nthan me\u00a0 ~\u00a0 everyday
\nof common birth
\nand doing it my way
\nas only I could do it
\nthe best I can\u00a0 ~
\nfreely
\nindependently
\n~\u00a0 distinctly
\nfrom all the rest
\nof my kind\u00a0 ~
\nthe humankind
\nmaybe\u00a0 ~
\nnot in bodily form
\nbut through
\ncharacteristics
\nreflecting my soul
\nthe very essence
\nmolding my being
\ninto who I am
\nand what I\u2019m yet
\nto be \u00a0~\u00a0 nothing
\nmore than me<\/p>\n
~ ~<\/p>\n
~ \u00a0do you see me
\n~\u00a0 do you hear me
\n~ \u00a0do you feel me
\n~ \u00a0do you get me
\nas far as \u00a0~
\nmy contribution
\nto the mix of all else\u00a0 ~<\/p>\n
~ ~<\/p>\n
if so or if not
\nwhatever\u00a0 ~
\nyes\u00a0 ~ \u00a0I can tell
\nI\u2019m me \u00a0~
\na little different
\nfrom you
\nin spite of any
\nway of belief
\nor national stigma
\nbreeding
\nsocial inhibition
\npackaging
\nmy acts\u00a0 ~\u00a0 my living
\nconditions \u00a0~
\nmy ills
\ninto some box
\nthat\u2019s deserving
\nof any scourge
\nlabeled upon me \u00a0~
\nI will go on
\nnot as a victim
\neven if\u00a0 ~ \u00a0death
\nis prematurely
\nknocking at my door
\n~ \u00a0I\u2019ll live
\n~ \u00a0I\u2019ll contribute
\n~ \u00a0I\u2019ll die
\nlike any human
\n~ \u00a0I\u2019ll matter
\ntill the end
\n~ \u00a0I was
\n’cause
\nthat’s
\nthe spirit
\nbirthing change
\n~\u00a0 I\u2019m me<\/p>\n
Words by\u00a0 ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m nothing more than me\u00a0 ~\u00a0 everyday of common birth and doing it my way as only I could do it the best I can\u00a0 ~ freely independently ~\u00a0 distinctly from all the rest of my kind\u00a0 ~ the humankind maybe\u00a0 ~ not in bodily form but through characteristics reflecting my soul the very essence … Continue reading “birthing change ~ I\u2019m me”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordimagerystyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}