¡I DEFINE ME!

I am a beautiful Black man

Living in a society that wishes to mold me
But my self-respect won’t allow anyone but myself to define me.
I don’t have a need to be trendy
Insubstantial judgments rarely do offend me

I am who I am I choose freely who I wish to be

It is not hard to fathom how I define me.
I don’t need to prove I am smart ass

Just to show that I have class

So I can fit in with the shallow cliques and deceitful friends
God made me beautifully articulate,

Do you see & I define me?

I don’t need a man standing by my side

To attain a sense of self-pride

A strong man’s love is a commodity to be known

But before a man undermines my strengths I’d gladly stand alone.

Do I possess weaknesses
Yes, that’s for sure,

But what makes me the king I am is my ability to endure.

You see, I define me
Though it’s not always done easily
because the perils of a weak society
often catch me in an unjust propriety.

They say a GAY man is something to be feared!

Because I choose my own path,

Shouldn’t be something that’s revered?

I was not presented with a silver spoon @ the time of my birth
but I didn’t wait around for the world to determine my intrinsic worth.

I chose to stand out never waiting for a hand out

I chose never to wait on destiny when I was perfectly capable of defining me.
So please take off your blinders and see this world won’t give credit where it’s due
Until you stand on your own & decide to define you.

 © tgk