i pray, therefore i am. <br />i work, therefore i am. <br />i give, therefore i am. <br />i get knocked down, <br />and get back up, <br />therefore i am. <br /> <br />i love, therefore i am. <br />i respect, therefore i am. <br />i stand up, therefore i am. <br />i speak my mind, therefore i am. <br />i believe in mankind, therefore i am. <br />i believe in peace, therefore i am. <br /> <br />not a corporation, <br />not one of the elite. <br />not a political power. <br />not property to be be bought and sold. <br />i am a human being, <br />therefore i am. <br /> <br />and i will keep standing here <br />till the gates of hell fall... <br />because... i am!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/therefore-i-am/