i have become wearied with the vain <br />arguments of men.... with the constant <br />striving over religion, politics, and ego <br />driven patriotism... <br />the constant struggle of we the masses, <br />faceless and numbered, to just survive, <br />to barely get by... <br />and i have come to doubt many and <br />various things... <br />i have a distinct hatred for the lie... <br />for emotional, spiritual, and physical <br />slavery... <br />i have no desire to do anything to win <br />the accord of the ignorant... <br />i have no desire to be anything that <br />i'm not... <br />i make no apology for who i am... <br />i have tried to live in respectful fashion.... <br />i own my mistakes, i wear no disguise. <br />i am simply, a man! <br />i am disgusted by the state of the world... <br />am dismayed to be a part of the generation <br />that allowed this to happen... <br />i feel the weight of the sins of injustice, <br />and of all inequalities..... <br />while i am a part of all that lives, <br />i am also an individual, a wolf, a raven!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/weariness-of-the-soul/
