I need not to wear boots to help me stand <br />I need not tattoos to prove who I am <br />I need not support to reach out my hand <br />As I know GOD knows, that I am a man. <br />I need not fashionable clothes for me to wear <br />I need not to color or hide my hair <br />I need not to be ashamed to say a prayer <br />As GOD knows I am a man, standing there. <br />I need not to lie or ever to cheat <br />I need not to fill my mind with sins or deceit <br />I need a righteous life to be my greatest feat <br />Then GOD will know I am a man, when we do meet. <br />I need to always put my family first <br />I need to give out love and never lash out hurt <br />I need to let honestly to be my final search <br />And GOD will know then another man on this earth. <br />I need never to put the blame on anyone else <br />I need not to be them but to be myself <br />I need not to be ashamed to give out help <br />And I know GOD will not let a man, fall into hell. <br />I need not to take anything which is not mine <br />I need not to break any vows or create a crime <br />I need to understand life is but a short time <br />And GOD will know a man, will be in judgements line. <br />I need to understand the words I speak <br />I need to understand for a lost soul I must weep <br />I need to learn that strength is also with the weak <br />And I know that GOD someday this man, he will greet. <br />I need not to say I cannot but that I can <br />I need to be an example so all will know who I am <br />I need from evil to stay away and withstand <br />And GOD I know will see me, as that I am a man.<br /><br />Randy McClave<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/god-sees-a-man/
