I am black, I am white <br />I am all skins in between <br />I am young, I am old <br />I am each age that has been <br />I am scrawny, I am well fed <br />I am starving for attention <br />I am famous, I am cryptic <br />I am hardly worth the mention <br />I am short, I am height <br />I am any frame or stature <br />I am smart, I am challenged <br />I am striving for a future <br /> <br />I am able, I am weak <br />I am some strength, I am none <br />I am being, I am thought <br />I am all things, said and done <br />I am born, I am died <br />I am dust of humble roots <br />I am grace, I am pain <br />I am labor of willed fruits <br />I am slave, I am free <br />I am bonded to my life <br />I am rich, I am poor <br />I am wealth amid strife <br /> <br />I am shadow, I am glory <br />I am hiding from my shame <br />I am hero, I am loser <br />I am yearning for a name <br />I am empty, I am proud <br />I am seeking my tomorrow <br />I am growing, I am fading <br />I am hope amid the sorrow <br />I am certain, I am doubtful <br />I am desperate for solutions <br />I am leader, I am student <br />I am fate and evolutions <br /> <br />I am spirit, I am voice <br />I am memory, not recalled <br />I am chance, I am cause <br />I am effort, blocked and walled <br />I am hymn, I am heard <br />I am reasoned without rhymes <br />I am past, I am nearing <br />I am present in all times <br />I am many, I am no one <br />I am seasoned by each being <br />I am me, I am you <br />I am all-souls now decreeing <br /> <br />The color of sky <br />Is blues and grays <br />The color of earth <br />Is greens and browns <br />The color of hope <br />Is rainbows and purple <br />And the color peace <br />Is people together <br />Shades of life <br />People together <br /> <br /> <br />*PLEASE COMMENT AND VOTE ON POEMS<br /><br />Wade Blade<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-shades-of-life/
