QUESTIONS: A POEM A FRIEND WROTE ABOUT ME

PEOPLE ASK AND WONDER WHO I AM AND WHY DID I CHOSE TO GO DOWN THE PATH I CHOSE. WHY ARE US PEOPLE BORN TO BE? WHY DO US PEOPLE DESTROY THIS WORLD BY MAKING THINGS HAPPEN THAT SHOULDN'T. I AM ME BECAUSE I WANNA BE. I LIVE FOR JUSTICE AND LIBERTY. I WALK THE STREETS WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH, NOT CARING WHO IS TO WALK BY WITHOUT SAYING HI. I AM A HUMAN BEING WHO CAME FROM GOD HIMSELF. PUT ON THIS EARTH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. NO ONE WILL PUT ME DOWN AND I DARE NOT WEAR A FROWN. PEOPLE ASK ME AND WONDER WHO I AM AND I LOOK AT THEM AND TELL THEM I AM JAMES EDWARD IRVING III-NEWSOME " A PROUD BI-SEXUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HUMAN BEING"