A Simple Question
A.K.
A common question asked by all
Upon first introduction,
Who are you that stands not tall,
What is your name and function?
I tell you that asks me,
The whole and simple truth.
You are you and I am me,
I'll tell you no untruth.
I am the poet of the mind,
I'm the poet of the soul.
I am the poet of the body,
And the poet of the whole.
And then my fellow man does ask
With no uneasy tone;
Is this what makes you up in part,
Or is it in the whole?
No I say that is not all
That makes my earthly shell.
My strength lies not just in mind,
But it body it does dwell.
My training in the martial arts,
From K'rate to Pentjak Silat
Has given me the skills
To, in this life, do my part.
My fam'ly hath lent me much
To aid in my desire,
I will become, in soul, a part
Of Earth, and Wind, and Fire.
And thus sated by my answer,
We begin to chat
Of things that shift and shimmer,
And that my friends is that.