I Am (Evolving) Poem by Eric Cockrell

i am, become...
i am the cobbled path,
and the super highway.
i am the dammed up river,
and the valley plush.
i am the blacksmith's anvil,
and the super computer...
i am the stockyard full,
the closed business meeting!

i am the doctor, the lawyer,
i am the weaver, the mechanic...
the degree that hangs on the wall,
and the one written on calloused hands.
i am the lover killed in a jealous rage,
the couple married for fifty years,
i am... and more.

i am the woman pulling double shifts
to put her kid through school.
i am the letter written to the boy in prison,
who lives in constant fear.
i am the special needs child overlooked,
and funneled through the system...
i am the mother standing over her son's grave,
who died a hero for the wrong cause.

i am a peacemaker, a trouble maker,
a walking mistake and a born leader.
i am America evolving...
i am, become...