+ I Poem by Jordan Legaspi

I


I am a creature with brain
to think,
to imagine,
and most of all to reason
You see like you I am not thick and dumb
I have something to say;
I am a creature with heart
to pump blood
to keep me alive
and most of all to feel
Just like you brave and vulnerable
Therefore I have something to share;
I am a creature with a body
of bones to support me
tissue, muscles to shape me
system, organ to complete me
and most of all hair and skin to have beauty;
What a wonderful creature called me
Not just unformed thing but a human being.
I am a creature with a spirit
Something in me that cannot be seen
but most of all not a material thing
The very inner part of me worth for offering;
I am a creature with the image and likeness
of someone I named God
Who gave me freedom with wisdom to understand
-why build and not to destroy-
Who gave me will with faith to fulfill
-my purpose to live in peace and to promote justice.
You see my friend I am not different
I am like you capable to love not just to hate
Because I do believe like you I am, too, a gift from God
We are the same yet unique from one another
And who deserves respect from each other
Therefore why not start to accept you
And you to accept me?