Union Poem by Randy McClave

I am not one, but I am many
If you look about me, I am many more
I am strong, I am not weak because I am plenty
And when I speak; you can hear me roar,
I do not ever take one single footstep
But, instead I take many steps at the same time
And they are with different depths and also widths
So, no adversity is too steep for me to overcome or climb,
I will never fight any battle or altercation all alone
If you look I have support on both my left and my right
Because there stands all my brothers and my sisters
They give me my confidence and also my might.

I will as easily defend as I will protect
I too will watch out for my brothers and my sisters
Never will I allow gossip or lies to attack them
As we all share the same sweat, and blood and blisters,
In troubled times I will never ignore of forsake them
Never will I allow greed or power to get the better of me
I care and we are here to help one and another
We are the brothers and sisters and we are a family,
I will live and die by this belief that I have
Though some will say my beliefs are just a delusion
But, I will walk in pride and in honor wherever I go
As I am not one by myself, I am in the family of the union.

Randy L. McClave