I am What I am - Justin Terry

Have you seen the man with the heart too big for his body?
The one who always loves and cares too much,
And who is often broke and melancholy?

Have you seen the man whose arms are always open?
Ready to comfort and console anyone
Who truly deserves the title of broken?

Have you seen the man who has no shirts?
Always giving and never taking,
And so has nothing to claim but the dirty?

Have you seen the man with the bleeding ears?
Who's listened to the words of all his friends,
To all their troubles, worries, and fears?

Have you seen the man with open eyes?
Who has seen the evil workings of the World,
And watched his friends and lovers slowly die?

have you seen the man with the calloused hands?
The one who fixes hearts and repairs souls,
And calls the Realm of Destruction his lands?

Have you seen the man with the permanent smile?
The one that seems real, but is always forced,
When the man is really crying, but clings to denial?

Have you seen the man with the hollow laugh?
Whose happiness is always fleeing and never lingering,
Blowing through like the wind's early draft?

Have you seen the man who has no tongue?
The man who has bitten it too many times,
To hold back the angry words of protest that surge from his lungs?

Have you seen the man with the broken shoulders?
From carrying the world for years upon his back,
Growing shorter and more defeated as he grows older?

Day by day, I've seen this man.
Day by day, he watches me in the mirror.
Day by day, it takes everything for me to stand.