I AM

I think, therefore I am.
I am, therefore I exist.
I exist, therefore I have purpose.
I have purpose, therefore I must function.

I must function, therefore I must
seek clarity of my purpose for existing.
I grow in increments, therefore I must retain.
That which I retain, I must endeavor to understand.

With wisdom and clarity of purpose,
I will begin my journey.
I pray that at the end of my journey,
my destiny will have manifested itself.

Only then can I say with some degree of
absolution, my existence has not been in vain.
In my world of mediocrity I will have  created
some small space of harmony from discord.

From diversity, an array of mixed blessings
will have been planted for a future generation.

Because I Am

Poetic Verses By Gamaliel H. Gooding
Copyrighted 2013