I am a creature of contradictions
The melancholy optimist
Alternate leader
Peaceful soldier

Speaker for the weird and wonderful
Who, alas, undervalued, slip by

I am the captain of my ship
Creator of my destiny
But small

A powerful ant in a world of elephants and bumble-bees

The world wasn’t made for such a paradox as I
Yet still I move
Work
Sleep

So much like the rest of humanity
And equally as different

That in itself is a contradiction