I am not this man you see 
  I am not even me
I am not my traditions  
  I am self seditious
I am not my countrymen 
  And I am not my kin
I am something deeper  
  Something far within

I am beyond definition  
  I know I am not a man
I am the reaching soul of life 
  The grasp beyond the hand
I am ever changing  
  I am every thing
I am every simple hope  
  I am every dream

I am not this man you see  
  I am not even me
I am something wondrous
  And so I’ll simply be...

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