You can toss me to the ground, enraged,

Think of me as weak.

But no matter how you try to subvert my courage

You may believe you've bested me

Yet I stand.

You can punish me, bend me, injure me,

But you cannot break me,

My will is iron, unrelenting,

And, like the mighty oak tree

In the strongest of storms, yet I stand.

You can shun me, abhor me

For who I am, I stand as one

But your type cannot hurt me

So though I may stand alone,

Yet I stand

You can challenge me as you wish

But in the end I will prevail.

Life has given me obstacles

Of magnitude greater than those you entail.

Yet I stand.

For I represent not just me,

But my family and morals as well.

So when you try to defeat me,

I have much to fight and defend.

So I stand.