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Who am I?

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KirstenJacob

Published: Jun 4, 2012

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                      "I am me.."

               Who ever that may be.

                           Made by a world,

                Not easily understood.

                      I am what I am.

                                Of race ethnicity or a sexuality.

              A loner, an outcast, or unappealing you see.

                        Popular and attractive or just plain carefree.

                      I think what I want.

               Not what they tell me.

                      With their tubes and their lies and their tricks

           To try and bend me.

                         I am who I am.

                     But this is not by choice

                Nor is it something given quite like an invoice.

                           Being me is simply a feeling

       That I alone know.

                                      Even if its something I can't easily say

                       And not knowing the answer straightaway.

                                                  Which starts with the words, "I am me.."

Kirsten Z. Jacob

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Author's Notes.
This piece is about one of those questions we all ask when we look ourselves in the mirror. I tried to make it relatable to everyone. (:

*This piece cannot in whole or in part be reproduced, altered or claimed in any way without my explicit permission. ~Kirsten Jacob