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I am Who I am

May 15, 2009 by Sabrina Nichol Garcia

I am Who I am
But I’m not who I was.
I wonder what one mistake in a life time does?
I hear happiness all around my life and me,
I see happiness being cut off;
Right after my boundaries.
I want only, what I cannot have.
I am as if “me” but now it is time
To take a different path.
I pretend to people and myself that
I’m ok
I feel deep down that I’m only sending
My real feelings away.
I touch the world as if I can control it,
To make it perfect.
I worry about everything in my life, but
Myself and wonder if it’s worth it.
I cry when hardships are here,
I am unexpected when something new
Appears, just like a hawk when finding
It’s prey.
I understand all different cultures,
Religions, and ways.
I am as if normal, because normal is only different.
A dream I haven’t yet succeeded, is a dream
I still have to accomplish on my mission.
I am who I am, but I’m not who I was,
Although I will be who I’ll become,
For I am.

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