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I am...me


From birth to present,

How I have changed,

For no life is constant, 

And I have aged,

 

First a baby,

Innocent and new,

Identity: A twin boy,

And then I grew,

 

A toddler would follow,

Young and nieve,

Identity: Explorer,

With a smile to decieve,

 

Grown into a child,

Clever with a smile,

Identity: Elementary student,

Who's imagination would last a while,

 

More complex by middle school,

Uncertain and confused,

Identities: Runner, Black belt, friend, gay?

Some truths he refused,

 

High school freshman year,

I am... I know not,

Identities: Runner, smart, gay (only to me),

Time to thicken the plot,

 

The middle of senior year,

Not sure of what's next,

Identities: Friend, runner, boyfriend, math tutor, gay, twin

But the future has me perplexed,

 

Here I am now,

In college at RIT,

Identities: Friend, runner, ex, ChemE student, nerd, gay, twin, AROTC MSI, searching for money,

And I am ... me

 

 

 

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