what makes me

I am that which made me

 

I am my family

my friends

my dear loved ones

 

I am the music

thrumming through my veins

my soul

 

I am my history

my nationality

my mixed heritage

 

I am the knowledge

buzzing through my brain

my mind

 

But that is all history.

 

I am here,

now,

Breathing

Smelling

Tasting

Feeling.

 

I am all that which encompasses me.

 

Yet.

 

I am no passive player dozing in my life,

no amiable face without a thought.

 

I am not that.

I am not that.

I am something else.

 

I am the wind, the breeze, the air.

I encompass all that I share.

I have this strength inside me,

you see.

 

I have a strength inside me,

and that is what forges me.

This poem is about: 
Me
My family
My community
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