I am not one to bend to others' will
I am not one to bend to others' expectations
I am not one to bend to traditions
I am not one to bend my values
I am not one to give in
I am not one
I am not alone
I am…
I…
I… can't answer that question
I can't give you only one
I can't narrow it down to a singularity
I am…
I am…
I am many
I am my own person
I am the universe
I am the worlds within it
I am Mother Earth and the dirt beneath your feet
I am more than one
I am a collection of voices and souls and spirit
I am smooth velvet to the delicate touch
I am the smoldering coals to the abrupt gaze
I am rebirth from faulty youth
Like Narcissus’s gaze into vanity
I am vibrant, stealing lightening from thunder
I am calm like cleansing rainwater
I am yellow like the sun
I am warm as a summer’s breeze
I am the mistakes of our daughters
I am the mistakes of our sons
I am the truth
I am the light
I am man
I am you
But most importantly
I am woman
I am not one to bend to others' expectations
I am not one to bend to traditions
I am not one to bend my values
I am not one to give in
I am not one
I am not alone
I am…
I…
I… can't answer that question
I can't give you only one
I can't narrow it down to a singularity
I am…
I am…
I am many
I am my own person
I am the universe
I am the worlds within it
I am Mother Earth and the dirt beneath your feet
I am more than one
I am a collection of voices and souls and spirit
I am smooth velvet to the delicate touch
I am the smoldering coals to the abrupt gaze
I am rebirth from faulty youth
Like Narcissus’s gaze into vanity
I am vibrant, stealing lightening from thunder
I am calm like cleansing rainwater
I am yellow like the sun
I am warm as a summer’s breeze
I am the mistakes of our daughters
I am the mistakes of our sons
I am the truth
I am the light
I am man
I am you
But most importantly
I am woman