I AM

I am

I am a daughter, sweet and obedient, rebellious and stubborn.

I am brave and I am afraid.

 I learn.

 I am.  

I am a teen, filled with angst and frustration, creativity and ideals.

I am filled with moral indignity and the need to spread my wings.

I learn.

I am.

I am a young wife, devoted and in love, disappointed and lonely.

Love should not hurt, love should strengthen.

I learn.

I am.

I am a mother, amazed and humbled, Changed forever and afraid

Enchanted and overcome with love.

I learn.

I am.

I am the sole provider, the teacher, the moral compass, the protector.

I am strict and careful, joyful and silly, and tired.

I learn.

I am. 

I know love, true and strong. I know family, holidays and celebration.

I know illness, I know death, and I know loss.

I learn.

I am.

I know rebuilding life. I know finding strength when I am spent.

I know a child’s love. They need me, so,

I learn.

I am.

I am in my middle years, I find purpose for me.

I know the need to achieve, not for necessity,

But for satisfaction.

I learn.

I am

I am a grandmother, I am immortal

I see me in this little person.

She has my hair, she has my temper.

I learn.

I am.

I am brave; I set out for new adventures.

I learn new things, I meet new people.

I find love, real and strong.

I learn.

I am.

I am all the people I was before, I am still learning.

I thirst for knowledge; I hunger for what is unknown.

I learn.

I am.

I am sick, they tell me forever. I cannot be stopped,

Only slowed a little, from time to time.

I learn.

I am.

I am here to learn, to share, and to be.

I am here to learn

I am here to find out who

I am.