Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Introducing Me

Who am I?


I am flesh
I am spirit
My heart beats crimson
My mind is a riot of thought
God gave me the breath of life
But it is I who choose to breathe
I am the creator,
And destroyer,
Of my own world
Flawed to a perfection
That has made me
Me
Olive, hazel, chestnut, and pink
Bold, strong, kind, virtuous,
Risqué, and sometimes weak
All these things
Just a fraction of who I am
To really know,
You have to look deep
Into my heart
My spirit,
My eyes,
And my words
Even the ones I do not speak…
I am transparent
I am complicated
I change like the desert sands

I have baggage,
But I also have treasures
I am a fierce adversary,
And a fiercer friend…
I have smiled when I should not
Cried when I would not
Survived when I could not…
And I know that rock bottom
In the pits of despair
Is where dreams are made
It is where hope is born
If I just use the strength within me
To lift my weary head
And look up.
But I also know Joy
Peace
And Redemption
I see them in myself
And all things…

Perhaps the question is not
Who am I?
But rather,
Who will I be?




~Jennifer Rapier-Milne