Who Am I? A Poem to Appreciate Your Life

Who Am I?

Am I the shy girl, behind her mother?

Holding tightly and hiding my face

Or now the girl who talks to anyone 

no matter age, shape or race?

Am I the "nigger kid", something I've overheard before?

Challenged with a color hard to understand 

Or that "exotic" looking woman

Glowing yearly with a tan?

Am I big boned or chubby, during my childhood years?

A diet taught to me, although it wasn't too late

Obsessed with health, yet not worried about the pounds

Am I now too thin, accused of being restrictive and underweight?

Am I over emotional, is the sickness "in my head"?

22 with endometriosis, an invisible disease

Intimacy, eating, fertility and standing, the new challenges I face

Despite my begging for god's help, will a smile will put others at ease?

Am I trapped inside a body?

One I've wished to trade

Or am I trapped inside spirit?

Recognizing my strength with a slight delay.

There are to sides to each story, for both you and I 

Open your eyes to disgused blessings in life 

Ask your self  "Who am I?"

The answer the result of your own beautiful strife

                                           -Courtney Mahony

My Grandmother & this quote inspired me to write this poem:

"Everyone hears only what he understands."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


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