i am ...
By April, age 24, New Jersey
i am a daughter, a sister, a granddaughter, a niece, a cousin, a friend
i am a partner, a student, a young girl, a grown woman
i am confident and scared, terrified and excited
i am loving and caring and thoughtful
i am hopeful
i am sick and tired
i am shy and outspoken, and careful and careless
i am broken and whole,
i am misunderstood, misguided and misled,
i am hard working and determined, but a little scared inside
i wish on stars and dreams my dreams
i pray to god and cry my tears
i smile on the outside and hide the pain inside
i listen to others who don't listen to me
i walk on eggshells and i walk on fire
i believe in passion and true love
i love you and i push you away
i want you, i need you, but i'm independent
i am everything and nothing all at once
i am ME