reflections

I Am

The sum of my experiences

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I am from gentle women with a soft touch
Women who wrestled with weak men
Women whose spirit and vision
Rose above anger and jealousy to anchor my faith

I am from the weak men
Who let their ego and hubris
Determine their actions as they
Heard a relentless drumbeat
Of worthlessness, never “getting a break”

I am from the kindness of strangers
Strangely more kind than family

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I am from the curiosity of cats
And the obsequious groveling of dogs
A feline affinity with a canine psychosis

From a worship of nature and a
fascination with the sky
And all things in it

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