I Am Who I Am

Some say "we are who we are"...
We will never change our ways,
Our genetics over power us,
Our weaknesses will always remain...

I say "I am who I am",
My life is a constant change,
Trying to make peace with my many mistakes...

Living not only for today but for the rest of my days,
Learning from the others who carry the same DNA,
We may share the same genes,
A face so similar it is easily seen,
What we will never share is the same hopes and dreams...

For I have my strengths and they keep me sane,
They let me know who I am,
Or who I am working so hard to become,
My strengths allow me to be stopped by no one...

I too have my weaknesses,
They cause me to awake in the greatest of ways,
My weaknesses make me open my eyes and see,
If not for them I would never get to where I want to be...

Rather its my genetics, my strengths, or even my weakness,
It only builds my hopes and my dreams,
They make me fight harder for the vision I seek,
The vision to be who I want to be,
This makes me realize that today is the day I can feel free,
Knowing this is something only I have the power to take from me!

 

Reviews

[Freeman]

Lost a bit of its flow in the middle but overall a nice poem

Freeman

[Coyote Poetry]

We can change in a New York minute. Woman can change from love to hate with one word. I have changed my life completely four times in my life. Sometime we have no choice. The human mind is amazing. We use only a small percent of the brain. Only limit to dreams are the fear that we allow the world to put around us. A outstanding poem. Life is a million mile journey. The road is your choice. A outstanding poem.
Coyote