Who I am

I'll know my name when it's called again

It was one of the first hot days of the summer.

Glory to me.

Pure hell to others.

I walked aimlessly around a local event and stopped to talk to my friend who was with her mother, and another woman.

I began to speak of England.

How there was another terror attack.

And how I was happy that my friends were safe.

My friend's mother rolled her eyes in disgust.

I had to do a double take to study her face.

Her face was of pettiness.

Of spite.

Suddenly she sneered at me.

She pointed in my face.  

"You need to learn to love your own country more!"

I stood there dumbfounded staring at her.

On my shirt was a British Flag.

On the back I wrote "I stand with Manchester."

This wasn't the first time people were irked by my love of other countries.

But I held my head high, and assured her I was proud to be an American.

Deep down I still do not understand why people shame me on my fascination of different places.

And more than anything, I wish they could realize this:

Yes we might live in different in countries.

Different states.

Different towns..

We might practice different religions.

We might be different sexes.

Different classes..

Different races..

But at the end of the day we live together in the same place.

We live together on one single earth.

We are one.

People will continue to be ignorant and throw their torches of fire at me.

They'll continue to reprimand me for not only loving my own country.

With determined eyes I'll still stand and walk through the fire.

I will continue to have love for the entire world.

I am proud of what I am.

What courses through my veins.

I am not only American..I am English, Welsh, German, Irish, and Bohemian.

My great great grandfather was born and raised in London.

It'll always be my city too.

  

Author's Note

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Love it love it love it I'll read more soon

[Kathryn Smith]

Thanks so much1

[aj milton]

Excellent words. The world is not so big. You expressed that so clearly.

(I am not only English... I am Scottish, Swiss, French, and Canadian)

[Kathryn Smith]

Ahh Thank you so much Aj! :) Those nationalities sound like a gorgeous mix. I bet you're really good looking! :)

[aj milton]

*blush* if only.