I Am, Who I Am

I am

  who I am.

My life is not
  always pretty.
But in the end
  it seems to always
  fall into place.
I am more
  then what you see.
I am the roundhead
  in the square hole.
I am the one
  who sees things

  differently.

I am

  who I am.

I find myself
  trying to live up to
  everyone’s expectations.

While forgetting about
  my own.
I dream only of becoming
  a teacher.
To help others understand
  school is more then the learning
  it’s the growing of becoming
  who they are.
I am
  who I am.

I hide in the many books
  I read.
To get away from
  the troubles
  of everyday life.
Reading is more

  then my passion

  it’s my

  escape.

I am

  who I am.

I volunteer because
  I know there are people
  that are more damaged
  then I.
To lend a hand
  when they are drowning
  in their own well of troubles.

It gives me

  a sense of worth.

I am

  who I am.

I am proud of

  my Chicano heritage.

I know what my great-grandparents

  had to do

  to get this freedom.
I am
  who I am.

Faith is my rope
  tied to the tree.
When I start to roam to far
  I am pulled back

  into the arms

  of my Savior.
I am
  who I am.

I have learned
  that to kiss the past goodbye
  I have to take the good
  with the bad.
Got to love what I have
  and remember what I had.
Learn from my many
  mistakes
  but never
  regret.
I am
  who I am.

I am the girl

  who tries to hold onto

  everything she is.

The daughter

  sister

  niece

  cousin

  friend

  and student.

But most of all

  I try to just be

  me.

I am

  who I am.