Identities

How do I identify myself?

Who was I?

Who am I?

Who do I want to be?

Who I was

Child, daughter, sister, friend

Still forming, still developing, still finding myself

Growing up, depending so much on my parents

Where I am from dictated who I was

Identifying myself through what my parents wanted,

Expected

Get good grades

Challenge yourself

Stay in sports

More, more you must do more

So much pressure not to fail

To live up to high expectations

To thrive

To get into a good college

Struggling with who I was

Separate from my parent’s expectations

Not happy, unfulfilled, never fit in

Different identities that all clashed

Nerd, athlete, ditz

Who I really was, is hard to tell

Who I am

Still forming, still developing, still finding myself

My parents have less of an impact

It’s dependent on me

Dependent on whom I want to be

Women, adult, college student

My own caretaker

I am me without labels

Happier, I’ve found my niche

My cranny where I fit for now

Who I want to be

So many choices

So wide open

So hard to know

I want to be someone

Someone who makes a difference

Someone with a life worth living

Someone worth remembering

I want to be

So many different things

Adult, businesswomen

Mother, successful, happy

Who I will be

There are so many different options

Always changing, always developing, always forming

Its all my choice and whatever I want it to be