Who am I really?
I decided to write this in a poem
The way I want
So all my thoughts could flow in rhythms
Buried deep within my soul
I ask again
Who the hell am I?
I am a girl with a wandering soul
A lady with regretful pasts and confusing present
A woman filled with so much responsibility
Dreams and passion and focus unimaginable
You want to know who I am?
Then you gotta to go to the basics
To the bottom of the history line
When the creator decided to make me the first child
It seems to have all gone wrong from there
Responsibilities bigger than my shoulders
Making the mistakes ahead of the younger uns
And being the prim and proper example
For their little steps to follow
No matter how fake it was
No matter how much I was dying inside
And had twirling and raging emotions I could not understand
I had to maintain the façade
That façade of the perfect child
Education was no different
Emblem of the star student
Teachers favorite and a haven of awards
Yet I did not know me
My path seemed so clear to everyone but me
Who am I actually?
I am a lady on the path of discovery
Society and sentiments be damned
Amma make my own way
Through the forests and the seas and the clouds
I am a woman that refuses to be the society’s woman
I am a woman but a human first
Aint gonna listen for no man to dictate my life
Aint nobody’s property
I am me
Imperfect, thoroughly flawed, confused
Smart and compassionate
Passionate and focused
I don’t need no approval
I would keep on being me
So me is that sweet girl
That simply does not give a f**k
I just do right by me, my God and my goddamn conscience
Onashile Peace (tolarnee)
*** Wow! I can hardly believe I wrote this but I did, I wrote it for @surpassinggoogle contest and he encouraged everyone to search deep to participate in the contest and that’s what I did.
I dug deep to my soul to write this and I think I am glad I wrote this because its like a burden was taken off my shoulders.
Well I do hope y’all connect to it and like it, if you do please drop a comment, upvote and resteem
** please forgive my poor drawing skills and my poor camera….much much love