who am i?
i tried to find it in every poem i’ve written
instead i found i knew less than i thought
its emboldening to know i could be
more than i was taught
an entire song changed by a single note
yet still it’s like my tongue was moored
i could speak but i couldn’t talk
so i turned from the pen
and found my way back to chalk
hoping it would strike a chord
because i think that i already know
how to free it from its tethers
i’ve spent years burying the flame
out of fear of my fate if i embraced it
perhaps that’s the reason
my life is an arpeggio
the ups, the downs, the in between
madness seeps from it to me
but soon a silence will permeate about
i’m glad i’ll finally get to rest
but that day has yet to come
so i’ll keep searching for who i am
the answer seems far out of reach
but i’ve already found the person i want to be
and i won’t stop until it’s my melody
i’ll thank the heavens i’m no lone traveler
that my path decided to converge
with that of another
i may have decided to bet on me
but it is restoring to have found one’s harmony
and now what was once a cacophony
of lies and goodbyes too soon
has come together to make a beautiful tune
who am i?
deep down i always knew
i’m a collection of everything i do
an ever evolving tapestry
a kaleidoscope of light
i am a symphony
that i get to write
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