(poems from my youth)
Who Am I.
i know half of me
why couldn't I just be,
the person I wanted to be.
the one I thought I should be.
for that's who I knew as me,
and not be, who I am?
seven ticks past the ides of March,
of eight after nine,
the definition of myself,
i could no longer define.
pain attacking on many levels,
mentally, physically, & spiritually,
but i have to stay strong because you see,
no one knows me,
do you really know me?
do i know me?
i don't know!
but i won't let
that stop me from going on.
still, i can't help but wonder
who i am?
let me think! i know half of me,
but why couldn't i just be,
the person i wanted to be,
the one i thought i should be
for that's who i knew as me,
and not be, who i am?
Mark Anthony Thomas
Copyrighted in 2000.