Dianne Billstrom, a devoted mother and grandmother (as well as a recently published children’s author), sent us this poem with the following introduction:
This poem was written as an exercise in self-examination — What am I? The first part is a description of what I think I am. The second part is a description of the things I have accomplished that were surprising to me. The Third question is what has amazed me about myself. The last stanza is a declaration of who I really am.
What Am I?
What am I?
daughter,
sister,
mother,
wife,
teacher,
nurse.
Am I what?
chef,
seamstress,
poet,
pupil,
friend.
I am what?
grandmother,
widow,
dreamer,
survivor.
What I am,
child of God.
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Beautiful.
So true…every poet, every author will agree with you.I enjoyed reading it 🙂
I really loved the last two lines. “What I am, child of God.”
This was so neat. I loved it and I don’t love poetry, as a general rule.