Now That I Know Who I Am Poem by Adrienne Clark Strachn

Now, that I know who I am
I won't answer when you call me those four letter words.
they could have been three worded
how would i know
I was raised on them words, my daddy did it
my boyfriends did it, and now my babies daddies.
when i looked them up in the dictionary,
thought i belonged to something special
Websters defination
if it good for some man Webster
gotta be good for me,
but you.. the last man who came in my life
let me know, i am too beautiful, scared,
to be called any word but beautiful
I knew the word B did not have a ring to it
my other man screamed it
when he wanted me or to give him something
somehow i never could do no right!
Scared, when I met you..
didn't want a man to justify me no more
name me
I am the me nobody knows cause
i was afraid everyone saw me like you
i left you,
now i found someone new
new day, new name
trurely you but it sure feels good to know the letter b
means hello beautiful..
when it comes from you