What I Am Poem by Diana van den Berg

What I Am



I am not what I do
not what I say
not what I make

I am what I feel
what I remember
what I think
what I love

I am the mist of memories
that I have yet to paint
I am the kaleidoscope
of the world within

What I am not
is the prisoner
you tell me
to be.

(8 August 2005)

Diana van den Berg
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Topic(s) of this poem: august
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