Who Am I? Poem by Sana Olivia Hernandez

Who Am I?

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I am pretty.
I am talented.
I am intelligent.

But who am I to be that?

I am ugly.
I am skill less.
I am stupid.

But who are you to say that?

I am Sana.
I am Olivia.
I am Hernandez.

But who am I to accept that?

You are you.
I'm not you.

So who am I to judge you?

I am me.
I accept that.

So who are you to deny that?

I am everything.
I am nothing.
So...

Who am I?

-SOH

Friday, May 30, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: self
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I thought of this after reading the inspiring quote by Marianne Williamson:
'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Antony Theodore 12 September 2015

You are you. I'm not you. I am me. I accept that. Who am I? This is a perennial question.. so many philosophers and theologians tried to answer it. i think we are all living mysteries. Since we came from God who is total mystery in itself, we should be mysteries. dont u think? thank you that i met your philosophic mind.

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