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Savannah

I4.3NTITY


Not the surface

don't look there

-again.

Go deeper

Go further

look far within

past the insecurities

and anxieties

the fears and tears

-those don't define me.


Hidden is excitement

a desire to be driv3n

to take my i4eas

and live them.


The reserved and quiet

hide it

but don't let it remain hidden

fin4 it


in the string lights

the rain sounds

the plants inside

the rugs on the ground


in A Thr3ad

in the way I dress

how I do

instead of rest.


Even the pillows on my bed

the colors I choose for my Instagram

my planner

the coffee dates I plan.


And a l3gacy - truly

of telling others' stories

of intentionality

and vulnerability

or appreciating creativity

and a4vocating for diversity.


Object1ve?

Yes.

I worked hard to be in health

to be my b3st.


But inwar4ly I'm selfish

I want to be known

Why do you think I was offended

or wrote it out in this poem?


From the time they

didn't save a spot on the swings

to when he told the whole group

"She has no personality."


Aban4onment screeches

it loudly screams

so to show I have worth

that I have a unique i4.3ntity

-forget personality

I achieve.


But not to accumulate wealth

-or knowledge

I achi3ve via creativity

and to accumulate i4.3ntity.


That's why I write

why I sche4ule

why I made a w3bsite

why I'm e4iting

and res3arching

why I sought to do more

for my passion of diversity


I value a3sthetic

it allows me to be expressive

a mood, a smell, a sound

because I feel found

safe and sound.


If each item tells a story

each song shares a feeling

every smell brings a memory

then maybe in my space

you'll see my i4.3ntity.


But a truth I keep in mind

first told to me by a fri3nd

who eventually abandoned

is that I am f3arfully

and won4erfully made

by the Creator of everything

so through his creativity

I truly have identity.

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