WHO AM I?
The nature of writing a bio lends itself to "I am" sentences.
A list of labels and credentials,
none of which glimpse
the true essence of a person.
I could say...
I am Australian.
I am a storyteller.
I am an introvert... with extrovert tendencies.
I am an explorer.
I am a woman.
I am a little girl.
I am an old, old lady.
I am a writer.
I am a singer.
I am a skydiver.
I am in love... and some days I hate that love.
I am a music student.
I am a hooper.
I am a fire dancer.
I am a reader... when I remember to put my damn phone down.
I am a healer.
I am a sister.
I am a daughter.
My mother is a widow.
And I miss my Dad every day.
I miss my Mum, too.
I am loyal.
I am a liar.
I am a covert manipulator.
I am a needy wretch.
I am a violent destroyer.
I am a resentful victim.
I am a taking violator.
I am a caretaker.
I am addicted.
I am a punisher.
I am the empty void.
I am an entitled innocent.
I am jealous... and the harder I pretend I'm not, the worse it feels.
I am a greedy monster.
I am a dominant controller.
I am an arrogant disdainer.
I am the best and worst friend you'll ever have.
I am a bad influence... and I'm reclaiming that
because I've come to see that people actually want
bad influences
to permission them
to do things
they deep-down know
they really want to do.
I am a dancer... I once convinced myself otherwise,
but the dance lives on
in the marrow of my bones.
I am a fairy.
I am a witch.
I am a soul.
I am part of the matter and energy that cannot be destroyed.
I am stardust.
I am water.
I am molecules.
I am a tyrant.
I am a trail blazer.
I am a lone wolf.
I am a pioneer.
I am a person who hides when they're not okay.
I am determined to live many different lives in one life.
I am a miracle - not a mistake.
I am a keeper of secrets.
I am connected with nature.
Feathers.
Leaves.
Lightning.
Connectedness.
Patterns.
I am a warrior.
I am a beast.
I am a child.
I am karmic retribution.
I am a Goddess.
I am a Priestess.
I am The Devil.
And remember... The Devil needs love, too!
Who am I?
I am all and none of these things.
I am a magical being who lives
in avoidance
of limiting definitions.
Where I give myself permission
to be a novice,
there I find
free
expression