Who I Am

I am a writer,
a dancer, a fighter
I lift people up with my heart
and not just my pencil

I jump through hoops of happiness
and juggle bricks of sadness
Some days,
on those days

It happens
But I write about it
Dance about it
Fight about it

Because that’s who I am
I am a writer,
a dancer, a fighter
I lift people up with my heart

and not just my dancing
I toss bricks of emotions on paper
And spin hula hoops made of sand around possibilities
until I get there, until I make a five year long goal

come true
I listen to people reading their stories
and I put their voices together, plus mine
to make one