I Am What I Am , I Am Me

I am.


I am the people that I admire
I am spirit and skin.
 
I am soul and body
heart and brain
roots in the soles of the feet.
 
I am the backbone
your smile at the corner of my lips
one morning, one afternoon
a song of many years.
 
I am the roads that I traveled
the paths of life
the steps I took, the books I read
the things that I leave written.