I Am

I’m a lot of things,
Seen and unseen.

I’m a lot of things.
All the time,
I am.

Your joy is my business.
Your stories my favorite to hear
because you’re my friend.

I oil your scalp and massage your head.
Begrudgingly at times, sure.
But we’re forever family.

I talk to you at any time.
You sought me out,
Your daughter never to be orphaned.

I vow to take of care of you,
To listen and think and fight until lost.
An oath awaits for me to take.

I think too much.
I talk even more.
I feel even more than that.

I create the tangible
and the intangible.

I practice the good I know
As best I can,
Imperfectly,
Obviously.
The rest I’m still learning.

This could go on and on
with not one apology.

I am a lot of things.
I always have been
these things and more... At times
these things and less.

But all the time
I am a lot of things.

All the time,
I am.

​- A. Voice