I Am
I am intellectual but proud.
I wonder about others’ thoughts.
I hear a river laughing.
I see mustangs running free.
I want to know I’m doing right.
I am intellectual but proud.
I pretend not to prejudge.
I feel confused about myself.
I touch a smooth stone to calm my thoughts.
I worry about everything.
I cry when I think of our poor Mother Earth.
I am intellectual but proud.
I understand that life is hard.
I say you can do anything you put your mind to.
I dream of living happily ever after.
I try to soothe others.
I hope that I never live to see the day our Mother falls to her knees from disregard.
I am intellectual but proud.
ã 1997 Janelle K. Vargas