Who am I?
Still a question to which the answer is unknown…but ever changing. I awake a new being each morning, ready to take on the world, stealing pieces of fantasy from my dreams to make the day a little more exciting.
I am the ember from which a pulchritudinous ruby fire is born, true beauty.
I am the water that washes your fears away, drowning them in waves of passion and hopefulness. Learning to fill my empty voids with seedlings of satisfaction.
I am a daughter crafted by the sacrifices of my parents, a constant reminder of my Sikh heritage, and responsibility to fulfill their dreams.
Yet the question still remains. Who am I?
A young woman still learning her way around the nooks and crannies of the universe, step by step, just as a child learns to first walk.
Wonder and imagination lifting my feet off the ground. The mirrors in my room, from whom I would hide, now embrace and cherish me I am proud of who I have become. I am the queen of my own realm, unapologetic of my values.
The judgment of others, which had chained me to the past, now cease to exist, letting my wings break free of the shackles of hatred and jealousy. Unwilling to conform to their ideas of what feminism “should” be. I have grown to love myself regardless of the words of others, as sharp as knives, the wounds in my back a gentle remembrance of my transformation.
I am a friend, the kind to stay up late with you while you rant about the boy who never texted you back. The kind to hold your hand along our journey of finding who we really are together.
I am a sister. The cool kind. The type of sister to push you to your limits, but guide you to be your best.
I am no longer the timid and shy little girl you had once known. I have found my voice. Loud and as clear as daylight – I scream my truth.
I remain just a tiny fragment of who I once used to be.
I am me.
Full of ambition excited for what the future has in store.
I am determined to reach my goals, and value hard-work and honesty. Nothing comes easy in life, and I am willing to work for it. No longer afraid of failure. No longer afraid of not being good enough.
Who am I you ask?
Well, this is me.