I think, therefore I am, said Descartes<\/p>\n
I think, am I?<\/p>\n
The thoughts of others can be defining:<\/p>\n
She loves, therefore she is Mommy<\/p>\n
She is with me, therefore she is Wife<\/p>\n
She eats, therefore she is fat; her chrome doesn’t shine, therefore she is lazy; she won’t buy a lamp, therefore she is obstinate<\/p>\n
I think again: am I?<\/p>\n
Am I anything more than how others see me?<\/p>\n
What am I when I am alone, aside from tired?<\/p>\n
I think: I hurt, therefore I am sick<\/p>\n
I do, therefore I am better<\/p>\n
And a billboard shouts: I do, therefore I am<\/p>\n
Am I reduced to being a task?<\/p>\n
Laundry folder, sink cleaner, power shopper, food chopper<\/p>\n
Quote getter, story writer, quote getter, bill payer, dinner maker<\/p>\n
I think: If I leave no lasting mark on the world in my name, will I have been?<\/p>\n
It’s like the tree in the unpeopled forest: I wonder if, upon falling<\/p>\n
My call will be heard,<\/p>\n
Or if my calling goes unobserved, Was I?<\/p>\n
If I am the mommy, the wife, the daughter, is that enough?<\/p>\n
I am the nurturer, therefore I cook, cuddle and kiss<\/p>\n
I am the partner, therefore I try, I bend, I try again<\/p>\n
I think: I am not you, therefore I am me<\/p>\n
And the me of today is not the I of another week or a month or a year<\/p>\n
But I am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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