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By the Things I Am Not

I am not a number.

By Rachel MurphyPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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I am not a number

I am not my age

I am not my shoe size

My weight

My height

I am not the color of my hair

I am not my freckles

Or my scars

I am not my hazel eyes

That no one has ever

Romanticized

I am not my nose

I am not my thin stomach

Or my fat thighs

I am the books I read

I am the words I speak

I am all of my croaky “I love you"s in the morning

I am my smiles that I desperately try to hide

I am the reasons I'm alive

I am my queer laughter

And all of the tears that I’ve cried

I am the songs that I sing loudly

When I know I’m alone

I am the places that I’ve been to

And the places I call home

I am the things I’m passionate about

Even if it’s about how green beans and cheese should never mix

And all of the people I love

I am the future that I dream of

But I guess I forgot

Because I started by defining myself

By the things I am not

And you did too

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