KarMel Scholarship 2007

“Still Myself”

By Hannah Brunink

Desciption of Submission: This is a poem describing the frustration that comes from being treated differently by family members now that they know I am a lesbian.

I wish I could make you understand

I am the same person I was yesterday,

Except maybe a little freer now

That my secret is off my lips.

I am the same girl that I always was,

Since the day I left the womb.

I still love the color pink

And The Color Purple

I still pass my days reading

And would rather be in a pool than anywhere else.

I still love country music

And tear up when I see babies.

I still believe in Jesus

And I only pray in Spanish.

So why do you treat me like you don’t know me,

Like I am a stranger in your house?

I have always loved women,

It is part of who I am.

Please, do not deny the rest of my existence

Now that you know I am a lesbian.

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