Ciara Camilus

The Person Behind the Simple Expression

by Ciara Camilus

I am from phones From headphones and chargers from the constant chaos

and awkward tension

The bewitching cherry blossom tree Who is now long gone but forever remembered.

I’m from yearly summer camping trips and rowdy relatives from Katherine and Kayla I'm from insensitivity and prying and from bluntness

I'm from "you can’t because you are a girl..." and dress codes

and "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne I'm from New York City and Haiti Bannann Peze and Griot

From the time my sister broke her arm when climbing the monkey bars. Distressed cries, stinging pain, and constant hospital visits.

The Vision

by Ciara Camilus

I am me.

I wonder where I'll be in the years to come. I hear my fate. I see my destiny. I want to find true happiness.

I am me.

I pretend that I am someone else. I feel my worth. I touch my benefit. I worry for my future self. I cry, but why?

I am me.

I understand the world's twisted games. I say I am better. I dream of success.

I try to make my dreams a reality I hope to find pure happiness.

I am me.