~I Am~

I am like a small child
Laying carelessly in its crib
I know nothing
Of my own skin
Or of who it is I am
I am merely here
Because I live
There is nothing else
For me to do but simply exist
Some shout I am a gift
Others whisper I am a sin
Regardless of their words
I exist therefore ~I am~
All that is intended
From birth of creation
Even if no one ~has~
Or ever ~wanted~ me as theirs
Means absolutely nothing
In the grandeur scheme
Of things
I am ~alive~
I am ~here~
Regardless of my simple life
Which often seems unfair
In the end absolutely nothing
Matters but me
In the eyes of only me
I am still that innocent child
Peering up from its crib
Whispering to myself
This world that is out there
It awaits me
I shall find my way
And someday in this life
I will mean more than

What everyone else has planned….