I Am/Samantha Amasone

I am water.
An almost idyllic life rippled by under currents
Too deep to glimpse the sun.
I am the conflict at my crossroads
forged as if in a Dream that goes on and on
watching for the decision to be made not realizing it is my own. 

I am a parallel of my mistakes
Trusting the bear saying
“I’ll keep you safe”
like picking the thorn amongst the flower.
I am from my mistakes.

I am a woman, no less.
Seeing the days push away 
from what was divine creation
But corrupted by Missing Letters
of times thought but discarded in anxious anticipation

I am inspired by the writer.
The one who tells of good works
while ill equipped to do so.
The mentor who is inspired when he ceases to thrive
A door opening to what has been closed.

I am an overture, the start to something bigger,
The glimpse of streaks of gold and orange
knowing from the ground up 
my colorless world will be lit by lost words and Found Letters.

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Samantha Amasone is a Biology major who was born and raised in Manitowoc, WI, along the beautiful Lake Michigan. When she’s not spending time in the water, she loves creative writing and painting. In “I Am,” Samantha explores the journey of returning from a place of lost hope by introducing what it is like to accept one’s mistakes.