I Have Been

I have been a teammate,
a specialist,
coordinator,
director,
founder,
owner.

I have been teased meanly,
My knowing of pain — stolen.

I have been loved,
lonely,
longing,
isolated,
centered,
held,
heard
and heard again.

Entangled
for right and wrong.

Tired, trying, tired. Pained.

Painful.

I have been called the R word
in tone and to my face.

I have been the problem solver.
I have been the problem.

I wondered
on question after question after question.

I stretched myself
with octopus arms
trying to stick us together.

I have been in family,
with child.
Laughing
just one step out.

I have been a poet.

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