Identity Poem
I am Emilie Emily, the most common baby name in 2002 Every american girl born at this time shares my name Except/But I am Emilie, with french spelling To fit into a place that is not the United States. I am Emilie Grey A confused third culture kid Who doesn’t belong to any country My passport says America But my heart says the opposite I have never lived there and don't feel any connection whatsoever towards the country I am Emilie Grey Samuelson Growing up in foreign lands Speaking French at school and English at home Learnt Arabic through countries i’ve lived in during my life I am Emilie Grey Samuelson Barrera Blonde and blue eyed but Mexican I speak zero Spanish And can’t communicate with my mother’s side of the family But carry the passion in my blood I am a stranger to the world In Abu Dhabi I am ‘american’ In America i’m a foreigner In Mexico I am a tourist And in France I am an intruder Therefore who am I? And ...