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 where am I from?

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