I am not a mother,
nor am I a father,
though a loving sibling,
son, brother
I am not a veteran
of any foreign war,
nor a president,
dignitary nor
historical
figure
I am not a laborer
fighting for equality,
nor minority
struggling for
diversity
I am not Christian,
Muslim or Jew;
in fact, I don’t believe
most follow as they are
supposed to
I am not proud
to be an American,
and don’t require
fireworks to cloud
my skies
I don’t qualify
for Cupid’s arrow
and don’t acknowledge
the dead rising in the midst
of Spring