I don't write to be heard, <br />I don't write to be known, <br />I write to release my emotions. <br /> <br />In a world full of people, <br />In a society where emotion is weakness, <br />I seek comfort in poetry. <br /> <br />What a world it has truly become <br />When one cannot write what they feel <br />Without being criticized, comdemned. <br /> <br />I am what I am <br />I am what I write <br />I am my poetry.<br /><br />Vanessa Kurtz<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-what-i-am-5/