Antoinette

Who am I?

I\'ve scanned the names ferociously. 

All the people who came before me, 

All the people who struggled and fought for me to survive

Before I even lived. 

I learned it all, viciously. 

In need to discover who I was, 

Before I was anything that breathed 

Before my heart began to beat. 

And I was so proud. 

So proud to know that

Despite the horrors in this world I came

To live. 

But I can\'t say that around you. 

You\'re always telling me how I\'m nothing more 

That a mixture of things that all come together to make

One...Thing. 

I am not an undefined omelette!

I will not stay shackled to ignorance! 

Why do you not accept the fact that this heritage has been passed down

In generations? Until it arrived to me. 

I love it but you don\'t want me to to love it. 

I don\'t understand why. 

So tell me? Who the fuck am I? 

What am I?