Identity

Swiss-American, mother, lover,
daughter, scientist, with freckles
and what-color-are-those eyes,
I heard a story today about identity,
gay, lesbian, disabled, multi-national,
black, where-did you-come from,
where is your home, where does that
name come from, identity is empowerment
if you are weak, identity is limiting if you
have the world at your disposal,
what if you like to warm your toes
by the fire and eat warm chocolate chip
cookies, identity as happiness.