I am

An artist I am

when painting at a poetry slam

in school, I am

teacher of future woman and man

I am Seuss’s Sam I am

I rhyme and like green eggs and ham

I am, also, a quiet lamb

but lion roars when shepherd is slammed

sad when far away from man

but when I’m home, at peace I am

I am a happy French madam

in Paris where the art is grand

and if you really give a damn

I love my family, it’s what I am.

-Sandra Johnson, 6/22/19