I was born the daughter of a sinner.
And my older brother and sisters were alike in that same way.
And neither my mother nor my father has taught me to sin,
but I too am a sinner.
When I was a little girl,
I stole a dream catcher in Arizona.
Neither my mother nor my father had taught me to steal,
but I slipped it into my pocket when no one was looking,
and I walked out the store.
I was born the daughter of an liar.
And my older brother and sisters were alike in that same way.
And neither my mother nor my father has taught me to lie,
but I too am an liar.
When I was eleven,
I stayed out late wandering in the woods,
Neither my mother nor my father knew where I was,
But when I got home, I told them I was at a friend's house reading,
and I don't know why.
I was born the daughter of a thinker.
And my older brother and sisters were alike in that same way.
And neither my mother nor my father has taught me how to think,
but I too am a thinker.
When I was Sixteen,
Cornell West came to speak at our school.
Neither my mother nor my father had told me what to say.
but I walked up to him afterward, to ask him "what is truth?"
and we talked about Love.
I was born the daughter of a dreamer.
And my older brother and sisters were alike in that same way.
And neither my mother nor my father has taught me to dream,
but I too am a dreamer.
When I was asleep,
I dreamt that I was alone,
Neither my mother nor my father were there with me
but when I called out, they came to me and comforted me
and I realized then that
I was born the daughter of a lover
And love was never something that we needed to be taught
because no matter if I were a dreamer, a thinker, a liar, or a sinner,
I was still loved
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