I am the result of rape.
I am the result of love.
I am the result of war.
I am the result of indentured slavery.
I am the result of impatience.
I am the result of fortitude.
I am the result of unrelenting fear.
I am the result of anger and
Pride and stubbornness.
But I am the result of compliance.
I am the result of debilitating accidents,
Last chances, and split-second decisions.
I am the result of plans and the failure to plan—
Of plans that failed and plans successful.
Part of me has always been here.
I can trace my ancestry back to first man.
I am the result of thousands of years of human history.
I have been through everything
And I am still here.
