"Je Suis"

I am a tiger with my heart set in a cage.

Yet I cannot find myself.

My tracks.

My growl.

I am How Soon Is Now all the same.

I "go about things the wrong way,"

Alone.

I am In The Air Tonight,

Yet not the air.

Or the wind beneath anyone's wings.

I am more like a jaded lemon,

A dash of bitter sourness,

A dash of black doves.

A feral jinx,

A morbid lynx.

A dying sphinx.

The number thirteen and I'm Torn.

Frightened eloquence.

Like a shadow fearing light,

I'm living my own night.

Je suis desolee.

Je regrette.

J'ai me perdu.

Aidez-moi.

A/N- I got the idea for an "I am" poem from my American Lit. teacher and thought that I should make one for myself. Well, this is me. Me….