How could I ever believe in myself ...
... when I never knew exactly who I was?

And if I didn't know exactly who I was ...
... then how could I ever truly love myself?

And if I couldn't love myself ...
... then how could I ever truly love someone else
... and hope that they could love me back ... how?

Yes, it continues being a challenging journey finding me ...
... and perhaps I'm getting closer ... perhaps
... finding the real me under all the many phantom personas
... personas I've lived at one time or another in my life.

And it's been a long and difficult journey at that ...
... prying loose all those persona masks.

And for now those masks are gone ... and here I am today
... as I'm discovering the next who I might become
... an ever evolving someone I do want to believe in
... and someone who I do want to love.

So once again I ask myself ... "Who am I?"
... and now I simply say ... "I am."