Jamieson Wolf
Number-one bestselling author
Just As I Am – A Poem
When I was old enough
to realize that my body was disabled,
I prayed to God to make me into someone else,
and to take away what made me different.
When I realized that I was gay,
I prayed to God harder than before
forcing my mind to contort itself
into something that I wasn’t
all in order to fit in with a world
that viewed me as
abnormal, different, embarrassing and
something worthy of pity.
I was already disabled and I didn’t want
to be stained with something else.
Most of my life was spent trying to
hide, fight, hate and loathe
who I was.
My mother spoke sense in the storm
that was my mind as a child.
“A lot of people won’t understand you,”
She said.
“You will have to do everything yourself to prove them wrong.”
I have carried those words within me
and I have stopped praying to God
to make me into something else.
Instead,
I pray to Spirit so that I can accept myself
just as I am.
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Jamieson Wolf has written a compelling story about navigating multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy. His story will touch your heart, make you cry, then laugh, and inspire you. A touching memoir with a bit of magic…and tarot! ~ Theresa Reed, author of The Tarot Coloring Book
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This is a beautiful and heartbreaking poem, and it found me at a moment when I needed it. I’ve loved your writing since I started following you, and this one just really hit me. We are all perfectly imperfect, just as we are. I hope you keep sharing your heart and putting beautiful words out into the world.