Where am I?
In thousands of conversations
In “Sures” and “I can’t; I’m so sorrys!”
In light blues and minty greens
Where am I?
In laughs both of salt and tinkling bells
In keeping time and woefully losing rhythm
In my head and in the air
Where am I?
In another girl at school who was called names
In words that were aerosolized at home
In the ozone layer hole that resulted
Where am I?
In language used carefully, but sometimes not
In fine china and the bulls that destroy it
In purple-orange skies and whirling ceiling fans
Where am I?
In the dam and the rushing water
Yes, that marvel of engineering
Is where I am
BUT
Not WHO I am