Who Am I? — Summary

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A lost girl who can't find her way home? A small girl crushed by words? A strong emotionless woman who let's no one near her heart? A strong girl who rips away the pain with blood and tears? Am I Seran? Am I Sevar? Am I Sabrina? Am I Casanna? In the end I'm all of them Put into one small girl But am I really all of them? Or just one of them? If so, which one am I? Or am I someone else? I don't know who I am? I've been lost for so long I've forgotten myself It's not amnesia It's not memory loss It's not forgetfullness I don't know what it is But can you tell me Who I am? Do you know? Am I a small girl who is broken? Am I a strong girl with no friends or emotions? Am I a strong woman who's all alone? Am I a girl who's fallen into the depths of her soul? Am I Sevar? Am I Seran? Am I Sabrina? Am I Casanna? I always cover the real me with someone else And now I can't find my real sefl..... Who am I truly?

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The speaker is asking one question over and over: who am I? She offers several possible answers. She might be a lost girl, a crushed girl, or a strong woman who keeps everyone at a distance. She also gives herself four names, Seran, Sevar, Sabrina and Casanna, which seem to stand for different sides of her. She says she is all of them, then immediately doubts it and wonders if she is only one, or someone else entirely.

What comes through most is confusion and loneliness. She says she has been lost so long she has forgotten herself, and she carefully rules out amnesia or memory loss, as though she wants a medical explanation but can't find one. The poem suggests that she has hidden behind other identities so often that she can no longer find the real one underneath.

The mood is raw and unresolved. The repeated questions and the way the names return near the end make it feel like she is going in circles, with no answer in sight.

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