I, Too, Sing America!

Poetry from Miwa Tsutsui

 

i am what i’m writing * by Miwa Tsutsui

I used to be something, but now I am nothing.

I used to think I’m something,

But later it turned out that I’m nothing.

Before I came to the US, I thought there as something made me myself,

but once I came here and lost language,

I became nothing.

 

 

Who Am I?

I’m what I speak,

What I write.

I was made of language.

If language is gone, Im nothing.

And I gradually learned language,

All my language, I borrowed.

I borrowed “totally” from my friend whose name is Maria.

I borrowed “very true” from psychology student in California.

All parts of my language is made up of these people and as I speak, as I write,

I start to disappear.

Because I am what I’m speaking.

I am what I’m writing.

I became so in this country.

I, too, sing America.

I, too, am America.

America…