A conversation... a reflection...the Fifth Agreement...

WHO AM I
If you see me in the shadows of others
If your vision is obscured by the perception of another
If you listen to my words and hear only the echoes of another's judgment
I am then but another's story cast in illusion
I am then but distortions made real
Unveil the masked lies... let truth be its own voice
Yes, it is a choice, it is a choice.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York