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This is Me—a poem for NF Awareness Month

This poem comes from contributor Pujitha Kolla, who lives with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).



Pujitha on the beach

Truthfully,

What do you see in me?


Oh, please—

I don’t need your sympathies.


And don’t make the mistake of

underestimating me.


Maybe,

I don’t seem like much…


Maybe I don’t fit

the picture you painted

of what strength

is supposed to look like.


But I’m not your assumption.


I am my resilience,

I am my bravery,

I am my kindness,

I am my love,

I am my empathy,

I am my leadership—


I am whatever I want to be.


And that…

Is me.


If you want to know why I speak,

It’s because stories like mine

don’t get told

unless we tell them.


This is NF Awareness Month—

And I am just one of the many voices.


Please pay attention.


 

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