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You Are You

from Elliot Apple by Nicholas Chakinis

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my father leaves for work
while I stay at home
I start reading another book
trying to learn something I may never fully know

I really don’t know what it was
that made my father come to
come to realize that he and I
we don’t have such a different point of view
we exist

and it’s true that if I am here as I am
if I’m not a woman, if I’m not a man
if I’m someone I’ll never fully understand
it’s enough that, that I exist just as I am

so, I’ll walk outside to my grandfather’s old apple tree
I’ll pick an apple, I’ll take a bite
and nothing will happen to me
it’s as natural as the air I breathe in

because I am here right where I am
there’s no Garden of Eden, there’s no God’s command
I’m someone who isn’t either good or bad
and I’ve come to understand

that because I am as I am
how I feel, how I interact
as someone I may never fully understand
it’s enough that, that I exist as I am

for these stories we’ve been told
they’ve gone too far
you are who you are
and you are

you are who you want to be
and you are what you want to believe
and you are who you want to see
you’re everything and everything in-between

and you are who you want to be
and you are what you want to believe
and you are who you want to see
you’re everything and everything in-between

and you are who you want to be
and you are what you want to believe
and you are who you want to see
you’re everything and everything in-between

and you are who you want to be
and you are what you want to believe
and you are who you want to see
you’re everything and everything in-between

and you are who you want to be
and you are what you want to believe
and you are who you want

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from Elliot Apple, released June 30, 2023

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Nicholas Chakinis San Diego, California

Making music that you might enjoy, find comfort in & be inspired by because I believe the music you listen to matters, you matter & we all matter.

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