Mom but woman,

Wife but independent,

Teacher and learner, 

Beautiful and broken:

I am more than one thing.

English and Spanish,

Bilingüe but gringa,

Foreigner at home, 

Citizen and immigrant:

I am both. 

Defined and still searching, 

Confused and so assured,

Resting and creating, 

Personhood and peoplehood: 

At war with one another in the same soul. 

Duality 

I can be both. 

**bilingüe is the Spanish word for Bilingual

**gringa is a Spanish slang term commonly used to mean Female English Speaker