I am Annakai. I am female, a mind, a thought, a student, a laugh, a rider, a writer, a teacher, a sigh, a bubble, a name. I am Germany, Poland, Japan, Russia, the United States. I am rain hikes in Derbyshire, cold statues and subway running in Paris, mint thick ice cream in Québec, rooster feathers and red dust nectar in Michoacán. I am skin and sensitive organs emotive. I am stacks of books and paper and typewriters and excitement. I am San Francisco plus grey strong oceans. I am creation song, impatient opinion and grand horses. I am the arms and brains around my own.
—Untitled by Annakai Geshlider, 15
