Of course, I was not given that name at birth.
But perhaps I was still born with it.
Regardless, this is how you will know me.

I am an emotional person, really,
and I am usually 'aware' of others' emotions,
even when not conciously aware.

Most of my life has been dark.
As a child there was abuse, physical and mental.
I dealt with it better than my siblings,
my birth siblings that is.

I say birth siblings not because they are
any less my brothers, but because
I have other family, other siblings.
Some of which I only recently found.
Rather than let dark things in my life
pull me down, I try to accept them
and live my life one day at a time.
Granted, this does not always work,
Which sometimes leads to depression,
But I deal.

As I said before, I am an emotional person.
I feel each emotion, usually to its extreme.
This does not mean that I let emotion rule me,
simply that it is a great part of me.
It may be a flaw, or it may not.
A curse, or a blessing. Whichever, I live
with it because that is who I am.

If I call you a friend, then I feel
you have earned that title. I do not give
it lightly, or to just anyone.
If I call you family, then you have
earned my highest trust.

If I love you, it is not a light thing.
You will know it, and I hope feel it.
I do not throw this emotion, nor the word,
Around like a toy. It is sacred to me.
If I say to you, that I love you, it is
meant with the utmost sincerity and conviction.

If ever my trust, or faith in a person
is broken, it saddens me greatly.
I do not place my trust lightly,
And do not take it lightly when it is
betrayed.

If I am your enemy, you will know it.
If not by my words, then by my actions.
I am very outspoken, upfront, and unabashed
when it comes to speaking how I feel about
most things. Usually, I say what I mean.