The Question of Who

It is not with age
or with experience,
not with emotion
or with lessons learned.

It is not the time,
or the lack thereof,
not with smiles
or with tears.

It is life:

a combination of
happy and sad,
dark and light,
friends and acquaintances;

family and love,
hardship and struggle,
smiles and tears,
accomplishment and gratitude...

that makes us who we are.