WHO ARE YOU?
I am Jennifer Dawn Harmon Gersbeck.
On April 1, I turned 40.
I am Desert Daughter of Jack Eugene and Patricia Anne.
I am love.
I am forgiveness.
I am darkness.
I am light.
I am strength.
I am home.
I am living.
I am sighted guide. I am being guided.
I am blessings. I am gratitude in climbing.
I am cactus covered with bright magenta flowers.
Strong spine
Robust, small clusters of up to 20 stems
Adaption in rainfall.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Otero County
I am partly hidden in the prairies
in The Tularosa Basin between the Sacramento mountains and Capitan.
Sunsets above White Sands gypsum dunes.
I am from two teachers, my guides,
English and Braille, Pottery and Painting,
Poetry and Storytelling.
I am from changes
I am from Sierra Elementary soap opera stories sidekick to Kelli
I am from ballet and marching band state champs.
I am from NMSU journalism
I am from Divorce
I am from my first apartment living alone in Rio Communities
Orange countertops, linoleum kitchen floors
I am from Valencia County News-Bulletin
Reporter in Belen and Los Lunas
School board, city council, concert coverage
I am from leaving my homestate to move to NYC without a job to
Sleep on David Belcher’s red futon
I am from Oshman’s Sporting Goods,
Source Media, Samuel Christensen Law Firm,
Devachan Salon.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
I am climbing the spiral stairs
To new opportunities
Travel Poet
My parents will meet me
My husband beside me
Myself, Listen
Never the same
A one woman show
Speeches, service to teenagers
And women everywhere
Sharing more of myself than ever before