Some people can change their character like their dresses, some can never do so, they remain faithful to the principles born with them: real, genetically true. I am the one . . . Whose passion is stronger than her mind.Her priorities must persist even if she can't apply. She cannot lie and change colors.She can't bend when things seem unjust. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Sylva Portoian is the winner of the Carnegie Price for Poetry, 2009