“May I be I is the only prayer—not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong.” E.E. Cummings

E. E. Cummings
American poet

Edward Estlin “E. E.” Cummings, often styled as e e cummings, as he sometimes signed his name, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright Wikipedia
Born: October 14, 1894, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 3, 1962, North Conway, Conway, New Hampshire, United States
Spouse: Marion Morehouse (m. 1934–1962), Anne Minnerly Barton (m. 1929–1932), Elaine Orr (m. 1924–1924)
Influenced by: Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Amy Lowell

Quotes
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea.