Define Your Great

May 1, 2013

I am unlike anybody else I have no intention of being like anybody else I want to be me I choose to be me Where's the point in being like him Where's the point in imitating him I am labeled peculiar I am labeled strange I am labeled weird So many labels All useless I'll be who I want to be And I choose to be me I have my heroes I have my role models I know who I want to emulate I know who I love I know what I hate I have my goals Now I just gotta keep it straight I'm taking small steps to being great Each day I'm learning who I am Each day I'm becoming a better version of me I know who I want to imitate I know where I want to go I know how I'm going to be great They'll call me what they like I won't put up a fight I won't waste my energy On Those pesky fleas They're wasting their time They're wasting my rhyme I got my goals straight I got my head straight Dismiss the haters Ignore the doubters All useless fakers Set your goals Take the steps Become your great

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Comments (4)

lizardoa21Jun 28, 2013

feel like its fine having poems like this are important to grow. not always a story i get the feeling that this is you standing your ground and shouting who you are and even without a story behind it i believe you. you did great as they said good flow and all can't wait to read more form you.

zeki.abulughodJun 28, 2013

Great! Thanks for the suggestions!

EunoiaJun 28, 2013

I like it. I suggest to show examples. Paint me a picture. I see the story a little but it is more of a conclusion to a series of events. See, I think that is part of poetry, tellling a story.  this can help to get people  to relate to it when you show your self. I know you know yourself, but I haven't learned anything about you or whatever you want to talk about. I know how you feel here you are very clear with that.  Maybe if you open up a little, you can touch others just by reading it.  This is pretty goo, you have a sense of rhyming & flow which can take years to gain. So Thumbs up!

RebeccaYSPerezJun 27, 2013

It is obvious by the poem that you know who you are, and that's something many people take years and years to discover. So just stay true to that, just as you are here, and you'll always be on the right track. Loved your poem and your rhyme.Becca.

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