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I Am


I am shy and out going,

I am a living contradiction.

I am living like there is no tomorrow, but scared of growing.

I am one in a million, but I feel like I have no true definition.

I am the person who hopes for the best, but expects the worse.

I am young, but I have an old soul.

I am poor, but I do not let it affect my true worth. 

I am important even when I think I am not.

I am myself and that's all I've got.

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ThelmaPeyton

Senior. Color Guard Captain. President of Future Teachers of America. Mineola High School.

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