Ninth Grade Me

"You're fat" "I hate you" "You'll never fit in" Words have a mighty power over me Whether it's a joke or serious I am to be handled with care and caution Most days I am sad and I do not know why My mom thinks it's my weight And my dad doesn't even know I mean how can I tell him I want to be someone else I have had thoughts that I shouldn't have And yet I am still able to keep a smile on my face This facade is not real yet I was voted the happiness person in eight grade The only thing that keeps me here is writing The passion and the emotion fuels me It gives me the energy to keep on and find out what is going to happen to Elizabeth when she finds out that Tyler is gone This mighty pen helps me to express myself And it doesn't judge me the way those girls do with their designer jeans and straight hair I am a writer and this makes me a survivor