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Originality


Don't be what they want you to be Love and embrace originality You don't have to wear white shirts and skinny jeans Wear bandanas and orange tees Life is full of people who want to change you Rearrange you, exchange you Put chains on you Disengage you Keep focus and do you Be what you wanna be What you gotta be Cause no one can stop you...but you I remember when I tried to be someone else I wasn't being myself I was talking how they talked Walking how they walked I tried going to the place they went But I couldn't quite fit in I was never comfortable in that skin But only the skin that I'm in Be yourself because everyone else is taken Don't let yourself be mistaken The only person who can be the best you is you Be an original because they only come far and few
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RebeccaYSPerez
<p>I really enjoyed this piece and one of my favorite parts about it is that you used old and now cliche sayings like "no one can stop you but you," and "be yourself because everyone else is taken-" which I'm sure you know is an Oscar Wilde quote, awesome of you to put that in here- but you do not make them sound over used. In fact, in your poem they sound fresh and make you feel exactly how they intend to make you feel- like that is exactly what you should be doing. I like your rhyming and certainly found great pleasure in reading this piece. Thank you so much for sharing this.</p><p>Rebecca</p>

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