Why Can't I?
Why is it that in this world we can't be ourselves?
It's too hard, too harshly judged to make anyone feel
Good... But why can't I just do me? Why is it SO
Hard to love yourself, to embrace the imperfections?
It means so much to fit in, to please the poseurs
Around you... but why? Why can't I look in a mirror
And say, "Hello Beautiful," or be myself, uncensored,
No matter the cost? Why can't I? Just because THEY
Say I can't? I think not.
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I love words... I actually started out writing lyrics for songs and then I realized how much more I can express myself through poetry. One of my teachers pushed me to join the writing club at school and the book that the club published had so many amazing writers that I decided that I wanted to be a part of that community. When I write my poetry about a topic that means something to me it makes me feel freer, like a weight lifts off my shoulders every time and I LOVE IT!
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