Addie on the Inside

I do not much like poetry
Let that be said
But in this book it works quite well
As Addie's story it doth do tell.

Very smart she speaks her mind
Her liberal views she states
The haters and the narrow-brained
Don't like the stands she takes.

So young, so wise, deep knowing in her eyes
The others laugh
The others moan
Their minds are empty
There's no one home.

Love lost, betrayed
A cat that dies
The bullyers play their stupid games
And another girl dies.

Please read this book
And learn of strength of soul
That Addie has and you will know
The power that lies within us all.

There is a fantastic poem from the book that I want to put down here.

I Am Who I Say I Am

I am who I say I am
I'm not some fantasy
of how you think you think you know me
or who I ought to be.

I am a girl who is growing up
in my own sweet time.
I am a girl who knows enough
To know this life is mine.

I am this and I am that and
I am everything in-between
I'm a dreamer, I'm a dancer.
I'm a part-time drama queen.

I'm a worrier, I'm a warrior
I'm a loner and a friendship
I'm an outspoken defender
of justice to the end.

I'm the girl in the mirror
who likes the girl she sees.
I'm the girl in the gypsy shawl
with music in her knees.

I'm a singer and a scholar
I'm a girl who has been kissed
I'm a solver of equations
wearing bangles on my wrist.

I am who I say I Am

I'm not some fantasy
I am who I say I am
I am who

I choose

to be.


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