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Just Me

October 3, 2011
By ErynL SILVER, Anderson, Indiana
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ErynL SILVER, Anderson, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
I am the rose,<br /> that has grown from concrete<br /> -Tupac Shakur

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I am not, what you say I am.
See your theory of me lies between your lips,
Coming from what has entered in your ears.
Don’t mean to cause tears,
But, sorry honey, I fear the truth lies within me.
Something you cannot see,
Something I cannot let free,
Because people like you, see me as what you what me to be,
Or what you want to see.
You cannibals feed as the rumors spread
Devouring lives with your easy lies
Well I’m here to say
I Am Not, What You Say I Am
I am beautiful
A creature of humbleness
Not someone lost in thoughts of being God
Someone who’s a fraud
I am Strong
A creature of strengthen minds
Not someone who’s envies the weight of the world
I am Me
A creature of lyrical freeness
Not You,
The person lost in the breezes
I Am, Just me.

© Amanda T.,Marblehead, MA

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I'm inspired by what I see when I look in the mirror,a beautiful rose that has grown from concrete.
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