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All I Need Is Me

November 1, 2012
By Marethyu GOLD, Columbus, Ohio
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“No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.” - John Locke

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Inspired by Walt Whitman’s “from Song of Myself”
I exist as I am, that is enough.
They call me different,
But that is fine.
They point and laugh,
But that is fine.
They do not accept me,
But that is fine.
They hurt me,
But that is fine.
I exist as I am, that is enough.

© Donna M., Van Nuys, CA

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The first line is from Walt Whitman's poem "from song of myself"
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