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Change
May 29, 2014
You simply can’t change things; one does not have that kind of power
You cannot change the way other people think
Nor how they act
You can’t change the way you look
You can’t change who your parents are
You cannot change the things that make you, you
You can cry about it
Or you can simply accept it
Some things just cannot be changed
The things that make you strictly you
But you can change how you think
Or how you view the world around you
You can change who you hang out with
The things you can change have to do with the way you think
NOT who you are
© Jennifer P., Massapequa Park, NY
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This article has 3 comments.
theanonreader GOLD said...
on Sep. 15 2014 at 3:10 pm
thanks so much! for a moment i thought that it was too confusing for most people o get. :p
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 9 2014 at 11:31 am
Arh, sorry. I see now I had msitakes, sorry. I just wanted to say this, even if people run away from themselves they can never run away from theselves. They can't change themselves, like you said. They can't change who they really are. Because that's who they are and they will be. Again, I thankee for sharign this.
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 9 2014 at 11:20 am
Wowo. Thankee for writing this poem, it's just amazing. Your poem is very true. Your poem has power, honesty, and amazingness. I wish you could see how much, I mean it. I can't believe n-one has commented on your poem yet. Thankee for sharign this.
