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I Wear My Person on My Sleave

July 22, 2011
By CookieMonsterAttacks SILVER, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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"I called you a lady, 'cause you're fat!" ~ Gracie G.

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I wear
my person
on my
sleeve.

Not hidden
in a box.

I don't
pretend
to be
a person
I am not.

I am not
a person
as gentle as
a summer breeze

Nor as powerful
as a
strong winter
wind.

I am who
I am
not someone
I am not.

© Zhihan C., Hudson, OH

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I'm sick of people changing themselves to be someone else.
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