I am Me
By Megan Smith
I am a child of nature
I am a wild child always barefoot
Always leaving my shoes behind
With the smell of smoke in the air
From the fire pit as big as a small pool
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I am from a house
That has a castle down at the end of the lane
Swans grace the lake with their presence
The bells on the tower toll for certain hours
I’m down at the neighbor’s house
Picking up buckeyes to make a necklace from their tree
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I am from the words of books
Always with my heads in the clouds
Refusing to be present
Instead always daydreaming of far off places
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I am a little girl never wanting to grow up
Wanting to be taken away to Neverland by Peter Pan
I am from church on Sundays
Receiving the body and blood of Christ
Praying my Hail Marys and the rosary
My father telling me one night
After I begged him to pray with me
That I am old enough to pray by myself
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I am many things
A girl made from all of my todays, yesterdays and tomorrows
I am me