Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.17.150.163
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
I am who I am and that’s all I can be. I’m sick of trying to be, someone other than me. if you want to know who I am,take a good look. You can’t read the story without opening the book. On the first page,a little girl you’ll see. A little girl that looks,quite similar to me. She’s got chubby cheeks, brown eyes, and two ears to soak up all the lies. She sits atop the stairs, night after night, Looking down below,seeing her parents fight. Her brother is there near her side, He tries to wipe the tears his sister has cried. Flip the pages,skip ahead a few years, The girl is little no more, she hangs with her peers. She puts on her smile, day after day, And at night she lays her head down to pray. She prays for a time,when she doesn’t have to cry. She looks out her window, up to the black sky. Trapped at home, with no hope for tomorrow Her body is filled with years of sorrow. Halfway through the book, she’s on her own. Her brother is gone, she is now alone. No one to run to when she got scared, Facing them alone, she was unprepared. Time to grow up, no time to hide No more tears, they have all dried. Time to step up, time to be brave, No more being a kid, her childhood away she gave. Now that little girl is grown, she is strong. This new strength she has had all along. She’s no longer afraid to speak her mind. The words she says aren’t always kind. She stands her ground,getting in between, her fighting parents, at the age of sixteen. He shoves her down, she gets back up, He doesn’t realize she’s no longer a young pup. The last chapter begins, that little girl now eighteen, Just another night, same old routine. She pushes back, with hatred in her eyes, “I hate you” loud and clear she cries. So much anger built up, so much pain All of these emotions, she just can’t contain. She slams her fists into the back of her door. She loses her strength as she collapse to the floor. I’m that little girl from this story book, You wouldn’t have known, from one little look. Just like everyone, I am who I am, If you don’t like me, I don’t give a damn. My life has been rough, but don’t pity me, This is me, and me is who I will always be.
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required