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Conform

I am told I must conform transform, become a part of this crowded norm. The way I carry myself, my hair, what I wear, must all exist to fit in. But I stand alone, free, I don't care if they don't love me! The only one I want to be is what God claims for me. Must I stand tall in stilettos, and fit into a slight size 3 just so my God accepts me? I must be thankful every day that I wake, because my God is not like anyone here, because he doesn't care on how I conform, or transform, to the physical norms. All God wants is a heart that is true, tries to bloom, and he'll move me on, no matter what the rest of the world thinks it can make me do.

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Date: 3/3/2013 8:50:00 AM
Betty, many blessings on your featured poem this passed week. Have yourself a new and awesome week.:-) Always & Forever * LINDA
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Date: 3/1/2013 3:50:00 PM
I so enjoyed reading your poem today, Live, Live, Live and be whom you are, as people get older people change and change is good but a person has to be happy in their own skin, and yes God does love you for whom you are, Be Strong, peace debra
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Date: 2/26/2013 9:22:00 AM
Well said, Betty. When you get my age - 83 - there is a sort of blessing. One no longer cares what the hell the Jones' think. Congrats on the selection. daver
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Date: 2/25/2013 8:04:00 AM
Enjoyed your poem, congratulations "God's ways are not our ways"
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Date: 2/24/2013 5:01:00 PM
I love your poem...congratulations on being featured
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