I Am

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I wanted this poem to convey a person grappling with feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. By using powerful metaphors to convey the depth of ones internal struggle. 1994

I am a rose with no thorns to prick Broken glass with no shards to cut A bow with no arrow to shot at its mark A gun with no bullets to kill. I am a shark with no teeth to eat A tiger with no claws to grip into my prey I am a lion without a roar! I am spineless so I hide away.

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