I Am Me

She wore a flag on top of her head.
It said, “I am me!”
She was new in town, but not shy.
We watched her whizz past.
She waved wildly at all of us.
She blew us kisses.

Some of us blew kisses back.
One of us laughed.
She laughed too.
“Be you!” she screamed as her convertible went around the square.
She passed us six more times.
Showing off flags she had especially created.

The purple one said, “Live in excitement!”
The red one said, “Be your best you!”
The pink one said “Love yourself!
I did not see what the black one said.
Because it was white letters on a dark background.

I hope she comes around again, I told the rest of the town.
“I think she might,” an old timer said.
Apparently he had run into this kind of confidence before.
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Wolf Avatar
April 19, 2022 at 7:46 PM
She sounds like those valentine-shaped candies with the corny sayings on them. ~ Just sayin' ~ Old Cornpone Himself
Krutsinger Avatar
April 20, 2022 at 6:48 AM
I like her a lot!
Hankins Avatar
April 19, 2022 at 1:47 PM
Self-confidence is marvelous. Very little would be accomplished if it were not for someone's self-confidence.
Krutsinger Avatar
April 20, 2022 at 6:49 AM
It is marvelous when you figure out how to give it to yourself.
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