Meet Emma
This is Emma she is seven years old she is not like all the other girls that
she knows when they were all busy playing horses she was busy playing
with her two brothers, and when they would laugh and say Emma why
are you so strange? she would look at them and proudly say I was born this way.
This is Emma she is ten years old she is not like all the other girls that
she knows when they were all busy wearing dresses she was busy
playing detective, and when they would laugh and say Emma why
are you so strange? she would look at them and proudly say I was
born this way im not going to change. This is Emma she is thirteen
years old she is not like all the other girls that she knows when they were
all busy trying to fit in with the crowd she was proud to stand out and when
they would laugh and say Emma why are you so strange? she would
look at them and proudly say I was born this way im not going to change
im not looking for your approvel any way. This is Emma she is
sixteen years she is not like all the other girls that she knows when
they were all worried about prom she was writing poems all alone
in her room. And when they would laugh and say Emma why are you
so strange? she would look at them and proudly say I was born this
way im not going to change im not looking for your approvel any
way it is ok to be strange, This is Emma she is eighteen years
old she is not like all the other girls that she knows when they were
leaving high school behind and wondering what to do with their life
Emma knew in the back of her mind that she wanted to write
and being so strange was alright.
Copyright © Melinda Bond | Year Posted 2008
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