Best Poems Written by Karen Don

Im ready

I am ready.
I see myself in that uniform
the fabric pulled tight over my shoulders
becoming something
someone I’ve only imagined
Not the boy in the mirror
but the soldier I see in my mind
proud, steady, sure of his place
I know I’m young
they say I don’t understand
but I feel it in my bones
the pull toward something larger
the honor, the belonging
to something more than a school
more than a neighborhood
more than my life
I don’t know what’s out there
but I know I have to go
to find that strength everyone talks about
the strength that lives beyond fear

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