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I Am Me

I Am Me

Thalya Baptiste, USA
Poetry

I am sensitive and quiet

I wonder if I'll ever have confidence

I hear a child's scream

I see a doorway to heaven

I want to be empty

I am sensitive and quiet

 

I pretend I am confident

I feel the hurt of children just like me

I touch the doorway that leads to a better future for myself.

I worry about my ability

I stand up for myself

I cry when I am teased or bullied

I am sensitive and quiet

 

I understand the hardships of life

I say I can do anything I put my mind to

I dream of a better version of myself

I try to make my parents proud

I hope that one day I become the version of myself that actually makes me proud

I am sensitive and quiet


Thalya Baptiste, USA
Poetry
Thalya Baptiste, USA

My name is Thalya Baptiste. I am 13 years old, and I live in Newark, New Jersey. I am a very down-to-earth and calm person. But in reality, I am usually stressed even though I am at such a young age; sometimes I feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders. My brother doesn’t really have time to help out around the house and neither does my mom or dad, so I basically do all the chores and clean the house along with my sister-in-law, who also goes to work everyday. On top of that, I have school. I am an high-honor roll student and I have a certain reputation. I expect myself to do well, and anything other than that isn’t acceptable. Those aren’t my school’s standards, those are mine. But through all the stress and gray hairs, writing helps. Writing as always been my escape. Whenever I write I feel like I'm in a room by myself with my journal just writing. I could do that forever. I would do that forever. 

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