All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
I Am My Own Being
I am...what am I?
What is it that people see in me?
What do they notice when they look at me?
How do I appeal to people?
Am I beautiful, like a single rose?
Blooming wildly on a spring day?
Am I sly, like a fox?
Stalking my prey?
Or what is it that I am for?
Am I for people to tease?
Am I for a life of pain?
Am I for a time of sorrow?
Perhaps it is what I am from?
Am I from the country?
Or the city?
The question isn't what am I, but how I am.
I am my own beauty.
My own cleverness and sly.
I am for not people to tease, but to see me.
I am not for a life of pain...but love.
I am a time of joy and laughter.
I am from the country.
I dance in the grass and the flowers of the spring.
I sing the song of country in my steps.
I am the country air and it's beauty.
I am for the lone wolf.
The one that holds its head proudly.
And walks in courage.
I am for those when they need a friend.
I bring comfort and hope to those around me.
I am for fire.
I keep to my opinion and stick with it.
I control my temper, but cannot when it is let out.
People can see how I feel just by looking within my eyes.
I am my own being.
I will be me and people can deal with it.
If they don't like it...f*** them.
Because I am me, and that is how I'll always be.
Similar Articles
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 7 comments.
Wow i can totally relate. You're very talented. Maybe you can check out my stuff sometime? I would appreciate it! Keep up the good work!!
TeenInk.com/search.php?smodel=article&s_title=&s_body=&s_screenname=&s_firstname=leanne&s_lastname=b&s_city=&s_state=&s_country=&s_section=&sart_tag=&sart_category0=&sart_screenname=&sart_firstname=&sart_lastname=&sart_city=&sart_state=&sart_country=&svid_tag=&svid_title=&svid_category0=&svid_screenname=&svid_firstname=&svid_lastname=&svid_city=&svid_state=&svid_country=&sall_title=&sall_screenname=&sall_firstname=&sall_lastname=&sall_city=&sall_state=&sall_country=&s_sitein1=magazine&s_sitein2=teenink&sforum_title=&sforum_contents=&sforum_screenname=&sforum_topic=&submit=+Search%21+