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November 26, 2012
By wicked13 GOLD, North Pekin, Illinois
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"No one can make you feel inferior without your permission." -Eleanoor Roosevelt

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My Hair is naked
curling naturally down my back
my face undone
completely bare
I feel so alive, so free
completely untouched by dispair
my clothes comfortable
but cute
my jewelry is simple
freeing, symbolic
I feel like me
comfortably able to be who I'll be

© Brianna C., W. Monroe, LA

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This poem is about getting back to who I was and getting back on track.
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