I may not be who you want me to be,
but I am who I WANT to be
And that is more important
Yes I have dreams and goals
that you may not understand
Just don’t tell me I can’t and won’t
ever achieve them
As a child, your words tried to
kill my spirit and I hung on
for my life
Knowing if I let you, I would
be destroyed
I don’t need you to believe in me
because I BELIEVE in myself
Mistakes and wrong choices have
been made many times, for sure
I never gave up on myself,
even though, many times you
turned your back on me
So with all that being said,
I am happy to inform you
I am strong,
I am invincible,
I am woman
and
I AM HERE………
In a list
A contest entry
- Keeping It Simple - Contest for darrylblacksr by CarolDesjarlais.
620 points, ended June 13, 2007, 4 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Bravo!!
Congratulations my darling. This was a bold
and beautiful proclamation of your independence.
I love it when a person comes to the place that
they no longer need the affirmation of others.
Inside of us is a powerful spirit. God made us
so resilient. Our one draw back in life is not
believing in ourselves. This was a great write.
I applaud your positive and courageous spirit!
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WONDERFUL!!!!!
If one can keep faith in themselves they can overcome anything they may face in life.
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loved this one, very caring and knowing YOU are important. we can not be what others want us to be,
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I liked that my friend, ty for entering the contest it really charged me. Congrats and god bless.
darrylblacksr
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What a great statement of your belief in self. Yes, we learn to make those old voices in our ehad sound liek Donald Duck..because, as time passes, they are simply figments of memory that have no power over us any more. In the book I jsut published, my story, I speak often about how I had to elarn to silence those voices. Very good job!!!!!
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Great piece my friend. I'm very glad you're feeling the power inside and that it's strengthening you. I wish you all the best that life has to offer.
Good luck in the contest, but more importantly, good luck in the greater contest...the one well call life...
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go the women.... well done on this one, its given me a spring in my step for today lolol well done though this is damn right amazing xxx
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Hear me ROARRRRRRRRR...you rock on my sistah...head held high, and FF would be proud, so would that cafe bitch..i love ya and I amdam proud of you and blessed by our friendship...WE will NOT let ANYONE take us down....Woohoo..High five me!
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Ah the indestructable words of Helen Reddy, a fellow Aussie I might add. Brilliant as always N. Reminds me of a conversation I had with my Dad once, and I told him..."Let me make mistakes, they will help me grow, you cannot protect me, if you do I'll never learn anything" Dad didn't believe I was strong, he didn't believe in me...I grew up very strong
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You certainly are here & a better place it is for your presence.
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