Me

The rain is showering down.

I am as sad as can be.

I want to be somewhere else,

Where I can be free.

I want to express my feelings to all,

So they do not make things worse.

But- they are.

I long for my own secret world,

But I hear people thinking "In your dreams."

I don't care what they say,

Because I am me.

I can do whatever I want-

I Am Me.

I believe in what I believe in-

I Am Me.

I won't let people change my mind,

Nobody can.

And do you know what secret world I was talking about?

Well, it is right here.

Poetry is the solution to get my feelings out.

This Is Me...

Written in 2003, Grade 5 by Cecily Choi

Published in 'A Celebration of Young Poets - Northeast Spring 2004'