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i won’t let any destroy me
Linda M. Crate
i smile every time
someone calls me a brat
because i know it’s true
i am stubborn, i am fierce, and i refuse
to give in to the will of others
should i not agree;
my heart seems sown with both flowers
and rebellion
sometimes my tongue becomes the thorn
of roses—
i will not apologize for being who i am
fought hard to become this woman
who follows the beat of her own drum ignoring
that of the world because i want higher climes than those
of even the stars
they say that the sky is the limit,
but i am
limitless;
immortal as the phoenix i always rebuild myself from the
ashes of ruin and fashion chaos a compliment
because i refuse to give anyone the power to destroy me.
