A Pleasing Pie of Progress

People say I should be--

Pristine

Presentable

Profitable

Prominent

Pretty

Petite

Polite

Pleasant

Perfect

 

Which one?

I've tried them all, I am most of them still. I'm all of the above on my own terms and that's why I will always be--when it matters--

Stubborn.

(Haha-- you thought the whole poem was going to start with the letter "p". Nope, I'm too stubborn for that.) 

Nola_hall

WA

13 years old

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