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Jul 30
poem 2 comments challenge: Me
fire girl

I am of pure waters

This I believe...

Everything is connected
Everything has feelings
Bravery is a form of compassion
either for yourself or for others
Death is not the end
Hate is a virus which we all catch
But eventually fight off
Mother earth cares for us all
but in return we must care for her

Sometimes I am the waves of the sea
ever evolving with the winds of change
and other times I am a strong tree
firmly rooted amidst storm
Sometimes I am a leaf, gently soaring
along the river of life
Other times I am a stick
stubbornly planted in the roaring current

I am a woman
Therefore I am a
force of nature
So do not try to stop me.




 
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Posted: 07.30.19
About the Author: fire girl
" to choose to write is to reject silence" - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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  1. NiñaEstrella
    Jul 30, 2019

    I love, “I am a woman/ Therefore I am a force of nature/ So do not try to stop me. It’s so empowering. I love your poetry, I think you speak such great words. Thank you.

    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde

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  1. fire girl
    Aug 03, 2019

    Thank YOU!
    everyone is so supportive!

    " to choose to write is to reject silence" - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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