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Sep 01
poem 2 comments challenge: YWP is...
fire girl

YWP

YesWePromise

YWP is a piece of me that has only just woken up.
that has been hibernating inside me for years.
a place I can go instead of my bed to pour myself out.
sometimes I feel surprised,
sometimes I feel brave,
sometimes I feel everything
but all times I feel welcome.
like I actually belong.
like I am a peer to all these
wonderful writers and artists,
that create the impossible,
turn it inside-out and shake it around.
to feel that I actually fit in among these
beauty-creators is one of the most important feeling ever.
YWP is doing right by the wrong,
unlocking the cage young voices have been encased in
and creating a womb-like home for bright writing.
YWP is home of good ideas,
community and expressing the joy of
creating something that holds a piece of you.
That challenges the ocean of wonder inside you.
YWP is a compass on the most important journey:
Childhood.
 
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Posted: 09.01.19
About the Author: fire girl
" to choose to write is to reject silence" - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Discussion

Comments

  1. Reid
    Sep 02, 2019

    This is such a boost to your fellow writers and artists on the site, fire girl. Thanks for this positive endorsement of YWP!

    YWP Executive Director
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  1. William
    Sep 03, 2019

    So wonderful to read this, fire girl! The creative spirit is really endless once you tap into it!

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