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Becoming My Own Hero

January 9, 2020
By RayRae PLATINUM, Omaha, Nebraska
RayRae PLATINUM, Omaha, Nebraska
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Favorite Quote:
"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality." ~ Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat


When I was young,

I walked across a thin line.

A different song danced on my tongue,

I left my past behind,

And dragged my pain and woes

To voyage out on my own.

Now I have nowhere else to go,

So I walk straight into the unknown. 


Society might try to chain me down

But it’s won’t work.

I burned their effect to the ground. 

I won’t go back.

I set myself free,

I made a new me.

And now you can’t do anything.


When I was 6,

I was called weak,

But I learned what made my bullies tick.

And I stopped being meek.

After I cried,

I wiped my tears,

I looked to the sky,

And I stopped my fear.


I gathered my courage,

I began to hate.

And I transformed my hurt to rage… 

For heroes don’t come if you wait.

So I walked away

And turned to a new page.

I wrote my own book.

I stopped trying to be okay,

And left my past shook.


And now I’m so much more.

The world won’t know what hit it.

I’m not who I was before.

I will show them bit by bit…

How you can start as a zero…

And despite others derision,

Turn into a hero

And make your own decisions.

Wait for my turn

I will make the world watch

As their biases burn.



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