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About Me

June 27, 2024
By divyaj123 GOLD, Roslyn Heights, New York
divyaj123 GOLD, Roslyn Heights, New York
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I am an egg of a person

Full of potential

But have yet to break out 

Of my shell


Potential only describes what 

I haven’t done

But here is what I have:


I blew on a dandelion

At 6 years old

Finally discovering

The influence they have across 

the world


Their seeds travel as far as they can go

Affecting other places

Perhaps destroying 

What they can’t take


Sometimes I find myself

Cherishing the smaller moments

Rather than at large events,

I remind myself of the love I receive


I travel to my second home every year

and every year I feel closer but farther from it

Perhaps it is time

To finally reconnect

With my lost culture as well.


The author's comments:

This poem highlights my belief that I have a lot of potential. I am well aware that I am still young and have a long way to go before I reach the time of my life where I break out of the shell. Additionally, it showcases how sometimes, I struggle with identity and lose myself in an effort to become like”every other egg in the box”. All eggs are identical, but in order to be unique, you must break out of the shell. 


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