I am anonymous;
Names have no meaning to me.
I wish to see what's really inside,
For that's the real identity.
When I truly look at myself,
Maybe I'm not a nobody.
I see a child high on the swings,
So young and light and free.
And yet she is still swinging higher –
To be above her troubles, maybe?
I see a girl ready to fly.
But something makes her see
That she isn't all she thought,
She was supposed to be.
I see an adult making choices,
Confident, ready to believe
That she embraces her freedom.
But with it comes responsibility.
I am anonymous, but who am I really?
When I look inside, I find I am all three.
Names have no meaning to me.
I wish to see what's really inside,
For that's the real identity.
When I truly look at myself,
Maybe I'm not a nobody.
I see a child high on the swings,
So young and light and free.
And yet she is still swinging higher –
To be above her troubles, maybe?
I see a girl ready to fly.
But something makes her see
That she isn't all she thought,
She was supposed to be.
I see an adult making choices,
Confident, ready to believe
That she embraces her freedom.
But with it comes responsibility.
I am anonymous, but who am I really?
When I look inside, I find I am all three.
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.

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