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Has Not Changed

April 2, 2012
By Shadowgirl3 GOLD, Falls Church, Virginia
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Shadowgirl3 GOLD, Falls Church, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"Be who you are and be that well."
-Saint Francis de Sailles

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People say
we need to be
Need to be
smart
Need to be
pretty
Need to be
perfect.
I say be
whoever
you
are.
Walking
in the
rain.
The sky mourns
for
the world.
We are
forced
to fit expectations
like women in
corsets
in olden days.
The
world
really
has
not
changed.

© Carly M., Hopedale, MA

The author's comments:
People always seem to think that they have to be just like everyone else. I have always hated that mindset. People should be whoever they are without worrying about fitting in. After all, conformists rarely make history!
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