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Pledge MAG

November 23, 2008
By sarah.s SILVER, Attleboro, Massachusetts
sarah.s SILVER, Attleboro, Massachusetts
8 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect; it means you're capable of looking beyond the imperfections." --Anonymous


From this point forward
I will not stand
to be unhappy
any longer.
I will not stand
to be broken down,
broken apart,
broken-hearted.
From this point forward
my success does not depend
on my waistline
and my strength does not depend
on my weakness.
My biggest fear is not
the nutrition label.
From this point forward
I will not worry those
who love me.
I will not look at those
with hip bones
and rib cages
and be jealous.
I will not be afraid
to eat the birthday cake
you made me.
I will not measure
every morsel as if
any more would make
it poison.
From this point forward
food is not my enemy
and Ana is not my friend.
Size zero is not beautiful
and 90 pounds is not ideal.
I am no longer
enslaved by my scale
and it is not an awful day
when I weigh enough
to donate blood.
From this point forward
the only things coming
out of my mouth will be
words.
I will no longer be called
Disgraceful,
Disgusting,
Distasteful.
From this point forward
I am
Inspired,
Indestructable,
Independent.



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on Oct. 7 2010 at 11:13 am
Jasmine Williams, Florence, Mississippi
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This was really awesome.  A fabulous poem with a beautiful but powerful message. Well done.

on Oct. 7 2010 at 10:09 am
mariel_f BRONZE, Emerson, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"so we beat on, boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past"

this poem is beaut

Amnoona BRONZE said...
on Oct. 7 2010 at 7:09 am
Amnoona BRONZE, Bridgeport, Illinois
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Looove this! Amazing poem well done!! <3

YoungPoet99 said...
on Sep. 15 2010 at 10:10 pm
This is a really good poem! It's so real, it shows the problems hundreds of teenagers feel every day, and also explains that you can overcome it and be independent! Great poem, good job!

on Sep. 15 2010 at 7:12 pm

This is amazing. I went through this exact same process of self-awareness. This will encourage girls to live fully and break apart from what holds them back to true happiness!

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.


on Sep. 15 2010 at 5:51 pm
-LeftBehindBroken- GOLD, Providence, South Carolina
16 articles 0 photos 73 comments

Favorite Quote:
Artists paint on canvas; Musicians paint on silence

love this poem it really speaks to people

on Sep. 15 2010 at 3:50 pm
writerfreak89 BRONZE, Hermiston, Oregon
1 article 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. -Leo Rosten

This is totally amazing...I know what you are going throug...I am so happy for you that you got in the mag. You did a great job!

on Sep. 15 2010 at 12:12 am
Sapphire_Marie GOLD, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
10 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"speak your mind even if your voice shakes"

so much emotion. a great poem. keep writing

on Sep. 7 2010 at 4:30 pm
Hummingbird GOLD, Berryton, Kansas
16 articles 0 photos 56 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller

This is an extremely beautiful poem that I'm sure speak out to many people. I hope that they will find meaning and refuge in this poem, because that is how it makes me feel. Beautiful words. That's all I can say.

on Aug. 24 2010 at 7:22 pm
Ellawind PLATINUM, Seattle, Washington
40 articles 0 photos 77 comments

Favorite Quote:
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

Dream like you will live forever, live like you will die today.

This is amazing, it flows, it is beautiful, and it's honest. I've sometimes felt the same way as the narrator of the poem seems to have been before coming to the conclusion that it's okay to not be perfect. Great job! I think this is incredible. 

pplofdac said...
on Aug. 24 2010 at 5:06 pm

Excellently written. The flow is superb and the message the free verse seeks to convey is inspiring.

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on Aug. 24 2010 at 9:32 am
haventy0uheard PLATINUM, Kings Park, New York
28 articles 0 photos 186 comments

Wow. Beautiful! I just love this so much and it's really inspiring and uplifting. Fabulous job! =]

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Frizzil15 GOLD said...
on Aug. 24 2010 at 12:05 am
Frizzil15 GOLD, Monongahela, Pennsylvania
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I read your poem and I cried. It reminds me of myself and the thing that I struggle with a lot. You are like my hero and you speak the truth. Thank you for writing this poem.

Anjo! SILVER said...
on Aug. 9 2010 at 11:32 pm
Anjo! SILVER, Roseburg, Oregon
6 articles 0 photos 211 comments

very lovely and powerful. my advice for the structure of the poem is to break it  up when you get a new topic like making a break before you start a new point as "From this point forward..." that would make it even more awesome cause you are straining the points and drawing attention to the new ones. do you know what i mean?

awesome, good words though.


on Aug. 3 2010 at 11:11 pm
Marlyre PLATINUM, Kalamazoo, Michigan
21 articles 0 photos 208 comments

Favorite Quote:
"when you cry, do you waste your tears?" Madonna

very powerful piece that feels like it should be in an ad, i feel it girl!

Maxwell said...
on Aug. 2 2010 at 8:19 pm
Maxwell, Rochdale, Massachusetts
0 articles 0 photos 44 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We are not retreating, we are merely advancing in another direction." General George S. Pattton, US Army

I love how you characterized bulimia nervosa so well! Very very good. Too bad Diana and Elton John didnt see this...

on Aug. 2 2010 at 5:41 pm
silence-is-loud GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
10 articles 0 photos 135 comments

Favorite Quote:
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE A BEE- MUHAMMID ALI

very cute, i luv it

on Aug. 2 2010 at 1:54 pm
silent_reader BRONZE, Columbia, Maryland
1 article 0 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I cannot live without books." - Thomas Jefferson

very insperational

on Aug. 2 2010 at 12:31 pm
KirstynAlexandra PLATINUM, Baltimore, Maryland
24 articles 0 photos 71 comments

Favorite Quote:
\"I\'m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can\'t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don\'t deserve me at my best.\"
— Marilyn Monroe

Imagination is more important than knowledge...
Albert Einstein

A great inspiriing poem. Keep it up. Plz read my poem "Society's Puppet-Slave". I think you'll really like it. :)

on Aug. 2 2010 at 11:54 am
this poem truly is superb.