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Celebrating Life
Dear Sophomore Year,
From the moment
I walked into school,
I knew that these years
Would be the
Best and Worst
Years of my life.
From the beginning of this year
I have become a new person.
I have become
A better person.
Life has shown me that there can be
Hatred, fear, love, passion
But also
Growth.
Terrible and amazing
Events I’ve had to
Walk through and learn from,
All making me who I am
Today.
As high school continues to
Fly by
—Pick me up—
Make me better.
There have been times where
I lost sight
Lost love,
Passion;
All the same
Change my life.
Make me better.
Leave the past
In the past.
Put the people
Who affect my day
Behind me.
For me.
Life is
Never easy.
Teach me how to
Live with such a
Hard pill to
Swallow.
If I’ve learned
Anything,
It’s that life
Isn’t
Permanent;
Life is a
Gift.
Continue to
Grant me with
That gift.
Show me how to
Grow more.
Stay with me
Through it
All.
—Pick me up—
Change my life.
Make me better.
Every day is a
New beginning.
Make sure I
Remember that.
No ones perfect.
Engrave
That in
Me.
Give me
Insight
Into
The good, bad,
Ugly.
Guide me.
Help me
Live in the
Moment
And
Never
Take life for
Granted.
Led me to
Move forward,
Stay strong,
Be kind and
Be the
Change everyone
Strives for.
Be my
Guardian angel
And my
Best friend.
Take my
Loss
And make
Love.
Build me
Up
So I can do the
Same
For others like me.
Others who
Need help
Yet are
Too
Afraid
To simply
Ask.
Help me help them.
—Pick me up—
Change my life.
Make me better.
Join
Me
In
Celebrating
Life.

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This piece opens up to how to move forward after feeling loss and questioning ways to continue being yourself. In this it is expressed that change can be a powerful thing and doesn't have to change everything that has happened in the past.