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June 25, 2010
By Maddie26 GOLD, Baltimore, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;One small step for man, one giant leap for man kind&quot;<br /> ~Neil Armstrong<br /> &quot;Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of it&quot;<br /> ~ Haruki Murakami

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I am all that i can be
No more
No less
Than what you expect of me
Who are you to tell me
What i can do
I can figure it out for myself
That i don't need you
I am independent
I am strong
Now stop telling me
You think I am wrong
I am all that I can be
No more
No less
Than what you expect of me

© Hilary L., Rogers City, MI

The author's comments:
This poem is about discrimination and how just becuase someone is a different race, religion, etc, they can do whatever anyone else can. And this poem speaks out that no one can tell them who they should be.
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