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Save it for a Rainy Day
April 16, 2021
On summer days they love me so
I shine my rays where they go
Jealousy strikes as I steal the show
The clouds swoop in and I lose my glow
The rain ends my sunny days
My people start to lose their gaze
Why wont they let me be myself
Envious of my success
They try to imitate what I do best,
The truth is my work doesn’t need a rest
So they let be me for a while,
But the grass was dry, the earth was in denial
This is what it took to help me see,
Not all that’s great is all because of me
© Allie B., Abington, Massachusetts
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I used metaphors in this piece to tell about the realization of the fact that not everything is about yourself, and to appreciate others. I included an image i took and edited myself that correlates to the poem.