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Take me as I come.
Trust that I will shatter any mold you impress me upon.
Call me what you will but know that no label defines me to any extent.
Teach me all you can.
Realize that I can see through black and white to the truer shades and
I know jaded opinions are best ignored.
Understand that this life is mine.
I am not a spirit easily trampled under tyrannical feet.
I am not meant to be shut up in a drawer of placed on the shelf for posterity.
I am of unfathomable power.
My voice comes from inside out and never otherwise.
I am not here as a force to be reckoned with
or as a challenge for a would be conqueror.
I will love ferociously with a golden flame
and I will never simplify myself to gratify the curiosity of another.
~Sam

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There once was a poem closer
didn’t have nothing else to do
But then gave themself away
in poem number 9502
...high critique solo closed poems
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Sam, I very much enjoyed your poem.
~colette
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Awesome....well, wait. That sounds childish. How about this - your poem is deserving of awe, and I definitely admire it. Good work Sam. *Michelle*
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Michelle, i never thought of you as childish! :) and to both you and colette, thank you very much for the praise! ~Sam
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ME EITHER Sam...I like this...I bet a lot of people got that "me either" from this...~Lana
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Lana, i haven't seen you here in ages...it makes me so glad to see your name!
~Sam