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From My View

August 23, 2022
By TrendyTiger13 BRONZE, Champaign, Illinois
TrendyTiger13 BRONZE, Champaign, Illinois
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The way I see it

Life has many pages

Many verses

Many words

Many beginnings and ends

And too many characters to count

 

I am a character in this chapter

My life started in chapter 2007

But I’m not the only character in this chapter

So why

Why am I a character

Why am I in this story

 

Am I just here to be a background character

Say a few lines then never seen again

Or will I ever get my chance to speak

Maybe I’ll write verses for everyone’s story but my own

 

But what if…

 

I’m the main character

I’m the protagonist

I’m the author

 

I add more pages when I request

I write an ending of my accord

What others want might be addressed

But in the end, I use what's stored

In my brain

 

Maybe it's not meant to be…

What if what I’m writing doesn’t align with the original story?

What if what I write doesn’t make sense?

A black, trans masc., pansexual protagonist

Does that sound right to you?


The author's comments:

Hello, My name is Kade. I am an African American, Transmasc, pansexual student. I am about to turn 15 this September. I started writing this poem because of an assignment in my Literature class. When I showed my teacher, she gave me many words of encouragement. Not only that, she gave me detail reasons why she loved my poem so much. That gave me the confidence to post it here.  


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