I Am........ Scholarship Slam
Dear former self,
I love you and I appreciate you
Yes you were young, naiive, and very insecure
You did not have to compare yourself to other girls
For all the times you didn’t believe the good others saw in you
I really wish you did
And when your mom scared you so bad that you couldn’t sleep for 6 months
Couldn’t have the television off at night too, you get over that
I’m 17 now and a senior in high school
With 6 months free from self-negativity
Sometimes I want to creep back into old habits
But the new me loves myself and you strong enough to not let myself do so
I still don’t know who I am and I think that’s okay
I also haven't written a poem since 9th grade
But I know I’m Sherrica and that is definitely so much more than okay