I'm Not the Rose
A girl with a silent struggle
Words caught in her throat
Carefully blended in
Edges too blurred
Easily missed.
Someone with a name
But a name of no distinction.
“What’s in a name?
That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”
Maybe it’s true
Maybe there is more to this girl
An artist: original, unique.
But how am I so different, so avant-garde
When even this idea was Shakespeare’s,
Not mine.