Poems from gabi speaks
My name is Gabriela Lara. I am 16 years old and I attend San Antonio's Young Women's Leadership Academy. Throughout my lifetime I have been faced with significant obstacles and have over come each one of them by my perseverance, determination, and dreams. I dream to be successful and absolutely no obstacle will get in the way. I am a role model for women because I am confident, strong, bold, brave, determined, hard-working, persevered, and beautiful from the inside. My high school gives us students many challenges. We are required to take AP courses on top of academic electives such as Anatomy and Physiology. I strongly believe that no matter what background you come, you can what seems the impossible. I have grown so much in maturity and confidence because I have been shaped into a strong independent leader. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have four siblings.
Driving one back anf fourth from school.
Another with a mental illness.
They need attention.
Are you more important?...
I see you and you are just like anyone else.
You laugh louder.
You jump higher.
You smile bigger.
Nothing is wrong with you.
My brother,...
Why must my good be swept away?
I only spoke for a moment; words to defend myself.
I spoke loud yet your ears heard nothing.
Why must my...